Never Trust The Windows API Docs!

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Never Trust The Windows API Docs!

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OH. MY. GOD. The absolute TRAUMA of Windows API development summed up in one tragic epiphany! 😱 That moment when you wake up in a cold sweat with the horrifying realization that the documentation is your MORTAL ENEMY. It's like being told the cake is chocolate but biting into raisin instead! The poor soul tried using RIDEV_NOHOTKEYS flag with Raw Input because the docs SAID SO, only to discover what every Windows developer eventually learns through blood, sweat, and keyboard smashing - the documentation is where dreams go to DIE. It's not a bug, it's a feature...of the documentation itself! 💀

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