All pseudorandom numbers are deterministic; that’s what the ‘pseudo-‘ prefix is meant to indicate. There are other kinds of random number generator that observe physical entropy sources instead. Perhaps the most iconic is CloudFlare’s wall of lava lamps[1].
[1] https://blog.cloudflare.com/lavarand-in-production-the-nitty...
Why the accusation that Cloudflare stole this? The patent expired in 2016 and Cloudflare acknowledges SGI on their page.
We're not the first ones to do this. Our LavaRand system was inspired by a similar system first proposed[1] and built by Silicon Graphics and patented[2] in 1996 (the patent has since expired).
I'm hardly accusing anyone of any wrong-doing. It is a turn-of-phrase that I'm sure most english-speakers have encountered.
Compare saying "wow, I'm really stupid" when you make a mistake vs. saying "wow, you're really stupid" when they do.
Self-deprecation applied to others is just deprecation.