LurdKek
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7 years ago Randomness is an interesting notion here - especially because generative art in general is random, and by random in my case (of this miniex06) I think that I have added complete randomness isntead of "randomness" generated in a more structural manner (like for example when using noise() instead of random() functions in p5). I actually attempted to implement the noise() instead of random() function into my code here, but somehow it didn't run propperly, and the debugging became too mutch of a mouthfull in regard of my time i had before turning in the miniex. I can't help but wonder how a computer "chooses" the random parameter, and whether something can be truly random, or if a computer, even though a random function is used, can actually be truly random, not having any kind of sub-level algorithms or ways in which binary-code works, that still has some sort of "descision making" when picking the random value in a parameter.
Just a quick question this time in relation to randomness. What does it mean by using random function in p5.js? What does it mean by purely random? Is there any algorithm used to generate a random number? It seems that your class has already read the article by Nick Montfort - Randomness, how would you reflect upon the notion of random and structure? /w