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Archive for February 4th, 2026

Crowbarring Windows 95 into Windows NT with CAPITALS • The Register

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/04

Via [Wayback/Archive] Crowbarring Windows 95 into Windows NT with CAPITALS • The Register refers a nice trick that I have used in various case-codebases as well.

On case sensitive environments the casing method is easy no matter if you use macros or just regular identifiers.

On case insensitive environments, prepending or appending soemthing like an underscore (_) works just as well.

The trick referred to is in a section of [Wayback/Archive] How did the Windows 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base? – The Old New Thing:

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Why not both? (via Post by @mluckovich.bsky.social — Bluesky)

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/04

I like that Mike Luckovich often polls about which cartoon to publish.

Sometimes, I hope he draws both because both are great.

[Wayback/Archive] Post by @mluckovich.bsky.social — Bluesky

Which one should I draw?

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msxml – Error when loading valid Windows-1252 document “System error: -2146697210” – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/04

Yes, I know that Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1 have been end-of-life for a long time, but in the wild they are still being used so here is for posterity:

[Wayback/Archive] msxml – Error when loading valid Windows-1252 document “System error: -2146697210” – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Rob Kennedy for the comment):

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Posted in Delphi, .NET, Software Development, Development, XML/XSD, XML, Power User, History, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows, Windows Development | Leave a Comment »

What is the difference between git pull and git fetch + git rebase? – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/04

Great Question, Answer and Comment at [Wayback/Archive] What is the difference between git pull and git fetch + git rebase? – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] michael, [Wayback/Archive] gawkface and [Wayback/Archive] Daniel K.):

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Zivver: Immigratie­dienst IND stopt met Amerikaanse e-maildienst vanwege zorgen om veiligheid – Follow the Money – Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/04

Hier ben ik blij om:

https://archive.is/2026.02.04-091220/https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ind-stopt-met-emaildienst-zivver

https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ind-stopt-met-emaildienst-zivver

Nu de Rechtspraak en de medici nog.

–jeroen

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