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Question: Thanks for the code ExecProcess. Is there a way that I could get the output of a cmd line app like cdrecord, and recieve the output progress in realtime to an Edit control without adding an additional function to the code? It works, but not in realtime.
Asked by Wyatt (76.77.160.x) on September 15 2019, 10:33pm
Reply on September 16 2019, 12:44am:

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Question: what do you think of spraycan art? graffiti? wall murals..ever done a piece like that?
Asked by bkind (2.26.240.x) on September 15 2019, 12:35pm
Reply on September 15 2019, 1:09pm:

I haven't done any but I like them! 1 Comment...

Question: What's the best coffee you've had lately? (Preferably - that I could order for myself)
Asked by Andre (108.75.134.x) on September 15 2019, 7:54am
Reply on September 15 2019, 1:09pm:

Where do you live? 4 Comments...

Question: Will trum win the next election?
Asked by Fred (188.96.118.x) on September 14 2019, 2:28pm
Reply on September 15 2019, 1:21am:

Dear God I hope not! 1 Comment...

Question: Sorry but rss feed seem's to doesn't work anymore. On 1014.org/rss.phpthere is this message (with chrome) : "This page contains the following errors: error on line 6705 at column 84: EntityRef: expecting ';'". BTW Thanks for everything Justin!
Asked by boby_dick (90.89.165.x) on September 14 2019, 2:21pm
Reply on September 15 2019, 1:21am (edited at September 15 2019, 1:22am):

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, fixed! Comment...

Question: would you rather be a dolphin or a dog?
Asked by robin (85.76.137.x) on September 13 2019, 12:57am
Reply on September 14 2019, 1:42pm:

Probably depends on where and with whom the dog lived... I've seen some very, very happy dogs. Though being a dolphin in the wild would probably be pretty awesome too. Comment...

Question: Could you make LICECap have a higher z-index than the taskbar in Win10? it would be incredibly useful.
Asked by Will (23.125.224.x) on September 12 2019, 2:20pm
Reply on September 12 2019, 8:26pm:

Not that I know of but maybe it would be possible Comment...

Question: I'm super inspired by your ethos, by your quality software, business model, and apparent dedication to Jesus. Thank you. Have you ever tried kirtan or bhakti-yoga?
Asked by haribol aaron (174.28.166.x) on September 10 2019, 10:12pm
Reply on September 11 2019, 3:21pm:

I'll take 75%. I've done only very basic yoga, but running is more of my thing 1 Comment...

Question: how do you feel about orphaned or abandonwares? would there be any old code or particular old softwares you would love to reavive or continue if having any chance to? +what is the actual laws on that? ty.
Asked by imetayeti (2.26.240.x) on September 8 2019, 9:04am
Reply on September 8 2019, 10:45pm (edited at September 9 2019, 1:22pm):

Re: actual laws, I am not a lawyer.

The US constitution has a relevant clause (quoted from

wikipedia


[the United States Congress shall have power] To promote the Progress of
Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and
Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

3 Comments...

Question: I just finished the introductory book for the Rust language and it seems really nice. Any familiarity with it? Thoughts? Opinions?
Asked by Lokasenna (70.73.126.x) on September 4 2019, 3:53pm
Reply on September 4 2019, 9:59pm:

I haven't looked at it much... Misc other languages is not where I spend my time, usually. Comment...

Question: "if you could have the powers of any supervillain or superhero for a week,who would you be and what would you do with any powers?"
Asked by bnice (31.124.45.x) on September 4 2019, 11:22am
Reply on September 4 2019, 3:03pm:

The bad dude from the first season of Jessica Jones, if I had that power I could go have some words with some people and maybe get them to be nicer? Or maybe it wouldn’t last long enough? 2 Comments...

Question: This is the Winamp player if Justin Frankel would have lived in a steampunk world: i.redd.it/ko3omnwufyj31.jpg
Asked by MS from Sweden (77.218.245.x) on September 1 2019, 12:58pm
Reply on September 2 2019, 6:02pm:

I wish I had a picture of my parallel port DAC + radio shack amplifier I used back in the day for DACe... Comment...

Question: hey- "did you realize edison was not the 1st recording engineer?" + "do you patent anything at all?" please observe> (youtube.com/watch?v=75UrxueiP-4
Asked by oddsod (31.124.45.x) on August 31 2019, 9:31am
Reply on September 2 2019, 6:04pm:

interesting. I don't like software patents, so I would never consider getting one. Comment...

Question: do your eyes still bright when achieving some programming thing? : ) i wonder this because mine don't shine so much with it as they used. I feel it's just one more :) I wonder how about you.
Asked by deee (79.168.140.x) on August 29 2019, 5:04pm
Reply on August 29 2019, 8:55pm:

Depends but yeah Comment...

Question: How do you attempt syntaxhighlighting in the IDEs? For Eel, you could create it your own, but how did you do that with Python and Lua, who you didn't write? Is there a system for parsing and coloring they provide?
Asked by Mespotine (109.104.36.x) on August 29 2019, 4:09pm
Reply on August 29 2019, 8:55pm: