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Re:Git-random: Chrome extension replaces new tab with random... by kyberias on Saturday April 16, 2016 @08:43AM (#11510360)
I don't see any randomness in the implementation. It seems to be taking users in the sequence that the github users API provides.
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Re:Git-random: Chrome extension replaces new tab with random... by idnan on Saturday April 16, 2016 @08:45AM (#11510370)
But you are not going to see the same profile again and probably you don't know them. So it's random for you. :)
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Re:Git-random: Chrome extension replaces new tab with random... by brudgers on Saturday April 16, 2016 @09:37AM (#11510544)
"Arbitrary" is probably more consistent with the mathematical rigor some people might expect. On the other hand, little in computing is random rather than pseudo-random.
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Re:Git-random: Chrome extension replaces new tab with random... by tyingq on Saturday April 16, 2016 @09:50AM (#11510584)
Seems easy enough to get the upper bound id...

https://api.github.com/search/users?q=created:%3E=2016-04-16... (backing off the date if needed)

I would prefer random over ascending.

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