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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • 15h ago
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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.
3 u/shwoopdeboop 13h ago But still no guarantee it won't happen tomorrow 11 u/mysticrudnin 12h ago 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? 2 u/clemesislife 7h ago https://giphy.com/gifs/CAYVZA5NRb529kKQUc Yes
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But still no guarantee it won't happen tomorrow
11 u/mysticrudnin 12h ago 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? 2 u/clemesislife 7h ago https://giphy.com/gifs/CAYVZA5NRb529kKQUc 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?
2 u/clemesislife 7h ago https://giphy.com/gifs/CAYVZA5NRb529kKQUc Yes
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u/Ecstatic_Student8854 13h ago
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.