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encomiastyesterday at 5:24 AM3 repliesview on HN

Random number generators notwithstanding.


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wombatpmyesterday at 5:57 AM

Same seed gives the same sequence. Use that to debug Monte Carlo simulations all the time.

Brian_K_Whiteyesterday at 6:10 AM

The definition of "not repeatable" or unreliable in an rng is if it was random sometimes, and predictable other times.

taneqyesterday at 5:47 AM

They’re unreliably unreliable.