Mar 11, 2019
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Precision questioning: The cynical description
Just keep digging.
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Mar 8, 2019
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Even if your assembly language code doesn’t call any Windows APIs, you still have to follow the ABI
You're not off by yourself; you're part of a society.
Mar 7, 2019
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What order are pages in a memory-mapped file flushed out to disk?
There isn't one.
Mar 6, 2019
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How do I destruct an object that keeps a reference to itself, because that reference prevents the object from being destructed
Keep a reference to the right thing.
Mar 5, 2019
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Predator-prey reversal: Rock lobsters vs whelks on Malgas Island and Marcus Island
Multiple stable configurations.
Mar 5, 2019
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Alternate definitions for English words, as inferred from bug reports
Lost in translation.
Mar 4, 2019
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My initial frustration trying to configure our internal VoIP phones that were integrated with instant messaging
A combination of settings that the feature team considered nonsensical.
Mar 1, 2019
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How to compare two packed bitfields without having to unpack each field
The magic carry-out vector.
Feb 28, 2019
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How should I report errors from my Windows Runtime API?
It depends on what kind of error it is.
Feb 27, 2019
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The std::map subscript operator is a convenience, but a potentially dangerous one
It makes code easy to read, but things happen behind the scenes you may not be expecting.