Why a Book of 1 Million Random Numbers Sells for $68

Video written by Adam Chase

[FantFrei]

reminds me of the first class every semester when the professors say something like "and if you wanna prepare for this class i suggest THESE books" then they share links to their own overpriced terrible books because a life as a professor seemingly doesnt pay enough

[Lukusprime]

“Used that information to steal millions from casinos” no, he earned those millions

[Skeke]

The book's price should be random for each buyer

[valentinoamatsaleh]

Her: What is your occupation?
Author: Im a writer
Her: Really?!?!! What kind of books do you write?
Author :It's complicated

[SignificantNumberOfBeavers]

I love half as interesting. Random facts, stock footage, and sarcastic jokes.

[economicsinaction]

1:07
Wait what.. this isn't stock footage!

[bracco]

4:30 it's literally "some russian name" in russian lol

[CompletelyNormal]

If you buy a book that says "Rand" on the front, honestly a million random digits is a best-case scenario.

[dalethepalemale]

It's actually super interesting how true random numbers are generated using thunderstorms, lava lamps, or even just kinetic energy from the atmosphere.

[danijelandroid]

4:30 Let's be honest. Stealing from a casino is like stealing your money back from a thief. Casinos have 'stacked the deck/the house always wins'. It is never a fair 'contest'.

[astralityyy]

i read the title as “why a book of random numbers sells for $68 million”

[pegeonpera]

"Just as today's reddit memes can predict tomorrow's Instagram memes"

Sam is a redditor confirmed

[PrimeMinus]

The guy over at Wendover Products is so weird.

[Hano..]

When are they gonna make the sequel: 2 million random numbers

[neeneko]

heh.

Years ago I worked on a gambling machine, and determinism was actually a big part of getting past regulators. I literally had to create a table of random seeds to their eventual outcome, and then embed the whitelist in the machine so that we could guarantee that any random play's results would fall within a certain range. We even had the ability to switch between tables so operators could control what payouts would look like.

[GriffinStorm]

I got a copy of this from my university's free book event about 6 years ago when they were downsizing their catalog at the library. I sold it on Amazon for somewhere between $50 and $80.

[C]

My stats teacher had this book and flexed it on the whole class

[maximusprimus]

Ive actually read this book. I got a copy very old copy from my library. I was studying computer games and went down a rabbit hole about random numbers. In one of the texts mentioned this holy grail of a book had my library do a search and they found another library willing to lone it to me. I graphed, explored mapped compared sections to the stock market migrating geese and really enjoyed the book. I learned there is no true random except what time i got up. Lol

[deadmg]

Processors actually generate *true* random numbers from random quantum fluctuations. Their supply of these is limited but more than enough for a slot machine or a cryptography key every now and then.

[AlessandroRodriguez]

HAI: framing your friends for tax evasion _as a prank_

Me: Oh, sure, sure _as a prank_