Wait, that's not him.
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The Microsoft building that was reportedly haunted
Lots of rumors, little confirmation.
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The support case of a customer who said that all they could see was a black screen
Then again, that is what they asked for.
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C++/WinRT overcorrection: Using make_self and immediately converting it to the projected interface
You are taking the scenic route.
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Why don’t we run the taskbar and Task Manager at high priority, so they can remain responsive?
Hurry up and wait.
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Puzzling out why a program doesn’t work when run from a batch file, but works when double-clicked from Explorer
Mimicking the operation more accurately.
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Why didn’t we use the COM static store to clean up the unmarshalable delegate?
It cleans up at the wrong time.
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Why didn’t we use CoRegisterInitializeSpy to clean up the unmarshalable delegate?
Looking more closely at the function's behavior and requirements.
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Why didn’t we use RoRegisterForApartmentShutdown to clean up the unmarshalable delegate?
Too many requirements, some of which bring us full circle.
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Microspeak: Drain the slide, back-up slides
PowerPoint presentation jargon.
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Why do we need ud2 when int 6 is right there?
An interrupt is not a fault.
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C++ futures part 5: std::future and std::shared_future
Getting the results back out.
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C++ futures part 4: What if I want an immediate on-thread std::async?
Providing the case that the C++ language won't do.
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C++ futures part 3: The mental model for std::async
Doing things later in different ways.
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C++ futures part 2: The mental model for std::promise, std::packaged_task
Building things out of the state.
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C++ futures part 1: The mental model
Managing a value that is produced later.
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One way of thinking about access specifiers in C++/WinRT implementation types
Mapping them to concepts from C# and the now-defunct C++/CX.
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If one anti-malware software is good, does that make two better?
Not always.
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How can undefined opcodes ud0 and ud1 have parameters? How undefined were they?
They weren't defined, not even as undefined.
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Why does the compiler sometimes use ud2 and sometimes int 3 for code that shouldn’t execute?
It shouldn't execute, but for different reasons.
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If somebody tries to hot-patch an already-hot-patched function, how do they avoid conflicts?
Hot-patching is for Windows, not for you.
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Why is there no Windows hot-patching support for other architectures like 32-bit ARM and MIPS?
They either predate hot-patching or never needed it.
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Windows on Itanium also provided for hot-patching, in an even simpler way
Once again, the benefit of fixed-length instructions.
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Windows on AArch64 also provides for hot-patching, but it’s much simpler than on x86
Fixed-length instructions makes it a much easier task.
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As a general rule, calling product support while drunk is not recommended
Swearing is also poor form.
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C++ reminder: Function-local static variables are initialized only once, even if it looks like they get initialized multiple times
Only on first execution.
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Debugging walkthrough: Access violation on nonsense instruction, episode 3
Trying to figure out what the interloper was trying to.
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No, really, you need to pass all unhandled messages to DefWindowProc, part 2
Another example to add to the list.
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When working with Win32 FILETIME, don’t forget that you have std::chrono now
Let the library do the math for you.
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A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts
Right-clicking and shift-clicking.
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