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AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?

288 points · 220 comments · BruceEel

  1. ExoticPearTree · · focus · HN ↗
    The probability of generating a zero is incredibly low if you use the normal distribution curve.

    So it is not necessarily that it doesn't generate zero, they did not run enough times to increase the probability of actually generating a zero.

    1. matja · · focus · HN ↗
      Why would it be a normal distribution?
      1. throawayonthe · · focus · HN ↗
        should be a discrete uniform distribution right?
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