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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by alvarlagerlof on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @01:53PM (#26402271)
I've thought of this too. I cannot come up with any practical reason for it.
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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by jariel on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:53PM (#26403255)
The practicality is uniqueness of the ID. So date+increment is an easy 'citizen UUID'. In 1970 it makes perfect sense in 2020 not so much.
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