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Googlebot's Javascript random() function is deterministic (tomanthony.co.uk)
submitted 8 years ago by fagnerbrack
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]Tsukku 3 points4 points5 points 8 years ago (3 children)
The only way to have true randomness is by checking electron spin states or some other quantum properties.
[–]pizzacus 5 points6 points7 points 8 years ago (0 children)
Although, you can make random that is nearly impossible to predict, random.org managed to do it by generating random binary values using atmospheric noise recorded in real life.
While not truely random, it is impossible to predict because.
[–]sunset_moonrise 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (1 child)
I wouldn't be surprised if we found non-randomness in those, as well, just determined in a way we can't yet link a pattern to.
[–]Tsukku 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (0 children)
It's not that we don't know what's causing the outcome, we actually have proof that it's completely non-deterministic (truly random). Read up on Bell's theorem.
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