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Comment by kridsdale1

2 hours ago

Use an analog computer. Sample a voltage. Congrats.

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why-o-why  2 hours ago

Sample it with what? An infinite precision ADC?

This is how old temperature-noise based TRNGs can be attacked (modern ones use a different technique, usually a ring-oscillater with whitening... although i have heard noise-based is coming back but i've been out of the loop for a while)

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