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Question: Do you even use whatsapp or would you rather support opensource/encrypted apps like Signal?
Asked by Albi (95.148.50.x) on May 22 2016, 8:59pm
Reply on May 22 2016, 10:56pm:

I don't use whatsapp, I'm all for open source/encrypted apps, but all of it sort of irrelevant in that nobody I know uses it. Comment...

Question: What do you use to communicate with your friends/family? Phone calls or whatsapp or anything else?
Asked by asafonov (109.172.98.x) on May 21 2016, 6:51pm
Reply on May 22 2016, 4:06pm:

phone/email/text message, mostly. IRC and Slack too, but that's more work-ish. Comment...

Question: Do you have a favorite place to take photos in New York?
Asked by Brooklyner (100.37.0.x) on May 18 2016, 10:16pm
Reply on May 19 2016, 2:02am:

A bicycle maybe? Or on the subway. Comment...

Question: Why are developers so reluctant to talk about the direction of their software? Are you tempted sometimes to tell us what's next for REAPER? Do you have to strongly advise your other team members to keep tight lipped about what the team is currently working on?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on May 17 2016, 4:37pm
Reply on May 17 2016, 4:56pm:

We aren't tight lipped at all, but personally I prefer not to commit to doing things before I've done them, saves disappointment and frustration. Comment...

Question: Today in my CS class, we learned how to use recursive functions to determine whether a word is a palindrome? When my teacher explained to the class what a palindrome was, I immediately thought about my dream girl's name, Ara. What's your favorite palindrome and do you frequently use recursive functions?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on May 16 2016, 3:20pm
Reply on May 16 2016, 3:42pm:

I don't have a favorite palindrome. Recursion -- I wouldn't use it for palindrome detection, but in many instances it is useful! e.g.

eel_string_match

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Question: Have you ever spent your holiday via Couchsurfing or BeWelcome?
Asked by Albi (80.42.98.x) on May 13 2016, 10:43am
Reply on May 13 2016, 2:05pm:

Nope Comment...

Question: What's your goal with REAPER ?
Asked by wasereb4 (93.217.235.x) on May 13 2016, 1:10am
Reply on May 13 2016, 2:05pm:

To make something awesome and useful for myself and others... Comment...

Question: What the hell else does Ronco make?
Asked by Nate (96.254.154.x) on May 12 2016, 4:31am
Reply on May 13 2016, 2:05pm:

Pure awesome Comment...

Question: Have you listened to the new Radiohead cd?
Asked by aaaa (75.134.150.x) on May 11 2016, 10:40pm
Reply on May 12 2016, 1:20am:

Yes, but not on CD Comment...

Question: Do you have family members that use REAPER? Do they make feature requests? lol
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on May 11 2016, 3:10am
Reply on May 11 2016, 2:21pm:

Occasionally on both counts Comment...

Question: Now that Jeffos isn't a part of Cockos anymore, and SWS seems unmaintained, are you guys going to try your best not to do changes that could break things in SWS? Kinda sad situation there...
Asked by Tinny (89.164.217.x) on May 10 2016, 9:15am
Reply on May 10 2016, 2:21pm:

We try not to break things anyway :) Comment...

Question: I'm writing an installer script for a REAPER-only VST plugin. What would you prefer as install location on Windows? a) %REAPER_PROGRAM_DIR%PluginsFX, b) %APPDATA%REAPERUserPluginsFX, c) Usual VST dir containing also VST plugins for other hosts, d) New REAPER-specific VST dir. b sounds good but I need to be able to distinguish between 32 and 64 bit.
Asked by helgoboss (87.138.116.x) on May 9 2016, 2:32pm
Reply on May 9 2016, 2:37pm (edited at May 9 2016, 3:04pm):

User-specific VST folder (Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins etc), and just silently not load if not REAPER. Comment...

Question: Do you plan someone to join the Cockos team?
Asked by Vitali (212.87.13.x) on May 9 2016, 8:44am
Reply on May 9 2016, 2:37pm:

Not so much Comment...

Question: Is Google screwing with you? Did you see that the summary for this page is "Ask Justin Frankel ... ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling." Don't you think that's messed up?!
Asked by Cory (96.239.66.x) on May 8 2016, 4:04pm
Reply on May 8 2016, 10:26pm:

Hah, I suppose I should exclude that from the content, somehow. Comment...

Question: According to the laws of aviation… what should a bee do?
Asked by zander nix (192.234.38.x) on May 5 2016, 2:25pm
Reply on May 7 2016, 6:52pm:

File a flight plan? Surely it must be under some weight limit for that, categorized as a hobby aircraft? Comment...

Question: Have you ever worked with another programmer that made you feel dumb?
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on May 5 2016, 12:38am
Reply on May 5 2016, 3:05am:

Sure, everybody makes me feel dumb at some time or another, but nobody I've known makes me feel dumb all the time. Perhaps I'm immune. Comment...

Question: how does it feel to know that you made the best DAW around? (by the way, in the next century I'm probably going to make a better one for my needs, if I stop procrastinating everything. but reaper is pretty cool.)
Asked by hopeless (79.47.116.x) on May 4 2016, 6:01pm
Reply on May 5 2016, 3:05am:

Ha that's like, your opinion, man. Thanks though :) It's a work in progress, I'm just happy I get to use it! Comment...

Question: Is Ted Cruz the zodiac killer
Asked by Jesus (192.234.38.x) on May 3 2016, 2:04pm
Reply on May 3 2016, 9:36pm:

I haven't seen any evidence to the contrary Comment...

Question: What percentage of your Cockos time is coding REAPER vs business things, maintaining website etc.?
Asked by George (76.97.150.x) on May 2 2016, 5:47pm
Reply on May 3 2016, 9:37pm:

Hmm it varies highly, sometimes I program a lot, other times I do other things a lot (customer service, testing, etc). Web site development gets very little attention. Comment...

Question: You mentioned you use purify - are there any other static or dynamic analysis tools you like?
Asked by Anon (80.194.75.x) on May 2 2016, 9:31am
Reply on May 2 2016, 2:23pm:

We used it at one point, but not so much anymore. Valgrind is nice. The code analysis tools that come with Xcode and recent visual studio versions are pretty nice too. Comment...

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