HoundofShadow said: Anyone looking forward to Bagman's PvP? Could it be this April?
GrimSkald said: This isn't so much a glitch as the simple fact that computers are actually pretty bad at generating numbers that are well-and-truly random. In general, the random number a computer generates are very "streaky." It's not bad in the long run, but it creates some really weird runs.
Hadronic said: GrimSkald said: This isn't so much a glitch as the simple fact that computers are actually pretty bad at generating numbers that are well-and-truly random. In general, the random number a computer generates are very "streaky." It's not bad in the long run, but it creates some really weird runs. [1] This is just wrong, [2] computers are in fact much better at creating random numbers than humans are at perceiving them. [3] Truly random events are streaky and in 2 dimensions tend to cluster.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1334712/Humans-concept-randomness-hard-understand.html
Yepyep said: GrimSkald said: This isn't so much a glitch as the simple fact that computers are actually pretty bad at generating numbers that are well-and-truly random. In general, the random number a computer generates are very "streaky." It's not bad in the long run, but it creates some really weird runs. Really, they can't do it at all within their own constructs. Importing observational data (lightning strikes, super-granular clock arbitrage, etc.) helps, but an architecture of binary switches doesn't lend itself to unforeseeable products. Even in a biological, seemingly non-binary machine like a human being, talking in tongues requires divine intervention.There is no such thing as a "random number generator" -- at best we'll get an "unexpected number generator."
Momo988 said: You can also use lava lamps to generate random numbers. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/news/a28921/lava-lamp-security-cloudflare/
Yepyep said: Momo988 said: You can also use lava lamps to generate random numbers. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/news/a28921/lava-lamp-security-cloudflare/ This is just so very fantastic... Thanks for the link!