Jun 28, 2019
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2019 mid-year link clearance
Another checkpoint reached.
Showing results for June 2019 - The Old New Thing
Jun 27, 2019
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Why does the GetVersion function report the major version in the low-order byte, and the minor version in the high-order byte?
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Jun 26, 2019
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Why does Windows list my SSD system drive as removable?
Because the driver said it was removable.
Jun 25, 2019
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Why was Windows for Workgroups pejoratively nicknamed Windows for Warehouses?
That's where most of the copies ended up, at least at first.
Jun 24, 2019
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Detecting whether the -opt flag was passed to cppwinrt.exe: Using __has_include
Looking in the cushions of the couch.
Jun 21, 2019
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The 2019 Microsoft Giving Campaign Run/Walk comes with some ground rules
Each rule has a story.
Jun 20, 2019
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Getting a value from a std::variant that matches the type fetched from another variant
A bunch of type fiddling, but you'll get there eventually.
Jun 19, 2019
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How do I write a function that accepts any type of standard container?
There's the standard way, and then there's the generous way.
Jun 18, 2019
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What is WofCompressedData? Does WOF mean that Windows is a dog?
It stands for Windows Overlay Filter, but that name doesn't really tell you much.
Jun 17, 2019
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A simple workaround for the fact that std::equal takes its predicate by value
Pass something else that is easy to copy.