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-This is some info about myself, that I didn't feel like putting into my
-~/.project. A mini-autobiography of sorts. If you want things like my
-contact info, please finger(1) aa at this server, or see project.txt on
-the web/gopher/gemini.
-
-
-TIMELINE
-
-My memories of what has happened before 2014 are a bit foggy, so that may
-be not entirely accurate.
-
-2000: get born in Moscow
-2005: finally manage to pronounce the Russian rhotic sound! still hate
- it after, though
-2007: first year at school; am hated by peers for being smart, short
- and girly
-2008: the teacher tells us to be quiet; other children violate that
- order immediately; I don't join; am punished along with the rest
- anyway; begin internalising a disdain for authority
-2009: probably the first time I am told that I am just "not a language
- learner"
-2010: teacher tells me to promise that I'll receive a 5 (i.e. the
- highest mark) for the upcoming test; I am confused -- isn't she
- the one who decides?
-2011: we move to a different apartment, I lose all of my pre-school
- friends
-2012: mum hires a private English tutor, and I switch Minecraft to
- English; most other programs on my computer are soon to follow
-2013: learn a bit of HTML; love it, but don't know what to do with it
-2014: Putin annexes Crimea; the ruble plummets, and everyone starts
- hating Ukrainians; I begin googling "how to emigrate"
-2015: move to a school for the mathematically inclined, get familiar
- with Pascal; have some friends again, but don't trust them
-2016: switch to Python
-2017: teacher tells me to leave the school, and go back to one for
- non-mathematically-inclined after I fail a test I didn't care
- about; I proceed to pass most other tests as usual
-2018: graduate from school only to immediately get into a cybersecurity
- bachelor program to avoid army conscription; make some pretty bad
- friends there
-2019: conclude that the only thing way in which the university is better
- than school is that they don't care if I show up or not; proceed
- to stay at home and play video games all day -- just in time for
- COVID!
-2020: install Linux for the first time (later switch to OpenBSD), begin
- reading lots of nonfiction, and actually doing stuff besides
- playing video games; university "friends" do not approve
-2021: fire my toxic "friends"
-2022: Putin invades Ukraine, and I get my bachelor's diploma; instead of
- going for a master's, I go for a job, because the IT and CS
- workers are now exempt from conscription; coworkers turn out to be
- pigs, and money to be the only redeeming thing about it all (the
- military commisar doesn't seem to care for my exemption)
-2023: notice that I have "just about enough" money; terrified of further
- inaction, secretly prepare the documents, and, on the last work
- day of the year, tell the boss I'm leaving
-2024: I arrive to Kutaisi, my new home town. A few months in, I still
- struggle with my mental state, and decide to go to an expat event.
- Eventually, I discover that when you choose the people you spend
- time with, human beings are actually worth being liked. For a very
- long initial time, however, the reason why I am now experiencing
- positive social interactions escapes me.
-2025: Wow, it's almost been two years already! I think I managed to do a
- lot more this year, than the last one. Immigration looks very
- possible now.
-
-
-A LITTLE ABOUT ME
-
-My name is Alexander. I am a free software developer and a cosmopolite.
-I love learning, but hate bigotry and hypocrisy. I grew up in the
-gulag-land, but now I am free, and will not exchange that for anything
-in the world.
-
-I do most of my computing on an old ThinkPad, running OpenBSD. I try to
-avoid social media as much as possible, and I keep my Android phone in
-the cupboard most of the time. I don't read news, don't watch TV, and
-at most play a film, or a video game once in a moth, or two.
-
-I used to read lots of fiction when I was younger, but now I read
-non-fiction almost exclusively. I still like getting through a couple of
-chapters of a novel before I go to sleep.
-
-I used to be very "busy" all the time, mostly due to spending an
-enormous amount of time at school/university/office. I am not anymore.
-I am in control of my time. Now that I am a free man, and don't have to
-do what someone else tells me to, I try to find an effective approach to
-most things, and end up doing them faster and better.
-
-
-LESSONS LEARNED
-
-When I was about 21, it dawned upon me that a lot of the things I used
-to believe were false, and a lot of the rules I used to live by had a
-negative influence on me. Here are a few things I learned from my
-mistakes (and successes) so far:
-
-- Disregard unsolicited advice, specifically:
- + Never believe absolute statements. (Even this one ;)
- + Never believe people who say that something is impossible.
-- Believe in yourself. No one else will. But if you do you'll be able
- to achieve anything you want.
- + But don't confuse belief with wishful thinking. These are completely
- different things.
-- Freedom is the best.
-- If you are in a bad environment, change it.
-- Raw intellect might get you through the basics, but it's never enough
- for important things. When you set your mind to something, spend your
- time preparing, or you'll miss all the opportunities.
-- Take walks.
-- Read books.
-- There's nothing like having friends. But assholes are not worth your
- time. Which ones you get largely depends on your environment. Seek
- better environment.
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=> project.txt project
=> plan.txt plan
=> plan/ plan archive
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=> art/ articles
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[0|plan|plan.txt|server|port]
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<li><a href="project.txt">project</a></li>
<li><a href="plan.txt">plan</a></li>
<li><a href="plan/">plan archive</a></li>
- <li><a href="about.txt">about</a></li>
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Finally, got a residency permit in Georgia! Currently learning German,
and looking for a possibility of relocation to Germany.
+
+2026-10-24
+
+Haven't posted anything in such a long time, wow! Finally moved to
+Germany almost two months ago, currently residing in Bremen. The future
+looks very bright indeed. :^)
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-I speak English and Russian, and steadily learning German.
+I speak English, German and Russian.
Contacts:
The most reliable way to contact me is email.
