Mar 9, 2018
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Torsken har ankommet
Cod you believe it?
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Mar 9, 2018
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Why is the daylight saving time cutover time 1 millisecond too soon in some time zones?
Another other time zone anomalies.
Mar 8, 2018
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What’s the difference between CreateTimerQueueTimer and SetThreadpoolTimer?
They are both the same thing under the covers.
Mar 7, 2018
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When MSDN says NULL, is it okay to use nullptr?
One of many equivalent formulations.
Mar 6, 2018
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Microspeak: The triad, the ad-hoc acronyms that result, and the arithmetic problem 3 × 3
There are six possible ways of arranging them. Surely one of them must look good.
Mar 5, 2018
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Inadvertently designing a horrible time and date picker
Perhaps inspired by the worst possible volume control.
Mar 2, 2018
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If I call GetExitCodeThread for a thread that I know for sure has exited, why does it still say STILL_ACTIVE?
Because that's not the thread handle you think it is.
Mar 1, 2018
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How does Task Manager choose the icon to show for a process?
It uses your window icon, and if you don't have a window, then it starts hunting.