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Re:A call to PHP's mt_rand generates only odd numbers by Peaker on Friday July 24, 2015 @01:45PM (#9943801)
I recall a Rails bug used to hack github and inject a bugfix commit. The Rails community rejected the fix originally because the crazy behavior was documented.
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Re:A call to PHP's mt_rand generates only odd numbers by mkehrt on Friday July 24, 2015 @02:07PM (#9943954)
Wow. Do you have any more info on this?
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Re:A call to PHP's mt_rand generates only odd numbers by dkns on Friday July 24, 2015 @02:58PM (#9944352)
I think OP meant this one? http://homakov.blogspot.ie/2012/03/how-to.html

Discussion: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/5228

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