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What is happening when a computer generates a random number? Are all RNG programs created equally? What makes an RNG better or worse?

4857 upvotes • r/askscience

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Reading the Three Kingdoms, one gets the (obviously romanticized) impression that serving in one of the available armies was almost like a vacation from farming, and wasn't likely to lead to death or dismemberment. What was the reality for ancient Chinese infantry?

519 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] "Hi there. You know that feeling you sometimes have, of someone watching you just outside your line of vision? That was me. It's time we had a little chat."

34 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] In a utopian future, capitol punishment is a footnote in the history books. You are on trial for a crime so heinous, the death sentence is brought back to the table.

23 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Is there any record of how medieval man reacted to/interpreted the existence of static electricity?

9 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] All of humankind is simultaneously afflicted by the uncontrollable urge to congregate in the Grand Canyon. While milling about, some stream into a deep cave leading to what appears to be a giant, permeable Ovum. Somebody touches it.

9 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] You've just realized that you can't recall the last time you've seen bananas available at the market ... and nobody is talking about it.

4 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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[WP] A vigilante who poses as a john to rescue trafficked sex workers discovers his next rescuee is an undercover cop in a prostitution sting.

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What's with all the banks failing in the late 19th/early 20th century?

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In terms of corruption/incompetence, how does the Trump administration (thus far) compare to that of Warren Harding?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is happening when a computer generates a random number? Are all RNG programs created equally? What makes an RNG better or worse?	4857	askscience
Reading the Three Kingdoms, one gets the (obviously romanticized) impression that serving in one of the available armies was almost like a vacation from farming, and wasn't likely to lead to death or dismemberment. What was the reality for ancient Chinese infantry?	519	AskHistorians
[WP] "Hi there. You know that feeling you sometimes have, of someone watching you just outside your line of vision? That was me. It's time we had a little chat."	34	WritingPrompts
[WP] In a utopian future, capitol punishment is a footnote in the history books. You are on trial for a crime so heinous, the death sentence is brought back to the table.	23	WritingPrompts
Is there any record of how medieval man reacted to/interpreted the existence of static electricity?	9	AskHistorians
[WP] All of humankind is simultaneously afflicted by the uncontrollable urge to congregate in the Grand Canyon. While milling about, some stream into a deep cave leading to what appears to be a giant, permeable Ovum. Somebody touches it.	9	WritingPrompts
[WP] You've just realized that you can't recall the last time you've seen bananas available at the market ... and nobody is talking about it.	4	WritingPrompts
[WP] A vigilante who poses as a john to rescue trafficked sex workers discovers his next rescuee is an undercover cop in a prostitution sting.	2	WritingPrompts
What's with all the banks failing in the late 19th/early 20th century?	2	AskHistorians
In terms of corruption/incompetence, how does the Trump administration (thus far) compare to that of Warren Harding?	1	AskHistorians