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A comment on Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a random number?.

Re:Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a ra... by str1ng3r on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @08:39PM (#4514124)
I can't believe nobody has noticed that there's no light in this room. How the hell are you going to see where the walls are, or where your undergarment is falling if you throw it through the air?
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Re:Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a ra... by muntoo on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @10:29PM (#4514479)
One can't be sure if there is air, gravity (or how much), or a singularity sitting right outside the room. We don't know if it is filled with solely oxygen at 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000psi.
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