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

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m_antis89 · 1790075897 · focus · HN ↗
0 is not a number, it's undefined
1. seanhunter · 1790101992 · focus · HN ↗
  It is literally the first Peano axiom that 0 is a natural number. In fact it is the only natural number that is defined in and of itself. All other natural numbers are defined by using the “successor” operation to add things to zero.
  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms
  1. m_antis89 · 1790164505 · focus · HN ↗
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