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Re:Original source of `(seed * 9301 and 49297) % 233280` ran... by pclmulqdq on Saturday August 06, 2022 @11:43AM (#32369066)
For PRNGs like this, constants are often chosen by guess and check. This algorithm (an LCG) has a bit more theory, so these might not have been chosen that way, but the author of the code probably didn't have any insight either.
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