Mar 9, 2018 0 0 Why is the daylight saving time cutover time 1 millisecond too soon in some time zones? Raymond Chen Another other time zone anomalies.
Mar 8, 2018 0 0 What’s the difference between CreateTimerQueueTimer and SetThreadpoolTimer? Raymond Chen They are both the same thing under the covers.
Mar 7, 2018 0 0 When MSDN says NULL, is it okay to use nullptr? Raymond Chen One of many equivalent formulations.
Mar 6, 2018 0 0 Microspeak: The triad, the ad-hoc acronyms that result, and the arithmetic problem 3 × 3 Raymond Chen There are six possible ways of arranging them. Surely one of them must look good.
Mar 5, 2018 0 0 Inadvertently designing a horrible time and date picker Raymond Chen Perhaps inspired by the worst possible volume control.
Mar 2, 2018 0 0 If I call GetExitCodeThread for a thread that I know for sure has exited, why does it still say STILL_ACTIVE? Raymond Chen Because that's not the thread handle you think it is.
Mar 1, 2018 0 1 How does Task Manager choose the icon to show for a process? Raymond Chen It uses your window icon, and if you don't have a window, then it starts hunting.