Question: why are the letters on the keyboard so random? 

Answer: The letters on a keyboard are not random - they're laid out in a configuration called QWERTY (named after the 6 letters in the upper-left hand of the keyboard. If you type correctly, the keys are arranged (in theory) to make the most used letters the easiest to reach.
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