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Question: Hello, in this days, while I was doing research, I found NINJAM. Intrigued by his way of dealing with the latency problem, I went to peruse the GitHub repository. However, I noticed that there is no technical document. Did you happen to make one? Or can't it be made public?
Asked by Antonio (95.234.28.x) on January 9 2024, 4:44pm
Reply on January 10 2024, 3:20pm:

Hmm I don't think I really did? It's been like 20 years so I don't fully remember. Comment...

Question: Do you ever attend trade shows such as NAMM? Are there any new technologies or products on the horizon that are catching your eye?
Asked by Dom64 (82.132.213.x) on January 6 2024, 8:42am
Reply on January 7 2024, 12:42am:

I have but not in a long time, usually I find them pretty boring. Comment...

Question: What do you think about the programming language Rust? Including it's advantages and disadvantages.
Asked by Matthew (76.37.54.x) on January 5 2024, 5:52am
Reply on January 7 2024, 12:43am:

I don't know much about it, busy with other things for the most part :) Comment...

Question: auto_save its not on by default in Reaper. why?
Asked by ape din (188.164.221.x) on January 4 2024, 10:18pm
Reply on January 4 2024, 10:47pm:

I think we enabled auto-backup-saving by default for new installs. But not auto-save to the .rpp (which would be undesirable!). Comment...

Question: Localizing apps (since REAPER can be localized you may know): For languages not using the Latin alphabet (say Chinese, Greek...) are numerals (numbers) also localized (there seem to be chinese and greek numerals) or they stay as latin numbers ?
Asked by wasereb4 (80.64.181.x) on January 4 2024, 7:07pm
Reply on January 4 2024, 10:47pm:

If it is a static string then it's up to the translator. If REAPER is generating the number, then it will be arabic numerals. Comment...

Question: hey jf- how do you feel about words (english language) that can have multiple "meanings"? 2,3,4 or moar! meanings...(is this not confusing,even for the "educated" ?) + have a very creative/ blessed year
Asked by 2024 (109.158.137.x) on January 4 2024, 4:12pm
Reply on January 4 2024, 10:46pm:

Are there any languages where words have exactly one meaning? 11 Comments...

Question: Thoughts on Kurt Cobain?
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on January 4 2024, 5:04am
Reply on January 4 2024, 5:05am:

Nirvana was awesome Comment...

Question: How many lines of code is there in REAPER in total?
Asked by Ilya (69.94.124.x) on January 3 2024, 11:23am
Reply on January 4 2024, 4:55am (edited at January 4 2024, 5:05am):

Language                             files          blank        comment           code
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C++                                    406         100147          15246         719830
C/C++ Header                           346          20247           7167         107026
C                                       27           6129           1302          36385
Objective-C++                           20           3156            628          20627
Windows Resource File                   49           1684           1386          16524
Assembly                                10           2028           1308           7487
Lua                                      7            502             97           4565
Perl                                     6            313            549           1382
make                                    20            420             15           1348
Bourne Shell                            25            188             25           1273
yacc                                     1             35              3            338
lex                                      1             25              0             88
JavaScript                               1            142            184             84
DOS Batch                               10             18              6             80
Objective-C                              4              8             15             32

4 Comments...

Question: Do you know of a command-line program that will print Shoutcast/Icecast stream data as new songs get played? ffmpeg does only the 1st song
Asked by Jesse (100.35.190.x) on January 3 2024, 2:22am
Reply on January 4 2024, 5:03am:

Not off the top of my head, no, sorry! Comment...

Question: "view page source" but i want to do it on the main page and look into all the pages individually, can this be done? Thank you!
Asked by Ioeiroe (146.70.73.x) on January 2 2024, 9:48pm
Reply on January 4 2024, 5:03am:

Hmm need more context of where? Comment...

Question: Happy new year! Do you care (for the question) if I share this presentation of an iPhone exploit with you?
Asked by pedalingpanda (147.161.165.x) on January 2 2024, 5:34pm
Reply on January 2 2024, 6:27pm:

Hmm that feels a little bit like promoting a link more than a reasonable question. Happy New Year though! 1 Comment...

Question: How do i make a good start?
Asked by Loeiro (185.195.17.x) on December 31 2023, 4:13pm
Reply on January 1 2024, 2:32am:

Embrace the things that are important to you! Comment...

Question: As 2023 is coming to an end :( what's one thing you wish you had done this year instead of waiting until next year?
Asked by Oxygenius (123.136.25.x) on December 30 2023, 6:56pm
Reply on January 1 2024, 2:31am:

Hmm hard to say, but I'm looking forward to 2024! Comment...

Question: How do you feel about people pirating REAPER? I'm curious because I'm going to buy a liscence soon. I was wondering what your opinion was with people publishing keygens for reaper? Came across my mind the other night when I saw my trial evaluation time was up. Wanted to ask you personally.
Asked by mikey (162.253.118.x) on December 30 2023, 2:46am
Reply on December 30 2023, 5:11pm (edited at December 30 2023, 5:12pm):