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blog.discogs.com
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blog.discogs.com is the company blog at blog.discogs.com, writing about culture and history. Since 2018, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite these Discogs posts as background on CD disc rot and on how many records Discogs adds each year, in threads about CD structure and music datasets.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /en/say-no-to-disc-rot-how-to-look-after-cds/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-10-08
What Hacker News says?
Sadly even pressed CDs have been known to rot[0][1]. Albeit it's not I tend to hear about with audio CDs because (presumably because there are usually other ways to acquire copies) however it is something that worries a lot of retro gamers like myself. It means that many of the Mega CD, Saturn, etc games (for example) have a potential life expectency. For me though, scratched discs affect me more than disc rot. It c…
Comment linking /en/say-no-to-disc-rot-how-to-look-after-cds/
on “Compact Disc Structure”Submitted Thank You for 20 Years of Discogs as a story · 440 points
HN discussionI don't even think it's necessary to point out specific examples, though you're welcome to do so. All it really takes is showing the kind of numbers music databases like discogs (for both generalist and specialist consumers alike) are posting - millions of records added PER YEAR [1]. This alone shows "a million contemporary popular music tracks" is not representative of modern music's "state" whatsoever. [1] https:/…
Comment linking /en/discogs-year-end-report-2018/
on “Million Song Dataset”Submitted 40 Years Ago, They Told Us Home Taping Was Killing Music as a story · 4 points
HN discussionFrom my understanding, CDs are actually quite prone to damage because the layer that stores the data is actually on the "label" side of the CD. Anything that damages the label can also damage the data layer just underneath. DVDs moved the data layer into the middle - sandwiched between two layers of plastic, Blu-rays move it to the surface opposite the label, but add a protective coating to try to keep it from getti…
Comment linking /en/say-no-to-disc-rot-how-to-look-after-cds/
on “CD sales grow for first time since 2004”Submitted Why the Fire at Apollo Masters Plant Doesn't Mean Vinylgeddon Is Upon Us as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Secret Life of Super Audio Compact Discs (SACDs) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Store Vinyl Records as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anatomy of Collector: How World Cataloged over 500M Releases on Discollł as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Many Books Are There in the World? as a story · 1 points
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