Re:How random is xkcd? (2015)
by Dylan16807 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:41PM
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You don't need to make it less random to achieve that. A 100% random shuffle won't have that issue, you just have to make sure it's actually a shuffle and not something else.
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Given a set of songs or albums {a, b, c}
Suppose shuffling results in ordered set [b, a, c]
Suppose user plays through the entire set. Now it's shuffled again before repating.
Suppose the new shuffle results in ordered set [c, a, b]
The user now hears c play after c
Re:How random is xkcd? (2015)
by Dylan16807 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @02:50PM
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I'm going to ignore the other ways to handle that and just point out that that is multiple shuffles and won't be a problem if the user initiates all shuffles.
If the user has to initiate all shuffles, it won't play continuously. If you handle it another way, that demonstrates that it doesn't "just" work with a pure shuffle without using those tricks.
Re:How random is xkcd? (2015)
by Dylan16807 on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:23AM
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1. Without a clearer spec, we should not assume the user wants any repeats at all.
2. Your claim is not even true as written.
3. I'm tempted to assume the user has a reasonable amount of music, so it will last as long as necessary. And you can't force me not to assume that.