Random.Number.Generator.and.23.more.pages.-.Personal.-.Microsoft.Edge.Canary.2024-08-28.21-04-26.mp4
An actually random number generator: pratyushv1.pythonanywhere.com
Randomness in Human, Humans are Random -by ME
I recently read about how CloudFlare(An international security company) needed a solution for getting random input for their traffic generators. This lead me down a rabbit-hole of random number generators, particularly in computing, as I figured out it is impossible to truly generate random numbers just by algorithms. I learned, that in modern times, there are external factors(such as radiation in the air) to assist in calculating random numbers! I wanted to replicate this for those of us who don't have radiation sensors lying around, bringing us to this project.
I want to make a python-flask web app, that takes in random inputs from the user(from various factors), allowing for the perfect local, random number generator!
This repo is mainly for documenting progress and storing raw code, meaning you can still run the project locally, and by yourself. However, since everyone may not be able to run the code, I decided to turn this webapp into a website(using pythonanywhere.com). This will allow me to share the project more effectively with you guys(but please feel free to run the source code yourself)!. LINK: pratyushv1.pythonanywhere.com
At the beginning of this project, I really wanted to make the random number individual to the user, so I started out with the idea of using the microphone and camera of the user to calculate ambient background effects, that would allow for a truly random number. However, I slowly started realizing that this project wouldn't be accessible if I did this, as there was always one dependency that cannot be transferred through operating systems. This lead me to start using APIs as they are a more simple(and arguably more random) way of getting numbers to input as my seed.
Now I am currently utilizing 6 APIs(that all contribute to the randomness):
- Random.org: It just provided a random number everytime it is called
- OpenWeather: Provides Solar Radiation, which is updated every hour(I believe), allowing for further randomness
- Finnhub: Provided detailes stock market tracking(in this case AAPL), and changes every hour, and as everyone knows, the most unpredictable thing in the world is the stock market.
- NASA: NASA provides a astronomy photo of the day, meaning I can see the length of the photo, further contributing to the randomness, changing everyday!
- TomTom: Provides traffic data, and especially here is the default location(Bengaluru), it is definetly random
- NewsAPI: The world is constantly changing, meaning so does the news. This API allows the program to get more random, as the news is not predictable.
- Unsplash API: This generates random images from their catalogue, and their width and height are sued to assist in generating the random numbers!
- JokesAPI: Adds a joke everytime you perform an action, they are all related to programming, and are generally funny AND RANDOM!!!
- BoredAPI: Adds a random line at the top of the page, kind of like a greeting, it is also random.
-AI was used for the ideas, nothing else!!!(just for citation)
Add a small text that shows all the factors that influenced randomness and what the user would need to do to stop the result from being random(eg. "You would have to change the amount of solar radiaton and the traffic to stop this from being random")Allow the user to input some fields like stock market, lat & lon, as well as a number which adds to the seed, allowing for human error(VERY RANDOM)Add quick features, like dice rolling, name/item picking, and custom value ranges- Finalize and ship the product
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