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When Random Numbers Are Too Random: Low Discrepancy Sequences (blog.demofox.org)

submitted 2 years ago by mac@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This seems like you're introducing selection bias. Do you really want laypersons to influence your code? You should poll a representative sample of coders for a random number, and use the mode of that.

Here, I'll start you off: 7

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I’m good with that. My current number of upvotes is the most random number, which I also find acceptable.