On: When Random Isn't Random Enough: Lessons from an Online Poker Exploit

[DanBC]

This was an interesting article. (Font size is tiny using Chrome on iOS).

> If your business or technology depends on using random numbers, your best bet is to use a hardware random number generator.

Some hardware RNGs would be hopeless for this task. It'd be scary to have to buy one of these things and trust the output.

[notduncansmith → DanBC]

News/YC is my favorite iOS HackerNews client, it's free and beautiful, and comes with Readability so I never run into this problem. So many sites are either not responsive or do it badly, so it's a lifesaver.

[nitrogen → notduncansmith]

I think you got downvoted because your comment reads like it was written by a marketing plant.

[notduncansmith → nitrogen]

My b, I just get really enthusiastic about products that improve my life.