Lazy-curious question: off the top of your head, how are random numbers generated? More interested in how people think than what the “correct” answer is
Replying to @visakanv
quasirandom sequences; there are some functions that produce a kinda ergodic sequence of digits and you just keep taking new chunks off it. you can get this with hashes that take the remainders of a bunch of big relatively prime numbers iirc? it's been like ten years, sorry.
11:46 AM - 13 Feb 2020
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