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Question: Do you know who Connor McGregor is now? Are you telling me that none of your friends or family members talk about him?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on November 16 2016, 6:20pm
Reply on November 17 2016, 2:49pm:

I had to google to see who that was, and no, nobody I know has brought him to my attention. Is your mind blown? Comment...

Question: What was the conversation like when the Illuminati called and asked you to join?
Asked by Prizmaxic (65.73.206.x) on November 15 2016, 2:12pm
Reply on November 15 2016, 7:26pm:

It went straight to voicemail, damn at&t Comment...

Question: If I want to make an effects box like a contemporary Jesusonic, should I learn how to program dedicated DSP chips like Blackfin, or will x86 work fine?
Asked by Roland (68.98.229.x) on November 14 2016, 3:04am
Reply on November 14 2016, 3:13pm:

Either way, DSPs are probably cheaper/use less power..but x86 has PLENTY of power :) Comment...

Question: Are you still using VC++ 6 for anything now in almost 2017?
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on November 10 2016, 5:22am
Reply on November 10 2016, 2:10pm:

I actually prefer it as an IDE to the newer versions... but I don't use it much. We do our win32 builds using VC6/ICC10, which sort of counts. Comment...

Question: Have you heard any scoop about the status of winamp? Does winamp even matter anymore?
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on November 8 2016, 5:05am
Reply on November 8 2016, 1:37pm:

Nope, haven't heard anything. Not sure it matters. One could probably re-create it in a reasonable amount of time, if they felt the desire. Comment...

Question: Can you pat your head and rub your belly at the same time?
Asked by IXix (86.143.116.x) on November 7 2016, 11:18am
Reply on November 7 2016, 2:23pm:

Yes, but at what cost?! Comment...

Question: GTK + or QT, your opinion?
Asked by Briant (190.9.203.x) on November 3 2016, 1:06am
Reply on November 3 2016, 1:46pm:

I have very little experience with either! Comment...

Question: Without googling, do you know who Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, and Ronda Rousey are?
Asked by Mommy (99.173.156.x) on November 1 2016, 10:48pm
Reply on November 2 2016, 2:17am:

Not really, I think maybe the last one was some UFC fighter? I remember hearing about her at some point but other than that nope... Comment...

Question: When you do bigger new features, do you have a concept / design stage first or do you immediately start coding and see what happens ?
Asked by wasereb4 (79.200.231.x) on November 1 2016, 12:31am
Reply on November 2 2016, 2:18am:

Depends, but usually we like to figure out what to do before starting it. Sometimes you start things to see where they end up, though, too, though usually one is willing to throw away the results of that if it isn't good for what you wanted... Comment...

Question: do you sometimes miss working on programs like winamp and the fun of making a company from nothing?
Asked by sean (174.25.127.x) on October 31 2016, 11:31am
Reply on October 31 2016, 1:35pm:

No, I've pretty much been doing the same thing for the last while (though with a much deeper program) Comment...

Question: Do you think "technical debt" is a good/appealing metaphor?
Asked by fujimotos (122.215.34.x) on October 26 2016, 8:31am
Reply on October 26 2016, 2:08pm:

"Feature latch" is more meaningful to me. Comment...

Question: You and schwa seem very dedicaed to Reapers development. It reminds me of the open source groups.
Asked by mdiman007 (71.167.114.x) on October 21 2016, 6:58pm
Reply on October 25 2016, 2:35pm:

That is correct! Comment...

Question: In that case, what does schwa suck at most? (looks like askschwa.com is available heh) Alternately, what are you best at, or what idioms do you tend to favor? What's the biggest pain in the ass that still trips you up?
Asked by fmap (142.162.253.x) on October 16 2016, 12:25am
Reply on October 17 2016, 2:07pm:

That (the former) seems like it would be awfully impolite!

Anyway, I thought

this little class

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Question: What's the story behind all the music you have posted? Loving it!!!
Asked by Sean (68.37.160.x) on October 13 2016, 2:59pm
Reply on October 13 2016, 4:24pm:

Thanks! It's stuff I'm making for fun (mostly while testing/developing REAPER). Comment...

Question: What kind of glue is Donald Trump sniffing?
Asked by PunkyBrewster (99.103.119.x) on October 13 2016, 2:47am
Reply on October 13 2016, 4:25pm:

file footage

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Question: Yes, the Reaper project note field is a text field. But how do I set this to show the text in a monospace font? The font it uses on my machine messes up alignment of lines, because of different sizes for different characters...
Asked by fladd (84.26.42.x) on October 12 2016, 9:56pm
Reply on October 12 2016, 10:43pm:

You don't for now, unfortunately... Comment...

Question: In terms of actual coding skills, what do you suck at the most?
Asked by Will (107.203.156.x) on October 12 2016, 2:29am
Reply on October 12 2016, 10:43pm:

Hell if I know, that'd be better asked on askschwa.com probably Comment...

Question: Why is the font in the projects notes in Reaper not a monospace font? Wouldn't it be great to format the project notes a bit ASCII style?
Asked by fladd (92.110.128.x) on October 10 2016, 9:14pm
Reply on October 11 2016, 12:53pm:

It's a regular text edit field... Comment...

Question: Can you give any advice to one who is going to run his first marathon?
Asked by asafonov (77.222.12.x) on October 10 2016, 7:51pm
Reply on October 10 2016, 8:37pm (edited at October 10 2016, 8:38pm):

Practice eating during the run, figure out what foods work well for you
Run a few long (17-20 mile) runs ~5 weeks, ~4 weeks, and ~3 weeks ahead. If you have to make them on the shorter side (17 or even 16 miles) you should be fine too, just don't hurt yourself
Taper down for the 3 weeks before, so that the week leading up to the marathon you run a few very short very easy runs only
Practice racing in general throughout the process, so you get used to drinking from water cups and so on

Get very hydrated before the race. It's hard to keep up with water intake during the race, so giving yourself the most water at the start to start is helpful. If you can stand it, I'd take a 1L (or so) bottle of water that you can drink throughout the first 6 or 7 miles, then toss.
Eat and drink (in small quantities) as much as possible throughout the race. You might not *need* to, but it makes things better. Don't overdo it, obviously, but finding a nice routine of intake is good.
Go out easy and keep it easy until the last couple of miles!

Look around, enjoy yourself, listen to yourself and other people and the spectators and/or nature.

The marathon IMO is a different experience than shorter races because you (well, I anyway) really have to take it easy most of the way. Running a half marathon, I can go out at a slightly uncomfortable pace and more or less keep it there for the first 10 miles (uncomfortable enough that it requires my concentration, but not so uncomfortable I couldn't talk), before getting very uncomfortable on the last 5k. On the marathon, though, you really have to just go chill the whole way (the difficultly comes without speeding up ha ha). I'm sure other people would disagree, they're probably faster than I am ;)

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Question: Batman or Superman
Asked by IXix (86.160.199.x) on October 2 2016, 3:11pm
Reply on October 3 2016, 1:30pm (edited at October 3 2016, 2:52pm):

greenman (

clarification

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