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Generating Random Numbers Is a Lot Harder Than You Think

How computers make random decisions

 
Sunny Beatteay
Sunny Beatteay
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Sep 8 * 7 min read
Person stepping on numbers on the ground
Photo by Markus Krisetya on Unsplash

What do video game speed-runners, gamblers, and cryptographers all
have in common? They depend on random numbers. From shuffling music
to encrypting the entire internet, random numbers are a crucial part
of modern life. And in most of these circumstances, we rely on
computers to generate them for us.