Can I wait for a kernel event to become unsignaled?
March 5, 2020Mar 5, 202003/5/20Not directly, but maybe you can simulate it.
March 5, 2020Mar 5, 202003/5/20March 5, 2020Mar 5, 202003/5/20Meet me here on Savvyday 29 Oatmeal 94
March 4, 2020Mar 4, 202003/4/20 InternetTimeToSystemTime tries really hard to make sense out of that sentence.
The only thing preventing them from going home was two AA batteries
March 3, 2020Mar 3, 202003/3/20I wonder where we can find them.
How can I detect that my window has been suppressed from the screen by the shell?
March 2, 2020Mar 2, 202003/2/20Cloak and dagger, without the dagger.
Should there be a standard C++ pattern for this? transform_to
February 28, 2020Feb 28, 202002/28/20Or maybe you should expect to write it out the slow way.
How to save a lot of money on cable car tickets in San Francisco
February 27, 2020Feb 27, 202002/27/20Go downstairs and buy it from the machine.
How can I configure my Windows NT service to autostart when the system gains Internet access?
February 27, 2020Feb 27, 202002/27/20You can ask to be started when the system gets an IP address.
What’s up with the CF_SYLK and CF_DIF clipboard formats?
February 26, 2020Feb 26, 202002/26/20From a galaxy far, far away.
The custom-made computers powered by pepperoni pizza
February 25, 2020Feb 25, 202002/25/20Once more for old time's sake.
The 2020/2021 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance
February 24, 2020Feb 24, 202002/24/20The pocket reference guide for 2020/2021.
Old New Thing
Error compiling C++/WinRT runtime class: function does not take N arguments
April 2, 2020Apr 2, 202004/2/20You need to cover all the overloads.
Pulling sleight of hand tricks in a security vulnerability report, or maybe it was a prank
April 1, 2020Apr 1, 202004/1/20Something up my sleeve.
Why am I ignoring my second monitor? A case study in working from home.
March 31, 2020Mar 31, 202003/31/20Settling into the new routine has its rough spots.
A sneaky way to make sure nobody assigns test failures to your team
March 30, 2020Mar 30, 202003/30/20Buffer overflow.
Are Windows Runtime asynchronous operations guaranteed to complete?
March 27, 2020Mar 27, 202003/27/20As much as anything is guaranteed to complete.
If you say that your minimum requirements are the Universal contract, then you need to probe for anything beyond that
March 26, 2020Mar 26, 202003/26/20Reaching beyond your declaration.
How can I check whether a Windows Runtime object supports a member before I try to use it?
March 25, 2020Mar 25, 202003/25/20You can sniff at the metadata.
Accessing a member of a Windows Runtime class raises an InvalidCastException / throws a hresult_no_interface, what does this mean?
March 24, 2020Mar 24, 202003/24/20It's interfaces under the hood.
Why not just share a single event across all critical section?
March 23, 2020Mar 23, 202003/23/20How will you know when the thundering herd has calmed down?
The security check happens at the acquisition of the handle
March 20, 2020Mar 20, 202003/20/20Once you buy a handle, it's yours to keep.