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Question: I'm wondering if your opinions on Bitcoin have changed. Seems Bram Cohen is an active contributor to the space, and Bitcoin is of course getting a lot more attention than 2 years ago when I first contacted you. The potential impact of Bitcoin and crypto-currencies in the digital music space (among others) is huge. I'd be interested in your updated take on
Asked by JimmaJamma (173.63.50.x) on June 25 2017, 8:20pm
Reply on June 26 2017, 12:13am:

I think bitcoin is interesting-ish but also pretty much fucked up. The blockchain as a method of distributed trust is more interesting. Comment...

Question: I was exploring my computer backups and discovered a song you and dave did called sand_trap (maybe in 2006?)...which led me here. Hello.
Asked by J Wiener (172.90.203.x) on June 23 2017, 5:37am
Reply on June 24 2017, 11:22pm:

Ha nice, looks like June 2009. Comment...

Question: Heh, just my personal order of preference, YMMV :)
Asked by neverbeeninariot (86.149.130.x) on June 17 2017, 9:04pm
Reply on June 19 2017, 2:56pm:

fair enough :) Comment...

Question: Talk Talk Spirit of Eden >= Radiohead OK Computer >= Talk Talk Laughing Stock ? ...and it you haven't heard Spirit of Eden, what are you playing at, man ! :)
Asked by neverbeeninariot (138.32.176.x) on June 16 2017, 9:16am
Reply on June 16 2017, 6:21pm (edited at June 17 2017, 4:41pm):

I'll have a listen! Edit: pretty good, though I don't know about those comparisons to be honest. ;) Comment...

Question: Messi or Ronaldo?
Asked by jfk03 (47.9.199.x) on June 13 2017, 9:55am
Reply on June 15 2017, 1:29pm:

Had to google those to find out what they were, so that should answer the question. Comment...

Question: hablas español capo?
Asked by daniel (170.51.92.x) on June 12 2017, 1:57am
Reply on June 15 2017, 1:29pm:

He estudiado español cuando era joven... Comment...

Question: What's wrong with Porsche? Looks like the world is collapsing, first Cayenne, then diesel and now a mid-engine 911 RSR.
Asked by Balloonist (79.130.176.x) on June 11 2017, 9:48am
Reply on June 15 2017, 1:30pm:

Cars schmars Comment...

Question: When was the last time you were drunk (or stoned) ?
Asked by wasereb4 (87.167.84.x) on June 6 2017, 2:18am
Reply on June 6 2017, 1:40pm:

There's sort of a continuum there, I guess... but since properly drunk or stoned, a long time. Comment...

Question: I'm about to write a small Win32 program to myself, which needs to play MP3 files. What library do you recommend?
Asked by Rodrigo (187.115.50.x) on June 4 2017, 4:46am
Reply on June 4 2017, 1:05pm:

You could use

the LGPL library that REAPER uses

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Question: How many men must a road walk down, before it can call itself a road?
Asked by IXix (86.160.199.x) on June 3 2017, 7:07pm
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:56pm:

Segmentation fault (core dumped) Comment...

Question: Do you use UML for your products?
Asked by Vitali (212.87.13.x) on June 2 2017, 5:39pm
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:55pm:

Nosir Comment...

Question: What have you been working on lately? How many hours per week do you spend coding?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on May 31 2017, 6:11pm
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:55pm:

Various things, REAPER for linux is one of them. Hours per week -- the last week I took off, so about 5. Normally more than that, but I don't really keep track. Comment...

Question: While I'm here I'd like to take the chance to ask you s.th. but nothing comes to mind. What to do ?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.87.x) on May 30 2017, 12:34am
Reply on June 3 2017, 8:55pm:

Climb a mountain! Comment...

Question: How many road must a man walk down, before he can call himself a man?
Asked by IXix (109.147.109.x) on May 27 2017, 8:38pm
Reply on May 29 2017, 3:36pm:

were there not men before there were roads? Comment...

Question: Have you ever felt like a failure? Can you describe what it was, if so?
Asked by Will (71.11.219.x) on May 22 2017, 12:14am
Reply on May 22 2017, 3:26pm:

Usually that's when I'm tired and emotional Comment...

Question: I would love to read an article about the challenges while making REAPER multi-threaded. Is OOP good enough for parallelism and what's your thoughts about DOD?
Asked by Balloonist (79.130.165.x) on May 19 2017, 4:06pm
Reply on May 22 2017, 3:26pm:

Hah, well I could try to remember the things I did a decade ago, but... Comment...

Question: Are there any technical limitations to supporting more than 62/64 hardware MIDI I/O? Not asking as a FR/fix, just genuinely curious.
Asked by EvilDragon (213.202.92.x) on May 17 2017, 3:03pm
Reply on May 18 2017, 1:40pm:

We have an int64 mask for enabled bits for devices, that's about the only limitation. The other places should handle it OK. 2 Comments...

Question: Is MP3 encoding/decoding coming in REAPER now that the patents expired?
Asked by Balloonist (79.131.91.x) on May 13 2017, 7:36pm
Reply on May 18 2017, 1:40pm:

Probably, though there's some noise about two patents that expire in August and December. Comment...

Question: Can I shallow clone your WDL repo somehow (for SWS dev) ? Apparently shallow cloning doesn't work via http. / re: shallow clone, solved,used your GitHub mirror instead.
Asked by wasereb4 (79.246.82.x) on May 10 2017, 7:32pm
Reply on May 10 2017, 10:22pm:

Our WDL repository is pretty small anyway Comment...

Question: Will Reaper be open source one day?
Asked by Sijmen Koffeman (83.132.230.x) on May 9 2017, 7:43pm
Reply on May 10 2017, 10:22pm (edited at May 10 2017, 10:23pm):

Not any time soon... I have toyed with the idea of making v.999 GPL, maybe sooner rather than later (already over 10 years, eep!) Comment...

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