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by whateveracct 100 days ago
I treat UUIDv4s as 128 random bits and it triggers ppl.
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It needs several non-random bits to mark it as a v4 or it's not a uuidv4
To be fair that’s literally just a waste of resources. If you want 128 random bits just get 128 random bits from the underlying source, unless your host langage is amazingly deficient it’s just as easy.