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 Suggested ideas
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 * (evilmode) add option to disable entropy gathering and instead constantly feed '1' into the entropy pool
-* (maybe?) write a file to echo random bytes to the system sound output device? could break compability for some systems
+* (maybe?) write a file to echo random bytes to the system sound output device? could break compatibility for some systems
 * randomly allocate a bunch of memory
 * (maybe) create a bunch of files here and there?
 * ...your ideas go here!
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