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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: lun - Lucky Number
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:42:44 +0000
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On 08/03/2025 21:32, Rich wrote:

<snip>

> Looking at the source, how does someone with pencil and paper perform
> this magic?:
> 
>    n, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, max)

Roll some dice.

d4 give you two bits at a time, d8 give you three, or d16 give 
you four. Quick and easy. Or if you prefer decimal, d10s are also 
readily available.

> As well, with just pencil and paper, obtaining a Unix epoch is quite an
> interesting 'by hand' calculation in order to perform this:
> 
>    epochTime := time.Now().Unix()

You can skip that part by pretending it's 1970.

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