The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Guessing window procedure magic cookies

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Guessing window procedure magic cookies

Raymond ChenSeptember 6, 2019Sep 6, 201909/6/19

You created a very funny-looking function pointer.

Making the <CODE data-lazy-src=

COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY macro better at detecting misuse"/>

Making the `COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY` macro better at detecting misuse

Raymond ChenSeptember 5, 2019Sep 5, 201909/5/19

Playing around with compile-time errors.

The <CODE data-lazy-src=

COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY must be a COM interface, but nobody actually checks"/>

The `COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY` must be a COM interface, but nobody actually checks

Raymond ChenSeptember 4, 2019Sep 4, 201909/4/19

And if it isn't, bad things happen.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a bomb

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a bomb

Raymond ChenSeptember 3, 2019Sep 3, 201909/3/19

Even though it doesn't tick. Do bombs even tick?

Silly Alexa trick: Speaking French with a horrible American accent

Silly Alexa trick: Speaking French with a horrible American accent

Raymond ChenSeptember 2, 2019Sep 2, 201909/2/19

Asking for a repeat, but in a different speech synthesizer.

If FlushInstructionCache doesn’t do anything, why do you have to call it, revisited

If FlushInstructionCache doesn’t do anything, why do you have to call it, revisited

Raymond ChenSeptember 2, 2019Sep 2, 201909/2/19

The elixir of forgetfulness.