Larry Osterman

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Long term Microsoftee, dad, singer, software person.

I've been at Microsoft for a REALLY long time, no idea how that happened.

Warning: There may be cat pictures.

Profile Pic from "Not Invented Here" by Bill Barnes and Friends

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What's your favorite hardware problem? | One Dev Question with Larry Osterman.

#devcommunity #microsoft #hardware #pc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5IFVkMMIw&ab_channel=MicrosoftDeveloper

What's your favorite hardware problem? One Dev Question

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@heaths same with people avoiding Box<dyn Trait> because of the v-table jump: almost every time ive heard that as the justification, after measuring there was no real difference in production workloads.

Tech question: Does anyone know of a C++ snippet generator, preferably one that integrates with Doxygen and markdown?

I'm more than happy to write my own, but I'd rather find someone else who has solved the problem for me :).

A new One Dev Question video just dropped! This one about the difference between Azure APIs in the Microsoft namespace vs those in the Azure namespace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lwYP4ogl6w

Why are some Azure APIs in the Microsoft namespace and others in the Azure namespace?

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Last week was the Barbershop Harmony Society's international convention.

The quartet Midtown won and scored the very first 100% score in the performance category.

This is their set.

There are a number of "in" jokes but it's insanely funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0k6t0Soz9Q

Spider-Farm - Midtown

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Infosec folks: Is content type sniffing no longer a horribly bad thing?

Does it matter if the content sniffing is on the service or on the client?

Suddenly realized that "rack mounted server" would have had an easily understood meaning—but a wildly different one from today's—circa the reign of Henry VIII ...

Taken at our dress rehearsal last night.

Photo credit goes to Rene Salinas.

Just finished watching Shin Godzilla on Prime.

Wow. I think I've seen every Godzilla movie ever, this may be the best ever.

Air Force veteran once imprisoned for being gay still endures the stigma of a felony record

The U.S. military used a range of cover charges to target gay and lesbian service members for their sexuality, a CBS News investigation has found.

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