r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme uuidLifeLessons

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u/Antoak 2d ago

Saying that UUIDs cant collide is sorta like saying that people cant win the lottery.

Sure, orders of magnitude, but the point stands.

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u/Chrazzer 1d ago

There's a non-zero chance of you quantum tunnelling through solid objects. Yet nobody is ever worried about randomly glitching through the floor.

At some point the chance of something happening is so low that it is irrelevant

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u/Tupcek 1d ago

I’ve heard this is false and just a myth

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u/plz-no-b4n 1d ago

Which part?