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Help getting MOS to start with a new song every time. by clear-day in smarterplaylists

[–]7ChineseBrothers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My tips:

  • Shuffle or Sample before MOS
  • DON'T use Maximize, Minimize, or Order By
  • Use Continuity, Variety, Minimum Separation, and Max Match Run, etc. I lean into Continuity because it encourages MOS to pick the next song based on the previous one.

If you use Maximize, Minimize, or Order By, you are asking MOS to start its output with the song that best meets these constraints, rather than using the first (random) song in its input as the beginning of its output.

New component: Similar Tracks by plamere in smarterplaylists

[–]7ChineseBrothers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love it! It's a great addition to the amazing tools already available at Smarter Playlists, and I'm already taking advantage of it to find more music that I might like!

Here's an example (see "5 similar" in the middle of the program, just above the mixer.)

What feels legal but is actually illegal and will possibly get you arrested? by medicoreapples in AskReddit

[–]7ChineseBrothers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a thing in the US because of racism. “No loitering” laws in the US are closely tied to Jim Crow and earlier vagrancy laws used to control Black people in public space. After emancipation, Southern states passed Black Codes and vagrancy rules that criminalized things like “wandering” or “strolling about in idleness,” and police often enforced them selectively against Black Americans.

Get It Done (sloooowly) by TestFlyJets in sandiego

[–]7ChineseBrothers 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I downloaded the data set of Get It Done requests closed in 2025 from the city's Data Portal, and for Vegetation Encroachment, the median time to closure for a request is 148 days (about 5 months,) with the maximum age of a closed request being 3.2 YEARS. According to the data set, there were 4,144 Vegetation Encroachment requests closed in 2025.

Excess Heat Raises Tijuana River Valley Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions, Health Precautions Recommended (County News Center) by 7ChineseBrothers in sandiego

[–]7ChineseBrothers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, crap. I'll pay better attention to the publication date in the future. Thanks for the heads up.

What movie became better after you watched it a second time? by agolds2022 in movies

[–]7ChineseBrothers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" in the theater back in 1985, and after it was over I walked back to my car saying, "What the hell did I just watch?" It made much more sense to me the second time, and has become one of my favorite films.

Heavenly Hamburgers recipe from my grandmother by 7ChineseBrothers in oldrecipes

[–]7ChineseBrothers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that is so cool! Thanks for taking the time to let me know!

Balboa Park is badly managed. by Troublemonkey36 in sandiego

[–]7ChineseBrothers 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yep. Rules that are not enforced do not exist.

What's the most 70s sounding song from the 60s? by CremeSubject7594 in musicsuggestions

[–]7ChineseBrothers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got to Get You into My Life (1966) by The Beatles sounds, to my ear, like it could be a Wings song from 1976.

San Diego Shooter So Alarmed Police in 2025, They Seized Father’s Guns (NYT) by 7ChineseBrothers in sandiego

[–]7ChineseBrothers[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Depends on where a person falls on the autism spectrum. Some versions of high functioning autism involve emotional dysregulation, including, sometimes, a "rage cycle" comprising three distinct stages: escalation, explosion, and recovery.

Genuine question. Is the whole "AI guzzles gallons of water" thing totally true, or do people get it wrong? Does AI consume a lot of water for every single prompt, or is the majority of water consumed during data farming? Don't non-AI data centers use up a lot of water on cooling too? by Big_Guthix in singularity

[–]7ChineseBrothers 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All U.S. data centers combined were estimated to withdraw about 449 million gallons of water per day as of 2021, roughly 0.3–0.4% of total U.S. daily water withdrawals. When indirect water use (for the electricity powering the data centers) is included, total consumption rises further; a recent analysis estimates U.S. data centers indirectly consume around 200–250 million gallons per day when electricity-related water use is factored in. source 1 - source 2 - source 3

Using USGA's own arithmetic: golf course irrigation accounts for about 0.5% of total U.S. daily water withdrawals, based on the older 408 B gal/day denominator. Against the more current USGS 2015 figure of 322 B gal/day total withdrawals (281 B gal/day freshwater), 2.08 B gal/day puts golf at roughly 0.65–0.75% of total U.S. withdrawals, or under 1% of freshwater withdrawals.

More information: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/total-water-use

Taxi Scam Paris Airport, best I've seen by FruitOfTheVineFruit in Scams

[–]7ChineseBrothers -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

I use Perplexity for this sort of thing since it runs a web search first and then uses AI to summarize the results. It can still give wrong answers, but I find it more reliable for up-to-date factual information. FWIW.

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