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How random does your number have to be?
I usually settle for the time in ticks; for the one-time-pads I usually use a completely-unrandom movie. Big blob, lots of data.
Any particular reason why you want a "true" random number?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Honestly, I was more interested in the replies I would get.
I seem to have received both a quantity and breadth of replies way beyond what I expected.  
They span from supportive, to critical, to informative, from serious to hilarious.
It seems there is a tremendous amount of interest on this topic in the community.
Also, I am at the point of planning what to do when I finally give it all up. (Retire, shudder!)
Also, I could use another reason to keep the Aquarium.
BTW: I expected someone to mention the bubbler as a source of random input. Someone mentioned the bubbler but not as a source, only that it caused the fish locations not to be random. (I disagree with that.)
BTW: I thought someone would come up with the fact that playing GILLbert & Sullivan tunes would be greatly appreciated by the fish, causing more or perhaps less random behavior. and more puns of that nature.
Finally, I thank you and everyone else that replied to this post.
Old men need something to do, besides think about young girls and glory days.
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If I accidentally top off the tank with bleach, the RN Generated would be 0000000000000; correct?
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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You'd have more than random number failure to worry about.
Your wife / significant other would be very, very angry.
Also a really bad smell in the house.
Mr. Clean
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... that new people struggle?
A questioner complained that their SortCompare method in a DataGridView did not work. Looking at the code it was clear that they were sorting integer values as strings, which means alphabetic rather than numeric order. So, I went to MSDN to check the documentation, only to discover that OP had copied the code verbatim. And every sample pertaining to sorting in a DataGridView had exactly the same bad code: DataGridViewSortCompareEventArgs Class (System.Windows.Forms) | Microsoft Docs[^].
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: And every sample pertaining to sorting in a DataGridView had exactly the same bad code
At least they are consistent.
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Numeric sorting. How old school!
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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Yes, and you understand that. However, the main sample shows the first column labelled "ID" containing numbers (even though as string values). So a relatively inexperienced user would assume that sorting by ID would list numbers 4 and 5 before 11 and 12, rather than the other way round.
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A plot to flesh out plagiarists?
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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Picture implies he wants to number the rows in the gutter. I don't see how sorting is going to help with that 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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As usual the pictures don't quite explain what he wants, and requests for details never get answered.
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Ok, thanks for the all the feedback to the post I had done previously. After much reading and watching I have decided to............
......drum roll........
......go with the Anycubic Mega-S, should be delivered in time for me getting home from offshore! So something to look forward to in November! Here is one of the many reviews I have watched to come to the decision: Anycubic Mega-S 3D Printer Review - YouTube
Will see where this goes!
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Any idea what you want to print? I have an ongoing battle between my 3D printed Marauder[^] and the cleaning lady. No doubt it will be in pieces again when I come to work on monday. Perhaps I should print it again, this time a little bigger and with some real robot servos and lasers. I just don't have any source for miniature particle cannons or autocannons yet.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Just build a model Railgun[^] - you might need a good supply of AA cells to run it though...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: you might need a good supply of AA cells to run it thoug
Good point. Miniature fusion reactor also on the list now.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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This may help: Mr Fusion[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Not good enough. On the Nostromo[^] it was barely sufficient to make coffee.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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As a starter........
Some cases for my various electronic boards. (Arduino, beagles, raspi, parallelas, beans, logis and god knows what else is in the drawer!)
Replacement arm for a cooling fan. (the arm that allows it to move left to right, sprog broke it, tried a repair once already, but where it broke it needs a new part.)
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DaveAuld wrote: Some cases for my various electronic boards. (Arduino, beagles, raspi, parallelas, beans, logis and god knows what else is in the drawer!)
This is what I will be using my 3d printer for as well, when I get that far. Just now getting into Arduino, RasPi, etc. Fun times a head.
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I don't know how those get, but be aware that PLA has a glass temperature[^] much lower than ABS: 60 ~ 65C compared with 105 ~ 110C. So if parts get hot (or are to go in the car) PLA is probably a bad idea.
And also that ABS gives off toxic fumes and needs to be used in a well ventilated area!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Use this[^] as a case. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Here's a tip for all those who need to determine to whom the REPLY of an OP's thread has been made, in order to bolster the coherence of the conversation by making sure they are timely and ultimately targeting the correct sub-text:
Fire up any expensive (+$5000.00 standalone) application which is no longer supported by the manufacturer because they've opted to move forward using the subscription model of licensing ... and you have it's shortcut persisting on your desktop because you're still contemplating psychotherapy ... move the frame of the app to the margin where the CP thread dog-ear icon under question appears ... now, using this expensive app frame as a vertical ruler, scroll (on the CP Lounge page under scrutiny) using the mouse and the scroll-bar margin right ... and the determination will become unremarkably irredeemable.
I know, it's probably a TIP and not a Lounge post. But it looks like most of you have posted Monday's posts on Thursday; today. 
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