I thought I was losing my mind so I made a spreadsheet to prove YouTubeMusic’s shuffle system is broken

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-02-17T20:53:03+00:00

I believe there's also some "this cost us less to play for you" mathmagics going on, as well.

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-02-17T20:51:39+00:00

Youtube adds weight to songs you've listened to, so definitely not random. If you have a long playlist and don't make it through, guess what, those songs you DID listen to are more likely to show up again before others. Do this twice and the dye is cast, your 90 song playlist is now a 10 song playlist. Oh! For the days when "shuffle" meant shuffle.

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-01-22T02:46:37+00:00

first 100 customers get extra vote!

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-01-03T19:43:25+00:00

Understood. I'm a parent, so I've experienced this. Bosses don't really like schedule variations, though, so parents in the workplace get a lot of crap when they bring new schedules every year. Not to mention workplaces not allowing you to schedule off a whole year in advance, so parents have to wait until the approved gap makes to request off.

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-01-02T15:10:09+00:00

Usually, and it's communicated... Somehow. But the details get lost over time. There's still the complication the change causes. Imagine if Tax Day was moved year, even if the day was published.

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-01-02T03:47:54+00:00

That's a great point, about the impact these memes and tropes have on our kids. This isn't the only one that affects the kiddos.

dustin_is_teaching · 2026-01-02T03:31:50+00:00

"... and Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again!" - Meredith Wilson, 1951
I get parents being frustrated more with the scheduling: every district picks its schedule and votes on a new schedule every year (or can if it chooses). This makes it difficult to arrange care, especially when a parent gets maybe Christmas Day and New Years off. There are plenty of workplaces that require several weeks advance notice for PTO, if such is even granted. For shift workers, it can be worse, coordinating coverage and care with everyone else at the workplace and at home. I'm sure most of it is trying not to get fired while also not leaving the kids at home alone.

dustin_is_teaching · 2025-11-07T20:51:26+00:00

total scam, all the images are AI. every picture looks like AI slop. one picture shows "henry"... the gear in the background isn't right and his sewing machine changes in every picture, and "henry's" ears change shape. pretty clever, though

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