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{% block title %}{% trans "About myself" %}{% endblock title %}

{% block description %}{% blocktrans %}Maarten's personal place on the internet. Make yourself at home!{% endblocktrans %}

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    {% blocktrans %}Why hello! Thanks for stopping by! As I mentioned on my

    homepage, My name is Maarten. I'm a {{ age }} y/o hacker, and I dabble in

    a lot of things that I enjoy doing.

    Some of these things I put on display here, my website, for the world to

    see!<br />

    On this page, I talk a bit about myself, my daily routine, what I do, ...

    It's not all-encompassing, and I've narrowed it down quite a bit to the most

    important things. I plan on sharing more through my upcoming blog, but until

    that's done, I hope this is enough to keep you satisfied.

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<h3 class="{{ mdc }}-text">{% trans "What I do/am" %}</h3>

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    {% blocktrans %}Well, it's mostly hacking/coding. It's my jam, basically.

    I'm doing a lot of other things as well, but they're either not really well

    enough developed to talk about, or too minor to mention. Of course, I'm not

    stagnant, so I'll be updating this as soon as it's relevant.

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    {% blocktrans %}I'm a happy person. True, life is not always joy and

    sunshine, but I

    always try to look at the bright side! It's just that life's a bit too short

    to not be happy, so we might as well make it a gaint party! I offer hugs and

    cuddles to whomever wants them, or needs them, just like a shoulder to cry

    on, or a simple peptalk. I hope that by doing that, I can make other people

    just as happy as myself!{% endblocktrans %}

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    {% blocktrans %}I'm blessed with a set of the best friends one can imagine.

    They make life just so amazing, and I hope I can also do that for them.

    I try to open myself up to others as much as possible (or at least, as much

    as I feel comfortable with), hoping that I can share my

    happiness with them as well. All in pursuit of making our world a better

    place for everyone!{% endblocktrans %}

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<h3 class="{{ mdc }}-text">{% trans "Weekly scheduling" %}</h3>

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    {% blocktrans %}I'm a student of Informatics at Hasselt University

    (coloquially named UHasselt). From Monday to Friday, you can find me here,

    most probably studying, or attending classes.

    {% endblocktrans %}

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    {% blocktrans %}When not at university, I'm often home, most probably

    extremely busy with hugging my 3 dogs. Apart from that (and homework), 

    my evenings are a mix of several things, like socializing,

    coding, writing, hacking my laptop, you get the idea. Also, when I feel like

    dabbling in something, I'll make some time for it.

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    {% blocktrans %}Weekends are often trying to keep up with what university

    threw at me the last week, but I'm at home, so I save an hour or two

    not commuting 😄<br />

    This website is my <i>spot</i> on the internet, so this is basically

    where I hang out. Sometimes you might run into me while I'm redecorating the

    living room, or doing spring cleaning in my code repository. Anyway, if you

    want to sit down, you can always do so, I love having people around! 😃

    {% endblocktrans %}

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<h4 class="{{ mdc }}-text">{% trans "A small apology" %}</h4>

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    {% blocktrans %}I admit that my website is far from complete. Most of the

    things (of which the blog system is most notably absent) are not ready, or

    need a lot more love to become fully fledged web applications. I try to

    extract time where I can, but maintaining a website (and doing it well), is

    not always the most easy job. Different screen sizes, JS compatibility,

    enforcing encryption, translating my website (which I do myself), ...

    Nevertheless, if I find a free spot somewhere, I might very well be updating

    my website. It's satisfying work to see my own place grow under my

    fingertips, albeit slower than I want it to.<br />

    Sometimes, it might seem I've not been doing anything on my website for a

    while. This might indicate real-life obligations, but might also be

    invisible changes to the source code, which are just as important as

    anything else I do around here. I hope all this doesn't cause you any

    inconvenience, and if it does, please accept my apologies.

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<h3 class="{{ mdc }}-text">{% trans "How I do my computing" %}</h3>

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    {% blocktrans %}It's what I do most, so for those interested, I

    figured I'd talk about how I do the things with computers =3{% endblocktrans %}

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    {#{% blocktrans %}#}I have a reliable computer that I built myself, and a

    companion laptop through university. Both run 

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://archlinux.org">Arch</a>, 

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://GNU.org">GNU</a>/<a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel">Linux</a>distro out there.

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://neovim.io">NeoVim</a>.

    related, and terminals are just better at that than a fully fledged desktop

    environment.<br />

    Languages I prefer (and praise for certain reasons 😁) are

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://www.rust-lang.org">Rust</a>,

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://clojure.org">Clojure</a>.

    <a class="">Lineage OS 14.1</a>.

    on my phone (In laymen terms: It's basically

    a cool and slim Android/Linux 7 with less Google interference).<br />

    Code repositories are <b>always</b>

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://git-scm.com/">Git</a>

    the project size, I use a simple dependency listing, or a recognized project

    manager like

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="https://leiningen.org/">Leiningen</a>

    <a class="{{mdac}}-text text-accent-3" href="http://doc.crates.io/">Cargo</a>.

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<h3 class="{{ mdc }}-text">{% trans "Wrapping it up // Contacting me" %}</h3>

<p>

    {% blocktrans %}I hope you liked what I wrote! The pleasure was all mine,

    dear reader =D<br />

    If you want to talk with me about anything, suggest stuff, have a laugh, say

    something nice, exchange virtual hugs, or

    anything else, I've got a couple of ways you can connect to me:

    {% endblocktrans %}

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    <li>{% blocktrans %}<b>Mail</b>:

        This is the most direct and reliable way to reach me (of all public

        ways). If you want to get to me through

        good ol' email, you can always 

        <a class="{{ mdac }}-text text-accent-4" href="mailto:contact_me@maartenv.be">contact_me@maartenv.be</a>.

        {% endblocktrans %}

        {% comment %}

        I have a PGP key for encryption purposes, you can download it

        <a class="{{ mdac }}-text text-accent-4"

            href="/media/main/pubkey.acm">here</a>.

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    <li>

        {% blocktrans %}<b>

        <a class="{{ mdac }}-text text-accent-4" href="https://tox.chat">Tox</a>

        </b> offers its users decentralized and encrypted live chat, on a

        multitude of platforms, and is so simple, you don't even need a

        phone number or an email address or that jazz to "identify"

        yourself, which makes it awesome if you want to stay anonymous.

        Despite its young age, it's already pretty stable and fast on p2p

        connections. If you want a quick chat with me, add me using

        my Tox ID: <br />

        955F4DA92BD174FEB985D57F5283DEA0DCEE757B32E1EBFFF4F13A932D60B07884E12009E019<br />

        You can also simply scan 

        <a class="{{ mdac }}-text text-accent-4" href="/media/main/tox.png">the QR code</a>,

        maybe that's easier =P

        {% endblocktrans %}

    </li>

    <li>{% blocktrans %}<b>Other ways</b> to connect to me are 

        limited/reserved to a specific public. You'll probably know it when it's

        not listed here =P{% endblocktrans %}</li>

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