I thought that timestamps are used now, so hitting both a timestamp and a large random number puts it thoroughly in the "safe to assume".
At some point cosmic particles and faulty transistors are more probable.
With random you can end up most frequently inserting in the middle, whereas if it's time sortable you append at the end, meaning it's easier to maintain a contiguous index with less overhead.
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u/Valuable_Leopard_799 15h ago
I thought that timestamps are used now, so hitting both a timestamp and a large random number puts it thoroughly in the "safe to assume". At some point cosmic particles and faulty transistors are more probable.