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[–] netizen@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I can confirm I've never used psuedo random numbers

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, for me it is a matter of personal principle: I am against the killing of animals just so I can have a nice random number.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh? Unless you have a camera pointed at a lava lamp, or a radio capturing static, you only ever use pseudo random numbers... Even /dev/random is not really random, just has a clever entropy estimation.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re being a prick about the typo

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, missed that one, thanks!

[–] skaffi 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I only ever use:

sudo random numbers