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Re:How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers? by benibela on Monday September 14, 2020 @08:49AM (#24469453)
Well, I had only skimmed the page

But I am using xoshiro in my projects, because I thought xor was simpler than multiplication.

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Re:How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers? by Straw on Saturday September 19, 2020 @06:43AM (#24526503)
Yeah, xor is simpler than multiplication in terms of hardware complexity- luckily, we have the multiplication circuits built in, so may as well take advantage of them.
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