Hacker News
- Windows Timer Resolution: The Great Rule Change https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2020/10/04/windows-timer-resolution-the-great-rule-change/ 93 comments
- Add a const here, delete a const there https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/add-a-const-here-delete-a-const-there/ 53 comments
- The crashing bug in VC++ 2012's bug finding feature http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/youve-got-a-bug-in-your-bug-finder/ 3 comments
Lobsters
- 32 MiB Working Sets on a 64 GiB machine https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/32-mib-working-sets-on-a-64-gib-machine/ 24 comments performance
- There are Only Four Billion Floats – So Test Them All! https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/theres-only-four-billion-floatsso-test-them-all/ 2 comments compsci , math
- 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/24-core-cpu-and-i-cant-move-my-mouse/ 9 comments debugging , windows
- 5.5 mm in 1.25 nanoseconds | Random ASCII https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2022/01/12/5-5-mm-in-1-25-nanoseconds/ 19 comments programming
- O(n^2), again, now in WMI | Random ASCII https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2019/12/08/on2-again-now-in-wmi/ 5 comments programming
- Arranging Invisible Icons in Quadratic Time https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/arranging-invisible-icons-in-quadratic-time/ 42 comments programming
- Floating Point in the Browser, Part 3: When x+y=x https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2020/10/18/floating-point-in-the-browser-part-3-when-xyx/ 11 comments programming
- GDI leaks and the importance of luck https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/gdi-leaks-and-the-importance-of-luck/ 20 comments programming
- Big Project Build Times–Chromium https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/big-project-build-times-chromium/ 23 comments cpp
- We Need a Carbon Tax, Now, That Goes Up Over Time https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2019/09/24/we-need-a-carbon-tax-now-that-goes-up-over-time/ 12 comments climate
- Taskbar Latency and Kernel Calls https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2019/09/08/taskbar-latency-and-kernel-calls/ 17 comments programming
- Making Windows Slower Part 1: File Access https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/making-windows-slower-part-1-file-access/ 14 comments programming
- Zombie Processes are Eating your Memory https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/zombie-processes-are-eating-your-memory/ 148 comments programming
- "90% faster" usually doesn't mean what you think it does https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-performance/ 75 comments programming
- Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/finding-a-cpu-design-bug-in-the-xbox-360/ 145 comments programming
- There are Only Four Billion Floats–So Test Them All! https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/theres-only-four-billion-floatsso-test-them-all/ 68 comments programming
- Hey Synaptics, Can You Please Stop Polling! Investigating wasted memory and CPU time https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/hey-synaptics-can-you-please-stop-polling/ 47 comments programming
- 50 Bytes of Code That Took 4 GB to Compile https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/50-bytes-of-code-that-took-4-gb-to-compile/ 100 comments programming
- Delete an inline function, save 794 kB https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/delete-an-inline-function-save-794-kb/ 29 comments cpp
- Add a const here, delete a const there… https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/add-a-const-here-delete-a-const-there/ 38 comments cpp
- Everything Old is New Again, and a Compiler Bug https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/everything-old-is-new-again-and-a-compiler-bug/ 93 comments programming
- Compiler Bugs Found When Porting Chromium to VC++ 2015 (x-post from /r/programming) https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2016/03/24/compiler-bugs-found-when-porting-chromium-to-vc-2015/ 34 comments cpp
- Power Wastage On An Idle Laptop - what runs when it shouldn't https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/power-wastage-on-an-idle-laptop/ 53 comments programming
- Knowing Where to Type 'Zero' https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/knowing-where-to-type-zero/ 4 comments programming
- Intel Underestimates Error Bounds by 1.3 quintillion @Randomascii http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/intel-underestimates-error-bounds-by-1-3-quintillion/ 103 comments programming
- Apple doesn't understand integer overflow, recommends undefined behavior http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/buggy-security-guidance-from-apple/ 236 comments programming
- You Got Your Web Browser in my Compiler! VC++ sometimes loads mshtml.dll. http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/you-got-your-web-browser-in-my-compiler/ 138 comments programming
- Making Compiles Slow Through Abuse of Templates http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/making-compiles-slow/ 14 comments cpp
- There’s Only Four Billion Floats–So Test Them All! http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/theres-only-four-billion-floatsso-test-them-all/ 218 comments programming
- Developers Rejoice–Windows 7 Stack Corruption Fix Available! http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/developers-rejoicewindows-7-stack-corruption-fixed/ 26 comments programming
- 50 Bytes of Code That Took 4GB to Compile http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/50-bytes-of-code-that-took-4-gb-to-compile/ 175 comments programming
- Two Years (and Thousands of Bugs) of Static Analysis http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/two-years-and-thousands-of-bugs-of-static-analysis/ 23 comments cpp
- Counting to Ten on Linux http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/counting-to-ten-on-linux/ 15 comments linux
- Float Precision Revisited: Nine Digit Float Portability http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/float-precision-revisited-nine-digit-float-portability/ 13 comments cpp
- Windows Slowdown, Investigated, Identified, and Now Fixed -- the Western Digital driver bug I reported three months ago is now fixed. Yay blogging! http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/windows-slowdown-investigated-identified-and-now-fixed/ 23 comments programming
- Out of Order Benefits https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/out-of-order-benefits/ 22 comments programming
- In Praise of Idleness - an argument against busy waiting http://randomascii.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/in-praise-of-idleness/ 42 comments programming