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		raverbashing on Oct 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OneRNG – Open Hardware Random Number Generator I doesn't matter. And being in a semiconductor it is a quantum process (in fact most sources of noise in circuits are quantum in origin - not that it matters)

anfractuosity on Oct 28, 2014 [–]

That's untrue, just because it's a semiconductor, doesn't mean it can't generate data effected by non-quantum properties such as temperature.

raverbashing on Oct 28, 2014 | [–]

"it can't generate data effected by non-quantum properties such as temperature"

And do you think quantum effects are not affected by temperature? REALLY?!

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