#locking mechanism

[bronkdoes-stuff]

Me when the story that obviously isn’t going to have a happy ending doesn’t have a happy ending

[removeload-academy]

Mastering C# Thread Synchronization: Locking Mechanisms and Practical Examples

In modern software development, applications often need to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. C# provides powerful tools for managing multiple threads, ensuring they work together efficiently without conflicts. However, without proper thread synchronization, programs may encounter race conditions, data corruption, or unexpected behavior. In this blog, we will explore C# thread synchronization, locking mechanisms, and practical examples to help you write robust, thread-safe code.

Understanding C# Thread Synchronization

C# thread synchronization is the process of coordinating multiple threads to ensure they access shared resources in a controlled manner. When multiple threads attempt to modify shared data simultaneously, it can lead to unpredictable results. Synchronization techniques prevent these issues by controlling thread access, ensuring data integrity and consistency.

C# Locking Mechanism

To manage concurrent access to shared resources, C# provides various locking mechanisms. The lock statement is the most commonly used technique to restrict a section of code so that only one thread can execute it at a time. This prevents race conditions and ensures data consistency.

Example of using lock in C#:class Counter { private int count = 0; private object lockObject = new object(); public void Increment() { lock (lockObject) { count++; } } public int GetCount() { lock (lockObject) { return count; } } }

In the example above, the lock keyword ensures that only one thread at a time can access the Increment and GetCount methods, preventing simultaneous modifications that could lead to incorrect results.

Advanced Synchronization Techniques

Besides the lock statement, C# provides other synchronization tools such as Mutex, Semaphore, and Monitor to handle more complex scenarios. These mechanisms provide additional control and flexibility for managing multi-threaded operations.

For example, Monitor.Enter and Monitor.Exit provide explicit control over locking, allowing greater flexibility compared to the lock keyword.class MonitorExample { private static readonly object lockObject = new object(); private int count = 0; public void Increment() { Monitor.Enter(lockObject); try { count++; } finally { Monitor.Exit(lockObject); } } }

C# Thread Synchronization Examples

To better understand C# thread synchronization examples, let's look at a scenario where multiple threads increment a shared counter. Without proper synchronization, the final value may be inconsistent.class Program { static int counter = 0; static object lockObject = new object(); static void IncrementCounter() { for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { lock (lockObject) { counter++; } } } static void Main() { Thread t1 = new Thread(IncrementCounter); Thread t2 = new Thread(IncrementCounter); t1.Start(); t2.Start(); t1.Join(); t2.Join(); Console.WriteLine("Final Counter Value: " + counter); } }

In this example, two threads attempt to increment a shared counter. The lock ensures that only one thread modifies the counter at a time, preventing data corruption.

Conclusion

Mastering C# thread synchronization is crucial for developing efficient and thread-safe applications. By using locking mechanisms like lock, Monitor, and Mutex, developers can prevent race conditions and ensure data integrity. Implementing proper synchronization techniques will help you write reliable multi-threaded applications.

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69 + personal delulu

[qifreyplushie]

guyyyssss it's sketch dump time ^__^

[sapphire-to-the-rain]

showgirls in love, your honor

[cemetegee]

Who/What is Kiriona Gaia?

I think thinking about the mechanic of Kiriona Gaia's body offers a really interesting insight in Gideon's or Kiriona's feelings or better: non-feelings. So, how does Kiriona's body work?

Usually, a body needs two things to keep the lights on: a soul and thalergy.

But here's the point. Her body obviously has no thalergy (life-energy), because it's dead. What means, that her body didn't keep the lights on. Her body is really dead.

That offers the interesting question, how her body could survive otherwise. The simple answer is, that it's a construct of her father, driven by thanergy (death-energy).

Firstly, that puts her necromantically on one par with the skeletons Harrow controls, and secondly, it makes her incredibly dependent on her father. She couldn't kill him, without killing herself (again).

No wonder she is so sad.

[sophianightdreamer]

Things that happened in the Official Transformers RPG's lore.

So, I've got my hands on all three rulebooks of the official TF RPG. And also the G. I. Joe RPG, but that's irrelevant right now. My batch did not include the crossover rulebook, sadly.

Therefore, notes on the lore and other details in the "basic" canon, because TFWiki did not go into the details, that grew into this list of odd events mentioned.

First thing first, the general continuity is very close to Cyberverse or G1 Fanon, having the basic outline of G1 cartoon, but with details and chunks of backstory pulled from elsewhere - Optimus is a former archivist/data clerk, Bumblebee is a sportscar, et cetera.

To note, there's a somewhat short introductory "who-is-who" list and basic character sheets with profiles both.

Well, I've already got my whiplash, so it's your turn now.

There's something very funky going on with Devastator. Prowl's introduction blurb directly states that something Combiner Wars-esque/Prowlstator has happened, and reads as implying that Autobots hijacked Devastator. By all accounts, Scrapper is alive, making it a possible genuine canonical instance of Prowlastator with Scrapper alive, but the Constructions as whole are placed with the Decepticons. But, Tergamax mentions that among people that were at any moment replacement parts of Devastator there were five Autobots, Prowl included. What happened?

The "who is who" listing for Autobots includes declarations of jobs/roles/traits. Some of these are notable: 1) Ironhide is a chemist 2) Swerve is in Public Relations 3) Rung is Psy-Ops 4) Perceptor is specifically an engineer 5) Bumblebee is noted as "Hero of the People". Must be popular.

Speaking of roles, monochromatic SIC of the day is Jazz, who is also a strategist now.

All of the people in the introductory list are implied to be the Ark crew, and there are problems regarding space travel for Autobots right now. This means that Anode, Lug, those two kids from IDW2, Elita's team and Glyph are on the crew.

Rattrap is a Decepticon.

Optimus Prime has a thick Iaconian accent in Cybertronian. It turns "Teletraan" into "Teletron".

Character sheets include a list of languages that character speaks. Some of these past the standart English+Cybertronian are completely random. Optimus Prime speaks Dutch. Korean is surprisingly popular. In what could be a nice callback, Slingshot has Arabic. The only two people who know the language of newly-introduced alien species of Catharsians are Ratchet and Wildrider. But the crown is taken by First Aid, who has both ASL and Quileute. Yes, the basically extint language of a small tribe warring legally with Stephanie Meyer.

Speaking of languages, both Megatron and Shockwave are noted passable polyglots, and both lack the Universal Translator perk Soundwave, Blaster and Perceptor have. But while Megatron has vague but limited "languages from across Decepticon territory", Shockwave has "all common languages", implying he knows at least a bit of almost everything manually.

Tracks is a triple changer, apparently.

Decepticons' thing is mass-producing sparkless drone clones of their own members.

There's a general threat level system with lists included, where 0 is a random human civilian, 24 is Optimus and Megatron, and 25 is Omega Supreme and Scorponok. Chosen numbers for some characters are thought-provoking. Jazz is 14. Ratchet is 15. First Aid is 9. Wildrider is 6. Ironhide and Starscream are tied with 17. Lord Zarak by himself is 10.

Transformers The Movie sort-of happened, with no apparent notable casualties except for Megatron, who got Galvatroned, but there is a chance that Cyclonus, while a minion of Unicron, predates those events. He is also in an odd position of formally being a part of Decepticons and not the followers of Unicron, who are technically a separate faction.

Scorponok and Deathsaurus are member of Decepticon High Command/Conclave along with Shockwave and Soundwave. Nobody trusts Starscream, so he is not there, but he has the air force.

Mindwipe is, once again, a sorcerer.

Predacons, the combiner team, somehow adopted a sharkticon.

The evil plan du jour of, apparently, pre-Unicron era is converting Earth into the second Cybertron via several colony sites.

[fangs-4-fags]

lock picking is like sex. to me

[catparty41]

my two fav mechanisms :D eepy

[swan2swan]

Need more stuff that deals with hypnotized siblings and best friends with less "This isn't you!" and "Remember who you are!" and more inside jokes and stupid quotes. Just a guy dodging his evil brother and going "PATRICK THE LID! THE LID! THE LID! THE LID!" and watching as his brother's hand starts moving on its own.

[sneakingpasta]

NOT FIZZ SHOWING OFF HIS RICH BOYFRIEND’S DOOR 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚

[marie098887]

"Put on a show and make it nasty, Desert Eagle in the backseat."

Festival Date AU | Sunset | Mechanical Bull | Country Y/N

Part 3: Ness, Hiori, Shidou, Kaiser, Niko, Sae,

📝 Requests: OPEN

The sky’s golden. That soft kind of gold that makes everything feel warmer than it should. Country music’s playing, loud, messy, heavy bass under the beat. Kids are running around with funnel cakes. Couples crowd the food trucks. The sun’s sinking and the lights are just starting to flicker on. You’re walking with your boyfriend, sipping lemonade, talking about nothing. Then you see it. A mechanical bull set up near the back fence, kicking up dust, looking flashy and out of place. You pass him your drink and climb up in your denim shorts like you’ve done this a hundred times, fixing your cowboy hat. The attendant opens his mouth to speak but you’re already gripping the rope with one hand and tossing your hair with the other. The music hits. And then you ride.

And he forgets how to breathe.

Hehe this one is for my country gals (as someone whos from Texas) and trust there will be more of me writing for the South <3

🎀 Alexis Ness

He didn’t laugh when you said you were riding the bull. Just blinked once, smiled small, and said, “Okay.”

You handed him your drink and walked off like it was no big deal. But the way you climbed up, confident, fluid, focused, told him it was. Then the music started. And so did you. Hips rolling. Back straight. Eyes forward, hand in the air. Ness didn’t move. Didn’t speak. Just stared. The crowd started cheering. He didn’t join in. Didn’t even flinch when some guy said, “She’s making that thing look easy.” Because he wasn’t watching the ride. He was watching you. How comfortable you looked in your skin. How everyone else could see it, too. When you jumped down, cheeks flushed, hair a little messy, you walked back to him with a spark in your step.

“Still holdin’ my drink?” you asked, voice sweet with that drawl he loved. He handed it back. Calm. Careful.

“You were amazing,” he said quietly.

“Thank you, baby,” you said, brushing his hand.

He nodded once. Said nothing. But the way he looked at you? Soft. Devoted. And then his gaze flicked out, scanning the crowd, slow and steady. Eyes calm, but cold. Like a quiet warning. Look all you want. That’s all you’re getting.

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🩵 Hiori Yo

You pointed at the bull with that look on your face.

He blinked. “You serious?”

You grinned. “Dead serious.”

“Alright then, darlin’.”

You handed him your drink and climbed up like you were slipping back into something familiar. He leaned against a fence post, sipping slow. Didn’t say much. Just watched. Then the music kicked in. And his eyes widened. Smooth. Confident. Strong. One hand gripped the rope, the other in the air, hips shifting like the bull was following your lead, not the other way around. His jaw clenched. His chest got tight. He didn’t cheer. Didn’t speak. Didn’t even blink when someone beside him whistled. He just looked at you like you were a sunrise he wasn’t expecting. You jumped down, cheeks flushed, and walked up to him smiling like nothing happened.

“Well?” you asked, sipping your lemonade. “You proud?”

He nodded, slow.

“You already know I am,” he said, voice low and soft with that drawl. “But you gone and made it real hard for me to be polite right now.”

You raised an eyebrow. “That so?”

He looked you over once more, slow, focused, then murmured,

“Mhm. Real hard.”

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🩷 Shidou Ryusei

He was mid-bite of a corn dog when you said it.

“I’m gonna ride that.”

He blinked, turned, grinned.

“Yeah you are.”

You rolled your eyes, handed him your drink, and climbed up like it was nothing. He was still chewing when the music started. Still grinning when your hips began to roll. And then? Silence. Mouth open. Eyebrows up. Body moving like you wanted to wreck someone’s life. One hand gripping the rope. The other in the air. Back arched. Hips snapping with precision. No hesitation. He stared like he was seeing religion. Said one word under his breath, low, ragged:

“Damn.”

People were cheering. Phones were out. And Shidou?

Eyes locked. Jaw tight.

Because the second some guy near him muttered, “Damn, she’s hot,” Shidou turned his head. Slow. Sharp.

“What’d you say?”

The guy blinked. “Uh—nothing.”

“Yeah. Thought so.”

When you jumped off and came back, flushed and grinning, he still looked wired.

“You okay?” you asked, teasing.

He tilted his head, smiled wide, all teeth, no peace.

“You know how evil that was, right?”

You batted your lashes. “What, me?”

He looked down at your hips, then back up with heat in his eyes.

“You are so not doing that in public again.”

Then leaned in, voice low, almost feral.

“Unless I’m the one you’re ridin’ next time.~"

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👑 Michael Kaiser

He was already annoyed by the dust.

Then you said, “Hold my drink,” and walked toward the bull.

He blinked. “You’re not serious.”

You climbed up without a word. And when the music started?

You weren’t just riding. You were in control. Every move was sharp. Deliberate. Balanced in a way that made it impossible to look away. And Kaiser hated that he couldn’t. You weren’t even looking at him. And somehow, that made it worse. The crowd started cheering. Some guy near him whispered something under his breath, something that sounded way too admiring. Kaiser shot him a look so sharp it could’ve cut glass. You hopped off the bull, all flushed and glowing, and walked back over like you hadn’t just dethroned him in front of an audience.

“You’re mad,” you said, laughing.

“I’m not mad,” he replied, voice smooth. “I just don’t like sharing.”

You raised a brow. “That serious?”

He didn’t answer. Just stepped closer. Real slow. Eyes locked on yours, voice low enough to sting.

“Don't do that shit again.”

You raised a brow. “Why?”

He didn’t blink.

“Why should people see what’s mine.”

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🖤 Niko Ikki

You didn’t ask if he cared.

You just handed him your drink and said, “Be right back.”

He assumed you were going to grab something. Then he saw you climbing onto the bull. And froze. You weren’t giggling or playing it up, you were focused. Balanced. And once the music hit? You moved. Sharp. Steady. One hand in the air, the other gripping the rope, hips rolling with the rhythm like you were built for it. Niko didn’t say anything. Didn’t shift. His hands stayed in his pockets. His jaw stayed tight. His eyes? Glued. People around him were reacting. Whistling. Recording. Saying things they shouldn't be. He didn’t speak. Just stared straight ahead, cold. And when you finally hopped off, smile wide and cheeks flushed, he handed you your drink without looking at you.

You sipped it, grinning. “Good?”

He nodded once.

Then looked out over the crowd again. Quiet.

“They looked too long.”

You raised a brow. “Who did?”

He didn’t answer. Just leaned in close, voice low.

".. Don't worry about it."

He mumbled before gently wrapping an arm around you and walking away. But under that controlled attitude, all he could think of was you.

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❤️ Sae Itoshi

You didn’t ask him before getting on. Just handed him your drink and walked toward the bull like it was nothing. He watched. Silent. Then the music started. And you started moving. And every single person in that crowd stopped to look. Your control. Your body. Your confidence. All of it on display. Sae didn’t react. Didn’t flinch. Just watched, still, quiet, unreadable. When you finished and came walking back toward him, smile soft and cheeks flushed, he handed you your drink without a word. You sipped it, still a little breathless.

“Say something,” you teased.

He glanced down at you. Then said, calm and flat:

“Don’t do that again.”

And turned. Didn’t explain. Didn’t look at you. Just started walking, expecting you to follow. And of course, you did.

But if he were being honest with himself, all he could think about was you and how you rode it.

And those thoughts were not innocent.

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[kawareo]

As a fan of both Invincible and Transformers, I need to say that Cybertronians would wipe the floor with the Viltrumite empire in like. A week.

Now don't get me wrong, a 1v1? Viltrumite could break apart a Cybertronian like a bug. But an actual, planet-sized war?

Viltrumites could not infiltrate an inorganic planet the way they can with Earth and similar. Cybertron is canonically not involved in other planets' alliances because theyve just been at war with eachother for millions of years and no organics want any part in that. So, the only strategy Viltrum would have, is to attack head on (and ngl that's been most of their strategies so far anyway. Punching.).

So they attack, they absolutely win the first battle easily, Autobots and Deceptions probably still refuse to work together to face a new threat in most universes (no way would Megs do that, he'd claim they can deal with that themselves). Optimus would offer a peace meeting but when Viltrumites would demand a surrender, that would get blown out of the water, too, and now it's all in.

All I'm going to say is that Cybertronians are way smarter than the smartest Viltrumite. Shockwave himself would whip out a plague that would target their specie specifically in like a week, dude does way worse on his average work day! Soundwave's most basic attack would knock a Viltrumite off of the sky (hell, even his cassettes would do that). At one point a Viltrumite would fly straight through someone's spark and that thing would explode so hard it'd wipe out anyone nearby.

All I'm saying is that the moment Cybertron is able to take a breath and make a plan, Viltrumites are done for. These bots have been fighting eachother for control of their planet for five million years, you really think they'd just surrender it over? To what, some guys that can punch really hard and are slightly tougher than your average organic?

So anyway my headcanon is that Cybertron exists in Invincible universe but literally noone wants to risk getting in contact with them. Viltrum included and they claim it's because they have nothing to gain from an inorganic specie.

[elodieunderglass]

This is funnier without context so: to Chilchuck, what does Laios Touden smell like, you think?

I think probably just Bloke! man! Varying levels of unwashed! Coworker-coded

[grievingbovine]

Just thinking about the marks the lyctors leave on their houses, and the echos through a myriad where it shows.

The 2nd will do whatever the empire needs it to do, no matter what others think, like G1deon.

The 5th house behave with manners but are dangerous and savage when it comes to their craft and the people they love.

Mercymourns tidyness has spiraled into the obsessive cleanliness of the 8ths appearance AND behavior.

The 9th is an echo of Anastasias pain of losing Samael and her devotion.

“Poetry is one of the most beautiful shadows a civilisation can cast across time, [...]"