Weighted playlists are silly. I can make them easily in 2 anyways. Just add multiple copies of each song to the playlist, in accordance with your weighting.
Regardless, weighting a playlist is actively working against your so-called random ideal. It actively works against the entropy involved in the randomization process by deliberately biasing results.
When you weight a list, it isn't random anymore. It's less random than the ideal you speak of.
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Date: 2007-11-19 12:09 am (UTC)Weighted playlists are silly. I can make them easily in 2 anyways.
Just add multiple copies of each song to the playlist, in accordance with your weighting.
Regardless, weighting a playlist is actively working against your so-called random ideal. It actively works against the entropy involved in the randomization process by deliberately biasing results.
When you weight a list, it isn't random anymore. It's less random than the ideal you speak of.