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Re:Chernobyl Dice: A quantum random number generator with a ... by the8472 on Thursday December 26, 2019 @02:24AM (#21882470)
Most modern systems contain hardware RNGs that get noise from thermal effects, ultimately quantum too.
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Re:Chernobyl Dice: A quantum random number generator with a ... by frutiger on Thursday December 26, 2019 @03:09AM (#21882564)
Thermal effects do not rely on quantum behaviour. They arise from an extremely large but classically deterministic state space.
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