Jesus Michał von Gentoo 🏔 (he) on Nostr: I would just like to point out that 4 is an entirely valid random number. A true RNG ...
I would just like to point out that 4 is an entirely valid random number. A true RNG tasked with generating an n-bit random unsigned number, has 2^(-n) probability of returning 4 (for n>2). Discarding 4 as nonrandom makes the RNG nonrandom.
#shitposting
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