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Question: Are you aware of the fact that what WT did for R5 theme is horribly inconsistent and simply not that good? Mark my words, Reaper's GUI will once again be a negative point in reviews. How can you not care?
Asked by Tinny (141.138.54.x) on June 15 2015, 10:50am
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Question: Every tried Slack or Hipchat? or irc4eva?
Asked by Will (24.234.204.x) on June 13 2015, 8:17pm
Reply on June 14 2015, 2:16am:
    Nope, would consider it but we have our own nice persistent IRC proxy that we all use anyway...
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Question: There are major issues with the integration of outbound gear through midi. What can be done to support the devs on addressing these ?
Asked by Mink99 (77.57.25.x) on June 13 2015, 7:45am
Reply on June 14 2015, 2:16am:
    See note above. Post on forums.
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Question: Lol. :) Go forth and print that bumper sticker. "Reaper: Enjoy Reality!"
Asked by PunkyBrewster (108.84.132.x) on June 12 2015, 1:51am
Reply on June 14 2015, 2:16am:
    Hah.
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Question: How would you, in a few short words, bumper sticker style, frame the large divide between engineering reality and user expectation?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (108.84.132.x) on June 11 2015, 11:11pm
Reply on June 12 2015, 12:03am:
    enjoy reality!
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Question: Long time no pre :) You guys taking early summer break? :)
Asked by Ronald (108.59.10.x) on June 11 2015, 6:05am
Reply on June 11 2015, 9:12pm:
    Yep, at least I am! RC1 next week I think.
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Question: Did you see this week's Silicon Valley? streamable.com/4mw1
Asked by Will (70.173.145.x) on June 9 2015, 8:51pm
Reply on June 11 2015, 9:11pm:
    Not yet, but I will watch it soon!
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Question: Do you think you can invent another algorithm not worse than MP3? (with your current knowledge)
Asked by Dave (113.200.157.x) on June 9 2015, 2:14am
Reply on June 9 2015, 4:27am:
    No. Why would I anyway, Opus mmmmmm
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Question: What software do you use for drums / or if you use RS5K , which drum samples do you use ?
Asked by Suleiman (168.187.244.x) on June 8 2015, 6:41am
Reply on June 9 2015, 4:28am:
    Mostly live drums, but sometimes addictive drums or BFD 1.x too. Or RS5k with the big mono set, or my own samples.
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Question: Do you have any pointers (ha) about a simple architecture for audio processing? I'd like to try writing a little daw in lua(jit).
Asked by exp2 (79.42.116.x) on June 6 2015, 9:04pm
Reply on June 9 2015, 4:28am:
    LuaJit will probably give you problems since you can't have threads, which are pretty essential for a DAW.
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Question: I WAS WONDERING IF I WANTED TO BUILD MY OWN DAW WHAT SOFTWARE WOULD I NEED TO USE
Asked by NABOR (50.15.179.x) on June 6 2015, 1:33am
Reply on June 9 2015, 4:28am:
    I'd use Xcode or Visual Studio, personally.
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Question: Have you ever heard the phrase... "If you like party cheese, never view it under a microscope." ?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (108.84.203.x) on June 5 2015, 7:36pm
Reply on June 9 2015, 4:29am:
    Nope, but I get it.
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Question: Do you ever like to just sit down and straight slam pieces of cheddar cheese into your mouth?
Asked by Will (70.173.145.x) on June 4 2015, 11:44pm
Reply on June 5 2015, 2:30pm:
    Can't say that I do, but cheese is awesome.
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Question: How many geese makes a gaggle?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (76.226.121.x) on June 4 2015, 8:53pm
Reply on June 5 2015, 2:29pm:
    At least 5?
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Question: Deflation, it hasn't been tested and many assumptions are made like fixed incomes and that there is only one currency. Re: trust, multi-sig escrow. As I mentioned a lot has changed in 2 years. I won't try to persuade you anymore. You seem happy with your current opinions. Perhaps I was wrong about it being a good fit for you.
Asked by JimmaJamma (67.84.38.x) on June 4 2015, 2:25am
Reply on June 5 2015, 2:29pm:
    Perhaps! But again, distributed trust is interesting, and bitcoin as a vehicle for that is interesting too.
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Question: Do you regret handing the reigns off to WA3 dev to Brennan instead of doing it yourself once you had the financial resources of AOL? It seems you more than any other had the best chance of becoming what is now itunes/spotify/etc.. Seems almost like a wasted opportunity. :(
Asked by Will (70.173.145.x) on June 2 2015, 11:52pm
Reply on June 3 2015, 2:13pm:
    I don't think anything we could have done would have made a difference, honestly. AOL wasn't in a business of not fucking things up.
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Question: Do you like my show "Silicon Valley" on HBO. Cuz you remind me of myself.
Asked by Richard Hendrick (211.47.115.x) on June 2 2015, 3:43am
Reply on June 2 2015, 3:39pm:
    It's pretty funny, yeah ha ha
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Question: Did you guys at Cockos ever write some article/tutorial/anything about SWELL implementation?
Asked by Rodrigo (177.41.240.x) on June 2 2015, 2:16am
Reply on June 2 2015, 3:40pm:
    We haven't, but we have examples of it in use in different applications (LICEcap, SnapEase, OSCII-bot).
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Question: I forgot to state my initial impetus for contacting you. I see a common thread. What mp3s did for artists (though it could have turned out even better had mp3.com not been shut down) bitcoin stands to do for all people. Decentralize the power. Re: deflation, it's not a bad thing like the article says.
Asked by JimmaJamma (67.84.38.x) on June 2 2015, 1:03am
Reply on June 2 2015, 3:42pm (edited at June 2 2015, 3:44pm):
    I'm no economist, but my understanding is that deflation is very much a bad thing for most participants of economies. It greatly favors those with excess over those with nothing, and doesn't provide incentive for investment or commerce.

    Also: to buy anything with bitcoin requires trusting the merchant completely. If I pay you 1 BTC for something, and I never get it, I really have no recourse, other than to complain. It's like I sent you cash in the mail.
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Question: re: bitcoin. Much has happened and learned since 2013. For example regarding the environmental costs they should really be compared to the systems bitcoin disrupts, not just the costs of bitcoin in a vacuum. Re: deflation, computer tech is deflationary yet it still progresses and has a thriving economy. I suggest it's worth a revisit.
Asked by JimmaJamma (67.84.38.x) on June 1 2015, 4:05pm
Reply on June 2 2015, 12:45am:
    "Re: deflation, computer tech is deflationary yet it still progresses and has a thriving economy."

    I'm not sure that makes any sense, and equating computer tech to currency would be a huge leap at any rate.
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