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Source: https://xkcd.com/2839/

Explain XKCD: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2839

Title text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Child1? You start numbering at 1? You monster!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

You keep child0 unassigned in case the girl you met at the club three years ago starts looking for you

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better not ask what happened to child0

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I let my children pick their own 96-bit number and just hope there's no collisions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I just name my children using GUIDs. To keep things simple I normally call them by the first 32 bits, but when they're getting into trouble I use all 128.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

4F0CF706A40BEF97C29DA16BECC5B642, YOU COME DOWNSTAIRS THIS INSTANCE!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well their full names are 128-bit. I just use the last 32 bits to store timestamps, demographic info and checksum bits.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

What have I done