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| Topic | What's the point of using a delegate |
| Sahuagin 12/19/20 1:23:29 PM #3 | Depends what you mean. Before lambda syntax, there were "anonymous functions", which looked like this: delegate (int x) { return x; }which is basically equivalent to: x => x or (int x) => xbut there are also named function signatures. so instead of Func<Action, Action<string>, Action> you can have a line like this:delegate Action MyFancySignature(Action action, Action<string> otherAction);and then define a reference variable: MyFancySignature something = GetSomething();but generally it's suggested to use Func and Action instead.(note also that Func and Action are themselves defined this way IIRC:public delegate T Func<T>();public delegate TOut Func<TIn, TOut>(TIn in);public delegate void Action();public delegate void Action<T>(T first);// etc... (slightly more complicated with covariance/contravariance)one exception is when using out parameters, which can't be defined using Func and Action.For example, to capture the signature of TryParse methods, you need something like this:public delegate bool TryParser<T>(string str, out T value);And then, for your question, it depends too what you're calling a "delegate". A "delegate" really is basically sort of a "managed function pointer". it's an invisible object that manages a reference to a function/method. When you say MyFancySignature something = this.SomeMethod; it implicitly means something more like MyFancySignature something = new MyFancySignature(this.SomeMethod); creating a new object (a delegate) that behind the scenes manages (I presume) a pointer to a method. this is the same kind of object that is made when you write an anonymous function, so I guess that's why they used the keyword delegate for the original anonymous functions.--- |
| Topic | Who do you think of when you see the initials MJ? |
| Sahuagin 12/18/20 1:44:38 AM #10 | not kidding, all three of those flashed in front of my eyes in the same instant --- |
| Topic | Has Nintendo ever made a real fighting game? |
| Sahuagin 12/18/20 1:43:50 AM #12 | Zareth posted... Smash isn't a fighting game, Melee is a fighting game, which is why Nintendo hates it so much.reading this... this is painfully true... --- |
| Topic | How much BODY FAT do you have?? Enter your Weight and Post your Results!!! |
| Sahuagin 12/17/20 12:06:54 PM #12 | I already know I'm around 22% test says I'm 29% --- |
| Topic | Rate this activity out of 10 |
| Sahuagin 12/12/20 8:41:40 PM #10 | 2/10. I spent many years sleeping in two halves, which is what napping basically leads you towards. do not recommend. basically it's a bad habit, and it just leaves you in a perpetual state of sleepiness. --- |
| Topic | Do you have any favorite weird food combinations? |
| Sahuagin 12/09/20 9:13:13 PM #21 | it's not really that weird, maybe even normal, but cheddar cheese + tomatoes is a really good combination. i guess that's basically already the basis of most pizza, a lot of italian food in general, cheese burgers, and other things, but specifically cheddar cheese with specifically tomatoes (not a sauce). basically, try putting canned or fresh tomatoes on macaroni and cheese (or spaghetti and cheese). --- |
| Topic | Do you think there's any difference in sound between wireless and wired |
| Sahuagin 12/09/20 12:27:53 AM #10 | shadowsword87 posted... The human brain can handle delays in sound pretty easily for videos, if you have inputs it gets a bit weird, check out this video if you're curious:I was just guessing with the 50ms. reading about it, it can apparently vary from around 34ms to up to about 300ms delay, which is a lot more than the max of 125ms that we can adjust to. --- |
| Topic | Do you think there's any difference in sound between wireless and wired |
| Sahuagin 12/08/20 11:58:42 PM #8 | wireless has, I think, a slightly noticeable delay. something like 50ms. it doesn't matter if you're listening to music (since there's nothing to be out of sync with), but it's annoying if you try watching a video. not 100% sure it's not just in my head though. --- |
| Topic | American made a SHOCKING DISCOVERY she didn't know EXISTED!! Do you know this??? |
| Sahuagin 12/07/20 9:58:10 PM #4 | we had one as a kid, but I haven't seen or used one in a long time. I don't think I was aware of whether it was faster or not than the stove, but it makes sense, but then as far as I know, microwaving it is even faster anyway, which is how I do it. you can cook pasta or make jello or whatever pretty fast just using a microwave to boil the water. (it is a bit hard to get the container out though due to the temperature. a kettle would win in terms of safety for sure). --- |
| Topic | Do you watch TV while Gaming? |
| Sahuagin 12/07/20 9:52:18 PM #18 | TV is obsolete, but youtube yes --- |
| Topic | Has a headache ever ruined any games for you? |
| Sahuagin 12/07/20 1:44:15 AM #12 | not really, but now that I think of it, one exception: the Virtual Boy --- |
| Topic | When you're at a CROSSWALK, Do you trust that people will AUTOMATICALLY Stop??? |
| Sahuagin 12/06/20 3:27:29 PM #45 | GhettoFlip posted... you find a perfect parking spot in front of every location and business you've ever gone to?I find adequate ones, yes. do we count walking a few dozen feet in a parking lot as crossing a crosswalk? a crosswalk is a very specific thing. and the ones I think we're talking about in this thread are the "middle of the road" ones, where your presence is actually interrupting the flow of traffic, and at a designated point in the road. technically traffic lights have crosswalks but don't have the same "are they gonna stop for me or not?" "walk-of-faith" issue. using a crosswalk to cross a road through relatively busy traffic is not something I've done in many decades. it is something I did regularly before I owned a car. at the time I probably trusted cars more than I would now, which is why I can't really answer accurately, since at my current level of life experience, I haven't been in that situation. related to this, one car accident I was in was caused by a pedestrian using a crosswalk without looking. lady with a baby carriage just walks right into the crosswalk with her friend without looking, during busy traffic and with slushy slippery road conditions. I was just barely able to stop in time, but the guy in the lane on my left only managed to stop by banging up against the side of my car. the pedestrian then gave us dirty looks and kept going, despite coming very close to being hit. --- |
| Topic | This electronic traffic sign has been up for a week. |
| Sahuagin 12/05/20 9:36:43 PM #5 | I always remember they had a billboard-ish sign up near here saying "25% of all fatal accidents involve speeding", which to me said the opposite of what they wanted, considering that would mean that 75% of fatal accidents have nothing to do with speeding. they soon replaced it with one that said something like "going 10% over the speed limit increases risk of an accident by X%" (sorry I don't know that number, but I think it was between 60-90%; it was written in small font and took so long to read that I was passing the sign by the time I got to the end. I don't think I ever managed to clearly read the whole thing, despite passing it maybe 100 times.) these days that sign no longer exists. --- |
| Topic | I never understood 'tool' as an insult |
| Sahuagin 12/05/20 9:31:39 PM #11 | MabinogiFan posted... Tools are useful things. They allow you to build stuff and accomplish much more than you could without them.as mentioned, tools do nothing by themselves. they provide ability to someone/something else. they're secondary. that's the logical answer, but IIRC I don't think uses of it usually fit that description very well, which is why I also find it a confusing term. --- |
| Topic | Are there any games you enjoyed more than their mainstream counterpart? |
| Sahuagin 12/05/20 11:56:22 AM #5 | I definitely tend to like Diablo clones more than actual Diablo Dungeon Siege Darkstone Torchlight Titan's Quest (Borderlands? but I think that's too much of a stretch) --- |
| Topic | What was the best book you had to read for school? |
| Sahuagin 12/05/20 11:43:57 AM #8 | The Mosquito Coast --- |
| Topic | Whats your battery at? |
| Sahuagin 12/04/20 9:21:53 PM #9 | 100% but that's because it was at like 10% not long ago --- |
| Topic | Your favorite sneakers |
| Sahuagin 12/04/20 9:49:39 AM #3 | isn't Air Jordan already Nike? I usually wear Nike Air walking shoes. --- |
| Topic | I'm very sick with a non-covid illness: AMA me anything video games for hottakes |
| Sahuagin 12/03/20 11:39:01 PM #26 | Lokarin posted... I like the pride of victory and the achievement of being the best - so when I play achievement games I don't want some idling game, I want to get something no one else has. I use sites like Astats to find what the rarest achievement are.k that makes sense. I like getting rare achievements but not to go out of my way to get them. I like a game to be hard, if first it's good. generally, the better a game is (ie: it's mechanics are), the more you can crank up the difficulty and have the game hold together. (and crappy games fall apart right away when they get a little hard.) usually I prefer a relaxing go-at-your-own-pace game. it can be stressful at times, but should usually only be stressful if you specifically choose to go somewhere or do something dangerous. minecraft, TES games, etc.; "open-world" games tend to be this way. 4x games also. I don't really like to start a game out hard; if it's good then the difficulty can slowly be turned up as I get better at it slowly over time. --- |
| Topic | I hit 4000 TOMORROW!!! |
| Sahuagin 12/03/20 1:16:41 AM #3 | i hit 5k today. yay... didn't feel like making a topic about, so posting here is a convenient alternative --- |
| Topic | I'm very sick with a non-covid illness: AMA me anything video games for hottakes |
| Sahuagin 12/03/20 1:15:08 AM #23 | Lokarin posted... Other than gaming I also like.... gaming (I mean, like, physical games... warhammer/monopoly/etc), and photography (I've posted a few of my pics before)I meant, what about gaming do you enjoy? what are the games you enjoy the most, and what about them is why you enjoy them? --- |
| Topic | I'm very sick with a non-covid illness: AMA me anything video games for hottakes |
| Sahuagin 12/02/20 10:41:30 PM #14 | might have asked before, and I don't mean to be condescending, but, do you _enjoy_ gaming? you play games so fast it doesn't seem like you actually enjoy it. if you do, what are some things you enjoy the most? --- |
| Topic | When you're at a CROSSWALK, Do you trust that people will AUTOMATICALLY Stop??? |
| Sahuagin 11/30/20 8:39:40 PM #40 | GhettoFlip posted... it doesn't make sense. you guys have have literally never crossed a street on foot?not even kind of what I said, but I own a car in a city. I have no need to "cross a street on foot". there definitely have been times in my life when I regularly used crosswalks, but that was before I owned a car. and there have been times when I was regularly a pedestrian walking multiple blocks, but not in quite a few years now, and that had nothing to do with crosswalks. --- |
| Topic | What's the most money you've ever spent on a pair of jeans? |
| Sahuagin 11/28/20 5:05:29 PM #21 | not jeans, but pants in general seem to be around $60 a pair whenever I've bought them --- |
| Topic | Which character do you like more part 4? |
| Sahuagin 11/28/20 5:02:01 PM #6 | Batman, though I'm curious why people like Dr Doom so much. (like legit interested, not facetiously). --- |
| Topic | More experienced car workers, I need some advice |
| Sahuagin 11/28/20 1:35:43 PM #2 | something like the one side brake line is pushing but the other isn't? I had an issue where one of the pins was distorted and didn't slide properly resulting in uneven brake pad wear, but still it was only like 1mm difference by the time the pad was worn. if it's that uneven, it's almost like the bottom side isn't pushing at all. but I have no idea, not an expert. (could also be installed crooked somehow? or the caliper not mounted correctly? seems unlikely but who knows.) --- |
| Topic | When you're at a CROSSWALK, Do you trust that people will AUTOMATICALLY Stop??? |
| Sahuagin 11/25/20 9:19:59 PM #32 | GhettoFlip posted... huh? that doesn't even make senseI drive everywhere, as well as order everything and use drive-thrus. there are some minor exceptions like walking less than a block in a residential area with no sidewalks. there's only the one really major exception that I can think of where I actually walked a good number of blocks to the store and back with family and friends, but it didn't really involve any crosswalks, or at least none that crossed in the middle of a roadway. I have to go back decades to think of a time when I would have used a real crosswalk regularly. (if we count traffic lights, then there would have been one I guess on the walk to and from classes at the university). --- |
| Topic | When you're at a CROSSWALK, Do you trust that people will AUTOMATICALLY Stop??? |
| Sahuagin 11/25/20 1:40:13 AM #7 | I've been a pedestrian like once in the last 10+ years, and it didn't involve crosswalks --- |
| Topic | Of the over-the-counter aspirins/advil /npxooxopororxin ... etc |
| Sahuagin 11/24/20 9:07:16 PM #6 | advil for inflammation (great for allergies!) tylenol for headaches I don't think that's really random though ("what I find"), I think that's what they're for --- |
| Topic | Do you like British food: Yorkshire Puddings? |
| Sahuagin 11/23/20 9:20:50 PM #23 | never had it but it sounds good --- |
| Topic | ever just brute force a game boss when there was an easier way? |
| Sahuagin 11/23/20 1:54:35 AM #15 | there's a boss in the SNES road runner game (IIRC it's the second boss). hard to explain, but there are weak points and a big U shaped area with a giant ball rolling through it. if you try to dodge the ball and only attack when it's safe, it seems basically impossible. eventually I figured out that if you just ignore the damage you take, you can just peck the weak points one by one and win before you run out of health. not sure that quite captures the gist of your topic, but it's what came to mind --- |
| Topic | Who is the best character to use lightning or electricity as a weapon? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/20 10:55:33 PM #8 | Electro can be pretty awesome since he's so powerful, but I don't know if he's a good character Crono comes to mind, but still not sure if he's a great character oh, k, now that I think of her, probably no one could beat X-Men Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fz93UFClpo --- |
| Topic | List your favorite games you have played this year, ok? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/20 9:57:35 PM #11 | Age of Wonders: Planetfall: great game, but got hard enough that I stopped playing. will definitely return to it again at some point. Kerbal Space Program: finally managed to really "get" the game, and once I did, wow. pretty sure this is my favorite game of all time. I really hope KSP2 manages to be even better. Slay the Spire: fantastic DOOM Eternal: fantastic DOOM 64: good Plague Inc.: oversimplified but enjoyable for such a simple game. Halo 1: goodish Warhammer 40k: Inquisitor: good Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus: great but hard X: Beyond the Frontier: great wrote this this morning, guess I'll hit the post button now --- |
| Topic | What are your favorite YouTube channels? |
| Sahuagin 11/21/20 1:41:37 AM #19 | these are ones I'd expect practically anyone to be able to enjoy, and with regular high-quality content (no particular order): The Act Man: good gaming reviews, though he likes FPS games a little too much https://www.youtube.com/c/TheActMan/videos Accursed Farms: amazing reviews of usually obscure games; particularly likes spooky/lovecraftian stuff https://www.youtube.com/user/chilledsanity/videos Paul Harrell: best gun channel by far https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulHarrell/videos Super GT: probably the best racing sim channel; he gives really good commentary on his races https://www.youtube.com/c/xSUPERxGTx/videos Donut Media: good car stuff channel, but I don't really watch it that much https://www.youtube.com/c/DonutMediaTV/videos Glen and Friends Cooking: awesome cooking channel (experimental cooking) https://www.youtube.com/c/legourmettv/videos Adam Ragusea: another awesome cooking channel (also experimental cooking, but focusing on being practical for the home kitchen) https://www.youtube.com/user/aragusea/videos PBS Space Time: excellent videos about astronomy and physics https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime/videos Karl Jobst: examines speedrunning https://www.youtube.com/c/karljobst/videos Shawn Woods (Mousetrap Monday): farmer tries out all kinds of different methods of catching vermin https://www.youtube.com/c/ShawnWoodsprimitive-archer/videos Bill Wurtz: his other videos are ok, but everyone should watch "history of the entire world, i guess" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs for completeness: https://www.youtube.com/user/billwurtz/videos Georg Rockall-Schmidt: extremely good analysis of filmmaking. hasn't made much recently because he's making a small movie. https://www.youtube.com/c/GeorgRockallSchmidt/videos --- |
| Topic | Do you consider yourself to be a good driver? |
| Sahuagin 11/19/20 10:20:40 PM #6 | sort of. I don't mind speeding a lot in the right situation, and slowpokes in the fast lane are really annoying, but otherwise I do my best to be courteous and cautious. --- |
| Topic | What's something you didn't know but upon learning weren't blown away by |
| Sahuagin 11/19/20 8:12:48 PM #22 | KJ StErOiDs posted... Preface isn't pronounced "pre-face", but "prefiss".prefix isn't pronounced "prehfiks", but "pree-fiks". (though that one did blow my mind a little). --- |
| Topic | What's something you didn't know but upon learning weren't blown away by |
| Sahuagin 11/19/20 1:31:30 AM #9 | Lucy Lawless is from New Zealand --- |
| Topic | This game is pretty sus |
| Sahuagin 11/17/20 8:16:32 PM #9 | Lokarin posted... @Sahuaginok, I don't know the game or the move, but grats 8) --- |
| Topic | Scienists and Astromoners may have found 'Planet X' past Pluto... |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 6:03:10 PM #13 | JigsawTDC posted... It seems crazy to me that we can discover habitable planets light-years away, but we seemingly can't find a giant in our own solar system?"exoplanets" are found by watching them pass in front of their stars regularly. stuff that exists deep in our own system is hard(er) to find because it's not illuminated or contrasted by anything. (there's a huge amount of stuff in the kuiper belt and beyond but it's hard to see). thinking about it, it reminds me of a campfire at night. if you look inward at the campfire, objects between you and the fire appear almost as black silhouettes, illuminated from behind. looking outward from the campfire, nearby objects are brightly illuminated, but the campfire only goes so far, and very distant objects are still lost in the darkness. --- |
| Topic | So Pencil Crayons (Colored Pencils) Are Awesome... |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 5:13:55 PM #16 | ParanoidObsessive posted... I'm not sure you actually understand what words mean.hmmm, ok --- |
| Topic | Can the conductor of an orchestra tell if just one person is out of tune? |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 2:33:18 PM #4 | not sure, but I would think that generally everyone in the orchestra would be able to --- |
| Topic | Do you like snow? |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 2:32:12 PM #12 | I know what you mean, and I used to hate winter and have tons of USA-jealousy over their better weather. but, these days I kind of like winter. (maybe minus extreme cold). it makes you feel cozy when in doors, it makes the outside calm. and there's nothing like the experience of a night-time blizzard; it's like being on a different planet. though it may also be because these days summer is super stressful for me, whereas the winter months are relaxing and I can actually get the most work done. (and it used to be the other way around; I used to work outside 6 hours a night 364 days a year, so yeah, those days I *really* hated snow). I think I still have a bit of "seasonal affective disorder", where I tend to have more depression in winter months, and tend to feel less depressed from warm summer sunshine, but I definitely appreciate winter a lot more than I used to now. also, it can look really nice as well  --- |
| Topic | So Pencil Crayons (Colored Pencils) Are Awesome... |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 12:51:54 PM #12 | ParanoidObsessive posted... the average person has literally no reason to even own 2 colorsargument from ignorance/lack of imagination adjl posted... professional settings in an office you have computers and color printers, so your high-end documents don't need to be literally drawn with color by hand. I didn't really mean high-end office work, I mean "office supplies". pens, pencils, staplers, etc. are all super common, but color in general seems not to be used enough. even when you do come across things that have colors, like highlighters, there's still only a few shades. there are also issues of color-blindness, where color can be used to convey information, but that only works until someone can't see the color. (I knew a guy who had zero color vision, no cones at all. that is pretty lousy.) what I'm referring to here is the general act of drawing color. I don't think it should be seen as something extra. for example, drawing the color orange. everyone should be able to draw the color orange whenever they want to. it should be ubiquitous. as common as finding a pen or pencil. same with other colors like pink, purple, light blue, yellow, brown, blue, magenta, lighter and darker greens, etc. except for the color blindness issue, it's like a functional piece of language is missing. the act of writing color to convey information is seen as a novelty rather than the useful tool that it is. --- |
| Topic | It's Saturday tomorrow; don't order delivery before noon. |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 12:44:24 PM #10 | |
| Topic | So Pencil Crayons (Colored Pencils) Are Awesome... |
| Sahuagin 11/14/20 12:02:29 PM #9 | Revelation34 posted... What game?X: Beyond the Frontier Lokarin posted... uh oh, someone gunna get addicted to Adult Colouring Books like a grandma!no... missing the point still --- |
| Topic | So Pencil Crayons (Colored Pencils) Are Awesome... |
| Sahuagin 11/13/20 10:39:44 PM #4 | I don't even really mean for art necessarily, but that's a fine use also. It's like, the ability to draw color seems underrated. There's an entire means of conveying information there that you don't even have access to unless you specifically obtain colored writing utensils. It should be a standard part of office equipment or something. It's treated as something you only do for fun, or casually/for-kids, rather than a serious part of recording information. --- |
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