PowerShell programming puzzle: Convert snake_case to PascalCase in one line
September 9, 2019Sep 9, 201909/9/19Abusing linguistic helper functions for fun.
September 9, 2019Sep 9, 201909/9/19September 9, 2019Sep 9, 201909/9/19It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Guessing window procedure magic cookies
September 6, 2019Sep 6, 201909/6/19You created a very funny-looking function pointer.
Making the COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY macro better at detecting misuse
September 5, 2019Sep 5, 201909/5/19Playing around with compile-time errors.
The COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY must be a COM interface, but nobody actually checks
September 4, 2019Sep 4, 201909/4/19And if it isn't, bad things happen.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a bomb
September 3, 2019Sep 3, 201909/3/19Even though it doesn't tick. Do bombs even tick?
Stupid Alexa trick: Speaking French with a horrible American accent
September 2, 2019Sep 2, 201909/2/19Asking for a repeat, but in a different speech synthesizer.
If FlushInstructionCache doesn’t do anything, why do you have to call it, revisited
September 2, 2019Sep 2, 201909/2/19The elixir of forgetfulness.
The sad history of Unicode printf-style format specifiers in Visual C++
August 30, 2019Aug 30, 201908/30/19Getting ahead of the standard, which went a different way.
What to do if you can’t get the stovetop in your London apartment to turn on
August 29, 2019Aug 29, 201908/29/19Look for an apparently-useless switch.
On resolving the type vs member conflict in C++, revisited
August 29, 2019Aug 29, 201908/29/19 Filling in some gaps in the previous discussion.
Uncategorized
Why perform all these complex git machinations when you can just tweak the command line to get what you want?
September 20, 2019Sep 20, 201909/20/19Who controls the command line?
How to duplicate a file while preserving git line history
September 19, 2019Sep 19, 201909/19/19Synthesize it in a branch via a rename.
How to split out pieces of a file while preserving git line history: The easy way with misleading commits
September 18, 2019Sep 18, 201909/18/19Anticipating the octopus.
How to split out pieces of a file while preserving git line history: The hard way with commit-tree
September 17, 2019Sep 17, 201909/17/19More commit-tree tricks.
How do I split a file into two while preserving git line history?
September 16, 2019Sep 16, 201909/16/19The octopus delivers.
My summer vacation: The Eiffel Tower
September 13, 2019Sep 13, 201909/13/19It's really tall, for one.
Another way to sort GUIDs: Java
September 13, 2019Sep 13, 201909/13/19Because it's Java.
The Turkish lira’s currency code is an unexpected source of problems with computer programmers
September 12, 2019Sep 12, 201909/12/19Following the rules for currency codes leads to a collision with popular macro.
The sad history of the MFC TRY/CATCH macros
September 11, 2019Sep 11, 201909/11/19Because standard C++ exception handling didn't exist yet.
Trying to wrangle a site visit to Paul Allen’s superyacht “Octopus”
September 10, 2019Sep 10, 201909/10/19An unsuccessful play for a site visit.