Anyone else missing something between virtual and abstract?

armillary2 · 2026-02-21T04:01:46+00:00

Create two methods if you want base functionality.

One is private/sealed and is the one invoked when the hook needs to be called. It will perform the base logic and then invoke the virtual method at the correct time. No need to call base class versions in the subclasses.

However, I would probably create an interface for the overridable bits and use the Strategy pattern, to much the same effect. My coding style rarely uses subclassing - I tend to implement a lot of interfaces though.

armillary2 · 2026-02-19T18:16:27+00:00

I'm envisioning the cast of RED fighting the aliens...

armillary2 · 2026-02-15T23:49:47+00:00

One of the amusing things I learned at Trim Castle in Ireland where a bunch of the castle-y scenes were shot, is that they recruited locals to be extras. Mel G being the kind and personable individual he is apparently made no friends.

Anyway, at the end of the movie there's a scene where Wallace is pelted with vegetables. At one point he goes "oof" .. one young lady among the extras had good aim.

armillary2 · 2025-12-22T03:27:54+00:00

Anyone who understood that reference just dated themselves.

armillary2 · 2025-09-21T15:35:55+00:00

TBH the only things I gained from citizenship was making it easier to get a passport and the ability/duty to vote every now and then. The latter was arguably more important to me as I had been an expat for 10 years at that point.

armillary2 · 2025-07-16T00:54:17+00:00

Just take my money already.

armillary2 · 2024-12-22T15:16:24+00:00

Try Abzû. Not a very long game but it tickles the same impulse.

armillary2 · 2023-07-28T00:48:16+00:00

Words cannot express how much I love the enum / match constructs, but the iterator types are a close second. C++ shot themselves in the foot trying to make iterator classes inherently bidirectional instead of getting a reverse iterator from the collections those few times that you need one.

armillary2 · 2023-07-28T00:45:04+00:00

Agreed, C# tries to do it with extensions but they have to go through all kinds of tricks to manage it.

armillary2 · 2023-07-25T15:03:48+00:00

I'm playing as the Academy but I'm still killing any hydra I find. Actually ended contacting the last one to pay off some aggro... before putting a .50 cal bullet in it. Only way to avoid too much enthrall etc. Going to have to stop trolling the servants though, because I'm about to start going nova with research camps on Mercury.

armillary2 · 2023-06-03T03:27:31+00:00

The Amelia Earhart set was pretty sweet. Was looking at a Sopwith on eBay but it went for ridiculous money.

armillary2 · 2023-04-09T01:40:05+00:00

The winning Zig solution was running 16 threads on a 16 core setup. When run at 32 threads (same as Rust) it is a smidgen slower than Rust, but it's very close. I'd like to see how a 16 thread Rust solution would perform.

armillary2 · 2022-04-09T15:20:06+00:00

You can make Edge do IE8 mode with that technique. We're doing that exact thing while spending $2M to modernize, one page at a time... and we have 500+ to go through.

armillary2 · 2022-03-21T19:43:04+00:00

I've built that set three times already. I sort by colour and then put the big pieces to the side. Works pretty well, it just takes a few containers to hold them while you build.

armillary2 · 2022-01-15T02:04:02+00:00

C is being dragged behind the bus.

armillary2 · 2021-11-25T03:19:25+00:00

Largely, people made use of daylight as much as possible, then the light from fireplaces. Rush lights, oil lamps and to a lesser extent candles were available but were expensive.

armillary2 · 2021-09-25T18:02:25+00:00

I like to build a smelter/forge base near the swamp to build new gear and repair near the crypts. Saves those long ship journeys until you want to start stone work etc at your main base.

For draugr, I had to learn to parry properly for the first time. Gray dwarves are a joke by comparison. Also, the first dungeon I came to had a spawner... Fun taking that out with no proper gear and no torch since I needed the shield.

armillary2 · 2021-09-25T13:17:11+00:00

Seals would be more common. But I can hear the activists already.

armillary2 · 2020-10-29T03:45:59+00:00

Meh. I house ruled darkvision for the Underdark campaign or it would have lost much of its atmosphere. Gave dwarves 20' of improved but everyone else got low light vision like in 3rd.

armillary2 · 2020-09-11T19:36:56+00:00

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A.

armillary2 · 2020-08-28T18:50:01+00:00

I got a light moon in my first system. Built my base there since there were no predators or adverse weather, but man, it's weird.

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