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by quarantine 2121 days ago
Why stop there? ipv6 license plates, citizen numbers, home addresses, part numbers, atoms, ...
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gruez 2121 days ago
You joke, but that’s exactly what uuid/guid is — 128 bit identifiers. The only difference is that ipv6 is allocated hierarchically.
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Aeolun 2121 days ago
Do we have enough atoms?
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ineedasername 2121 days ago
Don't worry, if we live in a cyclical model universe we'll eventually get some new ones.
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