Stamets [Mirror] to memes@lemmy.world • 2 years agoIt's just the most 100 recently saved songs. The fuck.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square52arrow-up1385
arrow-up1384imageIt's just the most 100 recently saved songs. The fuck.startrek.websiteStamets [Mirror] to memes@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square52
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoBut then it is not truly random, that is the point. The same song 10 times in a row also has a chance of happening in a truly random list.
minus-square@Eranziel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 years agoRandom pick without replacement is no less random than random pick with replacement. You just have a continuously smaller pool to pick from. It’s absolutely possible to have better randomness/shuffle without repeating songs so often.
minus-square@vrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•2 years agothere exist other random distributions than the uniform distribution
minus-square@intensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•2 years agoYou’re thinking of a random sequence. We’re talking about shuffling according to a random seed.
But then it is not truly random, that is the point.
The same song 10 times in a row also has a chance of happening in a truly random list.
Random pick without replacement is no less random than random pick with replacement. You just have a continuously smaller pool to pick from.
It’s absolutely possible to have better randomness/shuffle without repeating songs so often.
there exist other random distributions than the uniform distribution
You’re thinking of a random sequence. We’re talking about shuffling according to a random seed.