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RobotToasteryesterday at 9:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

Would this take into account IDs generated by objects moving at relativistic speeds? It would be a right pain to travel for a year to another planet, arrive 10,000 years late, and have a bunch of id collisions.


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9devyesterday at 10:06 PM

Oh no! We should immediately commence work on a new UUID version that addresses this use case.

lisperyesterday at 9:57 PM

I have to confess I have not actually done the math.