Yes, the discard rate can be a problem. For the table lookup version in 2D, I had a speedup that worked decently: Generate the first coordinate, then use the same technique to generate the remaining coordinate. It can still be a problem, though, in the event you choose a "mostly black" line, but I never needed made anything better than that.
I also tried to make a "transformational" technique that wouldn't reject any coordinates, but never got it working well enough to use. (Rather: the technique worked fine, but coming up with the warping functions for the project was more difficult (for me, at any rate), so I simply tended to run the density-mapping version before going to lunch, going home for the day, etc.
The intention was: Generate a random coordinate, and "remap" it based on a displacement function. I was hoping to be able to turn a density function into a space warping function. The difficulties I had were primarily coming up with functions to warp space appropriately, and ensuring that I could hit any point in the desired output space without too much overhang. (If the function moved the point outside the desired range, you had to reject the point and try again anyway.)
Update: Made edit above.
...roboticus
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