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Question: What is the best album of the year so far?
Asked by Aaron (75.134.137.x) on June 26 2014, 5:58am
Reply on June 27 2014, 10:42pm (edited at June 27 2014, 10:44pm):

I'm looking forward to the new Philip Selway album... let's see, what do I have from 2014? Nothing yet. Some good stuff from 2013 though. I suppose there are albums this year that I should listen to, from The Black Keys, Beck, The Pixies, and so on, but I haven't found myself caring. Oh also the new Tycho album is pretty good, and chill. Comment...

Question: Justin this is Mark "Zheng" I sent you an email yesterday (suppor@cockos.com) I wanted to see if you are intersted in Business Proposition see if your interested..
Asked by yachakuqruna (96.255.35.x) on June 24 2014, 6:44am
Reply on June 24 2014, 8:04pm:

No thank you, but good luck! Comment...

Question: Final dumb question re: "Typist". Did you take typing in middle or HS or just learned along the way?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.121.x) on June 22 2014, 5:26pm
Reply on June 22 2014, 7:37pm:

No formal training, just plain muscle memory and memorization from repetition. Comment...

Question: What's the preferred PC term? Programmer, developer, coder, etc, etc. :)
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.121.x) on June 22 2014, 11:19am
Reply on June 22 2014, 4:21pm:

Typist? Human? Guess it depends on what you do. There are hax0rs in the world, and programmers, and developers, and coders, and so on... Comment...

Question: Is your sister a programmer too?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 20 2014, 9:43pm
Reply on June 21 2014, 4:24pm:

Nope. Comment...

Question: I'm drawing my tooltip over arrange and it can appear just before REAPER tooltip so the difference is obvious an I want to nail it. This is what I got: bit.ly/1lOrwHT Using this code: bit.ly/1rdTrWM. Could you share your win font settings? :) OSX too would be nice
Asked by Martin (93.141.110.x) on June 20 2014, 5:24am
Reply on June 21 2014, 4:26pm:

HWND ttw = GetTooltipWindow();
HFONT font = (HFONT) SendMessage(ttw,WM_GETFONT,0,0);
if (font) { /* use font for LICE_CachedFont */ }

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Question: Hi. I've made an extension for Reaper and I'm also a noob. If you have a sec, could you respond to this post? forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=141714
Asked by Wyatt (70.41.143.x) on June 19 2014, 5:03pm
Reply on June 19 2014, 11:16pm:

Yes, yes I can. Comment...

Question: There's a pretty dark undertone to the main character that is appealing. Some pretty dark stuff occurs, which is what makes the show interesting to me, not the tech stuff. I'll report back at the end of S1 on if it turns out to be any good or not. :)
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 16 2014, 9:33pm
Reply on June 19 2014, 1:52am:

OK. Comment...

Question: You do know "Halt & Catch Fire" is total fiction and not a documentary, right? Why did the "I don't work for IBM" line turn you off? The lead chick is pretty hot. ;-)
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 16 2014, 6:37pm
Reply on June 16 2014, 8:41pm (edited at June 16 2014, 8:42pm):

Yeah obviously. The writing just didn't do it for me. Which isn't to say it wasn't realistic, just that I wanted the characters to all die. Which isn't a good sign after 3 minutes. Comment...

Question: Which programming project are you absolutely most proud of from a technical achievement standpoint
Asked by John (68.104.121.x) on June 14 2014, 10:45pm
Reply on June 15 2014, 2:46am:

I'd have to say REAPER... Comment...

Question: How much coffee have you ever drank in 1 sitting?
Asked by Andro (31.172.30.x) on June 13 2014, 10:05pm
Reply on June 15 2014, 2:47am:

Maybe 3 or 4 cups? Nothing too crazy, but in general I avoid having more than 3 coffees a day (usually just 2). Comment...

Question: You should chime in on this one: www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/282o73/company_is_us...
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 13 2014, 10:00pm
Reply on June 15 2014, 2:47am (edited at June 15 2014, 3:54am):

Here you go

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Question: Are you cognizant of "design patterns" or apply unit testing / TDD to Reaper's code base, or is that all a big hunk of b.s. for a 1-2 man show?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 10 2014, 9:39pm
Reply on June 15 2014, 2:47am:

Nah, it's more just an attempt craftsmanship. That and, we try to test our code. Some more than others... Comment...

Question: What's the car you are driving for normal days? and how about its price?
Asked by David (113.200.157.x) on June 9 2014, 5:20am
Reply on June 9 2014, 1:40pm:

I don't drive normally, but I have a Salsa Casseroll SS that I ride around which is quite nice (I bought it from a friend for $300, but have since upgraded it with a $40 fender set). Comment...

Question: Who's you favorite redhead? Mine: Allie in Curious George, Helen in Matha Speaks, D.W. in Aurthur, Pickles in Oblongs, Velma in Scooby Doo, Jessie in Toy Story, Lous in Family Guy, Jean Grey in X-Men, Mermaids' Ponyo and Ariel, Jestine in World of Warcraft, Natalya Rudakova in Transporter 3, Peggy in Married with Children, Lelu in 5th Element, Seth Green an
Asked by Nickels (173.19.15.x) on June 8 2014, 11:19am
Reply on June 9 2014, 1:39pm:

Louis CK? Comment...

Question: Was there a period of time in the early winamp days where you had to struggle a bit financially, or was the shareware dues coming in steady the whole time?
Asked by Will (68.104.121.x) on June 8 2014, 4:44am
Reply on June 9 2014, 1:39pm:

There was very little need for revenue in general so there wasn't much struggling, thanks to having the luxury of living with my parents. Then eventually shareware was very steady and healthy, and also we had a nice $1 CPM ad deal for a while which added up to a lot. Comment...

Question: Re: not knowing where to start with 3D printing, #reprap on irc.freenode.net and www.3ders.org/pricecompare/3dprinters/. I bet you could write an awesome slicer.
Asked by Jesse (173.54.213.x) on June 7 2014, 11:05pm
Reply on June 9 2014, 1:38pm:

I'll take a peek, but generally unless I have something I want to print, what am I going to do? Comment...

Question: Thought's on Tommy's thread profiling technique? youtube.com/watch?v=KUL0BWUeasI
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 6 2014, 11:12pm
Reply on June 7 2014, 2:18am:

He didn't seem to say much other than it would add threads as it determined was appropriate, which doesn't mean much. Comment...

Question: It has been a fair amount of time since you published the bench builds. What's your findings so far?
Asked by gio (94.66.18.x) on June 6 2014, 10:34pm
Reply on June 7 2014, 2:19am:

Ah it's been a bit, yeah. My general feeling is that any gains we'd get by switching would be inconsistent (depending on CPU), or small enough not to worth bothering, at this point. Comment...

Question: Can you briefly explain how knowledge of trigonometry helped you with AVS effects, perhaps with 1 example?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on June 6 2014, 9:44pm
Reply on June 6 2014, 10:15pm (edited at June 6 2014, 10:17pm):

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