RANDOM.ORG
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True random number service, based on atmospheric noise.
Charlotte from DPCS Studio created an entire "random brand" using RANDOM.ORG and AI tools - and documented the whole process. We love it when people get creative with our randomness. A fun & fab read from DPCS Studio:
www.dpcstudio.org/random-brand
#Creativity
#BrandDesign
#Randomness
#AI
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Random Brand โ DPCS
https://www.dpcstudio.org/random-brand
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We enjoyed this piece by
@andrew.heiss.phd
on computer-generated randomness - pseudo vs. true - and โpredetermined universes.โ A clear and engaging read ๐
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about 2 months ago
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We are starting scheduled maintenance now. We expect to be back within 60 minutes. More info:
status.random.org
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RANDOM.ORG
https://status.random.org/
about 2 months ago
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We are making changes our infrastructure in order to improve our performance and reliability. For this reason, our services will be unavailable for 60 minutes on Sunday, 19 April 2026, 9-10am UTC. More info:
www.random.org/maintenance/...
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Scheduled Maintenance Advisory
On 19 April 2026 from 9.00-10.00 UTC, RANDOM.ORG will be undergoing scheduled maintenance to all services.
https://www.random.org/maintenance/2026-04-19
about 2 months ago
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Our services are affected by the global outage at Cloudflare today. Large parts of the Internet are affected. Further details here:
www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8g...
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Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
Cloudflare's Status Page - Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues.
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7
7 months ago
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We're delighted to hear our service was helpful! And we're always excited about research and education. Thank you for letting us know,
@cody.im
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7 months ago
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Exactly today, RANDOM.ORG has been providing true random numbers to humanity for 27 years ๐ฅณ๐๐ It took five months for the Internet Archive to find us, but here is what we looked like back then:
web.archive.org/web/19990117...
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random.org
True random number service with CORBA and WWW interfaces.
https://web.archive.org/web/19990117081615/http://www.random.org/
9 months ago
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We are back. Our cloud company is still resolving their issue, but the workaround we put in place is keeping us running. Thank you for your patience.
about 1 year ago
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We are experiencing an outage at our cloud company and are looking into the problem. All our services are affected. Next update in 15 minutes.
about 1 year ago
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We really enjoyed Heather McCalden's beautiful article about true randomness in the Financial Times today. And thanks for mentioning us!
www.ft.com/content/a660...
via @ft
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How random, really, is Spotifyโs shuffle feature?
A writer sets out to uncover if true randomness exists in the universe
https://www.ft.com/content/a660aee2-06c4-430c-9066-3cb30dd63c46
over 1 year ago
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Today, we're launching a new randomizer that lets you place points randomly on a 2D canvas and draw lines between them. We made it on request for artist David Row (
davidrow.com
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www.random.org/points/2d
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2D Random Point Generator
Use true randomness from atmospheric noise to place points randomly in a 2D box and draw lines between them.
https://www.random.org/points/2d
over 1 year ago
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Very nice write-up about the importance of high-quality randomness (and the history of
Random.org!
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@chrisbaraniuk.com
for BBC Future ๐๐ฒ
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almost 2 years ago
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We found the following article about how to use randomness in your daily life a thoughtful and enjoyable read:
numinousinsight.substack.com/p/flip-your-...
- enjoy!
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Flip your way to freedom
How to use coin flips in your day to day
https://numinousinsight.substack.com/p/flip-your-way-to-freedom
about 2 years ago
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Randomness has interesting uses for art and music. Our Random Jazz Scale Generator was designed to help students of jazz guitar and was co-designed with Gareth Hougham from our user community:
www.random.org/jazz-scales/
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RANDOM.ORG - Jazz Scale Generator
This form allows you to generate random jazz scales, which are intended to be useful for students of jazz guitar. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than t...
https://www.random.org/jazz-scales/
over 2 years ago
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Did you know you can explore the Earth using true randomness? Our random geographic coordinate generator will pick a random location on the planet's surface and show it with #OpenStreetMap or #GoogleMaps
www.random.org/geographic-c...
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RANDOM.ORG - Geographic Coordinates
This page will pick a random location on the planet using the true random number service RANDOM.ORG.
https://www.random.org/geographic-coordinates/
over 2 years ago
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