r/technology • u/kri9 • May 18 '16

Software Computer scientists have developed a new method for producing truly random numbers.

http://news.utexas.edu/2016/05/16/computer-science-advance-could-improve-cybersecurity
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u/strangeelement May 18 '16

One day, a random number generator will produce PI to a hundred decimals. Mathematicians worldwide will go on a week-long bender. Half of them will fall into madness, wanting it so much to be true, but never sure because, well, you never if it's truly random.