{"generator":"StatusNet 1.0.1","title":"Conversation","count":11,"totalItems":11,"items":[{"actor":{"displayName":"RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-48-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-96-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-48-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-24-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-96-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"798"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"redenchilada","displayName":"RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)","note":"I used to break RDN.","addresses":{"formatted":"Houston, TX"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/lyrawearspants.com","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761\" class=\"url\" title=\"Pony\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">pony<\/span><\/a><\/span> Not for most cases. For the average computer program, the pRNG seed is initialized to some value (often the computer time), and calls to rand() and similar functions will perform some sort of math on the seed and return that value. A game I've poked at the source for has <a href=\"http:\/\/pny.lv\/2gls\" title=\"https:\/\/github.com\/STJr\/SRB2\/blob\/master\/src\/m_random.c#L98\" rel=\"nofollow external\">a custom pRNG system<\/a> (because it needs to sync across netgames) that demonstrates the concept. Basically, if srand() is called with the same value, successive calls to rand() will return the same sequence of values.<br \/><br \/>That said, clock drift <i>can<\/i> be used for randomness. It's usually pretty slow, however, so it's better to use one of the methods Cinnamon mentioned, or if desired use clock drift to seed a pRNG.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761\" class=\"url\" title=\"Pony\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">pony<\/span><\/a><\/span> Not for most cases. For the average computer program, the pRNG seed is initialized to some value (often the computer time), and calls to rand() and similar functions will perform some sort of math on the seed and return that value. A game I've poked at the source for has <a href=\"http:\/\/pny.lv\/2gls\" title=\"https:\/\/github.com\/STJr\/SRB2\/blob\/master\/src\/m_random.c#L98\" rel=\"nofollow external\">a custom pRNG system<\/a> (because it needs to sync across netgames) that demonstrates the concept. Basically, if srand() is called with the same value, successive calls to rand() will return the same sequence of values.<br \/><br \/>That said, clock drift <i>can<\/i> be used for randomness. It's usually pretty slow, however, so it's better to use one of the methods Cinnamon mentioned, or if desired use clock drift to seed a pRNG.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430250","object":{"displayName":"@pony Not for most cases. For the average computer program, the pRNG seed is initialized to some value (often the computer time), and calls to rand() and similar functions will perform some sort of math on the seed and return that value. A game I've poked at the source for has [a custom pRNG system](http:\/\/pny.lv\/2gls) (because it needs to sync across netgames) that demonstrates the concept. Basically, if srand() is called with the same value, successive calls to rand() will return the same sequence of values.\n\nThat said, clock drift \/can\/ be used for randomness. It's usually pretty slow, however, so it's better to use one of the methods Cinnamon mentioned, or if desired use clock drift to seed a pRNG.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430250","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430250"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430237","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430237"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T16:24:45+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T16:24:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@pony Not for most cases. For the average computer program, the pRNG seed is initialized to some value (often the computer time), and calls to rand() and similar functions will perform some sort of math on the seed and return that value. A game I've poked at the source for has [a custom pRNG system](http:\/\/pny.lv\/2gls) (because it needs to sync across netgames) that demonstrates the concept. Basically, if srand() is called with the same value, successive calls to rand() will return the same sequence of values.  That said, clock drift \/can\/ be used for randomness. It's usually pretty slow, however, so it's better to use one of the methods Cinnamon mentioned, or if desired use clock drift to seed a pRNG.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430250","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430250","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Pony","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-391-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"391","height":"391"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-96-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-48-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-24-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-96-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"6761"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"pony","displayName":"Pony","note":"Youtube channel:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/extremawesomazing\/videos \r\n\r\nUtah bronies: \r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/252275708122162\/","addresses":{"formatted":"Provo"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/ponymorals.tumblr.com\/","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> DO you know whether I'm wrong about it sometimes being based on the processor clock?  I thought I heard that somewhere, but I don't know how it would even work.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> DO you know whether I'm wrong about it sometimes being based on the processor clock?  I thought I heard that somewhere, but I don't know how it would even work.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430237","object":{"displayName":"@cinnamonswirl DO you know whether I'm wrong about it sometimes being based on the processor clock?  I thought I heard that somewhere, but I don't know how it would even work.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430237","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430237"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:42:03+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:42:03+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@cinnamonswirl DO you know whether I'm wrong about it sometimes being based on the processor clock?  I thought I heard that somewhere, but I don't know how it would even work.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430237","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430237","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-112-20170504003817.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"112","height":"112"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-48-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-24-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"2706"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"mushi","displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","note":"\" I'm a Mushi's Witness we don't celebrate birthdays or Christmas or fun \"\r\n\r\n-Tiff\r\n\r\n\" Don't you know mushi is offended by friendship\"\r\n\r\n-Darkw00d","addresses":{"formatted":"Brazil"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761\" class=\"url\" title=\"Pony\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">pony<\/span><\/a><\/span> cerulean gave me a cool aswer","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761\" class=\"url\" title=\"Pony\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">pony<\/span><\/a><\/span> cerulean gave me a cool aswer","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430236","object":{"displayName":"@pony cerulean gave me a cool aswer","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430236","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430236"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430233","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430233"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:41:35+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:41:35+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@pony cerulean gave me a cool aswer","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430236","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430236","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Pony","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-391-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"391","height":"391"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-96-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-48-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-24-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-96-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"6761"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"pony","displayName":"Pony","note":"Youtube channel:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/extremawesomazing\/videos \r\n\r\nUtah bronies: \r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/252275708122162\/","addresses":{"formatted":"Provo"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/ponymorals.tumblr.com\/","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> oh cool!","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> oh cool!","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430234","object":{"displayName":"@cinnamonswirl oh cool!","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430234","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430234"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:40:54+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:40:54+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@cinnamonswirl oh cool!","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430234","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430234","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Pony","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-391-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"391","height":"391"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-96-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-48-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-24-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/6761-96-20140614022330.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/6761","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"6761"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"pony","displayName":"Pony","note":"Youtube channel:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/extremawesomazing\/videos \r\n\r\nUtah bronies: \r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/252275708122162\/","addresses":{"formatted":"Provo"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/ponymorals.tumblr.com\/","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> As I understand, random can be based on the processor's clock which is controlled by a quartz crystal. Corrections anybody?","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> As I understand, random can be based on the processor's clock which is controlled by a quartz crystal. Corrections anybody?","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430233","object":{"displayName":"@mushi As I understand, random can be based on the processor's clock which is controlled by a quartz crystal. Corrections anybody?","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430233","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430233"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:39:47+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:39:47+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@mushi As I understand, random can be based on the processor's clock which is controlled by a quartz crystal. Corrections anybody?","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430233","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430233","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-112-20170504003817.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"112","height":"112"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-48-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-24-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"2706"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"mushi","displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","note":"\" I'm a Mushi's Witness we don't celebrate birthdays or Christmas or fun \"\r\n\r\n-Tiff\r\n\r\n\" Don't you know mushi is offended by friendship\"\r\n\r\n-Darkw00d","addresses":{"formatted":"Brazil"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> well, that is pretty complex, but answered my question. thank you ^^","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> well, that is pretty complex, but answered my question. thank you ^^","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430229","object":{"displayName":"@cinnamonswirl well, that is pretty complex, but answered my question. thank you ^^","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430229","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430229"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:33:24+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:33:24+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@cinnamonswirl well, that is pretty complex, but answered my question. thank you ^^","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430229","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430229","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Cerulean Spark","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-480-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"480","height":"480"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-96-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-48-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-24-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-96-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"30324"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"ceruleanspark","displayName":"Cerulean Spark","note":"I would fight to make that bright and innocent past our future once again. Even if it means dashing myself against the evil and cruelty of this wasteland until there is nothing left of me. And then, when I am too broken to go on, I will float my dying body right down the throat of the darkness and make it choke on me.","addresses":{"formatted":"United Kingdom"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> Computers actually can't do things randomly on their own. Modern systems tend to use either: a &quot;psuedorandom&quot; number generator, which produces not truly random, but still highly difficult to reproduce values, or they build up what they call an &quot;Entropy Cache&quot;, by sampling user mouse and keyboard entries, and in some cases, sampling user created files (Usually things like temporary internet files are used as &quot;seeds&quot;). The third method, used by organisations with a requirement for reliable &quot;true&quot; randomness involves the installation of a &quot;hardware randomness generator&quot; or &quot;Entropy card&quot;. Most use radioactive decay to generate random noise, but some use radio receivers to tap into universal background radiation to achieve the same.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> Computers actually can't do things randomly on their own. Modern systems tend to use either: a &quot;psuedorandom&quot; number generator, which produces not truly random, but still highly difficult to reproduce values, or they build up what they call an &quot;Entropy Cache&quot;, by sampling user mouse and keyboard entries, and in some cases, sampling user created files (Usually things like temporary internet files are used as &quot;seeds&quot;). The third method, used by organisations with a requirement for reliable &quot;true&quot; randomness involves the installation of a &quot;hardware randomness generator&quot; or &quot;Entropy card&quot;. Most use radioactive decay to generate random noise, but some use radio receivers to tap into universal background radiation to achieve the same.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224","object":{"displayName":"@mushi Computers actually can't do things randomly on their own. Modern systems tend to use either: a \"psuedorandom\" number generator, which produces not truly random, but still highly difficult to reproduce values, or they build up what they call an \"Entropy Cache\", by sampling user mouse and keyboard entries, and in some cases, sampling user created files (Usually things like temporary internet files are used as \"seeds\"). The third method, used by organisations with a requirement for reliable \"true\" randomness involves the installation of a \"hardware randomness generator\" or \"Entropy card\". Most use radioactive decay to generate random noise, but some use radio receivers to tap into universal background radiation to achieve the same.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:23:10+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:23:10+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@mushi Computers actually can't do things randomly on their own. Modern systems tend to use either: a \"psuedorandom\" number generator, which produces not truly random, but still highly difficult to reproduce values, or they build up what they call an \"Entropy Cache\", by sampling user mouse and keyboard entries, and in some cases, sampling user created files (Usually things like temporary internet files are used as \"seeds\"). The third method, used by organisations with a requirement for reliable \"true\" randomness involves the installation of a \"hardware randomness generator\" or \"Entropy card\". Most use radioactive decay to generate random noise, but some use radio receivers to tap into universal background radiation to achieve the same.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430224","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430224","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-112-20170504003817.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"112","height":"112"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-48-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-24-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"2706"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"mushi","displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","note":"\" I'm a Mushi's Witness we don't celebrate birthdays or Christmas or fun \"\r\n\r\n-Tiff\r\n\r\n\" Don't you know mushi is offended by friendship\"\r\n\r\n-Darkw00d","addresses":{"formatted":"Brazil"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> but what mechanism does it use to do a thing randomly? ( i think that doubt only makes sens to me)","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cinnamon Swirl\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">cinnamonswirl<\/span><\/a><\/span> but what mechanism does it use to do a thing randomly? ( i think that doubt only makes sens to me)","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221","object":{"displayName":"@cinnamonswirl but what mechanism does it use to do a thing randomly? ( i think that doubt only makes sens to me)","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430211","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430211"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T15:03:22+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T15:03:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@cinnamonswirl but what mechanism does it use to do a thing randomly? ( i think that doubt only makes sens to me)","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430221","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430221","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Cerulean Spark","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-480-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"480","height":"480"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-96-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-48-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-24-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/30324-96-20200417145347.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/30324","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"30324"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"ceruleanspark","displayName":"Cerulean Spark","note":"I would fight to make that bright and innocent past our future once again. Even if it means dashing myself against the evil and cruelty of this wasteland until there is nothing left of me. And then, when I am too broken to go on, I will float my dying body right down the throat of the darkness and make it choke on me.","addresses":{"formatted":"United Kingdom"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> =rand()","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> =rand()","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430211","object":{"displayName":"@mushi =rand()","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430211","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430211"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T14:34:51+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T14:34:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@mushi =rand()","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430211","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430211","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"RDN's Lucifer","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4320","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/4320-259-20180525131708.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"259","height":"259"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/4320-96-20180525131708.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/4320-48-20180525131708.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/4320-24-20180525131708.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/4320-96-20180525131708.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4320","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"4320"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"nerthos","displayName":"RDN's Lucifer","note":"For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroe and Ophir. He is the kin of the jungle\u2019s lords, and heir to the secrets of hoary and sinister Africa. The Sphinx is his cousin, and he speaks her language; but he is more ancient than the Sphinx, and remembers that which she hath forgotten.\r\n\r\nFederation is getting worse by the minute so contact info\r\nSteam: sirnerthos\r\nSkype: nerthos.osea.yo\r\nnerthosnyaa@gmail.com","addresses":{"formatted":"Sea Hitler's water apocalypse"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> You underpay a coder to write a script and remake it five times trying to get rid of all the bugs.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706\" class=\"url\" title=\"a boring guy\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mushi<\/span><\/a><\/span> You underpay a coder to write a script and remake it five times trying to get rid of all the bugs.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430208","object":{"displayName":"@mushi You underpay a coder to write a script and remake it five times trying to get rid of all the bugs.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430208","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430208"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T14:20:48+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T14:20:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@mushi You underpay a coder to write a script and remake it five times trying to get rid of all the bugs.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430208","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430208","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-112-20170504003817.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"112","height":"112"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-48-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-24-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/2706-96-20170504003818.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/2706","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"2706"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"mushi","displayName":"monsutaa kaado!","note":"\" I'm a Mushi's Witness we don't celebrate birthdays or Christmas or fun \"\r\n\r\n-Tiff\r\n\r\n\" Don't you know mushi is offended by friendship\"\r\n\r\n-Darkw00d","addresses":{"formatted":"Brazil"}}},"content":"how do you tell a computer to do something randomly?","body":"how do you tell a computer to do something randomly?","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203","object":{"displayName":"how do you tell a computer to do something randomly?","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203","type":"note","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203"},"context":{"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610"},"published":"2014-05-23T13:58:19+00:00","postedTime":"2014-05-23T13:58:19+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"how do you tell a computer to do something randomly?","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3430203","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3430203","source":"web"}}],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3184610","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}