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Comment by RobotToaster

4 days ago

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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lisper  4 days ago

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

9dev  4 days ago

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

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