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Question: Re: Templates. It's difficult to make suggestions about templates. I don't particularly like them that much, I think there is a fine line you don't have to cross using them. But for internal discussion at cockos, ovr_array.h could be interesting and far more valuable than me stating: this is better - this is wrong, etc. I'm extremely happy with spartan WDL.
Asked by gio (94.66.88.x) on May 16 2014, 2:48pm
Reply on May 19 2014, 6:40pm:

There are some cute things in there but it takes more work than I normally like to mentally parse it. Comment...

Question: I used to hang out in #monkeyradio on the cockos irc server (and other servers before that) - does that room still exist, or a derivative of it somewhere? I miss those people and don't know how to find them.
Asked by solace (190.7.211.x) on May 16 2014, 2:31am
Reply on May 19 2014, 6:41pm:

Dunno, that server still exists but as to #monkeyradio, no idea. Comment...

Question: what you think about policy-based design with template metaprogramming in C++? i played with oculus last month and i found in their sdk some nice design decisions combined with the absence of STL.
Asked by gio (94.66.88.x) on May 15 2014, 11:47am
Reply on May 15 2014, 1:47pm:

I'd need some example... Comment...

Question: Name your favorite 16-bit game: What's special about it? I was good at REAPER tetris up until you added the destination "shadow" of each block, things get confusing when you are at the edge of losing the round...
Asked by gio (94.66.88.x) on May 15 2014, 2:07am
Reply on May 15 2014, 1:40pm:

Hmm I'd go 8-bit instead, super mario 3. Comment...

Question: Can you think of a time you were around someone you looked up to, and said something stupid or felt like "great this person thinks i'm an idiot now"?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on May 15 2014, 1:31am
Reply on May 15 2014, 1:40pm:

I usually feel like an idiot. Comment...

Question: Did you really photoshop EvilDragon or just stayed an idea only? I like that guy, he chose a damn good avatar and 14k posts ("steps") to gain a "proper reputation" in the forums and he ruined it all with one picture... m/ ;D
Asked by gio (94.66.88.x) on May 15 2014, 12:27am
Reply on May 15 2014, 1:39pm:

I didn't photoshop, but I suggested it heh. Comment...

Question: Re: DPI. I haven't use a high-dpi monitor myself to know more but here's another related question. Do you think that it's worth the trouble to have a vector based skin engine or raster graphics are still good enough? Hey, have you finished -the list- for R5?
Asked by gio (94.66.94.x) on May 15 2014, 12:20am
Reply on May 15 2014, 1:39pm:

I do have a retina MBP, I should look into that. No real R5 list yet, mostly a few internal architectural changes we want to look into, but nothing that would look like much. Comment...

Question: Have you ever had to go through a programming job interview? My hypothesis is the best hackers typically don't do well at those.
Asked by Patrick (68.65.169.x) on May 14 2014, 10:08am
Reply on May 14 2014, 1:02pm:

I haven't, though perhaps it would be fun to do so incognito. Comment...

Question: Does it make sense nowadays to make an app DPI aware and how easy is such a scenario with VWnd involved? Greetings amigo :)
Asked by gio (94.66.9.x) on May 13 2014, 2:55pm
Reply on May 14 2014, 1:02pm:

I haven't looked at it too much I'm afraid. Comment...

Question: How long did it take you to really feel comfy with git? Did you pick it up in an afternoon or did it take a while to feel comfortable?
Asked by John (68.104.121.x) on May 13 2014, 4:52am
Reply on May 14 2014, 1:03pm:

A few days to comfy (replacing things I did in SVN), and maybe a month or two to get to where I felt like I fully understood it. Comment...

Question: Do you ever have days or weeks where nothing seems like fun? Even the things you usually enjoy? Just wondering if successful people like yourself always feel motivated.
Asked by Dream Of Sleepin (81.98.130.x) on May 11 2014, 8:02am
Reply on May 11 2014, 3:17pm:

There are times of extreme lack of motivation. Regularly. 1 Comment...

Question: What were your thoughts on the open workspace you had at AOL? Do you prefer to be by yourself in a room to code?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on May 10 2014, 12:46am
Reply on May 10 2014, 11:44am:

Cubicles are terrible, I'd take either an office or a very sparse open space, but you can't just cram people in there with no privacy. Comment...

Question: would it be possible to write a reaper extension to put project samplerate settings in the menubar next to audio device settings?
Asked by olillarkin (81.100.230.x) on May 8 2014, 11:19pm
Reply on May 10 2014, 11:45am:

Hmm not sure about putting UI in the menu bar easily, you could probably make an extension which added a few samplerate options as menu items, though. Not sure what sequence of initialization would need to be called to get the audio device/project to reset to the new samplerate, I can look into this (if you start implementing and want help with that, email me). Comment...

Question: Why ubuntu over debian for your servers?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on May 8 2014, 8:09pm
Reply on May 8 2014, 9:58pm:

Not much thought has gone into it, they end up being pretty much the same at any rate. Anything debian-based is fine with me (have some servers running debian, other ubuntu, ends up being no different). Comment...

Question: How difficult is it, on a scale of 1 to 10, to write a good API for an audio workstation? Is the difficulty of that directly related to how the original objects that are to be exposed were classed or configured?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.147.x) on May 8 2014, 2:45pm
Reply on May 8 2014, 9:57pm:

I suppose that depends on how you define "good", whether we have succeeded at that, and also how much headache you're willing to give yourself in the future to support that API... Comment...

Question: Checked out the new HBO series "Silicon Valley"?
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on May 8 2014, 6:16am
Reply on May 8 2014, 1:30pm:

Yeah somewhat funny but also pretty silly. Wish Martin Starr had a bigger role too, Party Down is a favorite. Comment...

Question: Do you unit test Reaper?
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on May 7 2014, 4:11am
Reply on May 8 2014, 1:29pm:

Not so much. Comment...

Question: Do you know all of these data structures? bigocheatsheet.com/
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on May 5 2014, 11:57pm
Reply on May 6 2014, 1:28pm:

About 75% or so Comment...

Question: Is your coding style organized, compartmentalized, modular, or do you tend to write long multi-function sub routines?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.116.x) on May 4 2014, 2:08pm
Reply on May 4 2014, 2:09pm:

Yes. Or maybe not. It depends ultimately on the task at hand. Comment...

Question: Without cheating, see if you can program a sudoku solver :)
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on May 4 2014, 7:24am
Reply on May 4 2014, 1:38pm:

I can do a trivial solver, however I can't promise it will run in a reasonable amount of time. Comment...

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