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Each and every output of `uuidgen` is exclusive...

• sp332 6y ago
  Yes but these are hard to forge. This is like a PGP-signed UUID in a bittorrent.
  • pmlnr 6y ago
    Just because something can't be or hard to forge it doesn't mean there's any value to it. That's the madness behind the current trends: I genuinely fail to see value. Unique is not a guarantee for valuable.
    • sp332 6y ago
      Yup, and it would waste a lot less electricity too.
    • Turing_Machine 6y ago
      It's not just a current trend. > Unique is not a guarantee for valuable...That's the madness behind the current trends... Not sufficient, but maybe necessary, as the mathematicians would put it. Why would anyone pay nearly $9.5 million for this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Guiana_1c_magenta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Guiana_1c_magenta It's certainly not great artwork (it's a crude hack job cranked out by a local printer when the shipment of real stamps didn't arrive on time). It's never been owned by anyone particularly famous (edit: well, the DuPont guy is somewhat (in)famous, but the stamp was extremely valuable even before he owned it). None of the people associated with its production are particularly famous. It doesn't play any kind of pivotal role in world history, or even the history of the former British Guiana. The only reason it's worth $9.48 million is that there is only one of them.
    • vallas 6y ago
      Restricting energy is a sign of broken civilization
      • sp332 6y ago
        Yes, but you wouldn't believe the lengths some people will go to to avoid fixing it.
      • pmlnr 6y ago
        Self-restraint is a sign of an evolved ego. Also: energy, or anything else, is not infinite. It HAS TO BE RESTRAINED.
• qqii 6y ago
  Each and every output of `uuidgen` doesn't have meaning. "Value" is a human construct that requires interpretation of information to form a narrative and meaning. In contrast vanity tor addresses are valuable.