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kingryan on June 2, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter Announces "Snowflake" for Unique Tweet IDs

Version 1 UUIDs require 128 bits.

aaronblohowiak on June 2, 2010 [–]

right, so it doesn't fit the needs of the OP, but for other users without the 64-bit requirement, version 1 UUIDs can be k-sorted without an additional column.

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