Eval-time random number generator for Nix without IFD

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Nice work! You could make this cryptographically secure by using /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid as the RNG seed. This brings us one step closer to a TLS implementation in pure Nix; the possibilites are endless!

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Thanks for the kind words! Didn’t expect to learn something from posting this

https://github.com/figsoda/rand-nix/commit/c62e952d4f143169276f23d22cd8cb823552994a

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Haha I love it! Especially the way you parse a hey hex string :ok_hand:

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