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Question: Would you be able to share documentation on the bitfield (i think) which stores toggle states in the 1st line of project file next to REAPER version info?
Asked by Buy One (95.135.211.x) on March 21 2023, 9:03pm
Reply on March 21 2023, 9:24pm:

That big number is a timestamp (unix time), or 0 if it's an undo block 6 Comments...

Question: hey justin, ever think about a winamp/nullsoft movie?
Asked by ryan (98.97.20.x) on March 20 2023, 10:05pm
Reply on March 21 2023, 1:36pm:

nah that would be uncomfortable 2 Comments...

Question: How many commits and branches REAPER have?
Asked by Hit Gub (189.112.244.x) on March 20 2023, 1:42am
Reply on March 20 2023, 8:35pm (edited at March 20 2023, 8:36pm):

Currently we have about 20 feature branches in our +dev builds, and about 71k commits not including merges. Comment...

Question: Justin, what's the limit, if any, to the length of an extended state section name, key and value strings for both project and global states. Thank you.
Asked by Buy One (95.135.211.x) on March 19 2023, 4:40pm
Reply on March 20 2023, 8:34pm:

Nothing hardcoded, I don't think 3 Comments...

Question: do you want to do a podcast about developing winamp for the german audience?
Asked by ABBABY (45.8.149.x) on March 16 2023, 8:26pm
Reply on March 16 2023, 10:46pm:

There's probably not too much to talk about there, all those memories are wiped from my mind by time 1 Comment...

Question: Hi Justin! I'm wondering if you could please help me? I've been using Reaper for a few years on an HP computer, which recently died. I'm now running Windows 10 on a brand new Dell Optiplex 3000. My recently purchased and registered copy of Reaper (64bit) repeatedly closes itself immediately after opening. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it with no success. I'm a musician, not a computer whiz, and I'm stuck! Do you have a solution, or could you refer me to someone who can help me get back up and run
Asked by jeff entin (69.206.56.x) on March 15 2023, 3:14pm
Reply on March 15 2023, 9:20pm:

This isn't the right venue for that but send an email and we'll get back to you. Comment...

Question: Hey Justin, do you think advances in language models (GPT3/now 4) will result in a general 'dumbing-down' of people, I heard recently Chomsky call ChatGPT "high-tech plagiarism"; if peers are rewarded short-term for outsourced superhuman ability, how can genuine effort compete? Or, perhaps this is just another wave of AI fads? Thanks, hope you're well :)
Asked by Jack (146.70.134.x) on March 15 2023, 10:12am
Reply on March 15 2023, 9:21pm:

We're already headed towards idiocracy anyway. The bigger risk I see is the added noise; LLMs don't create new knowledge, but they can be amazingly prolific. Time will tell... 1 Comment...

Question: Do you also have a skeptical feeling about dolby atmos? I havent seen a proper demonstration of it yet and it is starting to look like some false promises or at least a gimmick. Plus I really hate having a company name in it, like if stereo were "mcdonalds stereo" and mono were "mono microsoft".
Asked by ABCD (189.112.81.x) on March 13 2023, 6:26am
Reply on March 14 2023, 5:27pm:

It's outside my area of expertise, so I'll reserve judgment Comment...

Question: Have you ever heard of GOAT, the Swedish music collective? Lots of fun and creativity! (I'm listening through their entire catalog right now and can't stop) goat.bandcamp.com/
Asked by SpoiledHobo (93.129.66.x) on March 12 2023, 10:35pm
Reply on March 14 2023, 5:27pm:

I've heard of them but haven't listened to much Comment...

Question: If in a couple of years there's a way to use VR headets in a DAW to be able to move virtual knobs around with both hands and such, would REAPER treat it as accesability and actually implement it and develop it?
Asked by ChetGrimusPontifisusTremolenti (187.201.236.x) on March 10 2023, 7:55pm
Reply on March 14 2023, 5:27pm:

We'll see! Comment...

Question: hey jf- have you had a go with an airbrush? (or any other arty spray types?)
Asked by 2023 (2.29.234.x) on March 9 2023, 10:19am
Reply on March 14 2023, 5:27pm:

Nope but it sounds like fun 1 Comment...

Question: was the REAPER notation made in lua or is it a c++ extension?
Asked by a lua (201.48.183.x) on March 8 2023, 4:06am
Reply on March 8 2023, 10:11pm:

C++, though there was some initial prototyping in Lua it isn't used anymore Comment...

Question: are you gonna make a Reaper OS in the future?
Asked by gompootah (211.221.71.x) on March 8 2023, 12:05am
Reply on March 8 2023, 10:11pm:

hah no way 1 Comment...

Question: Mmm, very nice touch to keep wdltypes.h compatible with ANSI C. Always handy for our C projects. It looks to me that support for later C standards from M$ did more harm than good as many projects upgraded mindlessly without putting any consideration for their users [?]
Asked by Gio (94.70.16.x) on March 6 2023, 9:38pm
Reply on March 8 2023, 10:11pm:

Shrug? Comment...

Question: hey jf- how do you feel about secrets...(of any kind).. privately,nationally or globally? good thing,or ¿
Asked by 2023 (2.29.234.x) on March 6 2023, 1:38pm
Reply on March 8 2023, 10:12pm:

I dunno, probably some things are good to be secret, but there are probably too many secrets overall. 1 Comment...

Question: hello! i cant say everything i want to because of the limit, but your previous work with winamp is really inspiring to me as someone whos always had to sit through ads to listen to music before i found an old version (2.95) i could download. I hate the new one tbh, not a fan of nfts either. ive been learning code since i was 13 maybe, 16 now, and i really want to develop something useful or fun that doesnt need a monthly subscription for the bare minimum some day. You inspire me that way, youre really cool!
Asked by August (100.15.98.x) on March 6 2023, 2:26am
Reply on March 6 2023, 4:19am:

Thanks! 1 Comment...

Question: are you aware of any public swell code that does a tab control?
Asked by olilarkin (193.32.210.x) on March 5 2023, 9:51pm
Reply on March 6 2023, 4:19am:

That uses one? Not sure! You want some examples? 3 Comments...

Question: Do you like beans? Any favorite type of beans?
Asked by heya (191.54.63.x) on March 4 2023, 7:46pm
Reply on March 5 2023, 7:45pm (edited at March 5 2023, 7:46pm):

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Question: Have you ever given up on programming something because you just couldn't figure it out? If so, what's something off hand?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on March 4 2023, 12:30am
Reply on March 5 2023, 7:48pm:

Giving up usually is due to a too-high effort/reward ratio. I don't think I've had a programming situation where I was desperate for something but could not make it work, but I've had plenty of times where I couldn't make something work and I was like "meh not worth it." Comment...

Question: Any recent Reaper user scripts that make you go the most "whaaaat, this is amazing!"
Asked by sonicowl (89.233.113.x) on March 3 2023, 11:54am
Reply on March 5 2023, 7:48pm:

Sure yeah but I don't spend a lot of time there so I don't pay too close of attention Comment...

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