#xorshift
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #xorshift from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #xorshift
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-15 12:40 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-15 12:40 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-15 12:40 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 4 public posts (spanning ~35755 hours).
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Languages: English (3)
Avg boosts / post: 0.8
Top of the latest posts
Xorshift Generators https://www.alanzucconi.com/2026/08/15/xorshift-generators/ #HackerNews #Tech #Xorshift
I revisited that, AGAIN. Getting #random data in #poser now has yet another fallback, in case we don't have #arc4random and we also don't have #getrandom: read from /dev/random and/or /dev/urandom, "old style" 🙈. Still better to try this b
About the #random thingie ... I need random data in #swad to generate unpredictable #session IDs. I previously had an implementation trying the #Linux-originating #getrandom if available, with a fallback to a stupid internal #xorshift #PRNG
What “xorshift” means
WikipediaXorshift random number generators, also called shift-register generators, are a class of pseudorandom number generators that were invented by George Marsaglia. They are a subset of linear-feedback shift registers (LFSRs) which allow a particularly efficient implementation in software without the excessive use of sparse polynomials. They generate the next number in their sequence by repeatedly taking the exclusive or of a number with a bit-shifted version of itself. This makes execution extremely
“Xorshift” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#xorshift across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #xorshift straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/xorshift