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It can represent less than 0.1% of all 64-bit ints. That doesn’t seem like most to me.
by zeroimpl 7y ago
It can represent less than 0.1% of all 64-bit ints. That doesn’t seem like most to me.
- mark-r 7y agoI didn't claim 64-bit ints, I claimed 53-bit ints. How often do you use ints in the range from 54 to 64 bits? I'm willing to bet it's close to never. That's what I meant by "most". You have to consider the distribution.
- ben0x539 7y agorandomly generated IDs as 64 bit ints, pretty often. I mean, tweet IDs are up there too.