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by cpeterso 3874 days ago
Other sources of randomness are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random or https://news.google.com. The URLs could be parameterized to request a random language, too.
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Well for the Wikipedia link you'd just be piggybacking off their random algorithm rather than consuming organic entropy. Regardless, they have some information on how the page is chosen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#random