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The other day I had to majorly refactor my GFX library to get it to work in a real world windows project. it was an unforced error, but it was aided and abetted by the fact that the technique I used to create the header-only library works against arduino projects. I thought I could get away with it.
In the end I now have a DirectX based driver for my GFX library so I can run my IoT code on my desktop, where I at least in theory have access to a full debugger and quicker dev cycles. To get that driver to compile *properly* under Windows with GCC I had to patch MiniGW's rendition of Microsquish's DirectX 2D header, d2d1.h. What a nightmare.
Finally, using that, and banging on it, I got an NES emulator working in Windows, and then on the ESP32.
It's not fast. Yet.
But here's the thing. I now have 3 projects I need to backport GFX into, and update two articles in 3 different places because of it.
On top of that, I'm trying to figure out if the way I'm creating libraries for Arduino all along needs to be revised, and if so what that means for all my existing code.
I'm frigging overwhelmed. I didn't picture this much work going into it. That refactor blindsided me, and the fallout is wafting across several projects like some dirty bomb of code.
And then I have to decide if I'm going to update my commercial project with the latest bits.
GFX was holding up so well to everything I was throwing at it, I *almost* don't know how this happened.
If I can just get a handle on it and sequence the tasks, I'll be okay, but I'm right in the middle of writing one of the affected projects, and I want to finish it before I even begin to survey the wreckage. I just wish I could get the larger problems off my mind and focus on the project in front of me. Sometimes writing about my frustrations helps. Sorry for that.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Usually I feel like I'm buried under a mountain of code and wonder how I got there.
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My work circumstances have forced me to improve at handling this situation. As my team has down-sized over the last few years, each of us has acquired responsibility for more and more legacy code. I 'own' products now that had entire teams of 2-6 people on them at one time. The size of the code bases, plus the fact that a lot of it isn't mine, has made for some rough times.
"Find In Files" and WinMerge[^] have made this situation my bitch.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Happens to me all the time when maintaining legacy parts of our main application.
It seems some colleagues don't know about the KISS principle, instead they seem to be using the KICK method (Keep It Complicated Killjoy) 
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RickZeeland wrote: the KICK method (Keep It Complicated Killjoy)
I heard KICKASS: Keep It Complicated Kid And Suffer Sucker.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I don't think much about it except when someone mentions "codeless" development for the masses.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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I think such a thing is possible using some kind of machine learning combined with a morphing "low-code" engine, but we're years away from that.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Ann Wilson is a monster vocalist, must have been slightly intimidating in front of the three guys.
Anyway, just watched a documentary on Stevie Ray Vaughn, he just kills it on this tune.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - 9/21/1985 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ[^]
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Thanks 
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This probably won't work, but long ago when I had some weirdness happening, 'switching users' back to myself seemed to clear it up. Worth a try, but I only give it 5% (max) chance of working.
https://vidmateapp.win https://bluestacks.red
modified 4-Dec-21 18:57pm.
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I guess I am somewhat un-PC now 
Duplicates are fair enough, and this is a quite decent duplicate. If I have both the original and the duplicate available, which one would I choose? Would I listen to both?
For some tunes, I love both the original and a cover version, and I listen to both with great pleasure. Even though they are the same lyrics, same melody, the performances are so different that they are completely different musical works. Completely different musical experiences.
My most obvious example is Sidsel Endresen and Bugge Wesseltoft doing Paul Simon's "There must be fifty ways to leave your lover", at Sidsel Endresen: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover[^]. Even after having grown up with the original (at Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover[^], I think the Endresen/Wesseltoft is such a different version that is is like a different work altogether. I fully enjoy both in their own right. They are not contestants.
I am "impressed" by Heart's ability to duplicate. But would I choose their version over the original? No. Maybe you would reject Endresen/Wesseltoft for the Paul Simon original - that is fair enough, but the reason why you reject it is not because it is an unfaithful copy of the original, but because you do not like their highly original performance.
I love both performances, both the original and Endresen/Wesseltoft. The latter is definitely not an attempt to make a duplicate of the former.
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Thank you very much for your nuanced answer!
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I can think of one cover that I prefer over the original: Nobody Does It Better[^] by David Sanborn featuring Oleta Adams doing the vocals, where the original[^] was performed by Carly Simon.
I really like Carly Simon, but Oleta nails that song.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Windows shift "s".
Top 15 Creepy Clown Videos (Clown Sightings Videos - #2) - YouTube[^]
I've been using it for years. You know, learn your short cuts? So Microsoft rolls out an update and it doesn't work any more. So I fix it. And it breaks again.
I'm cranky, I admit it. I have no kitchen, the sink is late, my bride wants her kitchen before Christmas. But FFS!!! did Microsoft just jettison QA?
It's getting worse... crap, I'm going to go find a Unix job needing a security clearance....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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It works fine on my Surface (Win 11 21H2 22000.318)
And it works fine on my Desktop (Win 10 21H1 19043.1348)
I just tested it on both, so what update are you using?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The latest. Wait one. This is just so d*** funny it's hysterical.
Finally I remember the command to find the version. It's winver - so 21H1. I have no problem finding ads to update to what microsoft is pushing, but these clowns. There is no button or easy link to "what version is installed on your computer"? God help people who don't know as much as we do. I'm current. That elephanting update was a walking train wreck for me.
I'm sure there is some fix, but why do they make users suffer? Just do your job.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Doesn't work on my Surface 7 at least not with the virtual keyboard
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Didn't try it with the virtual KB - it takes up too much screen real estate so I don't use it unless I have to.
Bear with me for a moment...
[hold musak]
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[Your post is important to us - please stay on line until an operator is free]
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Works on my Surface Go 2 with real or virtual KB - WINKEY, SHIFT, S - touch then snips as usual.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I had an update yesterday and it still works fine, does the same thing -- allows capturing a screenshot of a selected region.
What I don't like is that all the system sounds have changed. 
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I know! Grrr. Why would it matter? The OS update broke One Note and *I* need to fix this? Seriously, if you took your car into a shop for a brake job and all of your tires went flat....
Not angry at you fellow CPer's , but random stuff like this, I'm done giving a pass to Microsoft. I'd go out to the clown help forum, but their answers are so pathetic it's beyond expressing a professional opinion. I'd post a simian tossing things, but that's a bit crude. If anyone from MS reads this, I'm available for a free consultation. I'll give you 30 minutes. Best bring your big boy pants and hip waders. Bring the guy who decided rebooting machines without permission. Please.
The hot key sequence belongs to One Note. Last I heard, an MS product. If an OS update broke this, I want the video of the one note team pounding whoever broke it. FFS, it's a public interface (code wise). You don't to this.
Yeah, I'm bitching. I have no kitchen, my mother in law is ripping me a new one, and I don't know what's for dinner.
 <--- at me. Mother in law truth. Sorry CP, over 20 years, y'all have become family. I honestly mean that. I'll shut up now.
Y'all have a great weekend. In Atlanta, we're expecting 70 degree temperatures (21+ to you metric types). Major football games on and life will continue. And now that I replaced the driver from MS, my laptop runs now.
I'll get me coat.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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"What I don't like is that all the system sounds have changed."
I rest my case. Clowns
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Works on my Windows 10 version 21H1 and Dell laptop 
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It's not playable yet, but this was pretty cool anyway. On an ESP32
Real programmers use butterflies
modified 17-Jan-22 9:19am.
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