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Question: Have you tried this? @ www.soundhound.com Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on July 18 2010, 10:41pm Reply on July 19 2010, 2:58pm: No, but I've tried Shazam, and I can't see paying $5 to try that software... Comment... Question: No, they don't use it at all, not targeted at them. Don't seem to have any pride in their own work either. Asked by THEMike (94.3.226.x) on July 18 2010, 1:53pm Reply on July 18 2010, 8:47pm: Any chance you can subdivide their work into little stuff that can be reused in ways they'd enjoy? For example, you might end up writing a nice XYZ library that they could use to make a tetris game with or something... Or maybe the answer is to figure out a way to get them into the software. I have no idea what it is... I'm just imagining, if I had to get motivated to work on payroll administration software... umm... I might be able to find a way (like ways of making interesting paycheck amounts?). Comment... Question: Do you think you can do this cover for your next jam session? www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4HQbRuWJUU Stay strong brotha m/ Asked by 71.142.94.x (71.142.94.x) on July 18 2010, 1:38pm Reply on July 18 2010, 8:47pm: Haha would have to ask Christophe... Comment... Question: how different is mac-coding, compared to linux and/or windows? Asked by ccernn (80.203.117.x) on July 18 2010, 12:32am Reply on July 18 2010, 11:33am (edited at July 18 2010, 1:22pm): A lot of it overlaps with linux -- OS X is very much BSD-derived, so you have a lot of common things that FreeBSD and Linux have, such as pthreads, standard file APIs, etc. Where it primarily differs is that the recommended way to build GUI stuff is now Cocoa, which is Objective C, so that takes some getting used to. Objective C isn't bad, but it is quite different in syntax from using Win32 or GTK+ for example. There is also a deprecated Carbon API, but one probably shouldn't bother with it at this point. One issue with OS X that I've found is that there are generally about 5 different ways to do the same thing, and often it's hard to figure out which one is best (or even to find most of them). Recent examples include CGBitmapContextCreateImage() -- the obvious way to do something, that is soooo unoptimal. Or if you try to draw text to a RGB buffer, there's lots of choice in how to go about it (and no clear winner). Comment... Question: If you had a large team of engineers, who were daycoders, how would you motivate them to give a shit? Asked by THEMike (94.13.238.x) on July 17 2010, 11:44am Reply on July 18 2010, 1:22pm: That's tough.. I assume then they don't much enjoy using the thing they are making? Comment... Question: Do you ever feel like you have hit a dead end, see things crumbling? Asked by Tim Kock (81.205.249.x) on July 17 2010, 11:21am Reply on July 18 2010, 1:23pm: Hmm metaphorically? Relating to programming? The nice thing about programming is that (if you use version control especially) it is easy to rewind and try a different path. Comment... Question: Do you find naps and/or breaks help productivity or are you more a 'code until you drop' person? Asked by schmoe (96.55.149.x) on July 17 2010, 7:57am Reply on July 18 2010, 1:23pm: Breaks, yes, though trying to sleep when a problem is nagging your brain is often a bad thing... I rarely nap. Comment... Question: So what do you think is the best thing to do with a substantial fortune? Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on July 16 2010, 9:49pm Reply on July 17 2010, 7:08am: )Argh, John, Will, same IP, so confusing, or something). What is the best thing? I guess that depends on your goals. So if you want to try to keep things as safe as possible, you would want to diversify; you might get treasury bonds (and not get much return on them) or municipals (carefully). Or you might want to try to make more money, and play the stock market or invest in startups... Or you might just want to try to make the world a better place and give it away or start a foundation that gives it away... What do I think is best? Who can say? Comment... Question: Do you manage your fortune yourself, or do you have a financial manager? Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on July 16 2010, 6:29pm Reply on July 16 2010, 8:14pm (edited at July 16 2010, 9:20pm): Gold and AR-15s. Edit: ok this is a joke; I don't really subscribe to that mindset. However the banks as they are today pretty much disgust me. Comment... Question: Are you a fatalist or do you think it's all random or some of both? Asked by schmoe (96.55.149.x) on July 16 2010, 10:08am Reply on July 16 2010, 8:14pm: Chaotic sure, but random? Hard to say. Comment... Question: Who are you? Asked by Mr. Llamas (66.135.239.x) on July 15 2010, 2:39pm Reply on July 15 2010, 8:27pm: I am the walrus? Comment... Question: Can you take a few pictures of your work/ing station (computers and etc) Asked by poop (67.88.171.x) on July 15 2010, 1:05pm Reply on July 15 2010, 2:38pm: Maybe I will someday, but its too messy now. ;) Or this: haha Comment... Question: Hey! They put your big think video up finally. I just got done watching it. It was good! Was the walls super white in the room? Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.94.x) on July 14 2010, 10:47pm Reply on July 15 2010, 2:37pm: I think it was a greenish background, maybe? I forget. Comment... Question: Seen this: freenetproject.org/? Thoughts? I may check it. Asked by roberttheiii (71.235.42.x) on July 14 2010, 6:20pm Reply on July 15 2010, 2:37pm: That's old school. Not sure if it has ever gotten terribly useful, though. Comment... Question: I'm able to drop .rfxchain files but I'd prefer droping the "content" like REAPER does internally. Special WM_DROPFILES? Asked by frenchos (66.45.237.x) on July 14 2010, 4:36am Reply on July 15 2010, 2:36pm: No real exposed API for this at the moment, sorry... ;) Comment... Question: HotTrackButton seems cool for lazy guys like me ;) How can I set an img to it & switch its state (on/off)? Asked by frenchos (93.182.210.x) on July 14 2010, 4:21am Reply on July 15 2010, 2:36pm: You can use the example code at the end of this to set the image: http://www.1014.org/shiz/code/hottrackbutton.cpp.txt ...and I've included the implementation, since it is very simple and just uses WDL's virtualiconbutton... Comment... Question: Which is cutest? www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/the-13-worst-mel-gibson-rant-quotes-pr... Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on July 13 2010, 10:28pm Reply on July 15 2010, 2:29pm: Hah, so wrong. Comment... Question: Can you describe a technical challenge you undertook but eventually just said "eh, fuck it" because it was too hard? Asked by John (24.234.128.x) on July 13 2010, 2:07pm Reply on July 13 2010, 8:28pm: The schwanstucker last monday, but that'd probably be due to heat more than pure technical challenge. I'm not sure I ever really say "eh, fuck it" for programming stuff. Often I'll put things on hold (there are numerous unfinished projects in my svn, some as branches, etc). Definitely lots of things I'd like to do, but haven't figured out how to finish or had the time to spend on them... Comment... Question: Sorry Justin, I will cut back on my questions. How long did it take you to grow your hair & why did you cut it? Asked by AnalSeducer (71.142.94.x) on July 12 2010, 8:14pm Reply on July 13 2010, 8:29pm: I started growing it out when I was 14 or so, and cut it I when I was 20ish, I think... I cut it because I was tired of it (and nobody takes fuckin' hippies seriously). Comment... Question: Could you post a photo of your working(programming) area? in the "pics" site? Asked by dave (222.90.231.x) on July 12 2010, 6:11pm Reply on July 13 2010, 8:29pm: I'd be embarrassed by the messiness of it! But maybe. Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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