Seirdy

I'm Seirdy (they/them). I have other names too.

This page lists my most relevant accounts. A more comprehensive list of my online accounts is available via WebFinger:

Any currently-active public account not listed via WebFinger isn't actually me; please let me know if you find one.

I've published a version of my OpenPGP key via Web Key Directory; this version has notations containing Ariadne identity proofs for a few more accounts of mine. You can verify those accounts on any Keyoxide instance using Web Key Directory. I hope to migrate identity proofs to something besides OpenPGP in the future.

About this capsule

This page's canonical location is on seirdy.one:

This page also exists on the tildeverse, a bunch of *nix computers that let people sign up for shell accounts. A typical shell account features clients for IRC and email, common terminal/commandline utilities, and (most importantly) web hosting. My Tildeverse pages will serve as a "rough draft".

More info about the Tildeverse:

My Web and Gemini content may be slightly different: I often phrase things differently to accommodate the strengths and weaknesses of each medium.

I have a Tor hidden Web service which mirrors this site's contents, except for the fact that it replaces some SVGs with PNGs.

Featured in:

Location (meatspace)

I intentionally make very delayed updates to information such as my location.

Currently living somewhere in New England, USA.

More info:

• Time zone: "America/New_York" (EDT or EST)
• Age: 25

Location (online)

My handle is "Seirdy" on all the platforms I use:

If you send me marketing emails or solicit guest posts, I will block you and submit you to third-party blocklists without warning.

My username is Seirdy on Reddit, Hacker News, Lobsters, Tildes.net, Linux Weekly News, Codeberg, and a few other places.

I used to be @seirdy:seirdy.one on Matrix, but I've switched back to envs.net.

If you want to follow me on Fedi, read this first:

If you find a "Seirdy" somewhere else and don't know whether or not it's me, please contact me and ask instead of assuming that it must be me.

My preferred forge for personal projects is Sourcehut, but my repositories have remotes for GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg too.

Selected projects

Clogstats

Analyze WeeChat logs to quantify, graph, forecast, and perform anomaly-detection on IRC channel activity. Written in Python; uses Pandas.

MOAC

Generate passwords and analyze password strength given physical limits to computing. Based on a weblog/gemlog entry:

Written in Go.

Interests, preferences, et cetera

I ought to come up with more interests than these, but that sounds hard.

Inclusive design

I care a lot about accessibility, resource usage, and compatibility. My Web site may seem simple, but I put almost 20 thousand words of thought into its design in an effort to maximize its inclusivity:

This site should work well whether you're using Lynx, NetSurf, the Tor Browser with a screen reader, or a printout

Many people frame accessibility and compatibility in terms of "percentage of users impacted" to justify ignoring certain demographics. I find that this mindset somewhat discriminatory. I prefer framing concerns in terms of "populations excluded".

I have some skin in the game: I rely on forced colors and use often use screen readers for web browsing. This is a really helpful measure to reduce overstimulation, given my anxiety and ADHD. I encourage others in similar situations to try these measures.

Collections

I like to collect things online! Things I like to collect include:

I'm working on additional online collections too.

Offline, I also like to collect United States coins by year. I'm not a serious coin collector; I just take them from circulation.

Health

Since 2024 I've developed a deep special interest in fitness and nutrition. I may consider a career in this space eventually. It also ties into my interest in veganism.

I've transformed my health since, putting on significant muscle and improving my diet to massively reduce food noise. I may blog more about this in time.

Veganism

I went vegan in 2024 and haven't looked back. I'm an ethical vegan, although my views aren't exactly mainstream. I do support reduciterianism, and don't believe everyone should be vegan at this time. Perhaps with time things could change.

Software freedom

While I care very much about "free software" (the name is confusing, it refers to freedom rather than price), I don't share the same perspective as most "fossbros" and organizations like the FSF. Software freedom is important because it gives people agency instead of delegating control to an authority; it's not valuable in and of itself, and promoting a "FOSS" alternative that has vulnerabilities and accessibility issues is sometimes counterproductive.

I think that simply meeting GNU's definition of free software isn't enough: it's one of multiple requirements for software to avoid the possibility of user domestication:

I lean towards simplicity; I usually prefer line-mode command-line interfaces that follow the UNIX philosophy. If a piece of software is complex enough to require a funding round, I would rather avoid it. My reasons for preferring simplicity also relate to user autonomy: extremely complex software can't be forked easily, creating dependence on the vendor. It's also because I'm a bit paranoid and want to know everything that happens on my system.

There are exceptions, of course: I use a Linux distro with Systemd (Fedora), after all. When I use a graphical program, it's typically for things for which graphics are an inherent requirement or for accessibility reasons (most TUIs don't play well with screen readers).

Some software I use: Fedora, Alpine Linux, SwayWM, mpv, mpd, Minetest, Neovim, tmux, newsboat, WeeChat, Foot, and zsh.

More information is available in my "uses" page.

Anime

I watch anime. Some of my favorites, in no particular order:

• Pluto
• Code Geass
• Mawaru Penguindrum
• No Game No Life: Zero
• Darling in the Franxx
• Black Lagoon
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Saga of Tanya the Evil
• Attack on Titan
• Violet Evergarden
• To Your Eternity

I think that at least one entry in that list has some problematic messages, but my personal interpretation was a bit unorthodox.

Music

I've put together a periodically-updated list of tracks that I've rated 8/10 or higher in my mpd stickers database:

It's auto-generated by some of my mpd-scripts:

I'm a fan of glitch, trailer music, and symphonic and power metal; I've also recently been getting into Japanese rock thanks to a few anime openings. Some of my favorite artists are The Glitch Mob, Pretty Lights, Beats Antique, Hammerfall, Badflower, Celldweller/Scandroid, Helloween, Two Steps from Hell, Nightwish, Mili, and MYTH & ROID.