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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They've pissed so many billions of dollars into quantum computing, at least they're using it for something.

Did anyone tell them that you can use the noise in a semiconductor junction to produce truly random numbers too? You can buy one for a few pennies.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Isn't there a truly random generator based on Lava Lamps? Lol

But I think the issue is the rate at which you can get random numbers

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

IIRC that's Cloudflares random number generator.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think I saw the video about it here on lemmy within the past week

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's probably not truly random, when two centuries from now people have descended a few more levels down. Just like their result