• cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
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    18 hours ago

    Is there anything about how they originated upon this method?

    Reminds me of 2FA or OTP generated codes a lil bit

    Lastly, this is what I’m talking about!!! Right oN

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      17 hours ago

      Is there anything about how they originated upon this method?

      I haven’t seen anything about this method specifically, but Marsaglia was a mathematician who studied randomness his entire career, so I assume it came about from that.