Show HN: Shishua – Fast pseudo-random generator

Re:Show HN: Shishua – Fast pseudo-random generator by galkk on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:16AM (#22913947)

This looked ugly and so much out of place...

> Or, as Pearson puts it:

> From this it will be more than ever evident how little chance had to do with the results of the Monte Carlo roulette in July 1892.

> (Not sure why his academic paper suddenly becomes so specific; maybe he had a gambling problem on top of being a well-known racist.)

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Re:Show HN: Shishua – Fast pseudo-random generator by bjoli on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:15AM (#22915360)

i found it quite funny. And I don't really find calling a well know eugenics advocate racist to be even remotely provoking. Maybe out of style compared to the rest of the text, but apart from that I didn't find it conspicuous in the least.

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