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Question: what happened to team.php?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 9 2011, 6:19am
Reply on August 9 2011, 3:56pm:

Doing a little retooling there. Comment...

Question: When can we have Path Sync for OSX pleasezzz ?
Asked by Mario (65.8.253.x) on August 8 2011, 9:31pm
Reply on August 9 2011, 3:56pm:

Hah.. yeah, I guess that would be nice... Comment...

Question: Reaper v4 is out. What will you focus on now?
Asked by Geir (85.167.109.x) on August 8 2011, 4:41pm
Reply on August 9 2011, 8:15pm:

4.02... Comment...

Question: In C++, do you alloc objects on the stack when you can, or you just don't care and alloc all objects on the heap?
Asked by Marujo (189.26.139.x) on August 8 2011, 1:33am
Reply on August 9 2011, 8:21pm:

If they are small and temporary, yes. Stack space is usually somewhat limited. Comment...

Question: Not a specific question here really, but could you tell a little bit about how Schwa and Christophe ended up coming on board?
Asked by billybob (74.190.0.x) on August 8 2011, 12:18am
Reply on August 10 2011, 1:44am:

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Question: Any plans to override the standard window buttons at the top right of Reaper to make them look cooler?
Asked by billybob (74.190.0.x) on August 7 2011, 11:08pm
Reply on August 10 2011, 1:44am:

You mean the menu bar? Comment...

Question: How did the name Jesusonic originate?
Asked by Rich (76.186.122.x) on August 7 2011, 5:17pm
Reply on August 10 2011, 1:44am:

Out of silliness really. Comment...

Question: Are you familiar with the Eiffel programming language? If so, any thoughts?
Asked by Fatih (88.235.148.x) on August 6 2011, 8:03pm
Reply on August 7 2011, 1:58am:

Not really, but it doesn't look like the sort of thing I would enjoy. Comment...

Question: Is download count for v4.0 higher when compared to usual download count of v3.x ?
Asked by Martin (93.136.75.x) on August 6 2011, 8:01pm
Reply on August 7 2011, 1:58am:

Yeah. Comment...

Question: Are you hiring? :) Seriously, isn't REAPER codebase getting larger and need increasing effort to be updated so often?
Asked by mabian (80.180.45.x) on August 6 2011, 7:06pm
Reply on August 7 2011, 1:59am:

It is getting larger but not that much larger... We're not actively hiring, though open minded... Comment...

Question: plus.google.com/102791012338366239...you?
Asked by foofoo (79.160.213.x) on August 6 2011, 11:29am
Reply on August 6 2011, 4:27pm:

Not that I know of, unless G+ automatically goes and makes profiles from google accounts... Comment...

Question: un fucking believable... Guy gets his ass kicked and becomes a Math Genius bit.ly/mzRiOh - thoughts?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on August 5 2011, 5:09am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:55pm:

Crazy. Though not sure why it says we can't accurately predict pi... Comment...

Question: Were you required to "vest in peace" at AOL after the acquisition in order to get a certain full amount? or could you have quit
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on August 5 2011, 1:07am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:56pm:

No, but I had a contract that I didn't want to walk away from like so many assholes do. You know who you are. No honor. Comment...

Question: Do Reaper's licence keys support Unicode or just ASCII charset? For example, Croatian letters �đčć�. (I hope you see these.)
Asked by EvilDragon (78.3.233.x) on August 4 2011, 7:44pm
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:57pm:

In theory REAPER treats them as UTF-8, but where we get the strings from the purchasing system, not sure how they end up... Comment...

Question: What do you use for that effects on Reaper 4 spash screen? OpenGL?
Asked by Stromboli (161.148.171.x) on August 4 2011, 11:56am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:57pm:

LICE. :) Comment...

Question: Re: huge browser project. What programming languages/technologies you're going to use in this project?
Asked by asafonov (178.176.9.x) on August 4 2011, 6:33am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:57pm:

I'm not. Comment...

Question: Are you using a web hosting control panel for your linux servers or you do everything manual?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 4 2011, 4:56am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:58pm:

I use the AWS console for setting the VMs up and taking snapshots etc, but for running actual servers I use the command line, apt-get, vi, etc. Oh and mysql for creating tables and such. Comment...

Question: Congratulations on Reaper son we are all proud whats next for team Llama? Did you finish the program in the UK? Or are you back?
Asked by AnalSeducer (76.103.105.x) on August 4 2011, 3:01am
Reply on August 5 2011, 9:58pm:

More REAPER 4.0x. Yeah I've been back for months. Comment...

Question: Oops, didn't type grls something went wrong with the keyboard. So at some point reaper.fm was really slow. blame CSS or traffic?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 3 2011, 11:12pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:20am:

Too much traffic. Moved the downloads to amazon's CDN and that took care of it. The CPU use on the server was low, but it was pushing over 90mbps. Comment...

Question: Congrats for the official REAPER 4 release! So after a major release is there a special celebration? grls/alcohol/cigars unameit
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on August 3 2011, 9:50pm
Reply on August 4 2011, 2:20am:

A second coffee for the day... Comment...

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