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Re: SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion

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Post by umichguy » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #72

MrEfficiency wrote: post #39

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Radio was cool but they repeated songs too much. The thumbs up and down would ruin the radio algorithm. I would thumbs down live versions or comedy skits, then it would skew the entire system. This was years ago.

Yeah last time I used Pandora, every station would inevitably turn into "freehunter's favorite songs". Rap station? Well Run-DMC did a cover of Walk This Way, and Linkin Park is kind of rap and Beastie Boys did a lot of rock songs, and now suddenly I'm getting a lot of rock in my rap list, and rock melds into pop pretty easy, and now suddenly my rap playlist has Katy Perry and Kesha. And thumbs down is always way too…

I wish the algo changes the preferences based on the time etc. S, if you can set "work hours," or label it that way, it will play the sort of the music you like during those hours, while something else for other times. You can have multiple "moods" set - one for commuting, one for partying, one for night time etc.

Re: SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion

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Post by vagab0nd » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 3:01 PM UTC

neuigkeiten wrote: post #8

I used Pandora in the distant past. These days I mainly use http://www.gnoosic.com for recommendations and then look for the artists on the web, Youtube, Bandcamp, Soundcloud etc. Not sure if that makes me one of a kind? This approach gives me more of a "discoverer" feeling then using one monolithic service that spoon feeds me my musical life.

Most of the music recommendation services I know of are based on meta data of the songs (artist, genre, etc.). Is there anyone out there working on recommendation systems purely based on the music itself, now that we have deep learning? I'd kill for that.

Re: SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion

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Post by acct1771 » Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 6:04 PM UTC

praneshp wrote: post #92

sf_rob wrote: post #40

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Sirius and Onstar are two of the worst things about my car purchase. I wonder the degree to which these partnerships hurt these car brands for short term profit. Things I want in an OEM receiver: 1) Carplay/Android Auto, 2) Software updates for 1, 3) Radio, 4) To never do anything else ( call me, install bloatware apps, reorder menus, etc).

> Sirius and Onstar are two of the worst things about my car purchase I'd say your car purchase was an awesome experience.

You don't know enough about OnStar, then.