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(DIR) Post #AxJBmCXiOjnArEUIl6 by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T22:48:10Z
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You can emulate any device with /dev/random if you know what bytes to look for
(DIR) Post #AxJBqJA7jFRCXuPYtE by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T22:48:54Z
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All other devices are just weak versions of /dev/random
(DIR) Post #AxJC3NxlBwQjCPrdiK by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T22:51:16Z
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All computation is just specialization of /dev/random by limiting its values
(DIR) Post #AxJCWcvecwzy0tp3dg by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T22:56:33Z
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/dev/zero is implemented by reading from /dev/random and only outputting the zeros
(DIR) Post #AxJCgIMHxjDd6xtHoe by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T22:58:19Z
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/dev/random is a universal turing machine given enough time and the right state transfer function
(DIR) Post #AxJCna0cjiSXsfEMng by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T22:59:35Z
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@cloudthethings pulseaudio is implemented by reading from /dev/random then crashing
(DIR) Post #AxJDyhtdqqtjTypoOW by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
2025-08-18T23:12:38Z
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@ricci@discuss.systemsYour filesystem isn't really fault tolerant if it can't be mounted from /dev/random
(DIR) Post #AxJE5rJVElo6iTLDhw by wiersdorf@fosstodon.org
2025-08-18T23:14:06Z
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@ricci Noted. I’ll tell your students to just turn in random bytes and put the onus on you to filter the right ones as you grade.
(DIR) Post #AxJEFYNWUb7usyqPui by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:15:48Z
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@m0xEE my filesystem patiently reads /dev/random, biding its time, waiting for it to generate the file it is looking for
(DIR) Post #AxJELIlFTDdMBegOJs by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:16:50Z
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/dev/random contains the private keys to every bitcoin wallet
(DIR) Post #AxJEQgE9ePcQPjlg6i by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:17:54Z
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/dev/random contains the sounds of the voices of every person who ever lived, and every person who will ever live
(DIR) Post #AxJEnJwef5qvy2NWkq by DeweyOxberger@techhub.social
2025-08-18T23:21:58Z
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@ricci wait, don't we need 10,000 /dev/random's to make all this work?
(DIR) Post #AxJEsYaZdyIcpfXyxU by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:22:51Z
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@josh0 the Epstein files have already been released, though /dev/random
(DIR) Post #AxJFCKOa7lAsbVMiTg by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:26:30Z
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/dev/random is the only backup plan you need, just read it until you find your old files
(DIR) Post #AxJG9TzE6mM1R3iGCe by pmonson@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:37:11Z
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@ricci this may true of everything but /dev/urandom, oddly
(DIR) Post #AxJHi9Ib7FmjMbrqvw by ferrix@mastodon.online
2025-08-18T23:54:37Z
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@ricci all of computer science is directed apophenia, finding patterns that could at some point have come from /dev/random
(DIR) Post #AxJHiPRh5CZHRSFLKi by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-18T23:54:39Z
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There are two wolves inside of you, but an infinity of wolves in /dev/random
(DIR) Post #AxJHxrhmIUf1Ql8iPI by bremner@mathstodon.xyz
2025-08-18T23:57:24Z
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@ricci The new preferred nomenclature for the technology you refer to as /dev/random as "AI". Thanks in advance for your compliance.
(DIR) Post #AxJIH6HoJDkU9hAK3s by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-19T00:00:59Z
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Try this one weird trick to reduce entropy and forestall the heat death of the universe:cat /dev/random > /dev/null
(DIR) Post #AxJInzyslyjy9k00mW by rk@mastodon.well.com
2025-08-19T00:06:55Z
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@ricci I was gonna be a jerk and and say you could generate N*M files where N is seeds and M was the period of the PRNG in question+1, and then apply a diagonalization operation to the output to guarantee that you had at least one file that couldn’t be generated by the PRNG but in your defense you did say /dev/random and not /dev/urandom and I’m assuming a modern cryptographic implementation so I respectfully concede.(Also the periods on Mersenne Twister based PRNG’s are stupid.)#math
(DIR) Post #AxJJ56fl9As5pgDDmK by pmonson@discuss.systems
2025-08-19T00:09:57Z
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@ricci have you become a shill for big RNG?
(DIR) Post #AxJK99R8uZMBWBrs1Y by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-19T00:21:53Z
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@pmonson no /dev/random is a scam made up by big entropy to sell more math
(DIR) Post #AxJM0ijIWYCGHMT2Zc by pmonson@discuss.systems
2025-08-19T00:42:51Z
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@ricci you can slowly cage them with poor implementations of markov chains or fourior transforms. Quickly before /dev/random erases our simple knowledge tools
(DIR) Post #AxJRFgrQFqHib5E1Ts by resera@social.tchncs.de
2025-08-19T01:41:32Z
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@ricci did that, now my /dev/random is empty :(halp, pls. How to unemtpy /dev/random ?¿??
(DIR) Post #AxJSW1AobF9CBRe4tE by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-19T01:55:43Z
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@resera cp /dev/zero /dev/random
(DIR) Post #AxJWuexqi2pwMLaPXk by ricci@discuss.systems
2025-08-19T02:44:54Z
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@biogeo Schrödinger's cat will be happy to take what's left over. Or not. Maybe.
(DIR) Post #AxJpLob6ndvREK329Y by PeteBleackley@wandering.shop
2025-08-19T06:11:34Z
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@ricci OpenAI's business model