Why is the daylight saving time cutover time 1 millisecond too soon in some time zones? March 9, 2018 Mar 9, 2018 03/9/18 Raymond Chen Another other time zone anomalies.
What’s the difference between CreateTimerQueueTimer and SetThreadpoolTimer? March 8, 2018 Mar 8, 2018 03/8/18 Raymond Chen They are both the same thing under the covers.
When MSDN says NULL, is it okay to use nullptr? March 7, 2018 Mar 7, 2018 03/7/18 Raymond Chen One of many equivalent formulations.
Microspeak: The triad, the ad-hoc acronyms that result, and the arithmetic problem 3 × 3 March 6, 2018 Mar 6, 2018 03/6/18 Raymond Chen There are six possible ways of arranging them. Surely one of them must look good.
Inadvertently designing a horrible time and date picker March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18 Raymond Chen Perhaps inspired by the worst possible volume control.
If I call GetExitCodeThread for a thread that I know for sure has exited, why does it still say STILL_ACTIVE? March 2, 2018 Mar 2, 2018 03/2/18 Raymond Chen Because that's not the thread handle you think it is.
How does Task Manager choose the icon to show for a process? March 1, 2018 Mar 1, 2018 03/1/18 Raymond Chen It uses your window icon, and if you don't have a window, then it starts hunting.