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I don't see any randomness in the implementation. It seems to be taking users in the sequence that the github users API provides.
by kyberias 11y ago
I don't see any randomness in the implementation. It seems to be taking users in the sequence that the github users API provides.
- idnan 11y agoBut you are not going to see the same profile again and probably you don't know them. So it's random for you. :)
- brudgers 11y ago"Arbitrary" is probably more consistent with the mathematical rigor some people might expect. On the other hand, little in computing is random rather than pseudo-random.
- tyingq 11y agoSeems easy enough to get the upper bound id... https://api.github.com/search/users?q=created:%3E=2016-04-16&sort=joined&order=desc&per_page=1 https://api.github.com/search/users?q=created:%3E=2016-04-16... (backing off the date if needed) I would prefer random over ascending.