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1. throwawayffffas · 1790074557 · focus · HN ↗

   So what? The point is to be non predictable not to pick all the numbers in the range with exactly the same probability. Would it be a problem if it never generated 16542?

   1. swader999 · 1790075614 · focus · HN ↗

      Betty from accounting will have words.

      1. throwawayffffas · 1790077218 · focus · HN ↗

         What does Betty from accounting care about RNGs?

         1. swader999 · 1790081282 · focus · HN ↗

            There's an edge case somewhere that will affect a real user when you can't get a zero. Forecasting simulations perhaps?

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