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<h1>About Me</h1>
<p>Heyo! I'm Aidan, and I'm a human being, like you. I'm a Wikipedia editor, hobbyist programmer (Python, Node.js and PHP) and student. I am a troubled teen industry survivor and I also <i>love</i> music! I love walking (pretty much anywhere), particularly Boston and some Mass suburbs. I'm a cryptocurrency user and love it way more than credit cards/cash. However, I am strongly opposed to the adoption of Web3 technology.</p>
<p>I strive, as a person, to understand my peers in life. I consider myself to be extremely understanding and accepting, albeit nobody is perfect, and I still hold my biases.</p>
<p>Thus, I've tried to do about almost everything and learn about almost everything to get a better understanding of the world around me. I love to debate, talk and learn about other people's views, while keeping it judgement-free. I believe this has helped me find more diverse relationships.</p>
<p>In politics, I'm a strong Democrat and a supporter of the <ahref="https://uspirates.org">Pirate Party</a>. I hope, by the time I die, that everyone may have fair human rights, open source is standard and the troubled teen industry is torn down or rebuilt into a truly healing environment. Also, let's try our best not to let AI take over too fast, eh?</p>
<p>If you want, you can check out my LastFM profile <ahref="https://last.fm/user/aidxn_">here</a>. If you don't already know what LastFM is, you can see more about my music taste there. It's where the sidebar fetches now playing stats from, too!</p>
<h3>Technology</h3>
<p>I have a lot of experience with varying types of technologies. From servers to old XP machines, I've tried it all. I currently administer two Linux servers, both running Ubuntu.</p>
<h3>Linux Distro Experience</h3>
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<liclass="space-li"><imgsrc="img/os/ubuntu.png"width="25"alt="Ubuntu logo"><span> Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 (includes server versions of each)</span></li>
<liclass="space-li"><imgsrc="img/os/windows-server.png"width="25"alt="Windows Server logo"><span> Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022</span></li>
<liclass="space-li"><imgsrc="img/os/oracle.png"width="25"alt="Oracle logo"><span> Oracle Linux 8</span></li>
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<h3>Cloud</h3>
<p>I also work a <i>LOT</i> in the cloud, but not the type you might be thinking about. I almost have an obsession to enterprise cloud computing. Hell, you're actually connected to one... right now! Here are some of my favorite platforms, ranked.</p>
<p>This section is a work in progress, for those who don't know cloud computing. I'm working to make the wording clearer, so the non-technical folk can still understand everything here!</p>
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<liclass="space-li">Oracle Cloud</li>
<liclass="space-li">Azure</li>
<liclass="space-li">AWS</li>
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<p>You can learn more about my opinions on cloud platforms <ahref="cloud.html">on this page</a>. It's not shown on the sidebar, as I don't think many people would be interested. So, if you're reading this, enjoy your access to a "secret" page.</p>
