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Re:Nanosecond timestamp collisions are common by frankreyes on Friday July 21, 2023 @06:37AM (#36812208)
Create a new column with an MD5 hash of the other columns. Easy.

/s

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Re:Nanosecond timestamp collisions are common by rvnx on Friday July 21, 2023 @05:29PM (#36820062)
This is how it works, except it's not MD5 but a less-costly hash function
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Re:Nanosecond timestamp collisions are common by eru on Saturday July 22, 2023 @10:53PM (#36832160)
MD5 is a useless hash function these days.

It's not cryptographically secure (anymore). And there are cheaper non-cryptographically secure hash functions.

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