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Jul 31, 2024 1 2 How to compress out interior padding in a std::pair and why you don’t want to Context-sensitive layout means you get a different structure each time you use it.
Jul 30, 2024 8 2 There is no mystery over who wrote the Blue Screen of Death, despite what some may want you to believe No real contradictions in anybody's story.
Jul 29, 2024 1 0 Why don’t Windows Imaging Component pixel format GUIDs continue their nice pattern? Patterns are predictable, which is not always a good thing.
Jul 26, 2024 2 1 What can I do if IMlangConvertCharset is unable to convert from code page 28591 directly to UTF-8? You can do the conversion in two steps using things you already have.
Jul 25, 2024 0 2 In my Visual Studio project, I set my Conformance mode to permissive, but it’s still not permissive Digging into what the compiler sees.
Jul 24, 2024 7 0 API naming principle: If there is no direct object, then the direct object is the source object If you don't know what it operates on or produces, then it operates on or produces itself.
Jul 23, 2024 11 2 Unquoted service paths: The new frontier in script kiddie security vulnerability reports Usually not exploitable, but the script kiddies don't know that.
Jul 22, 2024 9 4 Organizing the five creation dispositions of the CreateFile function Six possibilities, but only five useful ones.