Article on JS V8 math.random()

[Renegade]

This is an interesting and very well written article on random number generation:

https://medium.com/@betable/tifu-by-using-math-random-f1c308c4fd9d#.nk9324n3r

1 short snippet from it:

The same thing is happening with the V8 PRNG and our random identifiers — under certain conditions, the PRNG’s lack of randomness is making it less likely that we’ll see a collision.

In this case the generator’s determinism worked in our favor, but that’s not always true. The general lesson here is that, even for a high quality PRNG, you can’t assume a random distribution unless the generator’s cycle length is much larger than the number of random values you’re generating.

More at the link.

[Deozaan]

Interesting read, even if it was a bit above my understanding.

[Renegade]

Interesting read, even if it was a bit above my understanding.

You're not the only one. I understood a good amount of it, but not all of it.

[Tuxman]

Well, yes, Chrome's underlying "engines" are not actually known for being secure. Yesterday I've read another thing: Did you know that Chrom[e|ium] lets you force-install "admin" add-ons?