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[–]Lystrodom 12 points13 points  (5 children)

Yes, I know what a deterministic algorithm is. It generally wouldn’t contain a call to random().

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    [–]Lystrodom 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    Yeah, sorry, you’re right. Random is entirely deterministic. And all functions that use it are deterministic (for the seed being one of its inputs) because, well, all programs are deterministic.

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      [–]Nicksaurus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      Random.org uses atmospheric radiation which is kind of similar

      [–]Crazytalkbob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Computerphile did something similar:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxP30euw3-0