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Yesterday I noticed most of their lava lamps are out (which generate random bits). Perhaps these are a critical component. https://photos.app.goo.gl/g6eR8V2PS
by alex_young 6y ago
Yesterday I noticed most of their lava lamps are out (which generate random bits). Perhaps these are a critical component.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/g6eR8V2PSY3EVjCLA https://photos.app.goo.gl/g6eR8V2PSY3EVjCLA
- maxk42 6y agoI'm sure you were joking but they actually are: https://blog.cloudflare.com/lavarand-in-production-the-nitty-gritty-technical-details/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/lavarand-in-production-the-nitty...
- leijurv 6y agoSomeone needs to get these lava lamps plugged back in ASAP!
- ATsch 6y agoDespite them actually mixing it into their entropy pools, the lava lamps are still entirely for show. The noise of the camera sensor itself is going to contribute orders of magnitude more entropy than the slow movement of the lamps. It's not completely a fake stunt, but it's certainly headline-optimized.
- soup10 6y agoGood guy cloudflare giving programmers an early weekend.
- neurostimulant 6y agoBut overtime for their own programmers :)