https://bhaak.net/blog/tags/rng/ Recent content in RNG on Bhaak's Blog Hugo en-us Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:48:00 +0100 https://bhaak.net/blog/posts/2023-11-23-candle-flickering-with-a-simple-rng/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 12:48:00 +0100 https://bhaak.net/blog/posts/2023-11-23-candle-flickering-with-a-simple-rng/ <style> #candle { background-color: black; color: #eee; width: fit-content; margin-left: 2vw; text-align: center; line-height: 0.9; font-size: 250%; margin-top: 0; } </style> <p>While preparing to attach the electrical candles to the Christmas tree, a question popped into my mind.</p> <p>There are electrical candles that simulate the flickering of real candles. How complex would an algorithm have to be to be convincing?</p> <p>I wrote a quick proof of concept in Ruby for a script running in the terminal which just randomly chooses a grey value to display.</p>