how do random number generators work?
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They don’t really generate random numbers, but rather take one number (say, the local date down to the current second), then run that through a variety of mathematical operations (square it, half it, multiply it with the currently used amount of RAM or whatnot), and then trim it down to the desired length.
Again, it’s not genuinely random as this strictly falls out of a computer’s ability, but after pulling the starting number through so many different operations, the outcome might as well be.
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