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Question: Heh, just my personal order of preference, YMMV :) [permalink]
Asked by neverbeeninariot (86.149.130.x) on June 17 2017, 9:04pm
Reply on June 19 2017, 2:56pm:

fair enough :)

Question: Talk Talk Spirit of Eden >= Radiohead OK Computer >= Talk Talk Laughing Stock ? ...and it you haven't heard Spirit of Eden, what are you playing at, man ! :) [permalink]
Asked by neverbeeninariot (138.32.176.x) on June 16 2017, 9:16am
Reply on June 16 2017, 6:21pm (edited at June 17 2017, 4:41pm):

I'll have a listen! Edit: pretty good, though I don't know about those comparisons to be honest. ;)

Question: Messi or Ronaldo? [permalink]
Asked by jfk03 (47.9.199.x) on June 13 2017, 9:55am
Reply on June 15 2017, 1:29pm:

Had to google those to find out what they were, so that should answer the question.

Question: hablas español capo? [permalink]
Asked by daniel (170.51.92.x) on June 12 2017, 1:57am
Reply on June 15 2017, 1:29pm:

He estudiado español cuando era joven...

Question: What's wrong with Porsche? Looks like the world is collapsing, first Cayenne, then diesel and now a mid-engine 911 RSR. [permalink]
Asked by Balloonist (79.130.176.x) on June 11 2017, 9:48am
Reply on June 15 2017, 1:30pm:

Cars schmars

Question: When was the last time you were drunk (or stoned) ? [permalink]
Asked by wasereb4 (87.167.84.x) on June 6 2017, 2:18am
Reply on June 6 2017, 1:40pm:

There's sort of a continuum there, I guess... but since properly drunk or stoned, a long time.

Question: I'm about to write a small Win32 program to myself, which needs to play MP3 files. What library do you recommend? [permalink]
Asked by Rodrigo (187.115.50.x) on June 4 2017, 4:46am
Reply on June 4 2017, 1:05pm:

the LGPL library that REAPER uses

Question: How many men must a road walk down, before it can call itself a road? [permalink]
Asked by IXix (86.160.199.x) on June 3 2017, 7:07pm
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:56pm:

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Question: Do you use UML for your products? [permalink]
Asked by Vitali (212.87.13.x) on June 2 2017, 5:39pm
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:55pm:

Nosir

Question: What have you been working on lately? How many hours per week do you spend coding? [permalink]
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on May 31 2017, 6:11pm
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:55pm:

Various things, REAPER for linux is one of them. Hours per week -- the last week I took off, so about 5. Normally more than that, but I don't really keep track.

Question: While I'm here I'd like to take the chance to ask you s.th. but nothing comes to mind. What to do ? [permalink]
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.87.x) on May 30 2017, 12:34am
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:55pm:

Climb a mountain!

Question: How many road must a man walk down, before he can call himself a man? [permalink]
Asked by IXix (109.147.109.x) on May 27 2017, 8:38pm
Reply on May 29 2017, 3:36pm:

were there not men before there were roads?

Question: Have you ever felt like a failure? Can you describe what it was, if so? [permalink]
Asked by Will (71.11.219.x) on May 22 2017, 12:14am
Reply on May 22 2017, 3:26pm:

Usually that's when I'm tired and emotional

Question: I would love to read an article about the challenges while making REAPER multi-threaded. Is OOP good enough for parallelism and what's your thoughts about DOD? [permalink]
Asked by Balloonist (79.130.165.x) on May 19 2017, 4:06pm
Reply on May 22 2017, 3:26pm:

Hah, well I could try to remember the things I did a decade ago, but...

Question: Are there any technical limitations to supporting more than 62/64 hardware MIDI I/O? Not asking as a FR/fix, just genuinely curious. [permalink]
Asked by EvilDragon (213.202.92.x) on May 17 2017, 3:03pm
Reply on May 18 2017, 1:40pm:

We have an int64 mask for enabled bits for devices, that's about the only limitation. The other places should handle it OK.

Question: Is MP3 encoding/decoding coming in REAPER now that the patents expired? [permalink]
Asked by Balloonist (79.131.91.x) on May 13 2017, 7:36pm
Reply on May 18 2017, 1:40pm:

Probably, though there's some noise about two patents that expire in August and December.

Question: Can I shallow clone your WDL repo somehow (for SWS dev) ? Apparently shallow cloning doesn't work via http. / re: shallow clone, solved,used your GitHub mirror instead. [permalink]
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.82.x) on May 10 2017, 7:32pm
Reply on May 10 2017, 10:22pm:

Our WDL repository is pretty small anyway

Question: Will Reaper be open source one day? [permalink]
Asked by Sijmen Koffeman (83.132.230.x) on May 9 2017, 7:43pm
Reply on May 10 2017, 10:22pm (edited at May 10 2017, 10:23pm):

Not any time soon... I have toyed with the idea of making v.999 GPL, maybe sooner rather than later (already over 10 years, eep!)

Question: You see all these tutorials about coding these days. They talk about C++, Python, etc. However, it seems like just basic tutorial stuff most of the time. But, what is the best way to learn so one can really create valuable stuff like Winamp? [permalink]
Asked by Todd (75.64.80.x) on May 8 2017, 1:36am
Reply on May 8 2017, 1:26pm:

Once you get proficient at the basic stuff then you build useful things on top of it...

Question: I posted a thread (reaper.fm) that packaging reaper for the Store on W10 is not a technical complication. Can we expect to see Reaper in the Windows (Microsoft) Store? Dont you think students access to Reaper even if they're on 10S is a good idea? [permalink]
Asked by Sijmen Koffeman (83.132.230.x) on May 7 2017, 1:45pm
Reply on May 7 2017, 9:36pm:

Choosing whether to participate in an entirely different ecosystem is a complex decision, and I don't think you can unequivocally say that there is no technical complication.

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