cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoHow are pseudo/true random numbers generated mathetmatically, what sorcery is this?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down14
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareHow are pseudo/true random numbers generated mathetmatically, what sorcery is this?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoAn interesting source of randomness is using a diode “in reverse”. Randomly, a few electrons pass through, which can be amplified and measured. One uses a 2^n number of such constructs and XORs the results to get a random bit.
An interesting source of randomness is using a diode “in reverse”. Randomly, a few electrons pass through, which can be amplified and measured. One uses a 2^n number of such constructs and XORs the results to get a random bit.