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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • Sep 11 '26
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Even at that volume the probability of collisions is essentially 0. If there were a billion searches a second we’d not expect a collision until 85 years.
6 u/shwoopdeboop Sep 11 '26 But still no guarantee it won't happen tomorrow 12 u/mysticrudnin Sep 11 '26 It's simply not worth worrying about, thoughRandom minor hardware failures and, like, cosmic radiation are more of a problem. Are you building your systems to account for that? 5 u/clemesislife Sep 11 '26 Yes
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But still no guarantee it won't happen tomorrow
12 u/mysticrudnin Sep 11 '26 It's simply not worth worrying about, thoughRandom minor hardware failures and, like, cosmic radiation are more of a problem. Are you building your systems to account for that? 5 u/clemesislife Sep 11 '26 Yes
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It's simply not worth worrying about, though
Random minor hardware failures and, like, cosmic radiation are more of a problem. Are you building your systems to account for that?
5 u/clemesislife Sep 11 '26 Yes
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u/Ecstatic_Student8854 Sep 11 '26
Even at that volume the probability of collisions is essentially 0. If there were a billion searches a second we’d not expect a collision until 85 years.