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Lots, as I read SF and fantasy too.
From a technical POV I'd say Windows Internals Vol 1 and 2.
And because I wanted to refresh my memory: Essential COM.
Found an error in Essential COM. 
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Bruno van Dooren wrote: Windows Internals Vol 1 and 2
That's some very in-depth reading there.
Bruno van Dooren wrote: Found an error in Essential COM
Interesting. Are you doing COM work? I did some with some h/w micrometers which connected to Windows NT 4 / Windows 2000 (long time ago).
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Not currently. I used to work as a low level programmer (IPC, services, drivers, ...) and was Microsoft MVP for a couple of years. I quit programming because I wanted to be around for my kids and took a sysadmin job close to home. Earlier this year I started programming again, in my own time on some pet projects, and I've started writing a book.
COM (specifically the details of the security aspects involved in impersonation) is one of the topics I am touching on so I dusted off my copy of Essential COM and did some research because I wanted to understand the nitty gritty. I started writing here again as well and for my own piece of mind, when I write something I want to REALLY understand every last little detail.
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"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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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I been gifted a heater, burning petrol. Worked for 10 years, no problem. I didn't notice, for days, but the walls went gray. Two PC's died in two days, including the server. She keeps saying same sh*t in my lungs.
As if that is relevant. Warcraft doesn't boot on my lungs.
I want a new machine, and I need it yesterday!
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Nope; two of my PC's died, and I actually mourn the loss of one.
But to be honest; my first idea is a new PC. If that's done, I'll buy new lungs, promised.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Sounds like a problem more serious than computers dying. Do you have air quality sensors?
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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..several, smoke alarm, there's a CO2 alarm, there's a cat.
As a smoker I did neither smell nor taste it. Well, now I do.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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jmaida wrote: Do you have air quality sensors?
The paint turning gray was a soot detector.
I can't think of any mechanism that would allow low levels of combustion products to kill electronics though; and am wondering if it's just a bizarre coincidence of timing.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Β«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindledΒ» Plutarch
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Tx. This desktop I might actually bury in the garden.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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lol
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I just read the fine print on the Verizon website. I was looking to upgrade, and I thought I might like a 5G phone to replace my 4G phone.
I discovered that Verizon offers two different tiers of 5G service. The good one delivers the new 5G experience. And the other tier offers an experience that they say is comparable to 4G.
Guess which one you must pay extra for? Any time a new technology comes out, it's time to charge more!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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But the 5G comes with lubrication.
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