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Re:Librandombytes – a public domain library for generating r... by deathanatos on Thursday January 26, 2023 @06:44PM (#34540489)
https://dilbert.com/strip/2001-10-25
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Re:Librandombytes – a public domain library for generating r... by benj111 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @07:29PM (#34540893)
I do find it interesting that the quality of a random number is completely divorced from the actual number itself.

If I gave the number 1 that could be random or not. The fact that it's a 1 is unimportant. Only how it was derived.

I suppose it's like free range eggs in that respect. But free range eggs and mathematics don't seem to be natural bedfellows.

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