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		Be Unique But Don’t Be A GUID (visitmix.com)
		2 points by joshuacc on June 15, 2011 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

thirdstation on June 15, 2011 [–]

What _are_ the other ways of creating a globally-unique id?

sambeau on June 15, 2011 | [–]

Hashes, timestamps, increments, random numbers, URL-a-likes.

Each has its advantages and disadvantages. None are pretty. Ultimately you often end up with a hybrid of more than one of them.

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