May 9, 2017
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The early Windows phone devices were liquid-cooled, sort of
Soda is a liquid, right?
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Apr 18, 2017
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That time a customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator
But whose map is right?
Mar 30, 2017
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The gradual erosion of the SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX error mode
It does less and less, until it basically does nothing.
Mar 27, 2017
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How real-mode Windows loaded code from the disk, and how you could use that to minimize disk swapping
Send in the clones.
Mar 14, 2017
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Why is Alt+D the keyboard shortcut for putting focus on the address bar?
Because it was Ad&dress.
Feb 22, 2017
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Those Year 2000 disaster preparedness trucks were originally there for a different reason
Originally for long-haul testing in the power-unstable Pacific Northwest.
Dec 30, 2016
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The invisible work of preparing PC BIOSes for the year 2000
Nursing the BIOS into the new century.
Nov 16, 2016
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When you decide to travel at the speed of light, you have to accept the consequences
Lots of things break down.
Nov 1, 2016
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Windows file system compression had to be dumbed down
Adjusting the trade-off.
Oct 31, 2016
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This processor has no stack (insert spooky laughter)
Nothing to push here.