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| From | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords |
| Date | 2013-10-08 22:52 -0400 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <roy-406378.22523608102013@news.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <mailman.828.1381213051.18130.python-list@python.org> <68365e43-498f-4ad2-bac3-6a02938159c7@googlegroups.com> <roy-32EAD8.21381208102013@news.panix.com> <mailman.885.1381284610.18130.python-list@python.org> |
In article <mailman.885.1381284610.18130.python-list@python.org>,
Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> > If you're willing to accept a sub-optimal random number generator:
> >
> > # Python-2, sorry
> > import os
> > print list(set(open('/usr/share/dict/words')))[os.getpid():][:4]
>
> So that steps by your pid? That's going to drastically reduce the
> entropy in the result,
Well, I did say it was a sub-optimal random number generator :-)
I've been experimenting with os.urandom() as an entropy source, but
can't get the (source code) character count down far enough.
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Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 17:17 +1100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords sprucebondera@gmail.com - 2013-10-07 23:45 -0700
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords sprucebondera@gmail.com - 2013-10-07 23:48 -0700
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 17:52 +1100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-08 08:33 -0400
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 15:36 +0000
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-10-08 11:07 -0500
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-08 10:38 -0700
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 08:02 +0100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-08 18:13 +1100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-08 08:48 +0100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords random832@fastmail.us - 2013-10-08 11:47 -0400
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords sprucebondera@gmail.com - 2013-10-08 13:27 -0700
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 07:35 +1100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-08 21:38 -0400
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-09 13:10 +1100
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-08 22:52 -0400
RE: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Nick Cash <nick.cash@npcinternational.com> - 2013-10-09 16:07 +0000
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-09 20:29 -0400
Re: Code golf challenge: XKCD 936 passwords Tobiah <toby@tobiah.org> - 2013-10-08 10:58 -0700
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