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by Luc 4551 days ago
Computer generated, of course. Though I have no doubt a person has the final say, screwing with the otherwise perfect randomness.

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beams#X-Ger.C3.A...

"Jones had already concluded the Germans used code names which were too descriptive. He asked a specialist in the German language and literature at Bletchley Park about the word Wotan. The specialist realised Wotan referred to Wōden and might therefore be a single beam navigation system."