From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:07:03 -0600, BGB wrote:   
      
   > One entropy-mining process is to use "clock()" or similar and then   
   > spin in a loop for a certain amount of time effectively building a   
   > hash of the values returned by clock. The exact timing when the   
   > values change will tend to carry a certain amount of entropy.   
      
   The turbulence of the air/gas inside disk drives is apparently a good   
   source of randomness.   
      
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