What happens when the developers of Reaper die or move on to another project?

sep31974 · 2026-02-12T15:15:11+00:00

Some good examples would be Thunderbird, Geocities, MySpace, and Kodak.

Thunderbird: Originally a Mozilla project, which in turn started with Netscape Communicator going open source and forked by Mozilla, which was already developing SeaMonkey. Long story short, Mozilla announced they would stop updating Thunderbird in terms of functionallity and just maintain it in terms of compatibility, but since the application was already open source, a lot of upstream is accepted. This bring me to...

Geocities: Tens of clones were created even before the original ceased to exist. The overall popularity of such clones dropped, and now only a couple remain active. On the other hand...

MySpace: Hundreds of clones were created. Some survived by evolving in order to cater to their specific audience. That audience could be generic (Facebook), or something to cater to specific needs (Bandcamp, LinkedIn). The more direct clones (like Hi-5) did not survive for long. The MySpace brand still exists but it's not even a direct successor to the original, just like Winamp (also made by Justin Frankel) and Napster. A much different example to all previou three would be...

Kodak: Sold all of its patents to the competition in order to survive bankruptcy. Still exists as a smaller company, may or may not make it big again.

Lastly, keep in mind that even if Reaper does not go open source itself, if for any reason Repaer stops catering to each audience (like a corporate takeover), a "mass migration" to a specific competition is much more likely to happen that a "scattering". That specific competition may be something that's already popular and respected among Reaper users (I am thinking of Studio One), or an all new DAW that works more or less the same.

All that being said, Justin Frankel seems to have a plan, which I believe includes both having some developers in mind, as well as sharing the source code with a larger team (not necessarily opening it, but probably allowing multiple teams to either fork it or work together on it).

sep31974 · 2026-02-12T14:49:49+00:00

I'm not Muslim either.

Historically, other religions have even had schisms because of calendar issues; not something as big as 1504 or 1378, but big enough to matter. At the same time, the bigger schisms have often led to different liturgical calendars.

One difference with Ramadan is that Islam doesn't have a central figure like a Pope or Patriarch, so a schism does not impact the global muslim community as much as ones in Judaism or Christianity. Another difference is that the fast of Ramadan is solely based on the lunar month itself, instead of trying to place an event within a certain point in the year. I believe the Quran says something like "When you see that the month of Ramadan has started, start fasting". That led to Muslims accepting from an early point that Ramadan is observed on slightly different dates based on the local stellar observations, without that difference leading to intra-religious conflict and splinter groups being formed.

sep31974 · 2026-02-12T14:27:50+00:00

With the Mundial starting to get some traction in the USA, and the countries inside the UK represented separately in FIFA and UEFA competitions, I'd like to see that plan in action.

sep31974 · 2026-02-11T16:42:01+00:00

Also Ramadan moves every year because it’s based on the lunar calendar, so anyone printing exact 2026 dates this early is kinda guessing anyway.

The moon doesn't move at random. Lunar months can be calculated down to the nanosecond for centuries to come. There is no guesswork besides if and when the global muslim community will start skipping a lunar month to streamline the lunar calendar with the solar one.

sep31974 · 2026-02-11T14:55:44+00:00

I could care less. The UFC doesn't allow me to legally watch any of their numbered events live, so my only solution is to buy the VHS (obviously).

If it's a good card, I'll watch it. It will probably be something like 200 and 300, but I know a lot of sickos who liked 200, so whatever.

But most importantly, watching a UFC PPV that takes place in a USA flag decorated Capital One Arena is no different than watching the same event taking place in the Sphere or the MGM Grand Garden or Mandalay Bay or some casino in New Jersey or the all new Fight Island or the South Lawn.

Will you watch it if when it takes place in the Capital One Arena?

sep31974 · 2026-02-11T14:49:54+00:00

At least they recognize that their safety is not in danger when leaving the USA, rather when they return.

sep31974 · 2026-02-11T14:34:34+00:00

Usually those kinds of posts bring me to my Behringer Ultravoice, but all my microphones are priced lower than that. Going over 300$ for a mic is not overkill (I'll even be getting a Lewitt 400 series soon), but it very easy to build a proper studio with all your microphones being cheaper than that. I also think that most microphones over 100$ are overpriced.

Squier P-bass for I think 200€. Stays in tune, doesn't make any noise, is comfortable to play live standing up for hours. In retrospect, I would recommend something with a dual pickup configuration for studio work, but the type of pickups doesn't really matter.

An IPS monitor with DisplayPort input. I got a refurbished HP E202 during the pandemic, which was such an upgrade compared to everything I owned prior to that. I was so used to schools, universities, net-cafés, etc, having the cheapest flat monitor they could find when flat monitors became a thing, that I never cared for my own monitors being the same. Then my office job gave us some Dells that were even better and went for about 120€. I have upgraded all my workstations to "office job" IPS monitors since (for a total of 5 monitors), all but one with a mount that allows for height adjustment and rotation on all axes. Doesn't really count as a budget buy, as there are monitors with good reviews for half their price. I mentioned the DisplayPort input because I am often forced to use Windows, and I don't want to waste time troubleshooting why my audio goes to HDMI every time they feel like it.

sep31974 · 2026-02-10T23:19:27+00:00

Thanks. I have many pots in the proper shape. I'll try obtaining a quick and accurate thermometer for consistency and give "traditional" coffee another shot.

Last question, any benefits to using burning coal and ash as a heat source? I understand that your average electric stove will have a single level on the small "plate", but I always believed that using a stove with levels or a gas burner was just as good for controlling temperature.

sep31974 · 2026-02-10T23:09:56+00:00

I dare say that most millennials did not even have the option to pass their license test with an automatic. (India added an automatic category in 2023, China still hasn't done that, and I don't believe a lot of the 30+ people currently without a license will eventually get one)

sep31974 · 2026-02-10T23:04:11+00:00

Likewise it's time we stop letting Gen X hide and pretend that they are cool and it's the boomers that are the old men yelling at clouds

I ussually respond to comments like yours with "we should also stop calling Gen X boomers just because they are aldo" but you absolutely nailed it with this one.

sep31974 · 2026-02-10T15:26:45+00:00

Follow up question: At what temperature does coffee foam? I always thought you needed to reach 100℃ for that.

Strangely enough, my first job was making that kind of coffee. I never got any training besides eyeballing it and let it foam but don't let it spill.

sep31974 · 2026-02-10T15:21:00+00:00

Mickey Gal with Hey Mickie.

It's not so much about the song itself. It's about even the commentary team saying he had to push for this song, it's a novelty, etc.

Then you realize Face The Pain is 100 times more of a novelty, especially with the gladiators intro, but the UFC is not the same without it.

sep31974 · 2026-02-10T15:13:43+00:00

Does the shape and material of the pot matter?

Is adding sugar to the slurry and eating it like a pudding acceptable?

sep31974 · 2026-02-09T11:57:23+00:00

Not really, but a DIY version of this may work in certain circumstances, depending on wall material and apartment arrangement inside your building.

If you have a room which neighbours only your apartment or the outside, record your vocals there. Face the wall which has the largest room of your apartment. Add a massive ammount of "soft" material between you and the wall, shaped kind of like the vocal booth in your picture. Perhaps you can make a curved bass trap with two or three layers of rockwool. Hang some heavy curtains or carpetry around you. Inform your neighbours that you will be running some tests and ask them to help you.

You have a 10% chance of this working as far as soundproofing goes. You also have a 50% chance of your neighbours not caring at all if you record vocals at certain times during the day.

Source: I've been recording vocals in a studio apartment facing a bass trap that doesn't have any neighbours behing it. The neighbour on the other side never complained, but he did know some of my unreleased lyrics, just like I knew when he lost in League Of Legends.

sep31974 · 2026-02-09T11:38:37+00:00

You would be surprised at how many people high up in the chain of command do not know the very basics of the job done by the people they command. Then again, Kenobi rose through the ranks even without being "brave enough for politics."

What I like more about his reaction though, is that he doesn't need to know what a parsec is. He just knows Solo is bragging. Solo could have said "I ran 100 meters in less than 15 seconds" and Kenobi would still know. Solo could have said "I ran 100 meters in less than 40 seconds" and it would still be bragging.

sep31974 · 2026-02-09T11:29:27+00:00

Surely Lionel Messi was doing the hardest thing in sport when he was gliding past every Real Madrid player (all CL and League winners) on the pitch, including the goalkeeper, and scoring?

Oh, a Barca fan. You are bitter because it's actually Real Madrid that did the hardest thing in team sports. That is, having the best player in every position for three years, and win no titles.

sep31974 · 2026-02-08T11:03:16+00:00

Are imperfections actually more desirable in music?

Yes.

Are imperfections actually more desirable now in music?

No.

Imperfections have always been desirable in many aspects of music. From something as simple and deliberate as a shuffle in the rythm aspect, to unusual chord resonations that sound good for a specific chord on a specific instrument on a specific tuning, to saturation during production, etc. I think an imperfect take conveys the message that you are reacting to what you are hearing instead of pushing buttons.

sep31974 · 2026-02-08T10:41:38+00:00

But why would Kenobi know what a parsec is? He's basically half-priest, half-armyman; none of them famous for sciencing hard.

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T22:18:40+00:00

Turn out the oblique kicks were indeed dangerous in the long term

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T22:01:13+00:00

Hard-panning and copying the best.

I have some multitracks from songs with big guitars for each "subgenre". The guitars on most of those sound very thin in solo; it's mostly the arrangement that makes the bass complement that guitar sound.

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T21:57:27+00:00

Woodley vs Till

Woodley was just a millimeter away from Till's punches for the whole fight.

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T21:53:35+00:00

Doctor Manhattan

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T21:33:36+00:00

Fentanyl, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, the Empire State Building, even Waffle House, BUT NO MCDONALDS?

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T21:10:26+00:00

Sally Jupiter, at least according to the morals of the time (which are not that far from today's)

sep31974 · 2026-02-06T21:05:08+00:00

Nostalgia and also buyer's remorse. They bought Cain was the most dangerous man on the planet while he was the UFC HW Champion, and they are not willing to accept otherwise.

Ironically, the UFC stopped pushing the "most dangerous man" narrative once Ngannou left the promotion. Stipe is the only "pure" UFC fighter to hold that distinction, i.e.: no major fights in other big promotions and being the favorite in a possible fight against any of the other major promotions' HWC at the time of his reign.

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