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Why are there two incompatible ways of specifying a serial port baud rate?

Toto, I don’t think we’re on an IBM PC XT any more.

April 26, 201719
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How do I kill a program that hung with an always-on-top fullscreen window?

Hey, look at that desktop over there.

April 25, 201731
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Filtering the Browse for Folder dialog so it shows only drive letters

An exercise in filtering.

April 24, 201716
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Application crash reported as security vulnerability, but you never crossed the airtight hatchway

A crash is not a priori a security vulnerability.

April 21, 20174
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On generating sentinel pointer values in Windows

That’s not a pointer. This is a pointer.

April 20, 201730
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Under what conditions could a commit of reserved memory fail?

Usually because you are out of memory, but really it’s when you’re out of commit.

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That time a customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator

But whose map is right?

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Why does my __FILE__ macro produce an invalid address, which mysteriously becomes valid a few moments later?

It’s not there until somebody demands it.

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How can I atomically leave a critical section and delete it?

Even if you could, it wouldn’t help you.

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Can memcpy go into an infinite loop? Why is it being blamed for a busy hang?

Look at the bigger picture.

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