The Pólya Conjecture
I have finally memorized one simple mathematical statement that is true for pretty much any number you can think of, but is in fact verifiably false, with known counterexamples. The […]
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VS 2017+ASP.NET Core+Docker: published dev image does not work
I created an ASP.NET core project with docker support. Good thing: it works. Bad thing: the “dev” image it creates does not really contain application code. The code is added […]
Unity Container and double singleton
It turns out that after re-registering type as a singleton in Unity calls to container.Resolve() return a new instance. This may lead and have led to ugly bugs if your code relies […]
Google killed my feedback page
Google had shut down Recaptcha v1 on March 31st, killing my feedback page in the process. I found out yesterday, fixed today. Pros: new captcha is much easier to use […]
Javascript: implicit semicolon is NOT your friend
Today I spent several hours trying to find out why this code does not work: function doit() { return someObject .method1() .method2(); } but this one does: function doit() { […]
Rant about Win32 API
Coming back from .NET Framework, it feels like Win32 API was invented by some rather cold people with total disregard for the well being of the application programmers. Every other […]
The definition of truth, Russian style
Warning: this post is politically charged. Russia has just enacted a law that forbids dessimination of “untruthful information” over the Internet. The actual legal definition is very lengthy, but it […]
Why constructors must be simple
Recently I’ve got another reminder why constructors should be simple. The situation in a nutshell: class BaseHandler subscribes to an observable in its constructor. The handler is virtual, class DerviedHandler adds incoming […]
Coins
After a trip to Europe I ended up with a mix of US and Euro coins in my wallet. Sorting them out proved surprisingly easy: if you can quickly figure […]
Forth to the Past: passing T&& as a parameter
This is a continuation of the series about C++ rvalue references. First post, second post, third post. Rvalue references are unique, because if you have a variable of type T&&, […]