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Question: What do you think about this: www.dailydot.com/technology/google-uproxy-iran-syria-north-korea...
Asked by @eric_neuman (74.66.80.x) on October 22 2013, 3:41pm
Reply on October 23 2013, 2:23pm:

Mmmm I like it in theory. Comment...

Question: Have you ever wanted to spend a month on a motorcycle in Alaska?
Asked by Pinkasso (208.64.185.x) on October 21 2013, 7:58pm
Reply on October 21 2013, 8:44pm:

Hmm maybe on a bicycle would be more fun? Comment...

Question: Do you ever go to meetups/hacking events? I think there are some NYC music hackathons where you would be enjoyed
Asked by John (24.103.111.x) on October 17 2013, 9:17pm
Reply on October 18 2013, 7:07pm:

I don't, but maybe I oughta. Comment...

Question: Were you ever worried about getting into any legal trouble related to aiding in facilitating piracy?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 17 2013, 6:59pm
Reply on October 18 2013, 7:07pm:

I think the feeling at the time, and what it seems to have turned out to be, was whether there were significant non-infringing uses, and whether you encouraged others to pirate and/or profited from that (vs merely enabling it). Comment...

Question: Any thoughts on WinMerge? Are command line diff tools as easy as nice GUIs like WinMerge?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on October 8 2013, 5:27pm
Reply on October 9 2013, 9:07pm:

I don't think I've used WinMerge, I used to use TortoiseSVN's stuff, but at this point I just use git command line for almost everything. Comment...

Question: Do you invest in any tech start ups? I'm not looking for funding, just interetsed to see that, if so, what you look for in a new technology?
Asked by Mick (27.127.192.x) on October 8 2013, 3:46am
Reply on October 9 2013, 9:08pm:

I don't really invest, mostly because I'm lazy, but if I were to I'd look for people who were really obsessed with making the best possible product (and that product would need to be something useful, obviously). Comment...

Question: Q1: Does WDL_FIXALIGN has the same effect as -malign-double? Q2: Will Allison "open source" the recipe for the cake? Thanks
Asked by gio (79.131.32.x) on October 3 2013, 7:38pm
Reply on October 3 2013, 8:41pm:

A1: it does, but only to the items for which it is applied (and only on GCC). A2: she could probably be persuaded, but I think it was a pretty standard cake recipe. and wheatgrass. Comment...

Question: Have you seen Alaska yet?
Asked by Pinkasso (208.64.185.x) on September 30 2013, 9:26pm
Reply on September 30 2013, 10:39pm:

I had a baked alaska, it was pretty good. Comment...

Question: Any idea what will change drastically in softwares or new technologies in the next 10 years? please don't jk. tnx
Asked by Mike (193.111.141.x) on September 30 2013, 9:59am
Reply on September 30 2013, 10:40pm:

Hmm I dunno, probably not a whole lot? Comment...

Question: Does Cockos have any other fulltime employees aside from you Schwa and Christophe? What about part time employees or interns?
Asked by Robin (208.120.184.x) on September 29 2013, 3:17am
Reply on September 30 2013, 1:11am:

It's just the three of us, and our wonderful foreign contractors :) Comment...

Question: Do you have any homemade C++ smart pointer class? Do you use it often?
Asked by Rodrigo (187.112.250.x) on September 23 2013, 1:00pm
Reply on September 25 2013, 4:36pm:

Only in a couple of spots, I think. and then there's WDL_MutexLock, which isn't exactly the same thing (but is a scope-centric helper class). Comment...

Question: Re: "delegates mechanism". C++ callbacks/delegates/closures/object-oriented function pointer, whatever they call this season. ok?
Asked by gio (94.66.11.x) on September 22 2013, 10:34pm
Reply on September 23 2013, 1:33am:

When necessary function pointers, void pointer context, and static stubs. This doesn't happen *that* often tho... Comment...

Question: Have you got a specific delegate mechanism for REAPER or you just deal with function pointers?
Asked by gio (94.66.86.x) on September 21 2013, 9:17am
Reply on September 22 2013, 8:21pm:

Hmm for what? Comment...

Question: should one of the lice bezier functions allow me to draw a smooth curve through, say 25 control points? - if so which one, thx?
Asked by olilarkin (81.100.230.x) on September 20 2013, 12:35pm
Reply on September 22 2013, 8:22pm (edited at October 23 2013, 2:23pm):

I think LICE only has cubic beziers... Edit: schwa reports that the QNurbs functions should do what you ask, though the code is old and the API isn't great, apparently. Comment...

Question: How many employees was Nullsoft when you sold it?
Asked by ees. (69.15.110.x) on September 19 2013, 10:31am
Reply on September 22 2013, 8:22pm:

Something like 4-8 or so, I forget exactly depending on how employees are counted (contractors vs employees etc). Comment...

Question: Most mind blowing place you've ever visited in the world, and how so?
Asked by Mick (101.165.16.x) on September 19 2013, 9:50am
Reply on September 22 2013, 8:23pm:

Hmm this makes me think I need to travel more... the grand canyon is pretty bad-ass, but not sure if I'd say mind blowing. Comment...

Question: Why doesn't www.winamp.com/mac seem like winamp?
Asked by Anon (87.115.58.x) on September 14 2013, 11:24am
Reply on September 16 2013, 5:09pm:

Yeah, it's "Winamp Sync" or something, for use with Android devices, AFAICT. Comment...

Question: How has becoming financially set for several lifetimes affected your day to day life, and career?
Asked by jm9000 (98.255.226.x) on September 12 2013, 8:04pm
Reply on September 13 2013, 7:35pm:

Hard to say -- you don't worry about not having enough money, but you still feel like an ass when you waste it. It has probably kept me from working for other people, and thus has limited my social life somewhat. Also now I'm incredibly spoiled and have bad micromanaging tendencies... Comment...

Question: what do you think of bose products? quality engineering or marketing hype?
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on September 10 2013, 6:21am
Reply on September 12 2013, 3:53pm:

The last thing of theirs I had was probably a stock car stereo. It was fine and all but also quite heavily marketed. My sister has one of their sound tower things for a PA, she likes it quite a lot. Comment...

Question: Do you happen to have any idea why my IPlug plug-ins won't create undo points in REAPER when I click e.g. a switch (see tinyurl.com/qcdq47w)? I think it has to do with audioMasterBegin/EndEdit, i.e. without them everything seems to work fine.
Asked by Tale (77.168.115.x) on September 9 2013, 12:02pm
Reply on September 9 2013, 2:47pm:

Probably need to send an audioMasterAutomate as well... this sort of thing might be better to email me with though =) Comment...

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