Each new instance of [random] already seeds itself differently, so adding $0 isn't going to change anything there. The problem is that the seeds are repeated when you restart PD, so you'll get the same pseudo-random results every time you open the program. $0 won't help here, because the $0 values also repeat when you restart PD.

From: Pd-list <pd-list-bounces@lists.iem.at> on behalf of Peter P. <peterparker@fastmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PD] Random

* Liam Goodacre <liamg_uw@hotmail.com> [2018-07-02 06:34]:
> Perhaps using $0 might be better then as it is unique and automatically
> assigned.
>
> But $0 itself is deterministic--the first instance is 1003, the second is 1004, etc.
Yes, but it will provide a different seed to [random] inside every
abstraction. Forgive me if I understand your intentions in the wrong
way-

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