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		robrenaud on Nov 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Generating unique IDs: an easy and reliable way What if your MAC addresses aren't spread that far between each other?

inglor on Nov 22, 2015 [–]

What about it? Remember, we're no longer using a hash function on anything - we don't want the numbers to be uniformly spread on any range - just unique.

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