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Hey, so as we all know, the Windows 10 "free"upgrade is around the corner, and I did some digging around, it says that only Windows 10 Pro will have BitLocker T...

Jul 31, 2015 at 7:49pm

[8 replies] Last: UPDATE - Installed Windows 10 like on 29th itself, seems okay, I thoug... (by Pratik K)

by issamvb

CoderGears launch the "C/C++ Coding Best Practices Repository"

There are many style guides around the web talking about the coding best practices. Some guidelines are very interesting, some others are not suitable even they...

Jul 30, 2015 at 11:56pm

[1 reply] : Sounds like something interesting to peruse. Your link is a bit mucke... (by closed account E0p9LyTq)

by LB

I think I just screwed my system

So I have a Windows 7 laptop as my primary computer, and I do all my gaming on it. My GPU has a nasty habit of overheating and forcing my computer to shut off f...

Jul 28, 2015 at 8:45am

[13 replies] Last: This was less of a hard drive failure and more of a file system failur... (by LB)

by UserNano15

x86, x64, ARM

Can anyone tell me exactly the differences between these three computer architectures. I believe x86 is 32-bit and x64 is 64-bit but correct me if I'm wrong.

Jul 26, 2015 at 2:52am

[3 replies] Last: ARMv8A supports 64 and 32-bit modes, called AArch-64 and AArch-32. Als... (by chrisname)

by NoXzema

Venting: Don't rename debug libraries

Proprietary vendors seem to think that renaming their debug binaries differently helps with automating linking against them. It doesn't. Let's say we have l...

Jul 25, 2015 at 8:03pm

[12 replies] Last: In my experience, in that situation the original file will be overwrit... (by LB)

by Ch1156

My Youtube Gaming Channel, What do you think?

I record gaming videos with my friends, I made a ton of highlights videos but we're currently working on a series of Half-Life 2 Co-op using the Synergy Mod. We...

Jul 25, 2015 at 5:11pm

[3 replies] Last: I didn't mean that random things can't be posted in the lounge, I just... (by LB)

by supperpiccle

Power of the Compiler

I've recently started learning assembly for linux and wow how it goes against linux portablity! I tried to google search this but could'nt find a good answer. ...

Jul 25, 2015 at 1:32pm

[4 replies] Last: The only difference is what you are targeting (and when). A general c... (by Duthomhas)

by Aim4Erudite

Possible malware link added to article.

I was looking for info on link list and an article at the link below was an option. When I clicked on it I had a pop up window telling me I was close to the end...

Jul 24, 2015 at 8:16pm

[4 replies] Last: Thanks guys. Just went to the link myself and no pop-up. Not sure what... (by Aim4Erudite)

by Ceset

Upgrading to Win10

Hi all I believe in a few weeks we will have Windows 10 out and i was thinking whether i should upgrade or not. Now there are some new things in Win 10, but m...

Jul 24, 2015 at 4:02pm

[8 replies] Last: Thanks a lot @Grey Wolf (by Ceset)

by Zhuge

Re: Code tags are broken

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/170106/ This also seems to be bringing up that old issue that breaks my login session so I can't reply.

Jul 24, 2015 at 6:35am

[3 replies] Last: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/148177/#msg776959 (by ne555)

by ne555

Code tags are broken

A 0: 0 (also the preview)

Jul 24, 2015 at 1:09am

[1 reply] : Appears as a 2 pixel wide light blue rectangle for me in Chrome 44. Vi... (by LB)

by LB

Biometric login

It freaks me out. Something about a password stored on the outside of my body doesn't sit right with me. Anyone who has access to me has access to my password. ...

Jul 23, 2015 at 6:58pm

[8 replies] Last: A very simple article on security: https://pciguru.wordpress.com/2010... (by closed account Gvp9LyTq)

by axtyax

Getting started with opengl

So I want to get started with opengl, but I have some questions first: - I'm on linux, and I see all these things like GLUT and mesa, and I was wondering wha...

Jul 22, 2015 at 8:41pm

[2 replies] Last: http://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/51_SDL_and_modern_opengl/index.php Th... (by Avilius)

by LB

Anyone else notice that orange and red get mixed up a lot? (1,2,3)

I can't really find any information on this that doesn't have to do with color blindness, but I notice that many people (who are not color blind) often mix up r...

Jul 22, 2015 at 8:19am

[42 replies] Last: [quote=LB] The exact color is "dark_purple": As the red and blue are ... (by closed account z05DSL3A)

by Avilius

How's FreeBSD's Blu-Ray Support?

So my blu-ray player reached the end of it's reasonably long life and I'm looking for a replacement. Instead of dropping 200 dollars on an inflexible piece of h...

Jul 21, 2015 at 6:04pm

[4 replies] Last: FreeBSD has a Linux compatibility layer so it should work with most th... (by chrisname)

by benbalach

C++ 17 as an alternative to using OS API

C++ 11 brought us closer to the operating system without having to directly use the operating system's API with the C++ Thread support library. Now C++ 17 is go...

Jul 21, 2015 at 3:42am

[6 replies] Last: Visual Studio 2015 released several hours ago, and apparently has supp... (by LB)

by shootingcharlie8

Looking to start a Teamspeak Server for programming

Hi, I am looking for someone to help me start, run, and maintain a Teamspeak server for programming. I have run servers before in the past, but I need someone w...

Jul 21, 2015 at 3:16am

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by S G H

Trying to compile OpenSSL with GNU Make for Windows? Fix here!

I know this will sound silly, but it took me a lot of googling and mixing. Been having some issues while manually compiling OpenSSL with GNU Make for Windows. ...

Jul 21, 2015 at 2:09am

[2 replies] Last: Not for OpenSSL. They have some really weird stuff going on. (by S G H)

by knn9

Third week of record breaking heat... (1,2)

Global warming is real, man. We're going on the third week of triple digit heat here in Washington state. A couple weeks ago it was 111F - the hottest temperatu...

Jul 20, 2015 at 6:12pm

[32 replies] Last: Okay, so I chose the wrong word... calibration points. And I underst... (by TheBeardedQuack)

by Alon

How to add code to the post?

Hi there, I am new to the forums and this site, how can I add a code that I have in C++?

Jul 20, 2015 at 5:27pm

[2 replies] Last: A reference: http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/z13hAqkS/ (by Zhuge)

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