Properties:
- software developer (a.k.a. bug generator)
- writes leaky C/C++ code
- whose OpenGL code never works on machines other than mine
- mixes legacy and cutting-edge features of JavaScript in a single library
- builds never-bootable Android ROMs
- hardware terminator (as always)
- server of this site use to be a self-built machine
- many failed attempts to repair my gadgets (a few of them did succeed though)
- now trying to collect vintage hardware (to mess around with)
- tried to build a 'computer' out of redstone in Minecraft (does not look like it will be finished anytime soon)
- former competitive programmer
- Nightmare Of mIne 2014
- All ICPC regional attempts failed spectacularly
- music producer (sometimes)
- no MBTI category provided because the model is flawed
- 16PF results hidden somewhere in the page, from A to Q4 with scores ranging from 0 to 4
- heart disease confirmed (so be peaceful, please)
- likes to live on the edge (uses Gentoo and Debian sid)
- simple & stupid (have a look at the design of this site)
- dreamer, freedom seeker and more...
Religious beliefs: Free software, K.I.S.S., Linux (or GNU/Linux if you so prefer), LF for line breaks, UTF-8, FSF.
Chris Xiong is a not-so-young-any-more coder from a small city of China.
Now aged more than 20, this hacker is still just writing code for fun. Crazy follower
of "Free Software" (but not FSF's ideology in particular).
Develops free software alone but seldom feels lonely. Sincere friends
are always cherished.
This site was written from scratch in XHTML without using any kind of framework whatsoever.
Later it was migrated to HTML5 (still not using 3rd-party frameworks).
Poorly-written C++ and Python code powers the backend.
History of this site is available here and more here.
Mastodon: chirs241097@c.im
Twitter: (sorry I blocked the entire website but in case you still want to visit that cesspool)
E-Mail: echo '49:CDac`_hfo8>2:=]4@>' | tr '\!-~' 'P-~\!-O'
Matrix: @chirs241097:matrix.org
Discord: (Please get in touch with me using one of the other methods listed here first)
GPG key
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| Gender |
null |
| Birth |
1997-10-24 17:36 |
| Ancestry |
重慶 涪陵 Chongqing Fuling |
| Occupation |
(pre-candidacy) PhD student in CS somewhere
"Free" free software developer |
| Personality |
In a word: weird. You can find out more in my blog posts. |
| Favourite motto |
「多行不義必自斃」
Unjust is doomed to destruction |
| Skills |
Messing around
C++ (63 out of 100)
C (65 out of 100)
Pascal (64 out of 100, declining, though)
Rust (60 out of 100)
Scheme and other LISP-like stuff (55 out of 100)
Standard ML and OCaml (52 out of 100)
HTML and XML (59 out of 100)
CSS (58 out of 100)
JavaScript (61 out of 100)
Java (53 out of 100)
PHP (36 out of 100)
Python (61 out of 100)
Shell scripting (60 out of 100)
C# (28 out of 100)
"Modern" OpenGL (58 out of 100, GL 3.0+, GLES, WebGL)
"Legacy" OpenGL (65 out of 100, GL 1.x~2.x)
"Legacy" DirectX (60 out of 100, DX 7, 8 and 9)
Vulkan (Copy-pasting tutorial out of 100)
Messing around
Competitive programming (56 out of 100)
Software engineering (26 out of 100) (wtf is this bs?)
Reverse engineering (40 out of 100)
Starting side projects and never finishing them (101 out of 100)
Minecraft modding (33 out of 100)
Messing around
Linux (62 out of 100) (Daily usage/server maintenance and troubleshooting only. Kernel hacking not (really) included.)
Windows (55 out of 100) (Even lesser than above)
macOS (33 out of 100) (Worst OS, ever!)
Messing around
Piano (45 out of 100, declining)
Cakewalk SONAR (65 out of 100)
Cubase (36 out of 100)
Collecting hardware synth that I'll never master (95 out of 100)
Messing around
GIMP (63 out of 100, image processing only)
Inkscape (61 out of 100, simple patterns only)
Kdenlive (58 out of 100, simple projects only)
Blender (47 out of 100, never learned hotkeys)
Photoshop (40 out of 100, declining)
Flash (nvm, it's dead now!)
Messing around
Chinese (3 out of 100, simplified and traditional)
English (4 out of 100)
Latin (3 out of 100, classical Latin)
French (1 out of 100)
Japanese (N/A out of 100)
Messing around
Repairing disassembling (mostly electric) gadgets. (65 out of 100)
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| Current Devices (plus previous devices in HTML comment blocks) |
Homelab "Harena"
- 2×Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
- 8×32GB DDR4-2666 Samsung ECC RAM
- Supermicro X11DPH-T
- NVIDIA RTX A4000 (PNY)
- AMD RX 7900 XTX (Yeston)
- Intel Arc A770 16GB (ASRock)
- Samsung 980 Pro (2TB)
- Samsung 990 Pro (2TB)
- Gentoo GNU/Linux ~amd64
- Windows 11 Pro x64 (virtualized)
DIY ITX tower "Alice" (former server of this site)
- Intel Core i7-2960XM (4.5 GHz max turbo, 96W PL2, 72W PL1)
- 2×8GB DDR3L-1600 Samsung RAM
- Supermicro X9SCV-QV4
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA RTX 2080 FE (repurposed as eGPU)- Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB)
- Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 (320GB)
- HGST HTS721010A9E630 (1TB)
- Debian GNU/Linux sid (unstable) amd64
Semi-retro tower "Concordia"
- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (running at 3.6 GHz)
- 4×4GB DDR3-1600 Kingston RAM
- Gigabyte GA-EP43T-USB3 rev 1.0
- NVIDIA GTX 960 (ZOTAC), OR
- AMD RX 550 4GB LP (Yeston)
- Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 (128GB)
- Segate Barracuda 7200.12 (500GB)
- Debian GNU/Linux stable amd64
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Framework Laptop (11th gen Intel) "Freddy"
- 4th batch
- Intel Core i7-1185G7
- 64GB DDR4-3200 Crucial RAM
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- NVIDIA RTX 2080 FE (eGPU)
- 1TB Samsung 970 Pro
- Gentoo GNU/Linux ~amd64
- Windows 11 Insider Pro x64
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 1st Gen. 20FQ "Terry"
- Intel Core i7-6600U
- 16GB DDR3L-1866 Samsung RAM
- Intel HD Graphics 520
- 512GB Samsung NVMe SSD
- Gentoo GNU/Linux ~amd64
- Windows 11 Insider Pro x64
Steam Deck "Shannon"
- I have no idea why I got this
- Custom AMD Zen2 APU
- 16 GB LPDDR5
- AMD RDNA2 Integrated
- 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD
- Arch Linux amd64
IBM ThinkPad X60 Tablet 6363-C7U "Tegan"
- Intel Core 2 Duo L7400
- 4GB DDR2-667 Samsung RAM
- Intel GMA 950
- 240GB Sandisk SSD
- Debian sid amd64
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
IBM ThinkPad T43 2686-DGU "Terrenum"
- Intel Pentium M 750
- 2GB DDR2-667 Samsung RAM (running at 533 MT/s)
- ATI Mobility Radeon X300
- 60GB Hitachi PATA HDD (SATA Mod in process)
- Debian sid i386
- Windows XP Professional SP3
Apple PowerBook G4 A1138 "Marian"
- PowerPC 7447A
- 2GB DDR2-667 Samsung RAM (running at 533 MT/s)
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
- 100GB Hitachi PATA HDD
- OpenBSD 7.5 macppc
- Mac OS X 10.5.8
Raspberry Pi 2 "Regan" (NIU)
- 8GB MicroSD Card
- rev 1.1
- Raspbian testing (buster)
Raspberry Pi 3B+ "Raven" (NIU)
- Broken MicroSD card slot
- Arch Linux ARM (aarch64) on USB
Raspberry Pi 4B "Royce"
- 4GB RAM, rev 1.1
- 32GB MicroSD Card
- Custom FrankenDebian (aarch64)
Raspberry Pi 4B "Rubrica"
- 8GB RAM, rev 1.5
- 64GB MicroSD Card
- Arch Linux ARM
Raspberry Pi Zero WH "Rhodes"
- 32GB MicroSD Card
- Raspbian testing
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 "Rhea"
- 64GB MicroSD Card
- Arch Linux ARM
Sony XPERIA 1 II
- 256GB Internal Storage
- Custom built LineageOS 20
Xiao Mi MIX 3
- 256GB Internal Storage
- Custom built crDroid 7.9
iPod classic 120GB (Modded)
- Rev. 3 logic board
- 128GB SSD
- Rockbox
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| Wishlist |
Something something threadripper, or epyc
All kinds of vintage tech gadgets
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PFAQs:
Q1: Why is it "chirs241097" instead of "chris241097" in your usernames?
A1: That was an old typo...
However according to the Haskell tutorial found at haskell.org,
"chirs" == sort "chris"
and is her twin nemesis. That would be a very playful joke.
Why use 'her' here? Simply because my textbook on Operating System Concepts
does so.
Q2: Why do the pages on your site look so ugly?
A2: The reason is simple but "irrefutable": I simply like this style.
Q3: What the hell is the favicon of your site?
A3: Well, it's a placeholder made in half a minute :).
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