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Generally when using a random number generator, you will want to know the distribution and behavior through time.

Without knowing anything, the RNG could generate all 0s one day, and all 1s the next day, which most people would consider a very bad and worthless RNG.



That is why rng whitening algorithms exist.


They will not work if the distribution is time-variant.




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