Why does the New menu even exist for creating new empty files?

Raymond Chen July 20, 2021 Jul 20, 2021 07/20/21

You have to open the file anyway to make it useful, so why not just open the program directly?

What happens if I use a squash instead of a true merge when performing one of the git tricks?

Raymond Chen July 6, 2021 Jul 6, 2021 07/6/21

In many cases, the merge is where the magic is.

2021 mid-year link clearance

Raymond Chen June 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 06/30/21

A collection of stuff that has accumulated.

What should the CPU usage be of a fully-loaded CPU that has been throttled?

Raymond Chen June 29, 2021 Jun 29, 2021 06/29/21

A valid difference of opinion.

Why does the mouse cursor jump a few pixels if you right-click on the Start button?

Raymond Chen May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 05/11/21

To give you a head start.

SEO spammers don’t really understand who they spammed

Raymond Chen March 24, 2021 Mar 24, 2021 03/24/21

Maybe we can help you.

Hardware engineers solve a usability problem with the PS/2 connector, but inadvertently create a new one

Raymond Chen February 16, 2021 Feb 16, 2021 02/16/21

What's the difference between a mouse and a keyboard?

A metric that is consistently at 100% is probably broken

Raymond Chen February 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 02/2/21

They say that you get what you measure.

How did I find the old Windows binaries and compilers for the processor retrospective series?

Raymond Chen January 11, 2021 Jan 11, 2021 01/11/21

Going through old virtual boxes of stuff.

The humor hiding behind “JavaScript error: Semicolon expected”

Raymond Chen December 4, 2020 Dec 4, 2020 12/4/20

Apparently not automatic enough.