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Technically right. Computer can't do actually random calculations, instead researchers have made pseudo random functions, which similarly behaves as a truly random function would.
That's true. It also has nothing to do with the topic: only shuffling recent songs (allegedly). The title has more info than the meme image.
Why the fuck is this downvoted??? They are absolutely right
A link for the uneducated and ignorant: https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/bridle-ways-of-being-excerpt-computer-randomness.html
They probably didn't like my nerdy joke. I see the argument that it's kinda not the topic, but we are talking about randomness. It sounded fun in my head.
Because it's not the reason. Pseudorandom number generation is statistically identical to random.