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How The Heck Does Shazam Work? (An Interactive Exploration) (perthirtysix.com)
submitted 1 day ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it's magic.

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Good read. I've not heard of this site before, so now I'll check out some of their older stuff! Looks like a few years of content history to browse 🙂.

Thanks for sharing!

[–] vladmech@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Super interesting read, thanks for sharing this

[–] Frozentea725@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

What a brilliant and interactive article, thanks for this.

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I love fooling Shazam, listen to a college radio station and it can’t id anything.

[–] romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Like how interactive the page is