Companies I refuse to work for include:

Google

Facebook

Zoom technologies

Spectrum Enterprise

Clever

No other companies currently listed

Companies I am currently considering include:

Microsoft [::] - I have some family that works here, and I have had a long past with Microsoft (all the way back to 2005) even though I consider some things Microsoft does as unethical, I wouldn't mind working here (I have a very strong personal experience with Microsoft products, notably Windows XP) If there are any jobs here that use Python, I can do them.

VideoLan /-\ - I would like to try and write documentation for VideoLan, I am very good at writing documentation, as I enjoy doing it, and I do it most of the day, every day. Currently, VideoLan is unable to have documentation writers due to low amounts of volunteers. If allowed, I will write documentation for every version of VLC that doesn't have it (only in English, I can't do other languages)

Canonical (&) - I would like to try and contribute to Linux in any way I can. Working at Canonical is currently an option, I don't know exactly what I would do here, but I could hopefully do something.

The KDE Foundation (K) - KDE would be a nice foundation to work for. I really love their super lightweight open source projects, and I could help reduce even more bloat. If a job is available in a language I have at least 40% knowledge in, I could work here.

Khan Academy (^) - I would like to help contribute to Khan Academy, I have used the site for nearly 4 years straight on a daily basis. If it would be possible to make videos and articles for them, I have always considered starting a course on virtualization.

The GNOME organization (G) - if possible, I could try and set some changes to reduce the huge memory usage of GNOME, that has always stuck out as something that needs to be fixed to me. It is still a lot better than Windows 10s memory usage, idle on Windows 10 would use half my RAM, no matter how much I had (4, 8, 16 GB) on my first Linux laptop, it has always stayed below 1.8 gigabytes when idle (also counting the system monitor)

No other companies currently listed

I have collaborated on many projects on GitHub, which include:

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🪞️ Project logo	🔳️ Repository	🔹️ Contribution type	👋️ Contributions
	lincity-ng/LinCity-NG	100% issues (2020)	1
	ruffle-rs/Ruffle	100% code review (2021)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
	mozilla/Firefox Color	100% issues (2021)	1 (I am responsible for helping to push the change of adding better documentation to the project for non-extension developers)
	Nea/MarkdownViewerPlusPlus	100% issues (2021)	1
	Jmdugan/Blocklists	100% issues (2021)	1
	Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements	100% pull requests (2023)	1
	jstrieb/github-stats	100% issues (2024)	1 2
	einaregilsson/Redirector	100% issues (2024)	1 2
	fergusq/tampio	100% issues (2024)	1
	florinpop17/app-ideas	100% issues (2024)	1
	leachim6/hello-world	100% issues (2024)	1 2
	duckduckgo/duckduckgo-help-pages	100% issues (2024)	1
	srivallabha11/.readme	100% issues (2024)	1
	mastodon/mastodon	100% issues (2024)	1
	bioint/MetisFL	100% issues (2024)	1
	blocklistproject/Lists	100% issues (2024)	1
	oh-my-xonsh/xontrib-up	100% issues (2024)	1
	PCGamingWiki/overclocked	100% issues (2024)	1
	all-contributors/all-contributors	100% issues (2024)	1
	drknzz/GitHub-Achievements	100% issues (2024)	1
	codyogden/killedbygoogle	100% issues (2024)	1
	mozilla/FirefoxColor	100% issues (2024)	1
	jmdugan/blocklists	100% issues (2024)	1
	FaviFake/FaviFake	100% pull requests (2024)	1
	github/dmca	100% pull requests (2024) (not a contribution)	1
	github/community	100% discussions (2024)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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I currently don't have any favorite projects. It is hard for me to chose favorites in some fields.

This section is for projects I favorite that I have made, not other peoples projects. That will be a separate list for another time.

• Note: This list is not in any partcular order
• [VideoLAN] VLC Media Player
• [David Reveman, Sam Spilsbury, Danny Baumann, Dennis Kasprzyk, Daniel van Vugt] Compiz
• [Krikenoid] Flagwaver
• [Mastodon gmbh] Mastodon
• [GNU] GIMP
• Other works currently not listed

I am a intermediate photographer, and can take really good pictures without the need of manipulating the original image to make it better (other than the times I accidentally get my thumb in the shot) I can take photos for you when needed. My current camera is 4K (2160p, or 2K) 60 frames per second.

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I have always liked to swim. When I have a pool or hot tub available to me, I normally swim in it.

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I am an avid video game player, playing various video games to pass time, relax, have fun, and come up with new ideas. I am also a card game player, but I need extra help playing most card games due to a learning curve and limited knowledge on card games.

Lately, I mainly play mobile games, but from time to time, I will use a video game console, or RetroPie on my Raspberry Pi.

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I am an entry-level graphic designer with a large preference for skeumorphism and 3D design with gradients and patterns. I have taken a few graphic design classes and can create computer graphics using GIMP, MS-PAINT, Blender 2.79, InkScape, Adobe PhotoShop CS6, 2015, CC 2017, Adobe Animate CS6, 2015, CC 2017, Adobe InDesign CC 2017, Adobe Illustrator CC 2017, BYOB 1.x, and Scratch 2.

Main programs (as of 2024)

GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)	Inkscape	Krita	Blender	5

Former programs (2014-2020)

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015	Adobe Photoshop CS6	Adobe Flash CS6	Adobe Illustrator CC 2015	Adobe Animate CC 2015

Adobe InDesign CC 2015	Microsoft Photo Story 3	Windows Live Movie Maker 2012	MS-PAINT	Microsoft Paint 3D

BYOB/Snap! 1.0	Scratch 2	3	4	5

Repositories

• Graphic Design repository
• GIMP repository
• Inkscape repository

I mainly design logos, wallpapers, and social preview images for my projects. Infrequently, I also design other things.

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Linguistics

I have been a linguist since my early childhood. I jokingly changed my middle name to language in my early childhood, but I think it would fit as a 2nd middle name.

Cyrillic Zhe sample Ж

I like the look and sound of various languages, whether they are human spoken or machine instructions. Unfortunately, I can't write completely in a language other than English, Python, HTML, or markdown.

Georgian language

Georgian is an interesting language to me that expanded my interest in Linguistics around 2018-2019.

Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

I have interest in hieroglyph languages, Ancient Egyptian was the first one I saw.

Tifinagh alphabet (Berber languages)

I like the aethetics of the Berber language, it was a highlight of mine in 2019. I used to play with the Windows character map looking at languages, and this was one that really caught my eye.

Japanese	Chinese	Korean

I am easily able to tell the difference between the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean languages, although I can't read/write in them, and I only know how to say a handful of words in these languages.

Gothic language

One day, I was browsing Wiktionary, and I discovered the Gothic language. It has a really cool alphabet. My favorite letter in the Gothic alphabet is 𐌸

Greek language

Greek is another interesting language. I am actively memorizing and researching the language.

Icelandic alphabet

Functionally speaking, if I were to use another language other than English as my preferred primary language, I would choose Icelandic. It is functional, and fits with me well.

Latin alphabet

I know several Latin phrases, but, like most people, I speak a language that uses the Latin script, but not Latin itself. I also know that Latin has a lot more letters than what is typically seen, there are close to 500 Latin letters (when you account acutes, diacritics, and other letters)

Ukrainian alphabet

I have been trying to learn the Ukrainian language instead of the Russian language since 2022. I set a goal in 2023 to learn 1 Ukrainian word per day, but unfortunately, I stopped after about 40 days. Ukrainian is very mutually intelligible with the Belarusian and Russian languages.

Armenian alphabet

Armenian is another unique looking language. I have yet to learn a single word in Armenian.

Arabic language

I know some words in Arabic. It is a hard language for me to learn, as it contains a different script, and the writing direction is right to left, instead of left to right.

Cuneiform minor	Cuneiform major

I learned how to write a little bit in Cuneiform. It isn't a skill I use very often, as it is not needed very much nowadays.

Hebrew language

Hebrew is another right to left language, and has interesting simplicity in its writing system. I know few words in Hebrew.

Classic Mongolian language

Mongolian is a unique language, as it is written vertically, instead of horizontally. The modern version of the Mongolian language isn't as unique, as it just uses Cyrillic.

ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

Unfortunately, Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 by default don't support a font that supports the classic Mongolian lannguage.

I have a strong interest in linguistics, it doesn't matter the language, the writing system, the age, the history, etc. I just like learning about new languages. This interest also has expanded into programming languages. I divide it up like this:

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I am a history buff, with knowledge of history spanning back over 13.8 billion years ago (Big Bang) to the current day. I like to learn about history, and I have knowledge of a large assortment of eras and events, including extensive knowledge of things other than World War I or World War II (but I also still know a lot about the 2 world wars) for Earth history, my knowledge goes back to 8000 BCE in extensive detail, down to 27000 BCE in less detail, and mostly geological events before 27000 BCE. I like to learn all types of history, and not just the history of warfare.

I owe my interest in history to my first High School history teacher, who was really enthusiastic about what he was teaching, and was just a general awesome and nice history teacher. I would no doubt make him teacher of the year for that year of High School. Past history classes never got me too into the subject of history, but this one really opened my mind to history.

My areas of research:

Pretty much anything, but mainly:

• Europe
• World War I
• World War II
• American Revolutionary War
• American Civil War
• Napoleonic Wars
• Ukraine
• Russia
• Belarus
• Poland
• Korea (both North and South)
• Japan
• China
• Germany
• Russo-Ukrainian war
• France
• Sudan
• Egypt and Ancient Egypt
• Syria
• Palestine
• Israel
• Taiwan
• Cold war one
• Cold war two
• Hundred Years War
• Northern war
• The Great Northern war
• Vietnam war
• Myanmar Civil War
• Yemeni Civil War
• Syrian Civil War
• Central African Republic Civil War
• Chad Civil War
• Ethiopian Civil War
• Tigray conflict
• Kurdish conflict
• War of 1812
• Sudanese civil wars
• South Sudan
• Winter War
• Finland
• Polish-Ukrainian war
• Polish-Soviet war
• Iraq war
• The Soviet Union
• The Russian Empire
• Brazil
• The Holocaust
• Slavic studies
• Mongol conquest of Eurasia
• Punic Wars
• Alexander the Great
• Pre-history
• Geological time periods of Earth
• The Cambrian Explosion
• Roman Empire
• Byzantine Empire
• Sparta
• The Internet
• Web browsers and the browser wars
• Logo history
• Art history
• Computers
• Operating System interfaces
• Programming languages
• and many more

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I recently got back into Marine Biology on March 23rd 2021, and have been learning the subject part-time again. I find it really calming and nostalgic.

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I keep a daily journal. I have been on and off with this for most of my childhood, until sticking with it every day since September 26th 2016.

The journaling project is part of my life archive project, a digital archive of my entire life.

As of August 7th 2021, the main journal has over 7 million words. I average between 1358-2500/2500-3600/3600-13000 words per day (depending on what happens that day and how much I have to talk about)

I plan to publish the full journal on Tuesday, May 15th 2040. For now, certain related media, and certain templates are public, but several terabytes of data is private (the full journal takes up over 8 gigabytes of space, just for the journal, due to usage of images over a ~5 year period)

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This is the flag of the Internet, by FOTW.info

Vexillology is the research and study of flags. I have an interest in Vexillology and I enjoy reading about, documenting, and creating flags.

Useful links for if you want to read about flags:

fotw.info - The top Vexillology website, and also approved by FIAV the top Vexillology group

fiav.org - Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques, International Federation of Vexillological Associations, Internationale Föderation Vexillologis, the top group for vexillology

Reddit: r/vexillology - Reddits serious forum for flag discussion

Reddit: r/vexillologycirclejerk - Reddits humor repository for non-serious, comedic flag discussion and discourse. Memes allowed here.

Some other cool sites:

Flagwaver (krikinoid.github.io) - Turn any image into a waving flag

View the source code on GitHub

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Starting in 2021, I have grown a strong interest in Cartography. I read multiple maps per day, and use this skill to also improve my geography knowledge. I am most skilled in European maps, although I am really good with North America and Antarctica maps, and have very good knowledge with African and Asian maps. Oceania maps are something I am working on improving knowledge on.

It is getting to the point where I can identify areas on maps without even looking at a map with the international boundaries. European countries I am capable of doing this with include Portugal, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourgh, Sweden, Finland, and Ukraine. The other countries I am still memorizing.

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I have had an increasing interest in geography since 2019. I have increasingly memorized the worlds international borders, and have taken fascination in the terrain and administrative units. In 2024, April, I have become increasigly interested in GPS technology, and as a side project, I am working on a Location Positioning System (LPS) for my house that works offline.

The image that inspired the idea of a personal LPS (an Indoor Location Positioning System)"

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I have a strong interest in music. I keep a collection of all of the songs I have ever listened to, with almost 99.8% accuracy. The majority of it is video game music.

I keep a copy of the shell of the database on GitHub, while most files aren't capable of being uploaded due to size limits and legal restrictions.

SeansAudioDB

I have an inactive Bandcamp account as well @SeanWallaWallaFan

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I rarely watch Anime, but I do like it. There aren't any Anime series I have completed to date. I don't mind if its a sub or a dub.

• seanpm2001/Anime

Animes I have watched (not all the way through)

• Sonic X (up to season 3 episode 2) (dub)
• Konosuba (episode 1 only) (sub)
• Ninja Kamoi (episode 1 only) (dub)
• Ghost stories (random clips) (dub)
• Assassination classroom (episode 1) (dub)

Animes I have watched all of the way through

• Namakura Gotana

Animes I have an interest in:

• Cowboy bebop
• Bakemonogatari
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• My Neighbor Totoro

Anime games I have played:

• Yandere Simulator

Mangas I have an interest in:

• Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon
• That time I got reincarnated as a slime
• Aria

Animes I have heard of, but don't have much interest in

• Adachi and Shimamura

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Formerly known as Identity theft (renamed to Online identity on 2024, April 8th)

This section became too large, and had to be moved to a separate file.

Click/tap here to see my online identity

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Sponsor Info	Sponsoring	Sponsors
How to sponsor me	Who I am sponsoring	Who sponsors me

⬅️ Don't click this button, it doesn't work

You can sponsor this project if you like, but please specify what you want to donate to. See the funds you can donate to here

You can view other sponsor info here

Try it out! The sponsor button is right up next to the watch/unwatch button.

I signed up for the GitHub sponsors program on 2025, August 9th, and was approved on 2025, August 12th. I have temporarily cut other donation methods in favor of GitHub Sponsors, although cryptocurrency is still supported. My sponsor profile can be viewed here

See also: Sponsors dashboard (Git version) (/.sponsors/GitHub/sponsors/seanpm2001/)

Also see: BitCoin

Supported types:

• GitHub
• Patreon
• OpenCollective
• Ko-Fi
• TideLift
• Community Bridge
• LiberaPay
• IssueHunt
• Otechie

/seanpm2001/.github/FUNDING.yml

# Start of script
# These are supported funding model platforms by GitHub. I am using 5 out of 8 of the following sites.
github: # Replace with up to 4 GitHub Sponsors-enabled usernames e.g., [user1, user2]
# Don't fall for scams. If someone is claiming to be me, but is not one of the following listed entries, they are scamming you! Do not fall for scams, and report it to me if you see suspicious/illegal activity.
patreon: seanpm2001 # Creator page
patreon: seanpm2001_software # Main page
# Replace with a single Patreon username
open_collective: seanpm2001 # Creator page and main page
ko_fi: seanpm2001 # Creator page and main page
tidelift: error404 # I am not on TideLift, as it costs money. Anyone claiming to be me on here is not me. I cannot pay money for a service like this.
community_bridge: error404 # I was unable to find the site, anyone claiming to be me on here is not me.
liberapay: seanpm2001 # Creator page and main page
issuehunt: seanpm2001 # Creator page and main page
otechie: error404 # I am not on Otechie, as it costs money. I tried to see if there was a free option, but even to have a domain here, it costs $49 a month. Anyone claiming to be me on here is not me. I cannot pay money for a service like this.
custom: # Replace with up to 4 custom sponsorship URLs e.g., ['link1', 'link2']
# File info
# File type: YAML source file (*.yaml *.yml)
# File purpose: Configuring funding settings for GitHub
# File version: 4 (2021, Tuesday, November 16th at 8:22 pm)
# Line count (including blank lines and compiler line): 22
# End of script

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🧿️ Otechie support

GitHub initially offered Otechie as a supported option for sponsors. It was removed on 2024, March 7th. I never used it, as it costs money to use.

🧿️ Before	After 🧿️

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Click/tap here to expand/collapse the Python logo

Remember that free software and open source software is not always free to develop. Make sure to donate to software organizations you like, so that they can keep producing contributions to society.

My list of supported organizations include:

• Wikimedia (creators of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and more)
• VideoLan (creators of VLC Media Player and other prominent video tools)
• GNU
• The Free Software Foundation
• The Open Document foundation
• Khan Academy
• The Linux foundation
• FFMPEG
• The Internet Archive (also the creators of the wayback machine)
• Open Street Map
• Inkscape
• Mozilla (moz://a)
• FreeCodeCamp
• Mastodon

More to be listed

🪙️ Cryptocurrency donations

I created my first ₿itCoin wallet on 2024, Tuesday, October 1st, as it came with my upgraded ProtonMail account. ₿itCoin donations can be done via ProtonWallet. My primary ₿itCoin address is:

bc1q798022xzvmusuxza6t60fg8qt73sm3r8fne08a

If you want to donate ₿itCoin via email, you can use this address: [email protected]

Additionally, you can donate to individual collectives through these addresses:

Collective	₿itCoin address	QR code
Framework collective	bc1qzvx6n03xlzxp7zsa5y3endqf3s0ypn2pmzq83z
Core collective	bc1q86dwmukhgagdwexcch9tdhd2vv0486rdv3e078
Security collective	bc1qfgaqvjxp37rl6s7up6z4m76y8cgu3w0l7rhl08
Productive collective	bc1q92qcpeveclcgay0fvpcazrl22e2wjpk5f3u9mf
Video game collective	bc1q5582eumvqtvxsd6klgmwulf4cjaql0t9lyudjy
Desktop Environment collective	bc1qn9hxsrae3rxxzl356q8dx6ehr5mdaag99wu8pp
Documentation collective	bc1qwwrxjk988rlhr2gpsc92uw2xjwxfccnc67emhq
Operating Systems collective	bc1qccepttmy2ty5823xtjwa4qkp02cwuglsxve7z9
Web Browser collective	bc1q5mnjgerqerdr3zlse80xhq4m2mr5hmsq7cqs3x
LIBrary collective	bc1qdz9lehpqg8hvsglcuye94f46jcqwux5u90920j
Linguistics collective	bc1qql4lw98f58tlgfhq7fufa2rj3x9m5k4sxewkkq
Comedy collective	bc1qfatk3ata25rvqady6zqtfms8e56ug3aw5ylqfw
Miscellaneous collective	bc1qn85v86ywfs75zalcw3dvgxrktqjy4shztukewj

More information on collectives is available here: §What I'm currently working on

I don't like when the word crypto is defined as cryptocurrency, I prefer it to mean cryptography. Meanwhile, I am against the term Web3 in regards to cryptocurrency, and I don't like NFTs.

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