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There's a difference between using a library (hopefully) maintained by those more expert in a field and in using the output it provides. Using the output of RN
by mjevans 9y ago
There's a difference between using a library (hopefully) maintained by those more expert in a field and in using the output it provides.
Using the output of RNG still requires some skill, but that's about designing a "fair" set of rules. Not a better way of obtaining truly random, random enough, or plausibly pseudo-random numbers from a given system.
As the article discussed, there are times when a designer might want to add in bias to make the response of the system fit within desired constraints.
One such example might be a load balancing daemon removing targets from a distribution entirely if they are either unresponsive or under sufficiently greater load (relative to other targets).