[–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

I've heard Amazon music will only shuffle through blocks of 500 songs at a time. So for my 700 song playlist, if I start with the first song on the list and hit Random, it will only shuffle the first 500 songs. But if I choose a song above number 200, it will be able to shuffle through all 700 songs supposedly.

I haven't tried this out myself, but it would explain why I never hear the newest songs on my playlist when I shuffle.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    It is fair to criticize his decision to go with their decision. It is not fair to say he decided to drop Macklemore. There is a difference there and I think we should acknowledge that.

    Ed's choices here are not easy to make. If he sides completely with Macklemore and cancel the rest of the tour, then lots of people would suddenly be out of a job. If it were me that is the last thing I would want to do. I will say that he definitely could have handled this situation in a much better way by expressing his personal opinions more clearly and speaking out against Macklemore being dropped. But understand Ed is a politically loud person, so it isn't in his nature to act that way. There are plenty of things about his reaction criticize here, but saying he is responsible for Macklemore being dropped is insincere. He likely could have and should have done more to fight this, but he isn't the cause.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    As someone with fibro, this makes sense. The brain receives signals and "decides" whether it is pain or not. Pain is a construct of the brain, a useful one, to keep us from danger, but I've always thought of fibro as the brain misinterpreting nerve signals as pain.

    My own anecdotal experience would seem to confirm this. I don't suggest this for anyone, but MDMA is like a miracle drug for me. I can take one and feel practically pain free for weeks. I would guess it is due to the flood of chemicals "resetting" my brain, causing my brain to not misinterpret the signals, but that's a wild guess.

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