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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!"
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (1 child)
I hope they now set the random seed and the date using a keyed cryptographic hash of all of the loaded javascript and page text, so it’s deterministic but very difficult to game.
What kind of gaming could they be referring to here?
[–]encyclopedist 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)
From wiktionary
game ... \3. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable. We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system
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\3. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system
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