The Powder Toy

Randomness Simulator by Qxoqqq

Qxoqqq
Qxoqqq
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5th May 2020
5th May 2020
A machine that creates a "graph" wich shows the probability.
gauss math random normal distribution heavilyinspired notquitestolen pseudorandom randomness

Comments

  • Nereus
    Nereus     7th May 2020
    TheNik humans not being able to determine something ahead of time doesn't make it truly random, or any less predetermined. It just means human perception is limited
  • Nereus
    Nereus     7th May 2020
    tabnk2 nothing's random in quantum mechanics. everything still has cause and effect, the uncertainty principle's about us not being able to measure causes past a certain point.
  • TheNik
    TheNik     6th May 2020
    They might generate truly random numbers from, say, the chaotic movement of air currents, which really is impossible to pre-determine, due to quantum phenomena which get amplified into macroscopic effects.
  • TheNik
    TheNik     6th May 2020
    What RNGs are good at, though, is making sure that it is difficult to see the pattern behind this calculation. You couldn't easily predict the next random number without actually using that same RNG to calculate it. Another interesting concept is true random generators. You can actually buy these as separate hardware modules, or use them as a web service.
  • TheNik
    TheNik     6th May 2020
    (Normal) computers are indeed incapable of generating true random numbers. You can't really tell a program to do "something". You can only tell it to do very precisely determined maths. You may have heard of the term "seed" in some context. An RNG seed is the starting number, which is used to calculate the next random digit. If, however, you use the same seed twice, you /will/ get the same output twice.
  • Doom_Knight
    Doom_Knight     6th May 2020
    I waited so long that the entire pyramid and square was filled with dust :)
  • tabnk2
    tabnk2     6th May 2020
    polybius223 tell that to quantum mechanics. EVERYTHING is random on a subatomic level. the only reason why things don't randomly fly is because the rendomness evens out over thousands of rolls. In theory, this means that computers DO make truly random numbers, since the fundamental building blocks of the universe are based on randomness
  • polybuis223
    polybuis223     5th May 2020
    E V E R Y T H I N G I S P R E D E T E R M E N D . . .
  • polybuis223
    polybuis223     5th May 2020
    in fact
  • polybuis223
    polybuis223     5th May 2020
    everything a computer does is predetermend