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title: About
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I suppose I should introduce my selves in third person to distinguish my
internet persona and "meatsona", even though I find it weird to write in third
person.  The distinction is there, albeit somewhat blur.  I might have some
other personae, but I don't feel comfortable disclosing them in public.

## xarvos

the internet persona known as <i>xarvos</i> is a blob of energy without a
shape.  ze enjoys programming.  ze chose to use this debugging rubber duck to
represent zemself.

![a painting yellow rubber duck](duck.png)

xarvos is also a language nerd and likes conlanging. by the way, that is not an
"x" that starts zer name; it's a [velar fricative][x], and zer name's
pronunciation in IPA is /xarvos/.  ze prefers to write in lowercase, except for
acronyms and as-is quotes.  ze is most comfortable speaking english, however.

## Huy

Huy is a [programmer][work] with several years of experience in web
programming.  He is particularly interested in implementing and operating
decentralized scalable networking systems; however, he lacks the resources or
the needs to do that himself.
However, this also means I [hate software][relevant-xkcd] more than most others
around him.

He loves sciences and mathematics.  Chemistry, in particular.  Why?  Perhaps
it's rooted from alchemy lore and its proximity to fantasy genre.

He is generally quite reserved compared to xarvos.  He rarely starts the
conversation and does not respond well to small talks, but well, if you have
some interesting topics, he's always up to long discussion.

## common

(back to first person mode)

I speak Vietnamese, English, French, German, with proficiency and fluency
decrementally sorted.  Feel free [contact][contact] if you want language exchange.

Generally, I am a curious person and always love to learn new things.  This
includes different kinds of technologies, sciences, languages.  People, even!

I consider myself a creative person.  As in, I love creating things: drawing,
fiction, software, languages.  Not that I am good at it, but it doesn't matter.

[x]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
[contact]: /en/about/contact/
[work]: /en/about/works/
[relevant-xkcd]: https://xkcd.com/2030/