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by cratermoon 1177 days ago
This article's argument boils down to Newtonian physics being, in theory, completely deterministic, thus not "true" randomness. It says, "tools exist to predict the path of a roulette ball (using data gained after it has been released and before the croupier calls, “No more bets!”), at least according to people who make money selling such gizmos". Key phrase there is according to people who make money selling such gizmos.

It leaves quantum randomness for a footnote, after spending many words saying that if you use a big enough permuted congruential generator, it's random enough for cryptographic use.