Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 4 April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24 Raymond Chen What if the UI thread isn't there to save you?
Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 3 April 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024 04/19/24 Raymond Chen Abandoning the background work if we know that it is pointless.
Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 2 April 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 04/18/24 Raymond Chen First attempt to try to fix the race condition.
Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 1 April 17, 2024 Apr 17, 2024 04/17/24 Raymond Chen Where each notification depends on some state information.
In search of the Ballmer Peak, and other results from SIGBOVIK 2024 April 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 04/16/24 Raymond Chen Continuing studies in silliness.
Dubious security vulnerability: Program allows its output to be exfiltrated April 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 04/16/24 Raymond Chen Once the output is generated, the program can't control where it goes.
What were the tax consequences of letting Windows 95 team members keep a piece of software as long as they tested it? April 15, 2024 Apr 15, 2024 04/15/24 Raymond Chen It basically falls under the de minimis rule.
The case of the string being copied from a mysterious pointer to invalid memory April 12, 2024 Apr 12, 2024 04/12/24 Raymond Chen Using AppVerifier to deduce the heap allocation history.
Why do STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ, STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE, and STANDARD_RIGHTS_EXECUTE have the same values? April 11, 2024 Apr 11, 2024 04/11/24 Raymond Chen Don't they mean different things?
How can I find out which process has locked me out of the clipboard? April 10, 2024 Apr 10, 2024 04/10/24 Raymond Chen You can ask for the clipboard opener.