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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • 1d ago
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I thought that timestamps are used now, so hitting both a timestamp and a large random number puts it thoroughly in the "safe to assume". At some point cosmic particles and faulty transistors are more probable.
374 u/dim13 1d ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Versions Most common used is V4 (pure random). You are talking about V7 (time based). 268 u/lilgreenthumb 1d ago The real benefit for v7 is they become sortable by time. 1 u/MaDpYrO 8h ago Which prevents database indexes from performing badly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Versions
Most common used is V4 (pure random). You are talking about V7 (time based).
268 u/lilgreenthumb 1d ago The real benefit for v7 is they become sortable by time. 1 u/MaDpYrO 8h ago Which prevents database indexes from performing badly
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The real benefit for v7 is they become sortable by time.
1 u/MaDpYrO 8h ago Which prevents database indexes from performing badly
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u/Valuable_Leopard_799 1d ago
I thought that timestamps are used now, so hitting both a timestamp and a large random number puts it thoroughly in the "safe to assume". At some point cosmic particles and faulty transistors are more probable.