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[Karl] was in need of a hardware random number generator, but is needs had a few caveats: it needed to be cheap, and sufficiently random. Random number generation can get quite crazy with Geiger ...
According to this post on the official V8 Javascript blog, the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that V8 Javascript uses in Math.random() is horribly flawed and getting replaced with something … ...
Computers store their data in binary code, rather than in base 10, so 1,024 random binary digits could be any one of 21024 numbers (its’s a kilobit).
Computer scientists have borrowed from the world of geology and crystals to help machines better generate random numbers. Here's how their method works.
Neutered random number generator let man rig million dollar lotteries RNG bypass code allowed security chief to know winning numbers in advance.
A new laser’s chaotic light beam lets the device generate multiple number sequences at once, similar to throwing multiple dice at a time.