Dec 15, 2020
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Lost Windows feature: The Horizon
Unlike the real horizon, this one is up close.
Showing results for History - The Old New Thing
Dec 8, 2020
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How did Windows open a portal to another dimension when reporting a program error?
A momentary tear in the space-time continuum.
Dec 7, 2020
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Why does CreateWindowEx take the extended style parameter as its first parameter instead of its last?
It sure looks like a strange place to add a new parameter.
Dec 1, 2020
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Did Windows ever find solutions for programs that crashed?
It did on occasion.
Nov 10, 2020
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The prank cursor that resulted in an employee being fired before they even started
Don't try this at home.
Oct 27, 2020
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The BurgerMaster segment may have been legendary, but some legends aren’t true
Just give them a call.
Oct 12, 2020
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In 1979, some software company in Bellevue was hiring
Digging through the archives.
Oct 9, 2020
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A consequence of being the first to adopt a standard is that you may end up being the only one to adopt it: The sad story of Korean jamo
To be a leader, others must follow.
Sep 29, 2020
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How did we end up parsing Savvyday 29 Oatmeal 94 as Saturday 29 October 1994?
Unsophisticated pattern matching.
Sep 16, 2020
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Why did I lose the ability to co_await a std::future and concurrency::task?
Early moves in a direction that didn't pan out.