• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    They’ve pissed so many billions of dollars into quantum computing, at least they’re using it for something.

    Did anyone tell them that you can use the noise in a semiconductor junction to produce truly random numbers too? You can buy one for a few pennies.

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      5 days ago

      Isn’t there a truly random generator based on Lava Lamps? Lol

      But I think the issue is the rate at which you can get random numbers

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      5 days ago

      It’s probably not truly random, when two centuries from now people have descended a few more levels down. Just like their result