"I often compare open source to science. To where science took this whole notion of developing ideas in the open and improving on other peoples' ideas and making it into what science is today and the incredible advances that we have had. And I compare that to witchcraft and alchemy, where openness was something you didn't do." — Linus Torvalds
The username Halaagmod comes from K. Arsenault Rivera's Their Bright Ascendancy, translating as "tree-minded" in the fictional Qorin language—borderline a pejorative name, considering the culture of the Qorin as described in the book, but a name that the user does not necessarily mind.
Programming Languages
| C-2 | This user is an intermediate C programmer. |
| bash-2 | This user is an intermediate Bash programmer. |
| js-1 | This user is a beginning JavaScript programmer. |
Natural Languages
| en | This user is a native speaker of the English language. |
| fr-2 | Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. |
Life
| 20+ | This user is a vicenarian. |
 | This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science. |
 | This user is a Computer System Administrator. |
 | This user is a gay man. | |
.svg){kind=small} | This user lives in North America. |
 | This user is a hacker, or identifies with and promotes the hacker ethic. |
 | This user is an explosive. |
Beliefs
 | This user is an Anglo-Catholic |
 | This user is interested in the New Testament apocrypha and the Gnostic Gospels. |
 | "At best, Science and Religion help humankind brighten and better travel the dimly lit labyrinth of existence: Science with faithful facts and knowledge illuminating reality, and at least a practical wisdom, and hopefully, a beneficent one; Religion with knowledgeable beliefs and faith bearing wisdom, and perhaps a spiritual reality that is, preferably, a rational one." - Dr. Dennis Bogdan (NYT 2021) |
 | This user believes that the universe began with a big bang when God said, Let there be light. |
 | This user is interested in panentheism. |
Politics
 | This user is a socialist, and is disgusted by this regressive societal system, that places corporate greed and profitability above human life, the environment and the collective well being of society. |
 | This user supports the Green Party of the United States. |
 | This user supports the worldwide Pirate Party movement. |
 | This user believes copyright laws are harmful and that RE, sharing and modifying are inalienable rights. |
 | This user supports the independence of Palestine. |
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This user is sick and tired of Religion's attempts to hijack government and wants stronger separation of church and state. | 
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 | This user supports defunding and demilitarizing the United States Armed Forces. |
 | This user supports testing and licensing all firearm owners the same as motorists. |
Interests
 | This user has an interest in cybersecurity. |
 | This user is an advocate of open research and open access. |
| id1 | This user is interested in conworlding/conlanging. |  |
 | This user is interested in religion as an anthropological and historical phenomenon. |
 | This user really likes old computers. |
 | This user contributes with Arch Linux, by the way. |
 | This user is a cat lover |