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Isn't this affected that its difficult to get true random by computers? Its more pseudo random and therefore the chance is not real chance but predictable.


While true, there are cryptographically secure PRNG's that are incredibly difficult (Theoretically impossible) to predict.

In any case, unless you're using Markov chains to generate data that needs to be kept secure (Like generating a password that could be pronounced), the predictability of random numbers isn't really relevant.




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