# random number (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 12 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover random number. Page: Feed: --- ## [Camp Algebra](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/camp-algebra) _2026-08-14 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ Welcome to a fiendish numerical triathlon. Can you decode the trophy? ## [How Lucky Can a Baseball Team Get?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/how-lucky-can-a-baseball-team-get) _2026-08-07 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ If teams of equal ability play many games, what’s the best record you’d expect? ## [Can You Sneak Past the Rings?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-sneak-past-the-rings) _2026-07-31 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ Three rings with gaps are evenly spaced along a cylinder and rotated around at random angles. Can you find a path down the cylinder that passes through all three gaps? ## [Can You Win the World Cup?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-win-the-world-cup) _2026-07-17 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ Your team has made it to the semifinals. Should you go all out in your semifinal match, or should you reserve some energy for the finals (in the hopes you make it there)? ## [Can You Power up the Hill?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-power-up-the-hill) _2026-07-10 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ In this year’s edition of the Tour de Fiddler, your task is to find the conditions under which a climber and a sprinter will match speeds. ## [Can You Fit the Stars on the Flag?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-fit-the-stars-on-the-flag) _2026-07-03 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ Happy Fourth of July! With stars arranged in a square grid, how many can you fit inside a circle of radius 2? And what’s the smallest circle that contains 58 stars? ## [Can You Tile the Hexagon?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-tile-the-hexagon) _2026-06-26 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ My kitchen floor is made up of many equilateral triangles. How many distinct ways can I tile it using rhombuses that are composed of two such triangles? ## [Can You Fix the Random Number Generator?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-fix-the-random-number-generator) _2026-06-19 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ I suspect that my calculator’s random number generator is malfunctioning. After it produces one number, what can I surmise regarding its behavior? ## [Can You Catch the Longest Wave?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-catch-the-longest-wave) _2026-06-12 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ A big wave makes landfall on a semicircular island and leaves the island 10 minutes later. What stretch of land might it cover 5 minutes after landfall? ## [Reflowy V3](https://arvid.io/projects/reflowy-v3/) _2026-06-07 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ To build my electronics lab up from first principles, I decided to tackle building a reflow oven first. This is both achievable, and there are a few precedences available which makes this not something that hasn’t been done yet. The venerable Controleo3 from Whizoo has long been an excellent choice if you wanted a hackable DIY reflow oven. However, I wouldn’t learn anything if I just were to buy a… ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hHZ8MLk70Ubt) _2026-06-06 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [RP2040 Dev Board](https://arvid.io/projects/rp2040-dev-board/) _2026-06-06 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ A prototype development board for the RP2040 ARM Cortex-M0+ Microcontroller from Raspberry Pi. It’s using the QFN-56 IC of the RP2040, and exposes all the GPIO via standard 2.54 mm (100 mil) pitch through-hole headers. For easy hand assembly it’s using only 0603 passive components and SOIC ICs with a pitch of 0.5 mm or more. The most difficult component is the QFN-56 RP2040 MCU, which requires a… ## [Can You Infer the Color of Your Hat?](https://thefiddler.substack.com/p/can-you-infer-the-color-of-your-hat) _2026-06-05 · Zach Wissner-Gross · Fiddler on the Proof_ Three game show contestants must use logic to determine the color the hat on their head. ## [The Emacsification of Software](https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/) _2026-05-12 · Quarrelsome_ You want a good Markdown viewer more than you think you do. We’re all reading a ton of Markdown. It’s been the lingua franca of software development since long before LLMs. But now agents have led us into a cursed renaissance of TUI tooling, and the reading experience has become intolerable. I’m certain that at least 14% of the agita about AI code is driven by exhaustion over incessantly… ## [Pointer-stable Dynamic Arrays](https://vectrx.substack.com/p/pointer-stable-dynamic-arrays) _2026-04-14 · Caden Parker · Vectorized_ Using Virtual Memory to Avoid Pointer Invalidation and Unpredictable Reallocation Costs in Dynamic Arrays. ## [Vulnerability Research Is Cooked](https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/03/30/vulnerability-research-is-cooked/) _2026-03-30 · Quarrelsome_ For the last two years, technologists have ominously predicted that AI coding agents will be responsible for a deluge of security vulnerabilities. They were right! Just, not for the reasons they thought. Within the next few months, coding agents will drastically alter both the practice and the economics of exploit development. Frontier model improvement won’t be a slow burn, but rather a step… ## [Fast Remote Desktop (RDP) from macOS to Windows](https://arvid.io/2026/03/25/fast-remote-desktop-macos-to-windows/) _2026-03-25 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ I regularly use Windows’ Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect from a non-Windows client to a Windows host machine (e.g., from my MacBook Pro to my CAD/Gaming Desktop Tower PC) to access software otherwise not available on Linux or macOS (mostly CAD/eCAD software like SolidWorks or Altium Designer). Unfortunately, by default the Remote Desktop client application from Micro$oft has… ## [rsync is the better SCP](https://arvid.io/2026/03/12/rsync-is-the-better-scp/) _2026-03-12 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ How are you transferring files to remote servers, only accessible via SSH? Are you still using SCP? Are you tired of watching the file upload with 23 KiB/s? Fear no more! rsync to the rescue! ## [Settling the debate once and for all: Is Shedinja legal in a Nuzlocke ruleset for Pokémon Emerald?](https://blog.winter-software.com/2026/03/09/nuzlocke-shedinja) _2026-03-09 · Forbidden Tempura · Wave Alpha_ Context What is a Nuzlocke? To set the stage, let's first provide some context to the curious-but-unfamiliar reader as is tradition in essays that portray niche topics that are only ever read by the curious-but-definitely-familiar reader. The “Nuzlocke” ruleset refers to a particular set of rules to create a self-imposed challenge in Pokémon games. These go back to a web comic called… ## [On Being Officially Classed as a Robot](http://www.pcg-random.org/posts/officially-classed-as-robot.html) _2026-01-10 · M.E. O'Neill · PCG, A Better Random Number Generator_ Reddit has decided that I am a robot, and robots can't play on Reddit, so my account has been banned. That has consequences for this site, because I had various links to Reddit posts scattered throughout my blog. So to fix those links, I had to dust off my Nikola -based blog machinery and update the links to use archive.org versions instead. While I was at it, I figured I might as well write a… ## [KiCad Tools](https://arvid.io/projects/kicad-tools/) _2026-01-02 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ The KiCad Tools is a toolsuite that assists with part management in KiCad 9 or higher. For this project, I have implemented a parser for the S-Expr based library files from KiCad. This allowed me to read and augment the schematic symbols and footprints. For the augmentation, I have connected with the search APIs of Farnell, Mouser, and LCSC. Part information is extracted and attached to the parts… ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LdwaAnVjkHRJ) _2026-01-01 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Word of mouth in the age of the ad-driven internet](https://blog.winter-software.com/2025/12/28/internet-word-of-mouth) _2025-12-28 · Sara Gerretsen · Wave Alpha_ If you're my age or older, you probably knew the era where google was actual magic. No matter what you wanted to find, it was there at your fingertips. No matter how specialised or generic, you could find it, if not in one search, then definitely in two. But none of that exists any more. Profit incentives pulled the search engine owners' interests and those of the engine's users apart. Two… ## [STM32C071 Dev Board](https://arvid.io/projects/stm32co071-dev-board/) _2025-12-01 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ A development and prototype board designed around the STM32C071 ARM Cortex-M0+ from ST Microelectronics. The board is designed for cost effective assembly by only using 0603 passive components and SOIC ICs with a pin pitch of 0.5 mm or more. The MCU is an STM32C071RBT6, specifically the LQFP64 package with 64 pins and therefore plenty of I/O. The I/O is exposed either via standard 2.54… ## [The Quest for Ethical AI: Actually saving time with generated commit message bodies](https://blog.winter-software.com/2025/11/11/the-quest-for-ethical-ai-actually-saving-time-with-generated-com) _2025-11-11 · Mia Rose Winter · Wave Alpha_ The Total Hatred For AI in Tech If you have existed on the planet earth in the last 36 months you have been undoubtedly been exposed to a slew of AI tools and integrations, half of which are questionably executed and the other half is questionable if it even is AI. With all of that, coming right off of the crypto boom especially the tech-savvy have immediately questioned this hype and over the… ## [Parallelizing Cellular Automata with WebGPU Compute Shaders](https://vectrx.substack.com/p/webgpu-cellular-automata) _2025-10-09 · Caden Parker · Vectorized_ An Exposé of Cellular Automata From a GPU Programmer's Perspective ## [A Mystery Involving Hardware Security Modules and Value Tokens](https://blog.winter-software.com/2025/10/07/a-mystery-involving-hardware-security-modules-and-value-tokens) _2025-10-07 · Forbidden Tempura · Wave Alpha_ Context Historical context In July, 2021, the phenomenon known as the “Gigaleak” continued. The Gigaleak was a drip-feed of part of the ill-gotten data from the 2018 Nintendo data breach . On July 20, 2021, the iqcvs.tar.xz file was uploaded to the now-defunct file sharing website anonfiles.com and thereby made available to the public by The Hacker Known as 4chan. This file contains a… ## [Procedural Generation with Wave Function Collapse](https://vectrx.substack.com/p/wave-function-collapse) _2025-09-23 · Caden Parker · Vectorized_ An In-Depth Explanation in C++, From First Principles to Practical Implementation ## [How to appear as a kinder person](https://blog.winter-software.com/2025/08/24/how-to-appear-as-a-kinder-person) _2025-08-24 · Forbidden Tempura · Wave Alpha_ Your life is difficult. You have a hard time getting along with others. Yet you can't identify why. This post gives some pointers on appearing as a kinder person. Perhaps appearing kind isn't the problem you have. But maybe it is. If you're in doubt, try it out and see. Disclaimer: I hold neither a degree in psychology or political sciences. These are merely personal observations of mine. Anyone… ## [Pointer Tagging in C++: The Art of Packing Bits Into a Pointer](https://vectrx.substack.com/p/pointer-tagging-in-c-the-art-of-packing) _2025-08-19 · Caden Parker · Vectorized_ Using Tagged Pointers to Save Memory, Speed Up Dynamic Dispatch, and Compact Data Structures ## [Turn: a charted design for any craft](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/06/30/turn-a-charted-design-for-any-craft/) _2025-06-30 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The random number generator picked Turn from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Enting, one of my Patreon supporters. ## [Turn: a lace knitting stitch pattern](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/06/30/turn-a-lace-knitting-stitch-pattern/) _2025-06-30 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Turn, suggested by Enting, a Patreon ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZpB78ZvJCLuL) _2025-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Single file scripts using \`uv\`](https://arvid.io/2025/06/26/uv-single-file-scripts/) _2025-06-27 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ uv is a package manager for Python that’s been gaining some traction for the past year or so. As already blogged/written about many times , uv can be used to write single-file Python scripts without having to worry about virtual environments. However, they all suggest using #!/usr/bin/env -S as a shebang to invoke the script with uv run --script like this: #!… ## [blog news](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/06/09/blog-news/) _2025-06-09 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ I have some news that makes me melancholy, but it can’t be helped. Starting on June 30, I will be putting ## [litemon](https://arvid.io/projects/litemon/) _2025-06-03 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ ## [meta Word: a charted design for any craft](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/06/02/meta-word-a-charted-design-for-any-craft/) _2025-06-02 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The random number generator picked Word from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Cathy Davies and Kate, two of ## [meta Word: a lace knitting stitch pattern](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/06/02/meta-word-a-lace-knitting-stitch-pattern/) _2025-06-02 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Word, suggested by Cathy Davies and ## [Soft: a charted design for any craft](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/05/01/soft-a-charted-design-for-any-craft/) _2025-05-01 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The random number generator picked Soft from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Kate, one of my Patreon supporters. ## [Soft: a lace knitting stitch pattern](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/05/01/soft-a-lace-knitting-stitch-pattern/) _2025-05-01 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Soft, suggested by Kate, a Patreon ## [Building a Fast, SIMD/GPU-friendly Random Number Generator For Fun And Profit](https://vectrx.substack.com/p/lcg-xs-fast-gpu-rng) _2025-04-15 · Caden Parker · Vectorized_ Rethinking Random Number Generation for SIMD, GPUs, and Floats ## [Atlas: a charted design for any craft](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/04/01/atlas-a-charted-design-for-any-craft/) _2025-04-01 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The random number generator picked Atlas from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Kate, one of my Patreon supporters. ## [Atlas: a lace knitting stitch pattern](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/04/01/atlas-a-lace-knitting-stitch-pattern/) _2025-04-01 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Atlas, suggested by Kate, a Patreon ## [cargo-nfpm](https://arvid.io/projects/cargo-nfpm/) _2025-03-12 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ ## [Empathy: a charted design for any craft](https://www.gannetdesigns.com/2025/03/03/empathy-a-charted-design-for-any-craft/) _2025-03-03 · Naomi Parkhurst · String Geekery_ The random number generator picked Empathy from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Jeannete Belle, one of my Patreon ## [I Went To SQL Injection Court](https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2025/02/09/fixing-illinois-foia/) _2025-02-09 · Quarrelsome_ Should public bodies in Illinois, like cities and school districts and sheriff’s departments, be allowed to hide information from Freedom of Information requests by keeping them in databases? That question is before the 104th Illinois General Assembly, thanks to a bill sponsored by Donald P. DeWitte, elected state senator by the wise citizens of Batavia and Elgin (motto: “The City In… ## [Mobius Cryptic Crossword](https://jessegalef.com/2025/01/01/mobius-cryptic-crossword/) _2025-01-02 · Jesse Galef · Measure of Doubt_ A Möbius Quantum Cryptic Crossword puzzle: this is among the nerdiest, most on-brand things I ve ever made. tl;dr Instructions: They use a variety of classic Cryptic wordplay tricks, so keep an eye out for Anagrams, Hidden words, Homophone, Double Definition, Assemblage, Deletion, and Reversal Because each step relies on getting the previous answer, feel free \[ \] ## [My Personal "Look Back"](https://blog.winter-software.com/2024/11/16/my-personal-look-back) _2024-11-16 · Vivian Nelson · Wave Alpha_ I just watched Look Back . The film adapted from a one shot manga which released released this year. I hadn't read the one shot but I knew going in to it that it'd touch on a lot of personal pain spots for me. I don't think I was prepared for exactly how deep it'd press in to me. A lot of my own thoughts about drawing, how I viewed it growing up, how that shifted over time, and how I regret the… ## [ferrunix](https://arvid.io/projects/ferrunix/) _2024-10-08 · Unknown · Arvids Blog_ ## [Electrical Engineering for the Layperson](https://blog.winter-software.com/2024/09/23/electrical-engineering-for-the-layperson) _2024-09-23 · Mia Rose Winter · Wave Alpha_ After a long day of nerding on fedi about new chargers that can handle 160W charging in a really small casing I decided to write down some general purpose.. things about how electricity works. Since I've done some explanations to some people and they said they found that info very useful here something made for people not good at math and without a degree in electronics engineering. I will try to…