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I notice that on September 28 (near the top of the list, since it doesn't seem to have anything for today yet) the same Pitbull song was detected separately a little less than an hour apart, and I can't help but wonder if it was the same person listening to it on loop. Several months ago, my fiancee and I overheard someone driving outside blasting Adele's "Someone Like You" from inside our apartment, and every 45 minutes or so we'd hear it again, so we couldn't help but assume it was the same person driving around the city with it on loop, probably going through some rough breakup or something.


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strken10/01/2024

I wonder what the chance of the birthday paradox affecting the music is. Given that y song will make up x% of plays, how likely is it that any song has two consecutive plays, or two plays within an hour?

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qingcharles10/01/2024

I've noticed a bunch of radio stations these days seem to be endless hour-long loops.

scottyah09/30/2024

Or spotify jamming a song into everyone's algorithms, as a cynical take.

I have never looked up and played Drake or Taylor Swift, but they come up in "curated" playlists thought-provokingly often.

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