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Author: Thirty Seconds

  • Verizon number not receiving text from iPhone users

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    I recently got a new phone number that I registered on the Verizon network using Verizon prepaid. I get great service, certainly much better than my previous carrier but I soon realized that I could not receive messages from iPhone users. The new phone I purchased to use with my new phone number is an…

  • Going offline to recharge

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    An unexpected, and beautiful sense of calm, and clarity came over me tonight when I disconnected completely from the Internet. The data on my phone is off, and I don’t know the WiFi password where I’m staying the night.  I have my Spotify sleep playlist download, and one of my Audible books. Listening to my…

  • Music Streaming Algorithms

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    Streaming service algorithms gather data about user behavior, preferences, and perform many other tasks that as a songwriter, I know little about. To better understand algorithms used by services like Spotify, Pandora, and countless others, I decided to launch a social experiment that incorporates all of the things that I think may influence the algorithmic…