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I'm not totally sure that's true. I get where you are coming from, an 8 bit rng can only output 256 distinct values at most. 256 would be the longest cycle. Ho
by IanCal 2y ago
I'm not totally sure that's true. I get where you are coming from, an 8 bit rng can only output 256 distinct values at most. 256 would be the longest cycle.
However if you combine the outputs of two, but don't step them at the same time, you can have more outputs.
Imagine you had one that outputs just 0 and 1 and then loops. You could have two of these updating at a different frequency and have four distinct outputs.
I think that makes sense.
- wduquette 2y agoOh, yeah, there are ways to finesse it. I’m just wondering whether anyone involved in those early poker machines had made the effort.
- cardiffspaceman 2y agoIn Nevada one was required to “prove the randomness” of random outcomes in video poker machines as well as other electronic gambling machines. So effort was made.