Nov 25, 2025
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The apocryphal origins of the Hot Dog Stand color scheme
Challenge accepted.
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Nov 24, 2025
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Why does XAML break down when I have an element that is half a billion pixels tall?
You've far exceeded the design goals and have even exceeded the expressive ability of a float.
Nov 21, 2025
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Maybe somebody can explain to me how weak references solve the ODR problem
I don't see it.
Nov 20, 2025
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In the commit-on-demand pattern, what happens if an access violation straddles multiple pages?
The access violation exceptions will continue until commit improves.
Nov 19, 2025
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Is WriteProcessMemory faster than shared memory for transferring data between two processes?
Shared memory is the copy-free solution.
Nov 18, 2025
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Microspeak: Little-r
Harkening back to a very old mail program.
Nov 17, 2025
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How can I detect that Windows is running in S-Mode, redux
Doing it on hard mode.
Nov 14, 2025
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I can use WM_COPYDATA to send a block of data to another window, but how does it send data back?
They can send it back with their own WM_COPYDATA message, or they can put it in an agreed-upon shared location.
Nov 13, 2025
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Could we use CTAD to simplify the use of WRL’s Callback function?
Not directly, but maybe indirectly.
Nov 12, 2025
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Non-recursively deleting a binary tree in constant space: Rotating the tree
Preserving in-order while linearizing.