[DavidPiper]

I quite like seed but for a different reason - if you squint a bit, it looks like a natural evolution of a random number seed.

My complaint against seed would be that it still harkens back to a biological process that could be easily and creatively conflated when it's convenient.

[appointment]

Pretty sure the term "seed" for a pRNG initial value is already derived from the same crystal seed analogy...

[rrr_oh_man]

> I quite like seed but for a different reason - if you squint a bit, it looks like a natural evolution of a random number seed.

Nice!