Why does my command line redirection echo with an extra 1? Who’s inserting these rogue 1s everywhere? November 16, 2020 Nov 16, 2020 11/16/20 Raymond Chen It just came out of nowhere, or did it?
The history of the EncodePointer function for obfuscating pointers November 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 11/13/20 Raymond Chen Still useful, but less painful.
Destructing outside the lock when removing items from C++ standard containers November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20 Raymond Chen Managing the order of destruction.
My strategy for playing Settlers of Catan November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20 Raymond Chen It doesn't work, but I use it anyway.
The hidden callout: The destructor November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20 Raymond Chen You may not know where that's going to lead.
The prank cursor that resulted in an employee being fired before they even started November 10, 2020 Nov 10, 2020 11/10/20 Raymond Chen Don't try this at home.
Why aren’t my custom backgrounds, animations, and colors working, such as ApplicationViewTitleBar colors? November 9, 2020 Nov 9, 2020 11/9/20 Raymond Chen You're subject to user and system policy.
How do I save a C++/WinRT array_view as a com_array? November 6, 2020 Nov 6, 2020 11/6/20 Raymond Chen There's a not-entirely-obvious constructor for that.
What’s the point of APTTYPE_CURRENT? I mean, of course I’m current. November 5, 2020 Nov 5, 2020 11/5/20 Raymond Chen No matter where you go, there you are.
What is the format of the data in the AudioBuffer memory buffer, and how do I convert it to something else? November 4, 2020 Nov 4, 2020 11/4/20 Raymond Chen It's a bunch of floating point samples, in a particular order.