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Mickey Macdonald

@ScruffyFurn

Software Engineer @Microsoft, #Author, #Cpp obsessed, #Indie #GameDev, and an extreme video game geek!

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Joined September 2011
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DirectX 12@DirectX1216 Apr 2019
New in D3D12: background shader optimizations – devblogs.microsoft.com/direc…
New in D3D12 – background shader optimizations - DirectX Developer Blog

New in D3D12 – background shader optimizations - DirectX Developer Blog

tl;dr; In the next update to Windows, codenamed 19H1, D3D12 will allow drivers to use idle priority background CPU threads to dynamically recompile shader

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Microsoft Developer
@msdev12 Apr 2019
There's something about that black hole that looks eerily familiar. Computer! ENHANCE! Oh. My. (#DevHumor frivolity aside, congratulations Katie Bouman. This is amazing.)
There's something about that black hole that looks eerily familiar. Computer! ENHANCE! Oh. My. (#DevHumor frivolity aside, congratulations Katie Bouman. This is amazing.)

ALT There's something about that black hole that looks eerily familiar. Computer! ENHANCE! Oh. My. (#DevHumor frivolity aside, congratulations Katie Bouman. This is amazing.)

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Tara Raj
@tara__raj4 Apr 2019
The @code C++ March Update post is live! Read about IntelliSense caching to improve IntelliSense speed, a simplified experience to build & debug an active file, and better configuration squiggles! @msdev @visualc - devblogs.microsoft.com/cppbl…
Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension: March 2019 Update - C++ Team Blog

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension: March 2019 Update - C++ Team Blog

The March 2019 update of the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension is now available. This release includes many new features and bug fixes, including

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Amanda Silver
@amandaksilver3 Apr 2019
Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future. Visual Studio 2019 now Generally Available! #VS2019 @VisualStudio devblogs.microsoft.com/visua…
Visual Studio 2019: Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future. - Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio 2019: Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future. - Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio 2019 is now available for download at visualstudio.com/downloads. Try it today to experience our best release yet.

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Watch Rocket Lab launch a satellite for DARPA youtu.be/d95kPxN5xto via @YouTube
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Visual C++@visualc27 Mar 2019
Learn more about the work on OpenMP SIMD vectorization support for MSVC here: devblogs.microsoft.com/cppbl…
SIMD Extension to C++ OpenMP in Visual Studio - C++ Team Blog

SIMD Extension to C++ OpenMP in Visual Studio - C++ Team Blog

In the era of ubiquitous AI applications there is an emerging demand of the compiler accelerating computation-intensive machine-learning code for existing

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Simon Michael@simon_mich2 Oct 2018
Microsoft Releases MS-DOS Source Code on GitHub news.softpedia.com/news/micr… via @bgdftw
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CppCon@CppCon26 Sep 2018
"Programming is a social activity in which communication is a vital skill.The code you leave behind speaks." - Kate Gregory ( @gregcons ) at #CppCon
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Pick up my latest @PacktPub Book, Mastering C Game Development for $10 at packtpub.com/game-developmen…
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Thomas Lewis@TommyLee14 Aug 2018
Microsoft Japan Helps Godzilla Invade Real World Tokyo via HoloLens. So rad. #hololens hololens.reality.news/news/m…
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Alex Crabb@alexcrabb13 Aug 2018
Attendees of #SIGGRAPH2018 can see the first public demonstration of @OpenXR with #VR headsets from #StarVR and @Microsoft showing the portability of OpenXR across multiple hardware running on @UnrealEngine 4 khr.io/qu
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Rory O'Connor@XenTheRed11 Jul 2018
Replying to @ScruffyFurn
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Singletons are a lazy abstraction.
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Sylvain Corlay@SylvainCorlay10 Jul 2018
C++ just landed on the demo page of @ProjectJupyter! Wanna try out #cplusplus in the web browser now? jupyter.org/try @meetingcpp @CppCon @cppnow @mattgodbolt #cling #xeus #xtensor #jupyter
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Thomas Lewis@TommyLee4 Jul 2018
Don’t forget to pick up or download the July issue of @netmag where I drop knowledge bombs about AI & Mixed Reality. xitter.gq/TommyLee/status/100234…
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Hey mom & dad, I’m in the July issue of @netmag (along with my pal @mor10) answering questions about Artificial Intelligence & Mixed Reality!
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Microsoft Developer
@msdev29 Jun 2018
Did you know that we have a #RaspberryPi online simulator? We do! Head to @docsmsft and try it out in a demo showing off how to connect it to the Azure IoT Hub: msft.social/1gBgT5
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Meeting C++@meetingcpp27 Jun 2018
New, experimental code analysis features in Visual Studio 2017 15.8 Preview 3 blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcb… #cpp #cplusplus
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Geeks3D@Geeks3D26 Jun 2018
Profile your CPU and GPU (#OpenGL and #Vulkan) code with Tracy Profiler: geeks3d.com/forums/index.php… #gamedev
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