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Mark Ransom
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I've been a software developer for a lot longer than I'm willing to admit. My current interests are C++ and Python on Windows, but I've been known to dabble in Linux and I try to be language agnostic when I can.

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Best way to convert string to bytes in Python 3? [closed]
Sep 28, 2011
902
How do I pass a variable by reference?
Nov 15, 2011
748
How do you declare an interface in C++?
Nov 25, 2008
587
How to decide font color in white or black depending on background color?
Oct 15, 2010
530
How to compare floats for almost-equality in Python?
Oct 8, 2015
302
In Python, how do you convert a `datetime` object to seconds?
Oct 21, 2011
295
How do I find out my PYTHONPATH using Python?
Sep 28, 2009
290
What is the advantage of uint8_t over unsigned char?
Nov 12, 2009
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python 3.2 UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2013' in position 9629: character maps to <undefined>
May 2, 2013
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How can I convert radians to degrees with Python?
Mar 26, 2012
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Why do stale Stack Overflow tabs use so many resources?
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Adjustable hats - nice job
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Should a single flag be able to delete a comment from the post owner that includes the word "downvote" (or variation thereof)?
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Should we fix all MSDN links?
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How do I deal with old answers containing broken links?
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Fastest way to clamp an integer to the range 0-255
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Allow bounty to be set with reputation from another site?
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When or should you delete your incorrect answer?
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Don't remove the @ part of my comment
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How did early laser printers get by with so little memory?