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Exactly my thoughts - its wolfenstein fizzlefade or LSFR that you learn in crypto 101 that can pick all the numbers in the range randomly.

"Algorithm No One Knows About" is such a condescending title...




Especially if you don't actually explain the algorithm and seemingly fail to understand its single most important requirement is that the output is in order. Not something to shuffle later, because the only advantage of this algorithm is that the output remains in order.

Otherwise you use a permutation function, such as an LSFR or preferably a family of functions.




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