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Slot machine outcomes are controlled by programs called pseudorandom number generators that produce baffling results by design. goddamnit wired. You're as bad
by forgottenpass 10y ago
Slot machine outcomes are controlled by programs called pseudorandom number generators that produce baffling results by design.
goddamnit wired. You're as bad as IT World. I don't know why I keep reading your trash.
- bluejekyll 10y agoThey do an ok job of going on and explaining the limits of a PRNG. They're trying to target this to the broader market...
- shepardrtc 10y agoI generally agree, but "baffling results" is just plain stupid. Might as well start talking about internet "tubes".
- amdavidson 10y agoIs this statement not literally correct? I believe the person being baffled in this is the gambler not the programmer.
- appleflaxen 10y agoWhat do you object to in that sentence?
- mturmon 10y ago$ python Python 2.7.8 (default, Oct 19 2014, 16:03:53) >>> import random >>> random.random() 0.10294460164979391 Why??? What does it mean?