The evolution of random number generation in three acts:
Act 1: The naive approach. Just slap rand() % 100
and call it a day. It's like using a rusty spoon to perform surgery—technically it cuts, but yikes.
Act 2: The "I read the C++ documentation" approach. Suddenly you're all fancy with std::mt19937
and uniform_int_distribution
. You've upgraded from rusty spoon to actual medical equipment.
Act 3: The final boss of randomness—international trade tariff tables. Because nothing says "unpredictable sequence" like geopolitical economic policies that change whenever someone important has a bad morning coffee.
Next week: Using cryptocurrency market fluctuations as your entropy source.