Mar 17, 2020
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We called it RAID because it kills bugs dead
The history of defect tracking databases in Windows.
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Mar 16, 2020
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The Windows Runtime IDL compiler lets you abbreviate some interface names
But only a few of them.
Mar 13, 2020
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Providing a better error message when someone tries to use std::vector<bool> as a buffer
Defer the problem further.
Mar 12, 2020
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Of what use is a type-dependent expression that is always false?
Deferring an assertion to instantiation.
Mar 11, 2020
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How can I create a type-dependent expression that is always false?
Use information that you know to be true (or false).
Mar 10, 2020
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The sad but short story of the SM_AccessoriesName registry value
Another victim of programs that reach into undocumented sections of the registry.
Mar 9, 2020
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Why does MS-DOS put an int 20h at byte 0 of the COM file program segment?
In case you end up there, but how?
Mar 6, 2020
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Why do people take a lock around CreateProcess calls?
Managing your inheritance.
Mar 5, 2020
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Can I wait for a kernel event to become unsignaled?
Not directly, but maybe you can simulate it.
Mar 4, 2020
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Meet me here on Savvyday 29 Oatmeal 94
InternetTimeToSystemTime tries really hard to make sense out of that sentence.