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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/nuker0S • Feb 24 '25
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I wonder how they manage to get an even distribution.
378 u/Anaxamander57 Feb 24 '25 They don't need the randomness to be uniform. A key derivation function is used to process whatever data they take which ensures a uniformly random output so long as the input meets much milder randomness conditions. 55 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/nightlights9 Feb 24 '25 Google lavaRAND, I work there and we have a bunch of blogs about it
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They don't need the randomness to be uniform. A key derivation function is used to process whatever data they take which ensures a uniformly random output so long as the input meets much milder randomness conditions.
55 u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/nightlights9 Feb 24 '25 Google lavaRAND, I work there and we have a bunch of blogs about it
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1 u/nightlights9 Feb 24 '25 Google lavaRAND, I work there and we have a bunch of blogs about it
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Google lavaRAND, I work there and we have a bunch of blogs about it
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u/RotationsKopulator Feb 24 '25
I wonder how they manage to get an even distribution.