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Why are Windows semiannual updates named H1 and H2? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 5 points by dwattttt 4 months ago | past | 2 comments Why doesn't the file system tell you the number of files in a directory? (2009) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by HeliumHydride 5 months ago | past What happens if C++/WinRT is unable to resume execution on a dispatcher thread? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by ibobev 5 months ago | past The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by samuel246 5 months ago | past The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by r4um 5 months ago | past The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by uticus 5 months ago | past The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by LorenDB 5 months ago | past Detecting and reporting all unhandled C++ exceptions (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 4 points by ibobev 5 months ago | past There is std:chrono:high_resolution_clock, but no low_resolution_clock (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by signa11 5 months ago | past The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 1 point by thunderbong 5 months ago | past Meet me here on "Savvyday 29 Oatmeal 94" (2020) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by zinekeller 5 months ago | past Embracing the power of the empty set in API design (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 1 point by HeliumHydride 5 months ago | past | 1 comment Why do we need to define a red zone? Can't I just use my stack for anything? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by repost_bot 5 months ago | past Embracing the power of the empty set in API design: Requesting zero items (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 5 points by ingve 5 months ago | past Abusing copyright strings to trick SW into thinking it's running competitor's PC (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 69 points by mastazi 6 months ago | past | 19 comments Information has been permanently deleted, for small values of permanently (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 69 points by Tomte 6 months ago | past | 42 comments Abusing copyright strings to trick software into thinking it's on competitor PC (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 14 points by paulmooreparks 6 months ago | past The MIDL compiler still has trouble with double greater-than signs, sadly (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by paulmooreparks 6 months ago | past Application compatibility for Windows 95 crashed a cash register (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by OptionOfT 6 months ago | past The MIDL compiler still has trouble with double greater-than signs, sadly (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by ingve 6 months ago | past Deciphering C++ compiler errors: Ambiguous symbols after including a header file (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by signa11 6 months ago | past Ambiguous symbol errors after including a header file (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 2 points by ibobev 6 months ago | past Generating a particular category of C callback wrappers around C++ methods (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by ibobev 6 months ago | past Why does Windows even have Interlocked functions when we have std:atomic? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by ibobev 6 months ago | past Application compatibility for Windows 95 crashed a cash register (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 3 points by paulmooreparks 6 months ago | past Why does C++ think my class is copy-constructible when it can't be? (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 64 points by ibobev 6 months ago | past | 33 comments What Was the Role of MS-DOS in Windows 95? (2007) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 6 points by rbanffy 6 months ago | past What was the role of MS-DOS in Windows 95? (2007) (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 11 points by TMWNN 6 months ago | past | 2 comments The symbolism of the magnifying glass is not universal (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 5 points by paulmooreparks 6 months ago | past | 2 comments The symbolism of the magnifying glass is not universal (devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing) 19 points by ingve 6 months ago | past | 6 comments More

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