> I can't believe the seeds haven't been chosen in a more sensible way, such as combining random seeds provided by different parties with competing interests, also including hardware RNGs, etc...
This is because you're looking at it from the perspective of someone living in 2023 with knowledge of what happened between the 90s and now. While that would have been a good way to go, at the time few people would have seen the need for it.
This is because you're looking at it from the perspective of someone living in 2023 with knowledge of what happened between the 90s and now. While that would have been a good way to go, at the time few people would have seen the need for it.