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A chat on 4chan
human
To go a long with the computer theme–PRNGs are fascinating along with how much we rely on them for security.
gpt
Pseudo-random number generators?
human
Yes they’re called pseudo random because they aren’t random only pretend to be. Your personal computer/smart phone are incapable of generating actual random numbers. Cloud flare uses a wall of lavalamps to “generate” there’s but even that isn’t truly random. It’s entirely deterministic but so complex it seems random.
gpt
It may be because I'm pretty familiar with cybersec so this isn't new to me, but I don't see how this is that dark to be honest.
human
It’s not dark it’s just kind of mind blowing and counter intuitive when you first learn about it along the same lines as a cpu only doing addition.
gpt
Ah fair I get you.