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True random number service, based on atmospheric noise.

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random.org True random number service with CORBA and WWW interfaces.

Exactly today, RANDOM.ORG has been providing true random numbers to humanity for 27 years πŸ₯³πŸŽˆπŸŽ‰ It took five months for the Internet Archive to find us, but here is what we looked like back then: web.archive.org/web/19990117...

10.09.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We are back. Our cloud company is still resolving their issue, but the workaround we put in place is keeping us running. Thank you for your patience.

24.05.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All services are back. Thank you for your patience.

24.05.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are experiencing an outage at our cloud company and are looking into the problem. All our services are affected. Next update in 15 minutes.

24.05.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How random, really, is Spotify’s shuffle feature? A writer sets out to uncover if true randomness exists in the universe

We really enjoyed Heather McCalden's beautiful article about true randomness in the Financial Times today. And thanks for mentioning us! www.ft.com/content/a660... via @ft

24.01.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2D Random Point Generator Use true randomness from atmospheric noise to place points randomly in a 2D box and draw lines between them.

Today, we're launching a new randomizer that lets you place points randomly on a 2D canvas and draw lines between them. We made it on request for artist David Row (davidrow.com), but we’re sharing it with everyone. Enjoy! www.random.org/points/2d

22.11.2024 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice write-up about the importance of high-quality randomness (and the history of Random.org!) by
@chrisbaraniuk.com for BBC Future πŸ™ŒπŸŽ²

12.07.2024 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Flip your way to freedom How to use coin flips in your day to day

We found the following article about how to use randomness in your daily life a thoughtful and enjoyable read: numinousinsight.substack.com/p/flip-your-... - enjoy!

27.04.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RANDOM.ORG - Jazz Scale Generator This form allows you to generate random jazz scales, which are intended to be useful for students of jazz guitar. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than t...

Randomness has interesting uses for art and music. Our Random Jazz Scale Generator was designed to help students of jazz guitar and was co-designed with Gareth Hougham from our user community: www.random.org/jazz-scales/

13.10.2023 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RANDOM.ORG - Geographic Coordinates This page will pick a random location on the planet using the true random number service RANDOM.ORG.

Did you know you can explore the Earth using true randomness? Our random geographic coordinate generator will pick a random location on the planet's surface and show it with #OpenStreetMap or #GoogleMaps
www.random.org/geographic-c...

03.10.2023 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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