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Re:Starcloud by lawlessone on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:18PM (#45673081)
Ok, has anyone patented chips with radioactive source glued to them? For "true" randomness.

If it not i want dibs on it.

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Re:Starcloud by DontBreakAlex on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:42PM (#45673390)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_random_number_generat...

> and even the nuclear decay (due to practical considerations the latter, as well as the atmospheric noise, is not viable except for fairly restricted applications or online distribution services)

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Re:Starcloud by notahacker on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @04:52PM (#45674998)
yeah, I think the space weather experts would have fun statistically analysing the single-event-upset RNG :)
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