Dec 23, 2025
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When irate product support customers demand to speak to Bill Gates
So transfer them to his office, or so it seems.
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Dec 22, 2025
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All the other cool languages have try…finally. C++ says “We have try…finally at home.”
The destructor serves as the "finally".
Dec 19, 2025
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A shortcut gives me a weird path for a program shortcut that doesn’t point to the executable, so what is it?
It's a placeholder because the shortcut is to an MSI application.
Dec 18, 2025
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Concluding thoughts on our deep dive into Windows clipboard text conversion
Stick to Unicode and you'll be fine.
Dec 17, 2025
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Deducing the consequences of Windows clipboard text formats on UTF-8
Working out the implications.
Dec 16, 2025
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Why is the Windows clipboard taking the scenic route when converting from CF_TEXT to CF_OEMTEXT ?
Something is forcing it down an alternate path.
Dec 15, 2025
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Misunderstanding what the Cricket Celebration Bowl is
Apparently, not a bowl of crickets.
Dec 15, 2025
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The Windows clipboard automatic text conversion algorithm is path-dependent
When the journey is not half of the fun.
Dec 12, 2025
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Resolving an ambiguity in the Windows clipboard automated text conversion table
Who goes first?
Dec 11, 2025
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Studying the various locale mismatch scenarios in Windows clipboard text format synthesis
If they don't match, then the 8-bit strings are basically broken already.