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/dev/random is right sometimes, too.

If you ask someone "What is 2+2?" and they answer 4, you can say they are "right" even if you do not agree with them on other topics or generally dislike them.

If you ask /dev/random "What is 2+2?", that question makes no sense as /dev/random does not listen to you and just spits out random binary output.

Go and disagree with /dev/random.

My point that you successfully explained and intentionally ignored is also: /dev/random ignores all state and evidence, meaning it will continue its predefined behavior even when it's damaging to the environment.

Pretty similar to a republican's mindset: I don't have to fix it, let the next generation deal with the problems that I caused.

/dev/random is damaging to the environment???

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