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Lava Lamp Random Number Generator

(extracted from the now defunct SGI project at http://lavarand.sgi.com/cgi-bin/how.cgi via the magical Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

Lava Lamps can be used as a source of randomness, which can be used to establish a random number generator. The output of the RNG can then be consumed by various computer applications.

Step 1: Establish a chaotic system

(Set up Lava Lite® lamps in a machine room.)

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# based on:
# https://charleslavery.com/notes/aws-ses-smtp-password-from-secret-key-python.html

import hashlib
import hmac
import base64


key = bytes('aws-secret-access-key').encode('utf-8')
message = bytes('SendRawEmail').encode('utf-8')

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Bookmarklet Usage

1. copy the bookmarklet code below
2. create a new bookmark with the code as the URL
3. navigate to an issues listing view in GitHub, like a milestone view
4. click the bookmark, an alert box will show you the results

Script Usage

1. navigate to an issues listing view in GitHub, like a milestone view
2. copy the code snippet
3. open the browsers JavaScript developer console on the page

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