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Re:Ask HN: Why are modern music players so bad at playing mu... by BoiledCabbage on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @04:32PM (#20348457)
Mp3 players have had more than 2k of RAM for way longer than two decades.

The hardware restrictions of the earliest IDE HD based MP3 players really have nothing to do with any limitations on modern shuffle ability.

IPod in 2001 had 32MB of RAM. 2k RAM is not relevant to this discussion. You getting close to discussing 3 decade old technology.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are modern music players so bad at playing mu... by kstenerud on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @05:25PM (#20348969)
It's very relevant. The early technological restrictions become the standard practice, which fail to change after the original restrictions no longer apply.

Using random number generators for shuffle mode was a stopgap measure that everyone else cargo culted because it's easier than critical thought.

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