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Re:Unnatural Keys – Nature doesn’t come with identifiers by EdwardDiego on Sunday May 28, 2023 @04:50AM (#36102277)
I was about to suggest just hashing our DNA, but then, remembered identical twins+ exist.
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Re:Unnatural Keys – Nature doesn’t come with identifiers by bruce511 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @05:31AM (#36102486)
Oh it's worse than that. There are lots of edge cases with DNA.

Chimera exist [1], plus there are issues with transplant recipients and so on. I expect there are more edge cases I don't know about.

[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/3-human-chimeras-....

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Re:Unnatural Keys – Nature doesn’t come with identifiers by drivers99 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:56AM (#36104023)
and gene therapy
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