return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSpotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AItechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down113
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minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 days agoNo, that’s just random being random. In order for something truly random to feel less random to the average person, you have to reduce the repetition.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 hours agoIdk why the donwvotes. This is how these players implement shuffle, because people don’t actually want a random shuffle most times.
minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoMaybe people disliked my fun fact, maybe I came off the wrong way, maybe people took offense at my typo. It doesn’t matter much. I comment for me! (This comment included)
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoand that is what spotify actually does: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2025/11/shuffle-making-random-feel-more-human
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day ago<sigh>… And here I am, expecting “shuffle” to be a random ordering without repetition at all, like a silly person apparently.
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agothat is exactly what it does the fewer repeats is for when you listen to the same playlist multiple times, not for the sequence itself
No, that’s just random being random. In order for something truly random to feel less random to the average person, you have to reduce the repetition.
Idk why the donwvotes. This is how these players implement shuffle, because people don’t actually want a random shuffle most times.
Maybe people disliked my fun fact, maybe I came off the wrong way, maybe people took offense at my typo. It doesn’t matter much. I comment for me! (This comment included)
and that is what spotify actually does: https://engineering.atspotify.com/2025/11/shuffle-making-random-feel-more-human
<sigh>… And here I am, expecting “shuffle” to be a random ordering without repetition at all, like a silly person apparently.
that is exactly what it does
the fewer repeats is for when you listen to the same playlist multiple times, not for the sequence itself