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Protecting Windows users from Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation
devblogs.microsoft.com·54w·Hacker News
Protecting Windows users from Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation
devblogs.microsoft.com·54w·Hacker News
Why did Windows 7, for a few months, log on slower if you have a solid color background?
devblogs.microsoft.com·54w·Lobsters, Hacker News, Hacker News, r/programming
If we can have std::atomic<std::shared_ptr>, why not std::atomic<com_ptr>?
devblogs.microsoft.com·54w
When I define a window class with no default cursor, what is the explanation for the cursors that appear in my client area?
devblogs.microsoft.com·54w
What resource ID should I give my application’s main icon?
devblogs.microsoft.com·54w
Microspeak: top of mind
devblogs.microsoft.com·55w·Hacker News
The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar
devblogs.microsoft.com·55w·Hacker News
The case of the feature flag that didn’t stay on long enough, part 2
devblogs.microsoft.com·55w
The case of the feature flag that didn’t stay on long enough, part 1
devblogs.microsoft.com·55w
Using the classical model for linking to provide unit test overrides
devblogs.microsoft.com·55w
There was a lot of imagined dropping tablets in swimming pools
devblogs.microsoft.com·56w
Dubious security vulnerability: Once I have tricked the user into running a malicious shortcut, I can install malware
devblogs.microsoft.com·56w
The case of the UI thread that hung in a kernel call
devblogs.microsoft.com·56w·Hacker News, r/programming
Function overloading is more flexible (and more convenient) than template function specialization
devblogs.microsoft.com·56w·r/cpp
Why can’t I use SEC_LARGE_PAGES with a file-based file mapping?
devblogs.microsoft.com·56w
The Goldilocks zone of software stability
devblogs.microsoft.com·57w·Hacker News
On priority inversion in the use of a spinlock to ensure atomic access to a shared_ptr
devblogs.microsoft.com·57w
Adding delays to our task sequencer, part 3
devblogs.microsoft.com·57w
Adding delays to our task sequencer, part 2
devblogs.microsoft.com·57w

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