Feb 15, 2018
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Why are there two kinds of Universal Windows apps, one for Windows 8 and another for Windows 10?
Universality is not universal.
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Feb 14, 2018
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What’s the difference between the zero width non-joiner and the zero width space?
Are you separating two words?
Feb 13, 2018
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When Windows copies a file, does it ever copy bytes that are in the slack space?
Keeping tabs on the slackers.
Feb 12, 2018
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There are no bugs in the I/O manager
True each time it is uttered.
Feb 9, 2018
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Optimizing BitBlt by generating code on the fly
Artisanal bit block transfers made to order.
Feb 8, 2018
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What do the output values from CoGetApartmentType mean?
Four types of threads, possibly in the neutral apartment temporarily.
Feb 7, 2018
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Why does misinterpreting UTF16-LE Unicode text as ANSI tend to show up as just one character?
Because you're probably working in the ASCII subset.
Feb 6, 2018
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Microspeak: POR
The plan of record.
Feb 5, 2018
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// If this happens, I am going to quit and become a barista
Maybe you should check if Starbucks is hiring.
Feb 2, 2018
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The case of the SRWLock violation in a thread pool work item
Application verifier tells the story.