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	necovek 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0? I can imagine someone doing a `pick = rnrand16() - 0x7fff if pick > 0...` where these are not equally likely anymore (I may have an off-by-one anyway ;)).
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throwawayffffas 3 days ago [–]

Sure but by one part in 32k so it's not a big deal.

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