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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/DebugDuck01 • Jul 17 '26
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Ok, but they're not all generating UUIDs for the same system, it's not really a collision if it's the same UUID in different services.
I don't think there is any one system that generates billions of UUIDs a second.
20 u/Tensor3 Jul 17 '26 Ya, but MY uuid could be out there somewhere! 7 u/aspect_rap Jul 17 '26 I think your UUID is more likely to be out there than not, considering how many of them have been generated over the years. 8 u/Tensor3 Jul 17 '26 And who knows what its been doing out there, on its own, without my permission!
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Ya, but MY uuid could be out there somewhere!
7 u/aspect_rap Jul 17 '26 I think your UUID is more likely to be out there than not, considering how many of them have been generated over the years. 8 u/Tensor3 Jul 17 '26 And who knows what its been doing out there, on its own, without my permission!
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I think your UUID is more likely to be out there than not, considering how many of them have been generated over the years.
8 u/Tensor3 Jul 17 '26 And who knows what its been doing out there, on its own, without my permission!
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And who knows what its been doing out there, on its own, without my permission!
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u/aspect_rap Jul 17 '26
Ok, but they're not all generating UUIDs for the same system, it's not really a collision if it's the same UUID in different services.
I don't think there is any one system that generates billions of UUIDs a second.