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Re:It is high time we let go of the Mersenne Twister (2019) on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:21PM (#30617241)
Unfortunately, any PCG code is not complete without a seeding procedure. That is, if you enter non-random seeds, you can get correlated streams, which is very bad for randomness.
Google Admits to Censoring the World Socialist Web Site

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/goog-n04.html

Facebook Purges Left-Wing Pages and Individuals

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/23/pers-j23.html

Re:Facebook Escalates Attack on Socialist Left on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:54AM (#25904601)
Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of internet censorship targeting the socialist left. Entire Facebook pages are being taken down, and individual accounts permanently disabled, without any explanation given or recourse allowed.