Wei_Dai comments on Frequentist Magic vs. Bayesian Magic - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Wei_Dai 08 April 2010 08:34PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 08 April 2010 10:54:10PM 1 point [-]

How hard is it to "crack" a pseudorandom number generator? Say, one used to generate cards in an online poker game?

Comment author: cousin_it 09 April 2010 01:15:55AM * 1 point [-]

Depends on the generator. Obviously hardware ones cannot be cracked, and even some software ones are thought to be cryptographically secure.