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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 4 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.994s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
1. 1970-01-01 ◴[12 Oct 25 14:07 UTC] No.45558315[source]▶
IPv6 - Everything was supposed to be flat, devices with just one unique IP addr.

Nope.

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2. kstrauser ◴[12 Oct 25 15:21 UTC] No.45558832[source]▶
It accounts for half of all Google’s customer traffic. It’s not dead, not by a long shot.

If you have a mobile phone, you’re almost certainly using IPv6 today.

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3. 1970-01-01 ◴[12 Oct 25 15:50 UTC] No.45559095[source]▶
The flat Internet is dead.
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4. kstrauser ◴[12 Oct 25 16:55 UTC] No.45559708{3}[source]▶
Ah, I see the part you’re emphasizing.

Yeah. That still stings. It didn’t have to be this way.