I mean if it’s generated by some piece of code that would imply it follows some methodology or algorithm to come up with something. How could that be random? Random is that which is unpredictable.
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You’re right, it can’t. The algorithms are based on something that changes. This is called the seed. Usually the computer’s time clock. This is psuedo-random. Usually random enough. The algorithms have problems. If you run it enough times, you can find patterns in the results.
Back in the stone age, I learned to code on a device that did not have a clock(or I didn’t know about it). You had to provide the number, so the “random” program showed the same set of “random” images in sequence. Now, I know I could have used a text file and kept track of a number to make it change.
To make it MORE random, you use something that has no discernable pattern. Someone mentioned a snapshot of atmospheric data or a lava lamp wall. Using quantum particles is as random as you can get, though.
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