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   Janis Papanagnou to All   
   Re: srand(0)   
   25 Dec 25 21:14:00   
   
   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2025-12-25 20:31, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   > The turbulence of the air/gas inside disk drives is apparently a good   
   > source of randomness.   
      
   $ ln /dev/sda /dev/rnd     # ;-)   
      
   Too bad that I recently switched to SSDs. :-/   
      
   Janis   
      
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