#musicbrainz

... we should replace the icon with something appropriate based on the release media type ;)

I just like gtk.

(digital media releases just get no icon at all)

kepstin-work, not a picture of bits?

Leftmost: well, the picture *is* bits…right? ;-)

But it's not a picture OF bits!

ianmcorvidae: eat chocolate!

ianmcorvidae, drink local craft beers and argue about style guidelines?

haha

but brain, isn't that what we do every day?

Yes, but right now we're doing it in different rooms.

kepstin-work: not *together* though :P

Too... much?

heh

The same thing we do every night, Pinky... try to assemble a vast, yet consistent and accurate database of audio recording metadata.

Charge in through the door waving laptops.

(presumably getting kicked out :P)

Now #musicbrainz-de is hopping, but #musicbrainz-ga is so quiet.

bah, I didn't realize you guys actually did that :P

Natürlich. :-P (Not one of my favorite words in German or anything...)

Quick, everyone go learn Irish so #musicbrainz-ga can be lively.

lol

Thanks for the help earlier, guys (and gal[s?]). I imagine I will find cause to return in the coming days -- take care :)

Linux laptop users, which brand do you use? Helping someone shop, and I have my own opinions, but wanted to get feedback from others.

I have a zareason, myself

but thinkpad is the obvious choice

Dell here, but not particularly by choice.

System76 are nice

Leftmost: using a general Asus here. One should check for components' compatibility instead of looking at brand of assembler.

simukis_, right, though some brands (Lenovo, for example) tend to have better default component loadouts, coupled with good general build quality.

heh…

my standard for a features I'd like to see in my next laptop has grown so much lately I can't find anything what would fit my taste anymore 😃

I've been using a ThinkPad for a few years now. My standard for what I want in my next laptop is one that works as well as this one and gives me as little trouble as this one.

well, thinkpads are a safe choice, but I can't stand their keyboards… unless they have changed lately.

I love my T420 keyboard. It took me a bit to get used to it, but I haven't really had any problems with it.

for all you smart wikipedia people out there.... any idea why or where I can find why they chose to rediect this page??? .. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis... ?

yea, clicked on all the stuff on that page... no text mentions why.

It just shows that it was created as a redirect.

The editor didn’t give any explanation

But it didn’t exist prior to that, so…

(It’s not like a redirect is anything special, anyone can create one)

ok, thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something, as not familiar with wikipedia.

Eesh.

It’s semi-OK for the title, but for the body text…that’s just harsh

but it's intentional, inline css on each "span: font-family:fredericka the great;" :D

definitely intentional but still terrible

"She's fun, she's casual, she's preppy, she's classic, she's Great!" that's the font description

So...... karaoke....

Ideas on how to implement "in the style of"?

What does that mean?

Isn’t “in the style of” just a cover performance?

Well, in karaoke, they basically cover the song... and do it in the style of a particular artist.

So, question is then, who is the artist?

Doesn’t seem necessary to me.

What doesn't?

Having a relationship “in the style of” between a recording and an artist.

I mean, you have dozens of cover recordings which are “in the style of” $FAMOUS_ARTIST — why would karaoke be any different?

Cause you have no clue who covered it. Credits on the back say "in the style of"

[unknown]

If you don’t know who performed it, that’s why we have [unknown]

Yea, that is not going to work for the karaoke folks.

Alot of searching is by ITSO artist name.

The way to do it I think would be to have an AR between the artist and the recording.

But it feels very very wrong to me, to link an artist which has nothing to do with the recording.

Note that my opinion is not official, you are welcome to create an RFC …

I understand... but I want to bounce it off you smart folks here before/if I do.

In Karaoke, though, its a very important link.

We do already have the “tribute to” release-artist AR, which is similar.

(not sure if that can go to recordings too, but…there is some precedent

Cool, just found the page with the 185 relationship types on it.

lol

Isn’t that fun?

No, I seriously have been thinking obtaining counseling for a massochistic dysfunction.

Actually, its is kinda fun, like figuring out a puzzle.

I actually been pondering linking the karaoke to works.

huh... users can have their own relationship types?

no?

if you're looking at the wiki, things under user pages are generally proposals

Ah, k. Was looking at "nikki/Amazon"

hmmm.. Based on is a work to work relationship

hmmm, "Miscellaneous role"...

I've opened a pandora's box

hahaha yes

http://musicbrainz.org/edit/23374061 because of http://musicbrainz.org/edit/23290551

(My point is artwork is not a source for *text*)

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Of course artwork is a source for text

of course it is - but official text > artwork

How do you determine what's official text?

the liner credits in the booklet, for one

what it's called in the Press Release / what the Label gave to the online stores