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help.in
ismissingthereasoneno'sobliquestrategysoftware
ridingcomestomind.iusedafew
versionseachvariousdeck
randomnessandprogramming/scriptingversionseemstovary
extremelyinthesignificanceoftheresult.
influencein coding, there is a huge range to how you allow
advice.sometheadviseishave
eerily apros pos, with others seems arbitrary.
basically, it randomly picks a card with vague decks/programs
fatetotheresult.some
works better than others, but it's a science like
action.abicycle.languagesjustdoesn'twith
the fact that anyone focuses on the code itself,

if you, sat in front of a tv and switched between
2 channels of hash for 5 minutes, at first they'd
both look like pure chaos, but you'd soon be able
to distinguish between them. if you did that all
day for 2 years, the hash would not appear random
at all"

I'm not convinced you would find the pattern, even in two years, but I appreciate that not trying might lead to madness: we would all try.

Much more satisfying to allow one’s subconscious and consciousness (and whatever else lies between), right brain, left brain and body experiment with more familiar ‘natural’ phenomenon where very quickly we enjoy breaking down apparent randomness. I once heard novelist Jeanette Winterson say that meaning wasn’t necessarily as important to her in writing as rhythm: “we are rhythmic creatures”.

I can see too that an interest in pure data fits in with contemporary artistic themes around the subject of “Nothing” because for the most part nothing is what you will find.

For many years working in various fields of computer simulation and modelling for scientific and engineering purposes as well as artistic reasons I was mostly disappointed by the lack of data available. Now I find projects crashing around me because of an inability to cope with the large quantities and the variable quality of data provided. “Be careful what you wish for: it might come true” a good rule to apply perhaps.

Too many artists seem in awe of randomness, chance, uncertainty. In my opinion, whether you’re an artist or a scientist: to glorify randomness is to give up on being human.