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Question: have you followed the progress of autonomous vehicles ? if so when do you think we will see level 5 cars on the road ?
Asked by EcBaPr (119.18.2.x) on January 4 2020, 5:30pm
Reply on January 7 2020, 2:44pm:

Some yes. Not sure when we will. I don't doubt they will get to be as (in)competent as people are, the question will be will we be able to trust machines with the same level of power and destruction as we trust people with now. People are (collectively) terrible at driving, and cars are incredibly dangerous. Anyway... it'll be a while. I'm also skeptical of the induced demand they will bring (if you don't have to actually do the driving, and gas/electricity is cheap, why not go do XYZ all the time). 1 Comment...

Question: How do you approach learning new skills/information? Do you use mnemonics or have you developed some system that speed up that process?
Asked by Georgy (108.185.102.x) on January 4 2020, 8:44am
Reply on January 7 2020, 2:42pm:

These days I write down the key words to remember what to internet search for... Comment...

Question: Hey a big great confusion. Should I create 4 YouTube channels (one for Music in English, one for Gaming in English, one for Music in my own language and last for Gaming in my own language)? Or should I create only one channel and add all Music + Gaming contents of both languages in single YouTube channel only? Any pros-cons for both method?
Asked by TubeYou (59.97.204.x) on January 3 2020, 2:41pm
Reply on January 7 2020, 2:41pm:

I have no idea, I'm a terrible YouTube failure by all metrics available :) Comment...

Question: Today I find a weird thing in REAPER 6. It wasn't in 5th version. When soloing one audio track, other audio tracks still give sound. Their sound is low but why other tracks are making sound when I have already soloed a track? Or did you guys changed something? If yes, how can I revert back like it was in 5th version (other tracks doesn't make sound when soloing one track)?
Asked by BuggyBug (117.207.139.x) on January 2 2020, 2:04pm
Reply on January 2 2020, 4:53pm:

Sounds like you have "solo in front" enabled 1 Comment...

Question: Any New Year resolutions? :)
Asked by Abhi (104.236.70.x) on January 2 2020, 12:15pm
Reply on January 2 2020, 4:53pm:

One is to look at my phone less often Comment...

Question: Do you have any friends from childhood that you still keep up with?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on January 2 2020, 7:31am
Reply on January 2 2020, 4:54pm:

A small number, but only occasionally Comment...

Question: Any thoughts about newly released reFX Nexus 3?
Asked by WoahNexus (117.242.97.x) on December 31 2019, 12:17pm
Reply on January 1 2020, 8:59pm:

I can't say I've looked at it. Comment...

Question: So the ARA 2 specification supports chord tracks. Does this mean that a chord track plugin could provide that functionality to an ARA 2 compliant DAW or would the host DAW also need to have some basic chord track functionality?
Asked by Pete (98.144.110.x) on December 30 2019, 7:25pm
Reply on January 1 2020, 8:58pm:

I do not know the answer to this. Comment...

Question: Ummmm, why Classic_1.x theme is still there in REAPER? Also, any plan for REAPER 6 light theme? Current theme is too dark for my poor eyes :/
Asked by Reaper6IsAwesome (117.197.5.x) on December 30 2019, 4:37pm
Reply on January 1 2020, 8:57pm (edited at January 1 2020, 8:58pm):

It's the builtin fallback icons for themes. We could remove it from the menu, but meh. Re: theme colors, maybe we should add color transformations as part of the theme loading process... Comment...

Question: Do you have a grandiose plan/s for 2020?
Asked by Vitalik (195.91.166.x) on December 28 2019, 4:13am
Reply on December 28 2019, 11:31pm:

I don’t have many, other than some sweet trail runs... Comment...

Question: hey! so r6 arrived! ..but no change in forum theme/icons or changes to logo? how come?
Asked by 2020 (31.124.45.x) on December 27 2019, 9:29pm
Reply on December 28 2019, 11:31pm:

Laziness 1 Comment...

Question: What is your best place in NY
Asked by Georgy (108.185.102.x) on December 27 2019, 3:53am
Reply on December 28 2019, 11:33pm:

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Question: Can I hang out with you guys sometime?
Asked by Jesse (74.105.134.x) on December 24 2019, 8:04pm
Reply on December 24 2019, 10:14pm:

There's only one of me 1 Comment...

Question: So occasionally, as an engineer, that doesn't necessarily want to break out his RF signal generator (that would be me), I recall that Winamp V5.6XX and earlier ( still awesome even by today’s standards!) had a simple integrated tone generator function that was very handy. Particular when troubleshooting / tuning audio equipment. I can’t remember the syntax.. I thought it was something like “tone://400” in the open URL dialog - for 400 Hz as an example. Since its your design, I was hoping you know. Thanks!
Asked by Rob R (162.17.19.x) on December 23 2019, 10:30pm
Reply on December 24 2019, 1:49am:

I don't remember, sorry! Google brought me

here

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Question: Is putting REAPER API in JS effects really so hard to implement that it still didn't happen?
Asked by John (93.138.60.x) on December 23 2019, 9:05pm
Reply on December 24 2019, 1:48am:

Not hard, but the majority of the REAPER API is not designed to be accessed from other threads. Comment...

Question: Are you doing advent of code for fun? You should!
Asked by Will (199.249.230.x) on December 22 2019, 7:36pm
Reply on December 23 2019, 3:34am:

Hah I missed it, too late to catch up and besides I'm knee deep in other nonsense Comment...

Question: How many programm languages do you know? Do you still lookup functions/libraries when you code or you memorized all the methods and attributes?
Asked by Georgy (108.185.102.x) on December 21 2019, 9:21pm
Reply on December 21 2019, 11:29pm:

They're all sort of the same, in a way? I do look things up all the time, though, yes. Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, sorry for the technical question but I asked this a while back. I like to run a 32 bit version of Reason through rewire and I'm not seeing it available in Reaper, I know you told me you were going to enable a feature to get it back on. I'm seeing rewire32enable =1 in the reaper-rewire.ini file, is that it? So far it's not doing anything. Thanks for all you do
Asked by David (70.24.238.x) on December 21 2019, 2:41am
Reply on December 21 2019, 3:11am:

Should add rewire_allow32=1 under [REAPER] in reaper.ini and restart REAPER. 2 Comments...

Question: v5.93 - Impeach already..
Asked by wasereb4 (94.134.90.x) on December 21 2019, 1:33am
Reply on December 21 2019, 3:11am:

We were early adopters? 1 Comment...

Question: well i hear the cockos office party does what no others do... is this true?? =)
Asked by befast (31.124.45.x) on December 20 2019, 2:11pm
Reply on December 20 2019, 4:37pm:

We're overdue for an office party Comment...

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