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Pretty cool analogue way to get randomness. There are a lot of solutions, this is one.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

He's still around! He hosts a trivia podcast called Lateral.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The lava lamps are just a gimmick and evening filming a white wall (as long as the video is not overexposed) would be just as random/secure because of the avalanche effect of cryptographically secure hash functions and the thermal noise of cameras.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, but this one has LAVA LAMPS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

fair enough 🤣