Feb 6, 2024
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On using milliseconds as a measure of network latency
There's a limit to how much technology can improve.
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Jul 5, 2022
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How to write like Raymond: Intentional typographical errors, part 2
I can take you there, but you'll have to fix one tiny typo. Let's see if you can do that.
Feb 26, 2018
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I just met you, and this is crazy, but here’s my callstack. Debug me maybe.
You gave me nothing at all, but still, you're in my way.
Sep 20, 2016
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The social skills of a thermonuclear device: Ruining a conversation
The party's over.
Jun 23, 2015
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Sorry for the interruption, but it doesn’t happen often
Be right back.
Jun 9, 2015
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Bitter or acerbic? or does it make a difference?
What does that word mean?
Jul 2, 2013
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You can read as well as I can, or maybe not
Occasionally, somebody will ask for help on a distribution list, and it turns into a really annoying case of hand-holding. From: X I'm using the XYZ toolset to do some document management, and I want the server to run a script whenever somebody tries to modify the master template, so it can run validations before accepting the update, such as...
Nov 6, 2012
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If you're asking somebody to help you, you want to make it easy for them, not harder
A customer liaison asked a question that went roughly like this: From: Liaison My customer is having a problem with the header file winfoo.h. The environment is Windows Vista German SP1 with Visual Studio 2008 Professional German SP1 and Windows SDK 6000.0.6000 German. When they try to include the file in their project, they get an error on lin...
Sep 18, 2012
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The day I stole Joe Belfiore's mouse
He's now the head demo-monkey/cheerleader for Windows Phone, but back in the old days, Joe Belfiore was the head demo-monkey/cheerleader for the Windows 95 user interface design. A team-wide meeting was held to show off the new interface that they had developed. Wow look, we have a Start menu (though it wasn't known by that name yet), a taskb...
Jun 30, 2010
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Management fallacy: If I send people email, then they will work harder
A project many years ago neared the conclusion of one of its project milestones. Things were getting down to the wire, and upper management was concerned that the project may not reach the milestone on schedule. To ensure success, they decided to send email. From: Senior Manager Subject: READ NOW!!!! More than one bug Please see the attached s...