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Ask Justin Frankel No reasonable question unanswered since 2009! Suggested topics: programming, music, sleep, coffee, etc. Note: please do not ask questions about REAPER features, bugs or scheduling, use the forums instead. Name: Ask: Human (enter yes): [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

Question: Of everything you've tackled ... mp3 decoder, AVS, DSP ... what area was the most challenging for you to learn? Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on August 10 2009, 7:57pm Reply on August 11 2009, 8:15pm: Designing IIR filters is the hardest thing for me to understand.. the whole Z-transform business makes my brain hurt. Comment... Question: Obligatory question about whether or not you'll consider making an AVSv2 or not. (eel2+OpenGL?) Asked by QOAL (86.167.22.x) on August 10 2009, 2:27pm Reply on August 10 2009, 3:43pm: Someone should.. I'm no opengl expert though. Someone page ryan geiss... Comment... Question: what linux/bsd distros do you prefer? (why?) Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on August 10 2009, 2:08pm Reply on August 10 2009, 3:43pm: I like Debian (and Ubuntu).. Pretty easy stuff. I started using Slackware originally, I miss that to some extent.. but apt is pretty nice. Comment... Question: Are you a better programmer than Brennan? Come on, be honest. :-) Asked by Will (24.234.128.x) on August 10 2009, 10:20am Reply on August 10 2009, 3:42pm: I think I produce a few more lines of code per day than he does, but I can't really verify that. Comment... Question: Hey which font have you chosen as the code font in your VS IDE? Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on August 10 2009, 1:54am Reply on August 10 2009, 3:42pm: I use the default. On some of my machines I set the colors to mimic old TC 3.0. Comment... Question: Were you surprised at the success of Gnutella and have you seen the latest efforts with it (gpu.sourceforge.net)? Asked by Jason (74.236.105.x) on August 9 2009, 8:55pm Reply on August 10 2009, 3:41pm: Not sure if I was surprised.. I suspected it would be a big deal (and was very comfortable knowing how poorly it would scale). That GPU is a bit interesting.. wonder how useful though... Comment... Question: OK then, here's one, what's up with Google Earth putting you up on a mountain top? Asked by schmoe (64.59.144.x) on August 9 2009, 7:36pm Reply on August 9 2009, 7:51pm: No idea on that. Comment... Question: Are you starting to regret starting "Ask Justin Frankel" yet :) Asked by schmoe (24.86.151.x) on August 9 2009, 7:27pm Reply on August 9 2009, 7:29pm: No, but do you detect that I've been somewhat phoning in my answers? Comment... Question: do you miss canadian winters (cusec 2004) ? :) Asked by derek (75.36.250.x) on August 9 2009, 5:34pm Reply on August 9 2009, 7:30pm: Not really. Mmmm thats when I started drinking whiskey tho. Comment... Question: do you sit on any boards, do you have any aspirations to work on projects with other companies? (google, apple) Asked by pedro (98.14.46.x) on August 9 2009, 1:56pm Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm: No, I'm not on any boards (other that Cockos). I have virtually no desire to work for another big company, but doing work with them is fine (we are actually working with a few rather big companies at the moment). Comment... Question: Do you missed winprog? Asked by gangsta (75.119.108.x) on August 9 2009, 10:28am Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm: Not really, tho I might miss a few people from there (like wawb) Comment... Question: Why do you not particapate in the IRC at mixxnet anymore, You are missed Asked by Bungle (217.44.170.x) on August 8 2009, 6:27pm Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm: Too much stimulation.. Comment... Question: How do you find time for coding, music, personal fun, and your WIFE? Asked by Labyrinth (65.2.106.x) on August 8 2009, 7:05am Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm: Haha.. err, somehow I manage eh. Comment... Question: do long distance relationships work? Asked by Jason the Merril (72.70.207.x) on August 7 2009, 10:00pm Reply on August 9 2009, 5:24pm: Depends on what your expectations are for the relationship, I suppose... Comment... Question: how do you decide when to check win32 api results for errors versus just moving on while coding? any general rules of thumb? Asked by pzdude (206.53.153.x) on August 7 2009, 10:42am Reply on August 7 2009, 6:26pm: Well errors are best checked for when you have a meaningfully different path to take as a result of them... Comment... Question: Are you going to see Dungen this month? If so, have you gotten tickets yet? Asked by Nithya (24.124.29.x) on August 6 2009, 3:14pm Reply on August 7 2009, 6:24pm: Twice hopefully! Tickets acquired, too. Comment... Question: What websites do you read on a daily/hourly basis? Asked by SmilingJim (99.23.75.x) on August 6 2009, 1:30pm Reply on August 7 2009, 6:25pm: Not many... Mostly our forums. Comment... Question: favorite drink? (W/ alcohol) Asked by _gio (62.103.65.x) on August 5 2009, 11:50am Reply on August 5 2009, 2:49pm: Hmm, maybe a 4 way tie between MGD, Guinness, Jameson/rocks, and a (good) vodka gimlet/rocks... Comment... Question: Generally how many days do you spend on coding each week? and also how many hours each day? Asked by Dave (222.90.231.x) on August 5 2009, 3:28am Reply on August 5 2009, 2:51pm: Probably 90% of days involve coding... Some only an hour, others probably 10. Comment... Question: how about an answered question to be re-fed into RSS. if you read a question before it is answered, it won't feed again. Asked by andrew (24.56.197.x) on August 4 2009, 10:19am Reply on August 4 2009, 4:36pm: The rss link embedded should default to only show replied, but I'll make it do that from now on even with the old (more simple) URL. Comment... [newer questions] [unreplied] | [replied] | [recent comments] | [all] [older questions]

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