#metabrainz

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      • Freso
        You know what I mean.
      • 2016-01-27 02734, 2016

      • alastairp
        Gentlecat: how do you install sentry?
      • 2016-01-27 02724, 2016

      • Gentlecat
      • 2016-01-27 02711, 2016

      • alastairp
        cool, thanks
      • 2016-01-27 02757, 2016

      • alastairp
        is the metabrainz one installed manually, or with chrf?
      • 2016-01-27 02730, 2016

      • Gentlecat
        manually
      • 2016-01-27 02736, 2016

      • CatQuest
        http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/imog…: heh from that article "When was the last time you bought a CD or a record? Chances are.."
      • 2016-01-27 02736, 2016

      • CatQuest
        my answer is " a month ago for christmas" and then a whole lot a few months before that
      • 2016-01-27 02736, 2016

      • CatQuest
        also just this week bought several "releases" on bandcamp
      • 2016-01-27 02736, 2016

      • CatQuest
        so yeeeaa
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • CatQuest
        !m gcilou
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • BrainzBot
        You're doing good work, gcilou!
      • 2016-01-27 02705, 2016

      • CatQuest
        (just cause)
      • 2016-01-27 02745, 2016

      • stanislas
        Freso: If you mean that It will use the bb web-service you are apparently right.
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • Freso
        "Apparently"? :p
      • 2016-01-27 02715, 2016

      • Freso
        How else would you interface with BB?
      • 2016-01-27 02704, 2016

      • stanislas
        forget the word, there is a mistake in my dictionary
      • 2016-01-27 02729, 2016

      • stanislas
        It says that it means obviously
      • 2016-01-27 02709, 2016

      • Freso
        Not quite. :)
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • Freso
        Or maybe it does.
      • 2016-01-27 02702, 2016

      • Freso
        The connotations I get with it is that it is something that is so, but is not necessarily obviously so.
      • 2016-01-27 02718, 2016

      • Freso
        I don't know how to explain it. And I'm also not a native English speaker. :)
      • 2016-01-27 02713, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Freso: is both :)
      • 2016-01-27 02727, 2016

      • chirlu`
        Apparently means that it appears to be so, but there is a caveat that the appearance may be wrong.
      • 2016-01-27 02732, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Well dunno about apparent*ly*, but apparent is definitely both
      • 2016-01-27 02731, 2016

      • Freso
        Or maybe it's that the "obviously" meaning is not used much anymore? The quote at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apparently#Adverb is from Shakespeare, so maybe that meaning is not used commonly in modern-day English, even if it is still a valid meaning?
      • 2016-01-27 02732, 2016

      • chirlu`
        “used by speakers or writers to avoid committing themselves to the truth of what they are saying.”
      • 2016-01-27 02728, 2016

      • CatQuest
        ok, i1ve read about this "blockchain" thing and.. uhh basically it's musicbrainz? I am reminded by this xkcd strip in which we get yet anoder standard
      • 2016-01-27 02742, 2016

      • CatQuest
        the information about music part anyway
      • 2016-01-27 02714, 2016

      • Freso
        This is why Imogen really wants MB to be part of her crusade.
      • 2016-01-27 02749, 2016

      • CatQuest
      • 2016-01-27 02750, 2016

      • CatQuest
        that was not a "for beginners" thing. I read a few paragraphs and idk wtf
      • 2016-01-27 02757, 2016

      • CatQuest
        what is a ledger?
      • 2016-01-27 02704, 2016

      • CatQuest
        is it like a ledge? (no)
      • 2016-01-27 02756, 2016

      • alastairp
        it's a book
      • 2016-01-27 02711, 2016

      • CatQuest
        and parts of it "...exists on the computers people have connected.." uhm. isn't that like bittorent? ie peer-to-peer
      • 2016-01-27 02711, 2016

      • alastairp
        shops used to keep them, to write a list of what they had, and who bought stuff
      • 2016-01-27 02723, 2016

      • CatQuest
        alastairp: aha
      • 2016-01-27 02738, 2016

      • alastairp
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledger (now they're electronic, I guess)
      • 2016-01-27 02755, 2016

      • CatQuest
        it's records of who bought what and wehen, sure
      • 2016-01-27 02719, 2016

      • Freso
        CatQuest: And yes, that is exactly peer-to-peer.
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • Freso
        I would assume more (native English speaking) people know what a ledger is than who knows what peer-to-peer is. :)
      • 2016-01-27 02745, 2016

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      • 2016-01-27 02722, 2016

      • stanislas
        Freso: I just got what ngs stands for :) It can be omitted in bookbrainz obviously (not apparently)
      • 2016-01-27 02750, 2016

      • Gentlecat
        Freso: can you look at that blog post thing?
      • 2016-01-27 02741, 2016

      • LordSputnik
        Freso: reosarevok: stanislas: you could get away with switching "apparent" with "obvious", but not "apparently" with "obviously" :P
      • 2016-01-27 02738, 2016

      • stanislas
        LordSputnik: I
      • 2016-01-27 02711, 2016

      • stanislas
        LordSputnik: I've just seen the coverage on particular files. It would increase significantly If I uncomment some tests, that are disabled due to bugs.
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • stanislas
        The red lines on coveralls.io means that something is not tested ?
      • 2016-01-27 02704, 2016

      • stanislas
        * mean
      • 2016-01-27 02735, 2016

      • gcilou
        Thanks CatQuest.
      • 2016-01-27 02755, 2016

      • stanislas
        LordSputnik: Maybe I will include them in try: except
      • 2016-01-27 02722, 2016

      • LordSputnik
        stanislas: there's no problem with letting them fail
      • 2016-01-27 02737, 2016

      • LordSputnik
        stanislas: If them failing causes other tests not to run, then we should split the tests
      • 2016-01-27 02739, 2016

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      • 2016-01-27 02732, 2016

      • stanislas
        Spliting them would cause sample data to generate once more. It is very slow. Maybe there is some way of not setting it up sometimes.
      • 2016-01-27 02705, 2016

      • stanislas
        And what about the user script ? Do you still think it is better than chrome extension or qt desktop app ?
      • 2016-01-27 02709, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        CatQuest, the blockchain is the heart of Bitcoin
      • 2016-01-27 02722, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        or any cryptocurrency for that matter
      • 2016-01-27 02743, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        basically it's magic
      • 2016-01-27 02753, 2016

      • CatQuest
        sounds dumb :D
      • 2016-01-27 02705, 2016

      • CatQuest
        and or intentionally cryptic
      • 2016-01-27 02734, 2016

      • CatQuest
        (I dislike things made intentionally cryptic)
      • 2016-01-27 02747, 2016

      • MonkeyDo has quit
      • 2016-01-27 02747, 2016

      • reosarevok
        I assume it's just very complicated, but I haven't seen a good explanation yet
      • 2016-01-27 02752, 2016

      • CatQuest
        ye
      • 2016-01-27 02754, 2016

      • CatQuest
        a
      • 2016-01-27 02755, 2016

      • stanislas
        It is not.
      • 2016-01-27 02708, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        I'd say it is
      • 2016-01-27 02712, 2016

      • stanislas
        There is a nice course on Coursera about cryptocurrencies. There was.
      • 2016-01-27 02721, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        It's quite a new concept
      • 2016-01-27 02749, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        And understanding it completely requires math stuffs
      • 2016-01-27 02700, 2016

      • CatQuest
        stanislas is a kid thoguh, so to that generation this is easy. we're getting old
      • 2016-01-27 02701, 2016

      • CatQuest
        :D
      • 2016-01-27 02706, 2016

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      • 2016-01-27 02712, 2016

      • CatQuest
        hey i have math stuffs!
      • 2016-01-27 02716, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        So I'm quite amazed someone managed to convince bank CEOs they should use that
      • 2016-01-27 02702, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        But that article does a really poor job at explaining it
      • 2016-01-27 02725, 2016

      • CatQuest
        I need like... a pharagraph or 3 that explains it clearly. somewhere betwee "it's this black box of macjik thingy:D" and "its [blah blah blah]815 paragraphs of technobabble] and NO WHERE NEAR 15 paragraphs of "this innovative reflection touch base jada jada" crap that was that heep article
      • 2016-01-27 02746, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        yOka
      • 2016-01-27 02752, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        I've read the Wikipedia article
      • 2016-01-27 02721, 2016

      • CatQuest
        y Oka?
      • 2016-01-27 02737, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        Cat on secondary keyboard :P
      • 2016-01-27 02746, 2016

      • CatQuest
        awesome. k
      • 2016-01-27 02733, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        Let's talk about how bitcoin works!
      • 2016-01-27 02739, 2016

      • CatQuest
        ugh
      • 2016-01-27 02752, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        So you've got a currency, we'll ignore how it's created
      • 2016-01-27 02708, 2016

      • CatQuest
        I don't really care about crypto currencies. I mean. I get it's all data and not real gold
      • 2016-01-27 02708, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        But people can make transactions, from one account to another
      • 2016-01-27 02711, 2016

      • stanislas
      • 2016-01-27 02724, 2016

      • CatQuest
        what i wanan a know is how do yo uactually "get" it unless oy uactually uy it wth real money?
      • 2016-01-27 02732, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        They throw that transaction into the peer2peer network that is the blockchain
      • 2016-01-27 02740, 2016

      • CatQuest
        oh!
      • 2016-01-27 02754, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        Part of that transaction is a hash (will look into why that is)
      • 2016-01-27 02707, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        you also pay a small transaction fee
      • 2016-01-27 02717, 2016

      • CatQuest
        in rm or bicoin?
      • 2016-01-27 02735, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        bitcoin, fixed percentage
      • 2016-01-27 02741, 2016

      • CatQuest
        aka
      • 2016-01-27 02751, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        the miners are doing a lot of heavy computing, right?
      • 2016-01-27 02710, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        so what they are doing is checking those transactions, do the totals add up, is the hash correct
      • 2016-01-27 02719, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        and for that, they are payed the transaction fee
      • 2016-01-27 02734, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        all of that involves a lot of math, but I think this is how it works
      • 2016-01-27 02739, 2016

      • CatQuest
        so what that hepp woman wants to do is transfer music files rought the blockchain peer-network in exchange for crypto currencies? honestly if I made music i'd rather use bandcamp
      • 2016-01-27 02751, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        well, crypto currencies are one thing
      • 2016-01-27 02715, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        implementing a blockchain outside one is possible, though I don't know how that'd really work though
      • 2016-01-27 02714, 2016

      • CatQuest
        seems unnecessary complicated when you have bandcamp, jamendo and conventional p2p
      • 2016-01-27 02753, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        also the way cryptocurrencies are "seeded" is by making the miners also solve other cryptological riddles which pay out an increasingly diminishing amount of *coin
      • 2016-01-27 02758, 2016

      • CatQuest
        uh.. or is it like "you can buy it but not plut it out of the block chain thingy since we can controll it if it's not inide the bloakcchain thing
      • 2016-01-27 02707, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        I think it's bruteforcing hashes but I'm not too sure on that one
      • 2016-01-27 02720, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        got a link on what that woman said?
      • 2016-01-27 02729, 2016

      • CatQuest
        it was linked here.. hang on
      • 2016-01-27 02745, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        the guardian thing?
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • CatQuest
        [13:44] <CatQuest> http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/imog…: heh from that article "When was the last time you bought a CD or a record? Chances are.."
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • CatQuest
        [13:44] <CatQuest> my answer is " a month ago for christmas" and then a whole lot a few months before that
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • CatQuest
        [13:44] <CatQuest> also just this week bought seve
      • 2016-01-27 02706, 2016

      • CatQuest
        oops whole quote
      • 2016-01-27 02708, 2016

      • reosarevok
        There was stuff in Forbes that might be more first-source
      • 2016-01-27 02710, 2016

      • CJ_
        I just bought cds last week.
      • 2016-01-27 02717, 2016

      • CJ_
        Or was it the week before last?
      • 2016-01-27 02718, 2016

      • reosarevok
        But they didn't let me in with an adblocker so I shrugged and left
      • 2016-01-27 02742, 2016

      • CatQuest
        forbes?
      • 2016-01-27 02755, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        in the business world, "the blockchain" is just the new buzzword like "the cloud" or "big data"
      • 2016-01-27 02707, 2016

      • CatQuest
        bleh
      • 2016-01-27 02724, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        doesn't mean there aren't possible use cases for it
      • 2016-01-27 02728, 2016

      • CatQuest
        sure
      • 2016-01-27 02749, 2016

      • CatQuest
        i just don't like.. uhh "businesses hipsterism"
      • 2016-01-27 02708, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        but that requires wildly new thinking, decentralization goes basically against how we've done anything in the last few hundred years
      • 2016-01-27 02716, 2016

      • reosarevok
        You don't like business in general, CatQuest, do you :p
      • 2016-01-27 02729, 2016

      • reosarevok
        (nor hipsterism in general, so I can see how the combination would be terrible :) )
      • 2016-01-27 02708, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        "the business" had hipsterism way before it was cool :P
      • 2016-01-27 02732, 2016

      • CatQuest
        they did. they touched base and synergised...
      • 2016-01-27 02732, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Leo_Verto: I mean, I guess the cloud and big data stuff *are* also examples of decentralisation that the business world has adopted kinda fine
      • 2016-01-27 02751, 2016

      • reosarevok
        (but they're easier to understand for the average person than this)
      • 2016-01-27 02759, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        mhm, I wouldn't say outsourcing is decentralizing
      • 2016-01-27 02703, 2016

      • CatQuest
        how do I add "vocals " to a member off? i cna only chose "lead vocals"
      • 2016-01-27 02721, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        the cloud is just the post-fordism of the IT sector
      • 2016-01-27 02726, 2016

      • reosarevok
        CatQuest: you don't. Part of why I want to merge vocals into the instrument tree
      • 2016-01-27 02736, 2016

      • CatQuest
        reosarevok: you have my vote then pls
      • 2016-01-27 02749, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Freso should finish setting up discourse soon ;)
      • 2016-01-27 02757, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        :D
      • 2016-01-27 02703, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        <3 discourse
      • 2016-01-27 02704, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Freso: are we automatically giving everyone a discourse account?
      • 2016-01-27 02716, 2016

      • CatQuest
        I want id42!!!!
      • 2016-01-27 02720, 2016

      • CatQuest
        seriously
      • 2016-01-27 02728, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Because if everyone needs to do the scary oauth stuff by hand that's not much better than a new sign on
      • 2016-01-27 02746, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        "I hope a Mycelia-like place will exist: huge, beautiful, rich, colourful, loved, tended for; holding all music-related information ever recorded anywhere"
      • 2016-01-27 02748, 2016

      • reosarevok
        (and I'd really like for it to be as easy as possible for everyone, so they get there and think "huh I can just post"
      • 2016-01-27 02750, 2016

      • reosarevok
        )
      • 2016-01-27 02752, 2016

      • Leo_Verto
        that's MB right in there
      • 2016-01-27 02702, 2016

      • reosarevok
        Leo_Verto: no, it says "beautiful" ;)