def METHOD_NAME() -> int:
    global _seed_rng_map
    pid = os.getpid()
    if pid not in _seed_rng_map:
        # If we don't provide a seed to Random(), Python will seed either
        # from a system source of randomness (i.e., /dev/urandom) or the
        # current time if this is not available. Thus, our seed rng should
        # be unique, even across different processes.
        _seed_rng_map[pid] = random.Random()
    return _seed_rng_map[pid].randint(1, 2**32 - 1)