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ShadowRanger
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Python instructor and triager on the CPython bug tracker.

RIT Alum (CS Major), formerly with Microsoft's Terminal Services division and Two Sigma Investments Data Feeds group.

Regularly work with Python, C and C++ (including CPython C/C++ extension development) on Linux and Windows, with some idle playing about with JavaScript for Greasemonkey scripts.

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Getting only element from a single-element list in Python?
Oct 16, 2015
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Passing object by reference to std::thread in C++11
Dec 3, 2015
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If Python strings are immutable, why does it keep the same id if I use += to append to it?
Jun 10, 2022
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What's the purpose of this [1] at the end of struct declaration?
Nov 2, 2017
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IndexError: tuple index out of range when using py2exe
Feb 18, 2017
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What causes [*a] to overallocate?
Mar 5, 2020
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How to round numbers to the nearest 1000?
Sep 29, 2017
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Python dataclass, what's a pythonic way to validate initialization arguments?
Feb 12, 2020
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Time complexity of string slice
Feb 3, 2016
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What is the difference between NULL and __null in C++?
Dec 28, 2018
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What is the appropriate way to handle a question closed for other reasons that is in fact a perfect duplicate of another question?
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How do I respond to players who keep asking powerful NPCs to help them in ToA?
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Does Revelation 21 demonstrate pre-scientific knowledge about precious stones?
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How can I give my players more short rests without breaking immersion?
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Would there be legal repercussions for using words like 'kindred', 'embrace', 'disciplines', terms defined in dictionaries, in my RPG?
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What do you call a 'usury' ('bad deal') agreement that doesn't involve a loan?