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		kps on March 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Problems emerge for a unified /dev/*random SGI had an online random number source fed by cameras pointing at lava lamps.

dylan604 on March 30, 2022 [–]

Of course they did. Something that was slower than christmas to make noticeable changes, got hotter than hell, and took up way more space than anything else for the performance.

rascul on March 30, 2022 | [–]

Cloudflare does also.

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption...

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