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necovek 26 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?

If someone was using RDRAND16 to seed a PRNG, choosing to omit one single value (a zero) from the return value would not significantly improve the generated values, if at all.

ZiiS 26 days ago [–]

Looked at another way; leaving out the zero also dosn't significantly hurt. If the is any risk if it breaking the PRNG why take the risk.

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