Just because there are questions doesn't mean there are answers.
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Yesterday morning I torqued up Pandora for the first time in ages, first time on this laptop. I set up a channel and primed it with things like Barenaked Ladies, Simon & Garfunkle, Buffy Saint-Marie, Dolly Parton, Don McLean, Mommas and Poppas, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, a bunch of Irish stuff, and a slew of stuff from my youth. Then I actively clicked "like" or "dislike" on what Pandora selected, to make sure Pandora had a wide sample of my taste to work from.
It started out pretty good, but oddly, after about 20 hours of play, Pandora has pretty much evolved (devolved?) to Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, and Johnny Cash, one after another, with occasional side excursions into other stuff I like (and don't like, e.g. trumpet instrumentals (ugh!) and Frank Sinatra (ugh ugh!!) thrown in. Duh?)
I don't understand. Yeah, I like Willie, Garth, and Johnny, but good grief! Not exclusively! And how many times do I have to click "dislike" on Sinatra and jazz before they get the idea?
Pandora's algorithms need some work.
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After something like four or five days of balmy sunny days rising into the forties and fifties, almost all the snow is melting away. I actually had a surge of energy, got out and did some stuff.
Today we have been cast down again. It's 36 F, and there's a strong nasty wind out of the north that actually hurts. Oh well, not much longer now....
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LATER: Ok, I figured out why Pandora keeps sending me Jazz and trumpets. I've been clicking "Like" on everything from Hugh Masekela. Check out "District Six". Masekela isn't your usual jazz.
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