TanviAnand: Nah mate, these guys are very friendly. I'm a first time GCI participant as well, and it's scary at first, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly.
2017-11-30 33451, 2017
CatQuest
hi!
2017-11-30 33459, 2017
CatQuest was away making a (late) lunch
2017-11-30 33404, 2017
TanviAnand
naiveaiguy: Thanks for the reassurance :-)!
2017-11-30 33412, 2017
Freso
TanviAnand: Welcome to #metabrainz then! Glad you found your way here! :)
2017-11-30 33420, 2017
Freso
CatQuest: I just had late lunch. :p
2017-11-30 33423, 2017
CatQuest
TanviAnand: this with linking creators or authors to their books is a issue we have
2017-11-30 33444, 2017
TanviAnand
CatQuest: Ok, thank you for letting me know.
2017-11-30 33447, 2017
gcilou was a gci student two years ago and now I've been a gci for two years :) these guys are very friendly :p
2017-11-30 33401, 2017
gcilou
whoops *shes been a gci mentor lol
2017-11-30 33410, 2017
Freso was never a GCI student :'(
2017-11-30 33417, 2017
gcilou
:'(
2017-11-30 33419, 2017
CatQuest
we had a relationship editor, to do this, but it was implemented badly (things could be linked that shouldnt be) so it was disabeled
2017-11-30 33431, 2017
Freso
gcilou: *mentor for two years and admin this year too! 🙌 🙌 🎉
2017-11-30 33436, 2017
CatQuest is also too old for gci. lso i doubth norway evne is in the program
2017-11-30 33444, 2017
Freso
CatQuest: They are.
2017-11-30 33452, 2017
Freso
The US have no trade sanction with Norway.
2017-11-30 33458, 2017
Freso
(AFAIK.)
2017-11-30 33402, 2017
Freso
Embargo?
2017-11-30 33403, 2017
gcilou
What's the next level ?!? Next year I'll be a google employee
2017-11-30 33405, 2017
CatQuest
noone in norway has eve nheard of gci
2017-11-30 33415, 2017
CatQuest
gcilou: noo metabrainz!
2017-11-30 33418, 2017
gcilou
lol
2017-11-30 33425, 2017
Freso
CatQuest: Well, very few people in Denmark and Sweden have either, but eh.
2017-11-30 33431, 2017
CatQuest
ye :/
2017-11-30 33438, 2017
Freso
gcilou: Wasn't one of the other winners two years ago from Norway?
2017-11-30 33445, 2017
gcilou
nope
2017-11-30 33452, 2017
TanviAnand
CatQuest: Thank you. Is there any way that it will be fixed soon? Has the musicbrainz wiki updated people on this?
2017-11-30 33455, 2017
CatQuest
anyway that's the reason you can't link creators right now, TanviAnand
2017-11-30 33456, 2017
gcilou
Denmark
2017-11-30 33400, 2017
Freso
Oh, no, it was an American-Dane or something like that.
2017-11-30 33403, 2017
gcilou
yeah
2017-11-30 33407, 2017
TanviAnand
I am coming in from Switzerland!
2017-11-30 33407, 2017
Freso
Well, Denmark-Norway, same-same.
2017-11-30 33412, 2017
Freso
:p
2017-11-30 33414, 2017
gcilou
I think he was german-denmark
2017-11-30 33418, 2017
Freso hides from CatQuest
2017-11-30 33428, 2017
Freso
TanviAnand: Nice! :)
2017-11-30 33433, 2017
CatQuest
for that you need to ask LordSputnik who is the dev
but that's insane. why would someone for mindia learn norwegian :D
2017-11-30 33417, 2017
Freso
Why is an Indian learning Norwegian though? I'm intrigued.
2017-11-30 33427, 2017
naiveaiguy
CatQuest: I wanna immigrate to Norway in the future!
2017-11-30 33430, 2017
CatQuest
naiveaiguy: freso is danish
2017-11-30 33432, 2017
CatQuest
:O
2017-11-30 33446, 2017
Freso
I mean, I get that Leftmost is learning (because he's family there and such), but India seems very remote.
2017-11-30 33404, 2017
naiveaiguy
Yeah, and India also sucks *****.
2017-11-30 33404, 2017
gcilou
Freso: I don't think they know it's the same person. I put on my application that I was a previous student though
2017-11-30 33405, 2017
CatQuest
(here is irony, i want ot learn hindi/urdu)
2017-11-30 33414, 2017
naiveaiguy
CatQuest: Really???!!
2017-11-30 33420, 2017
CatQuest
ja
2017-11-30 33429, 2017
CatQuest
i can do "mira nam, catcat he"
2017-11-30 33438, 2017
naiveaiguy
*mera
2017-11-30 33442, 2017
CatQuest
mera :D
2017-11-30 33458, 2017
Freso
naiveaiguy: I have a pakistani immigrant friend in Sweden. :) I don't get why you want to leave the warmth for Scandinavia, but I guess Scandinavia has other appealing factors.
2017-11-30 33414, 2017
CatQuest
too bad ther eare racists here though :(
2017-11-30 33419, 2017
Freso
naiveaiguy: Why Norway over other European/Scandinavian countries?
2017-11-30 33427, 2017
CatQuest
freso er sjaluuu :P
2017-11-30 33429, 2017
Freso
CatQuest: All over Europe (well, the world really) though. :(
2017-11-30 33436, 2017
TanviAnand
Y a-t-il des francophones ici?
2017-11-30 33447, 2017
naiveaiguy
Freso: Well, it's partly because of the very low population density. As an Indian, I am sick of dense cities.
2017-11-30 33402, 2017
Freso
CatQuest: Honestly, I'd move to Norway too, if I was coming from outside Scandinavia and no other factors were in place.
2017-11-30 33402, 2017
UmkaDK_ joined the channel
2017-11-30 33408, 2017
gcilou
TanviAnand: I took some french in high school! Lol my heritage is Swiss
2017-11-30 33409, 2017
CatQuest
yes but people here have elected a person from the topomost migration unfrendly party as *immigration* minister
2017-11-30 33411, 2017
CatQuest
it's nuts
2017-11-30 33424, 2017
naiveaiguy
But also because mountains! I'm a bit fat but I love mountains. None of the other Nordics provide good mountains.
2017-11-30 33448, 2017
naiveaiguy
CatQuest: Yes, I'm aware of the immigration sentiment. It's kind of a hotbutton issue in Europe generally right now.
2017-11-30 33452, 2017
CatQuest
Freso: why? honest question
2017-11-30 33408, 2017
Freso
TanviAnand: Two of our paid staff (yvanzo and zas) are French and we have several volunteers of the French or French-Canadian persuasion.
2017-11-30 33408, 2017
TanviAnand
gcilou: I am from the french speaking part of Switzerland, but I am British-Indian...
2017-11-30 33422, 2017
naiveaiguy
TanviAnand: That is an interesting heritage!
2017-11-30 33422, 2017
Freso
CatQuest: You're not officially part of the EU.
2017-11-30 33431, 2017
CatQuest
eh
2017-11-30 33436, 2017
gcilou
TanviAnand: that's really neat
2017-11-30 33450, 2017
TanviAnand
Freso: Thanks! It would be nice to see some french coders around here.
2017-11-30 33455, 2017
gcilou
I knew enough french to get me around Paris this summer but that's it
2017-11-30 33456, 2017
CatQuest
omg indian english is the best englsih accent
2017-11-30 33404, 2017
gcilou
yvanzo: french right?
2017-11-30 33409, 2017
Freso
gcilou: If you get called in for an interview, you should totally mention that you're listed on their /succes-stories page. :)
2017-11-30 33418, 2017
CatQuest
ich kein gesprachen frankophone
2017-11-30 33426, 2017
gcilou
Yeah I will! I have an interview tomorrow actually
2017-11-30 33429, 2017
naiveaiguy
CatQuest: Only when you still think of it as exotic. If you hear it regularly, you'll get tired of it verrrryyyy quickly.
2017-11-30 33448, 2017
CatQuest
naiveaiguy: naah, i love enlgish acent
2017-11-30 33449, 2017
UmkaDK has quit
2017-11-30 33451, 2017
naiveaiguy
The Indianisms (modifications to English unique to India) are really sickening.
2017-11-30 33457, 2017
CatQuest
also australian.
2017-11-30 33457, 2017
naiveaiguy
Well, at least to me.
2017-11-30 33424, 2017
Freso
naiveaiguy: I think that's the same for all native-language speakers.
2017-11-30 33429, 2017
CatQuest
hah, but that's like.. liek whne i hear norwegians speak (very badly) englsih
2017-11-30 33439, 2017
Freso
I know Danes absolutely disgust when Danes speak English.
2017-11-30 33442, 2017
naiveaiguy
TanviAnand: J'ai appris très peu de français en 7e année, mais j'ai presque tout oublié.
2017-11-30 33456, 2017
CatQuest
and oftne i just can't stand whne there are songs and they sing in norwegian (some exeptions like knutsen og ludvigsen and Rex Rudi)
2017-11-30 33400, 2017
Freso
Unless you learn to sound like a non-Dane.
2017-11-30 33425, 2017
CatQuest
norwegians and danes agree: as long as oyu're not swedish, it's ok tho
2017-11-30 33439, 2017
CatQuest
:D
2017-11-30 33404, 2017
kepstin joined the channel
2017-11-30 33427, 2017
TanviAnand
naiveaiguy: Je vais a une école anglophone, nous ne parlons pas en Français. I go to an american school system, so I only speak french for french class.
2017-11-30 33427, 2017
iliekcomputers
>The Indianisms (modifications to English unique to India) are really sickening.
2017-11-30 33429, 2017
iliekcomputers
why?
2017-11-30 33431, 2017
drsaunders has quit
2017-11-30 33437, 2017
naiveaiguy
CatQuest: Yeah, that's the sentiment I get. As long as you beat the Swedes, it's okay!
2017-11-30 33438, 2017
CatQuest
I want to learn alll of them <3
2017-11-30 33444, 2017
iliekcomputers
English has hindi words like loot and avatar and so many others
2017-11-30 33451, 2017
Freso
gcilou: Interesting, for "Coders and engineers" and "Game developers", they have 1 female and 3 males. For "Designers" it's 3 females and 1 male.
2017-11-30 33453, 2017
Freso sighs
2017-11-30 33455, 2017
TanviAnand
Sweden seems like such a cool language!
2017-11-30 33401, 2017
TanviAnand
*country
2017-11-30 33401, 2017
iliekcomputers
culture spreads this way
2017-11-30 33425, 2017
CatQuest
naiveaiguy: unless we get 0 or less points at eurovision, and the swedes win, they are uncool and we are the cool outsiders
2017-11-30 33436, 2017
gcilou
Freso: it's common sadly
2017-11-30 33436, 2017
CatQuest
also that time danes didn't vote for us :C
2017-11-30 33443, 2017
Freso
"0 or less points at eurovision" D:
2017-11-30 33455, 2017
TanviAnand
>.<
2017-11-30 33400, 2017
Freso
At least we didn't *subtract* points from you!
2017-11-30 33409, 2017
naiveaiguy
iliekcomputers: True, but IMHO, it seems weird and foreign to me, even though I was taught it as a kid. When your own language sounds foreign, then you know the language is weird.
2017-11-30 33412, 2017
CatQuest
gcilou & Freso hey just 5 or 10 years ago there would ahve been NO females at the code thing. so there is progress
2017-11-30 33415, 2017
Freso
(Also, I probably didn't vote anyway.)
2017-11-30 33417, 2017
naiveaiguy
iliekcomputers: (also. please review my changes)
2017-11-30 33434, 2017
CatQuest
I said 0 or less ot be funny :P
2017-11-30 33445, 2017
CatQuest
liek that one time teigen was on,. he got 0 for norway first time
2017-11-30 33450, 2017
CatQuest
he's still whining aout it :D
2017-11-30 33414, 2017
iliekcomputers
The fact that Indian english sounds foreign to a person brought up in India is weird. :)
2017-11-30 33438, 2017
naiveaiguy
iliekcomputers: Can't really change how I feel bout it.
2017-11-30 33443, 2017
CatQuest
hey norwegian english sounds foregn and weird to *me* (tho it's not one of the official languages)
2017-11-30 33452, 2017
Freso
TanviAnand: Sweden is very cold. :(
2017-11-30 33400, 2017
naiveaiguy
CatQuest: Also, Norway turns up on top of literally *everry* list
