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

288 points · 220 comments · BruceEel

m_antis89 · 1790075897 · focus · HN ↗
0 is not a number, it's undefined
1. flexagoon · 1790090595 · focus · HN ↗
  Are you a time traveler from the 5th century?
  1. m_antis89 · 1790164555 · focus · HN ↗
    353 BCE
    Rendello · 1790212940 · focus · HN ↗
    You know, in BC/AD (or BCE/CE), there is no year zero, so in that one case zero is sort of undefined ;)
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero

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