[Gllug] entropykey: why did nobody ever mention this thing before?

[Nix]

On 3 Aug 2010, Richard Jones outgrape:

> On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 08:56:13PM +0100, Nix wrote:
>> Conveniently there are better tests for randomness than that, which
>> aren't terribly expensive and lead to reasonably good randomness.
>> Convincing physicists is difficult enough if your source is non-
>> quantum.
>
> AIUI the avalanches that happen when a P-N junction breaks down are
> based on quantum effects.  But IANAP (I am not a physicist, or a
> philosopher ...)

I think those are thermal effects on a quantum or near-quantum level.
Cool the thing down, it avalanches less often: heat it up, more often.
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