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Where the answer, unless it involves words like marriage or heroin, is always ‘yes’.

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Early Christmas Presents!

Blog Entry #6
December 20, 2025, Albuquerque, NM USA
🕐 2 minutes to read

Happy holidays.

Bob here.

Mark and I stayed up far too late vibe-coding a couple of toys. There will probably be a future post about that. This is not that post.

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What is under the digital tree this year are a couple of early presents. No wrapping paper. No batteries required. Just a little science, a little superstition, and the comforting illusion that the universe might be listening.

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🤞If you are feeling lucky, curious, or just bored between meals, you will find two new experiments waiting for you under the shiny new Fun Stuff button.

One of them promises riches. The other claims insight into your future. Both should absolutely be taken with a grain of salt and a sense of humor. Any resemblance to actual predictive power is purely coincidental.

Fun Stuff

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🎁 LottoLogic

Generate lottery picks using real historical draw data. Hot numbers. Due numbers. Fully random chaos. It looks smart. It feels smart. It does not improve your odds. That part is important.

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🎁 The Quantum Magic 8-Ball

Ask the universe your most pressing questions using genuine quantum randomness. Not vibes. Not intuition. Actual entropy sourced from physics that does not care how nicely you phrase the question. Especially when Mark asks about dating Marisa Tomei.

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If you are just here to play, click the button and enjoy.

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💻Technically Curious?

Or skeptical by nature, or wondering what is actually going on under the hood, you will find links on each page to the Secret Sauce. That is where the math, data sources, and quantum weirdness live. No promises. No mysticism. Just explanations.

So grab some eggnog, lower your expectations, and click Fun Stuff. The universe awaits.

🎄 🎄 🎄

Did this flip a switch? Tug at a heart string? Tickle a funny bone? Let me know. All comments are welcome.Cancel reply

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Why Patterns Feel Convincing

Your brain evolved to spot trends because patterns once kept you alive. Lotteries do not care about your instincts, logic, or birthday strategies.

What this is:
A way to explore how humans look for patterns in randomness.

What this is not:
A system for beating the lottery.

Why Quantum Randomness Matters

Quantum randomness cannot be predicted or replayed. If you rewound the universe and ran the experiment again, the result would be different.

What Is Entropy?

Entropy is unpredictability. In this context, it means the numbers cannot be guessed in advance, even by the system generating them.