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Comment by pixelpoet

1 year ago

You also have to love that the middle square method is by von Neumann[0], infinitely quotable about random numbers ("Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin"), way back in 1949. As a small child he saw his mother daydreaming, and asked her what she was computing...

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-square_method