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Jan 22, 2025
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Be mindful of temporal terms in documents: What is the reference point in time?
Raymond Chen
What is your implied point in time for the reference?
Jan 21, 2025
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Why is there a bulge on my bicycle tire when I inflate it?
Raymond Chen
Get the order of operations right.
Jan 21, 2025
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Why doesn’t the Windows blue screen of death prominently identify the company that created the driver that crashed?
Raymond Chen
Because the driver that crashed may not be the one at fault.
Jan 20, 2025
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Reminder: When a C++ object fails to construct, the destructor does not run
Raymond Chen
If you need to run after a failed construction, you have to put it in a base class or member variable.
Jan 17, 2025
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The case of the crash when trying to erase an element from a std::set
Raymond Chen
Another kind of fiasco.
Jan 16, 2025
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In a C++ class template specialization, how can I call the unspecialized version of a method?
Raymond Chen
You can't talk about things that might exist, so instead talk about things that do.
Jan 15, 2025
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How does GetUserDefaultGeoName choose between ISO 3166-1 and UN M.49 codes?
Raymond Chen
Clarifying the behavior.
Jan 14, 2025
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Microspeak: The walk-on topic
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Just walk on in with your topic.
Jan 13, 2025
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A simplified overview of ways to add or update elements in a std::map
Raymond Chen
And using it to find missing opportunities.