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Question: Do you watch the UFC fights. Are you looking forward to Jones vs Rampage?
Asked by Mommy (65.9.105.x) on September 20 2011, 10:56pm
Reply on September 26 2011, 6:08pm:

Nosir. Comment...

Question: Are you continuing to develop CHAVS at all? (AVS / modern winamp compatibility etc?)
Asked by QOAL (109.158.94.x) on September 20 2011, 9:19pm
Reply on September 26 2011, 6:09pm:

I haven't touched it lately; the original CHAVS thing was just a fun "backport our updates to EEL into the original project" sort of thing... Comment...

Question: What impress you most about the legendary John Carmack?
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on September 20 2011, 12:51pm
Reply on September 20 2011, 2:17pm:

id in general produced some wonderful games, and Carmack's apparent ability to tackle whatever problems seemed to get in their way was admirable. The fact that they open source their tech after a few generations is a really nice thing, too. Comment...

Question: What do you think about the new WinRT API on Windows 8? Are you interested on it? bit.ly/r4i2T0
Asked by New kid on the b (161.148.171.x) on September 20 2011, 11:23am
Reply on September 20 2011, 2:17pm:

Hmm I didn't think WinRT is new, but I haven't looked at the win8 stuff other than installing it on virtualbox and being thoroughly annoyed. Comment...

Question: Do you attend any software development conference or stuff like that?
Asked by asafonov (62.220.135.x) on September 20 2011, 8:42am
Reply on September 20 2011, 2:17pm:

Not usually. Comment...

Question: How often do you practice the guitar? Have you ever taken guitar lessons?
Asked by Mommy (184.32.228.x) on September 19 2011, 12:22am
Reply on September 20 2011, 2:06am:

Not often enough.. lately about once a week, sadly. Soon to be more, I hope. I haven't taken lessons, no. Comment...

Question: Have you ever drawn a penis in a public space? (graffiti)
Asked by PinkAsso (208.64.185.x) on September 18 2011, 1:52am
Reply on September 20 2011, 2:06am:

Not that I can remember, but I wouldn't rule it out. Comment...

Question: Do you have a test suite for Reaper? If not, how do you keep quality high between releases?
Asked by Rajeet (70.119.11.x) on September 17 2011, 10:47pm
Reply on September 20 2011, 2:07am:

Nothing structured. The main thing is we try to use it a lot for our own projects, and especially spend lots of time testing things we change. The real credit has to go to the people who slurp down the latest builds and test them before release. Comment...

Question: What ethnicity is sierra?
Asked by Sierra (24.127.26.x) on September 17 2011, 1:34am
Reply on September 17 2011, 3:57am:

Not really following this one. Comment...

Question: You use VC6, a compiler from 1998... do you make any code adjustements to compile to Win7 or it just works straight away?
Asked by Bruno (189.114.196.x) on September 15 2011, 10:49pm
Reply on September 17 2011, 3:57am:

We only use VC6 for targeting win32 (for win64 we use vc2005).. but the release builds use VC6 w/ ICC. Nothing special for newer OSes, though. Comment...

Question: What charities do you support?
Asked by PinkAsso (208.64.185.x) on September 15 2011, 2:21pm
Reply on September 17 2011, 3:56am:

Off the top of my head, the EFF, ACLU, Oxfam, various disease related things, some local food bank type places, and some others... Comment...

Question: Does the metro UI ruin the desktop windows experience? How much do you like it? tinyurl.com/6g83w82
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on September 14 2011, 8:03pm
Reply on September 15 2011, 1:22am:

I haven't tried it (does it work in virtualbox?).. but bleh looks like it will be pain. Comment...

Question: What bug tracking software do you use for Reaper?
Asked by John (69.15.110.x) on September 14 2011, 2:50pm
Reply on September 15 2011, 1:22am:

We use vbulletin's project tools.. rather, our users do, and we try to look at it now and then. *blush*. Comment...

Question: Just wondering what this MP3 Search Engine project was that you were working on when you were at AOL. I read it on Wikipedia.
Asked by Jason (74.166.234.x) on September 14 2011, 4:47am
Reply on September 15 2011, 1:22am:

We had nothing to do with it -- there was the netscape search divlet or something, and they just rebranded their stuff with a winamp logo for us. It was silly. Comment...

Question: Yes (goo.gl/vQK2Y). A lot of ppl use it and others have asked for a mac port.
Asked by Ruairi (203.59.148.x) on September 14 2011, 12:42am
Reply on September 15 2011, 1:22am:

I'll look at merging it in, thanks! Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, I'd like to ask you a longer question that I can on here. If you could email me: danielmaartens@gmail.com.
Asked by Dan South Africa (41.2.104.x) on September 13 2011, 6:08pm
Reply on September 14 2011, 12:24am:

You should email me instead -- my first name at the company I work for's domain... Comment...

Question: Re: haha, so true. Qt isn't much fun. I have to admit that there is a certain pride doing things in win32.
Asked by gio (62.103.65.x) on September 13 2011, 5:22pm
Reply on September 14 2011, 12:25am:

My choice of win32 over *insert toolkit* is not really about fun, but rather the end result and what I am used to. Comment...

Question: What is your most prized material possession at the moment that brings you the most happiness?
Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on September 13 2011, 5:16pm
Reply on September 14 2011, 12:26am (edited at September 14 2011, 12:29am):

That's a really tough question, one I've been thinking about all afternoon. There are some small arbitrary sentimental things that come to mind, but they're not really worth explaining here. I'm wearing an Admiral Radley t-shirt which is probably my favorite article of clothing -- if I lost it I would be more upset than losing any other thing I've ever worn, I think. Not that I'm particularly into clothes. Comment...

Question: Happy programmer's day!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmers%27_Day
Asked by Programmer (161.148.171.x) on September 13 2011, 5:04pm
Reply on September 14 2011, 12:26am:

Yay thank you! Comment...

Question: Know any coders who have tried to quit caffeine only to realize they "need" it to code productively.
Asked by Ray Day (24.63.81.x) on September 13 2011, 12:38pm
Reply on September 14 2011, 12:27am:

I've recently reduced my caffeine in take by about a factor of 90%; I can't attribute any meaningful change of productivity to this change. Other than that, I've never known anyone to actually complain of not being able to function after quitting caffeine. Trying to function WHILE quitting caffeine, that's another story. Comment...

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