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De-correlate boost random number generators in tests - #300

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De-correlate boost random number generators in tests#300
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@kloudkl kloudkl commented Apr 7, 2014

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This PR fixes #297 and should be rebased after that is merged.

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Closing as this does not fix the issue -- you should not need to manually reseed the RNG every time you want to generate new random numbers from it. In fact, I think doing so significantly weakens the RNG even with a perfectly random seed, as the seed contains much less entropy than the full state.

@jeffdonahue jeffdonahue closed this Apr 8, 2014
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