Mar 7, 2025 Post comments count21 Post likes count4 To some people, time zones are just a fancy way of sounding important, episode 2 Raymond Chen Words have meaning.
Mar 4, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count2 Microspeak: Respin Raymond Chen Spin it up again, baby.
Jan 22, 2025 Post comments count15 Post likes count4 Be mindful of temporal terms in documents: What is the reference point in time? Raymond Chen What is your implied point in time for the reference?
Jan 21, 2025 Post comments count5 Post likes count3 Why doesn’t the Windows blue screen of death prominently identify the company that created the driver that crashed? Raymond Chen Because the driver that crashed may not be the one at fault.
Jan 14, 2025 Post comments count5 Post likes count1 Microspeak: The walk-on topic Raymond Chen Just walk on in with your topic.
Dec 31, 2024 Post comments count4 Post likes count4 Making sure the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler chooses the right source encoding Raymond Chen Making sure the file and settings are set correctly.
Dec 30, 2024 Post comments count4 Post likes count3 How various git diff viewers represent file encoding changes in pull requests Raymond Chen The invisible UTF-8 BOM, and sometimes invisible encoding changes.
Dec 18, 2024 Post comments count2 Post likes count0 Is there a way to split the git history of a file or combine the histories of two files without a merge commit? Raymond Chen Studying how git recovers history.
Dec 17, 2024 Post comments count6 Post likes count3 Microspeak terms that didn’t take hold: airspace, synthetics, and AOI Raymond Chen Sometimes they don't stick.
Dec 16, 2024 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why do we have header files <pshpackN.h> and <poppack.h> instead of just issuing the pragma directly? Raymond Chen Because the pragma may not work everywhere.