Isn't this wrong? why did the converted time increase by an hour on 1st November? Because that's when the clocks change, as you say. The problem is that "2015-11-01 01:49:00.000" is ambiguous in Pacific Time - it occurs twice, once... more 6/18/2015 7:55:02 AM

Your LINQ query can only ever have the same number of results as the number of partitions - you're just projecting each partition into a single result. If you don't care about the order, you just need to assemble the results of each... more 6/18/2015 6:21:11 AM

If you know the type in advance, I'd just use: var dictionary = list.Select(x => x.FirstName + ":" + x.UserId) .Concat(list.Select(x => x.LastName + ":" + x.UserId)) .ToDictionary(p => p,... more 6/18/2015 5:48:20 AM

Why are you constructing a new Magic instance within the loop (or trying to, anyway)? Surely you just need the ones in the set: for (Magic spell : spells) { spell.go(); } Note that currently you're ignoring the set variable in your... more 6/17/2015 9:30:39 PM

There are multiple options here, but I'd suggest the simplest thing is just to check each Grandchild: var grandchildren = doc .Descendants("Grandchild") .Where(x => (string) x.Parent.Parent.Attribute("name") == "Ken"... more 6/17/2015 8:13:19 PM

You can just call a method: private static readonly string _myString = GetMyStringValue(); private static string GetMyStringValue() { MyObject obj = new MyObject(); obj.someSetupHere(); return obj.ToString(); } You could do... more 6/17/2015 8:08:00 PM

You're telling BlockCopy to copy 3 bytes. You want Buffer.BlockCopy(src, 0, dst, 0, 24); or Buffer.BlockCopy(src, 0, dst, 0, 3 * sizeof(double)); ... in order to copy all 24 bytes. The fifth parameter of Buffer.BlockCopy is... more 6/17/2015 8:04:29 PM

The problem is that you're calling a method with a dynamic argument. That means it's bound dynamically, and the return type is deemed to be dynamic. All you need to do is not do that: object dObj = "123"; var obj = Convert(dObj); Then... more 6/17/2015 5:35:09 PM

Still I wonder, what are the benefits of lifting the delegate into a new class and caching it there over simply caching it at the call site? You've missed one other really important detail - it's now an instance method. I believe... more 6/17/2015 4:50:52 PM

This is the problem: toDecrypt = new byte[fis.available()+1]; Firstly, you're using the available() method, which is never a good idea. Next, even assuming it is returning the length of the file, you're adding 1 to it - why? You want... more 6/17/2015 4:37:41 PM