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This is now referring to the two new lectures on Cass-Koopmans [Cass-Koopmans Planning Problem](https://python-intro.quantecon.org/cass_koopmans_1.html) [Cass-Koopmans Competitive Equilibrium](https://python-intro.quantecon.org/cass_koopmans_2.html)

I've been in search of a way to set a seed once for the whole lecture and I noticed this. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/58153750/80177107-fdf46200-863d-11ea-848b-0cb057672ab1.png) It seems like the seed does not stay across...

That's what I thought but when I run the first cell it always returns 0.471... Is that consistent with what your saying @mmcky. I would have expected it to change.

Also using this type of method has issues with jitted classes and functions. I'm not sure jit can interpret the `seed` variable in the above pic. I've noticed that in...

Hi @jstac that sounds like a great idea. I'll get on it

Hi @jstac from the research I did the main problem is setting a seed across all the threads. For example in the case of the gini coefficient curve the household...

Point of possible confusion. d is used in [McCall](https://python-intro.quantecon.org/mccall_model_with_separation.html#A-Simplifying-Transformation) for the expected value of unemployment tomorrow, while in [lake model](https://python-intro.quantecon.org/lake_model.html#The-Model) d is used to denote labour market exit rate.

in [lake](https://python-intro.quantecon.org/lake_model.html#Fiscal-Policy) `u` is used to denote both unemployment rate and the utility function