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Sep 19, 2008
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Steamy coffee leaves grounds for concern

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

I'm embarrassed for the bad pun,¹ but the subject is serious. Two stories appeared in the two major local newspapers on the same day. Sure, it may have been a coincidence, but I considered it a cautionary tale. Follow-ups Baristas resign en masse when the coffee stand owner decides to adopt a provocative dress code. Over a year...

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Sep 19, 2008
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How can I tell that a directory is weird and should be excluded from the user interface?

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Last time, we looked at a customer who wanted to know how to tell whether a given folder was a Recycle Bin folder or not. We answered the question as stated, but made the mistake of not looking at the problem the customer was trying to solve. I need to know which folders are Recycle Bin folders so I can skip over them when searching the drive f...

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