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

288 points · 220 comments · BruceEel

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    I remember setting up a new git CI build server many years ago, which at the time rather quickly started failing build pipelines in a nodejs css frontend build script, turns out there was something funky with the AMD processor's RDRAND. A motherboard BIOS flash update fixed it.

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