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 3title: about
 4subtitle: Stuff about me, and stuff.
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 6
 7# обо мне
 8## Hi.
 9
10I'm Anirudh, but you'll often find me as **icyphox** (or just **icy**),
11on the Internet. I'm majoring in Computer Science currently. My primary
12interest is security -- with a focus on influence operations,
13information warfare and state-sponsored actors. I write code on the
14occasion, most of which you can find on my
15[GitHub](https://github.com/icyphox). I currently work for
16[CometChat](https://www.cometchat.com).
17
18I care about software freedom and digital privacy, and I am a staunch
19advocate of the same. I try to use free alternatives to software, if
20they exist.
21
22My taste in music is very specific, and I hardly ever experiment. I like
23to stick to subgenres of metal, specifically -- metalcore and deathcore.
24
25Here are some of my links:
26
27- [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/u/icy)
28- [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Icyphox)
29- [Reddit](https://reddit.com/u/icyphox)
30- [Steam](https://steamcommunity.com/id/icyphox)
31- [Last.fm](https://last.fm/user/icyphox)
32- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icyphox)
33
34Note that my Twitter is now read-only. I'm more active on the fediverse:
35https://toot.icyphox.sh/@x
36
37
38## Contact
39
40Send mail to [x@icyphox.sh](mailto:x@icyphox.sh). It is also my XMPP
41address; please use OMEMO.
42Should you need it, my PGP key:
43[FE1B 8FCF E6C1 6222 F157 1C8E 8A93 F96F 78C5 D4C4](/static/gpg.txt).
44I'm also on IRC @ Freenode and Rizon, usually as `icy` / `icyphox`.
45
46If you're interested in **hiring me** -- here's my
47[résumé](https://x.icyphox.sh/resume.pdf).
48
49## Donate
50
51I have [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/icyphox) and
52[Patreon](https://patreon.com/icyphox)! I don't particularly _need_ it,
53but it does help with domain and server costs. :)
54
55## This website
56
57This site is built using a small static site generator written by me:
58[vite](https://github.com/icyphox/vite). The source for this website is
59[here](https://github.com/icyphox/site). Served from my Raspberry Pi 4B,
60sitting at home!
61
62The spinner icon at the bottom? That's the [XXIIVV
63webring](https://webring.xxiivv.com), and this site is on it!
64
65I don't really care about site traffic/analytics, and I never will; 
66I am not interested in who is reading and I respect your privacy.
67
68All the content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons
69Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 
70([BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)). The
71source for this site is licensed under
72[MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).