The Kiwi PRNG
Read OriginalThe article details a technical analysis of New Zealand's National Pseudo-Random Number Generator, as defined in electoral regulations. It identifies two bugs: reduced internal state accuracy lowering the period, and a non-uniform output distribution. The piece discusses the implications for STV vote-counting software and the practical challenges of fixing such an official, embedded algorithm.
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