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title = "About"
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author = ["Valentin Boettcher"]
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This is the web presence of Valentin Boettcher a.k.a. Hiro98.
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Valentin:
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- currently studies physics in Dresden.
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- codes stuff.
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- is a science-fiction junky and space enthusiast.
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- loves jamming with the saxophone.
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- is hooked on LISP and Clojure.
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- appreciates C++.
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- likes his [Kyria](https://blog.splitkb.com/blog/introducing-the-kyria).
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You can check out my [Github](https://github.com/vale981), [Gitlab](https://gitlab.com/vale9811/) and [KDE Invent](https://invent.kde.org/vboettcher/) profiles for most
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of my projects as I publish the source to most things I produce.
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I've got a [CV](/docs/cv_ger.pdf) in German.
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<!--more-->
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My usual internet/user/nick name is _Hiro_ or _Hiro98_ after Hiro
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Protagonist from Neal Stephenson's novel "[Snow Crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%5FCrash)", who is usually
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depicted in profile pictures like the following one.
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{{< figure src="/images/Pages/2021-08-01_15-14-54_screenshot.png" caption="Figure 1: By [Ben Towle](http://www.benzilla.com/?p=4209)." >}}
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## Things Made {#things-made}
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- The source of this website lives [here](https://github.com/vale981/website).
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- I've written a bachelor's thesis about [Monte Carlo Event Generators](https://git.io/JBPZg).
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I even built my own in python.
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- A simple, easy-to-use and firewall penetrating [control software](https://gitlab.com/vale9811/doccam-pi) for
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streaming stuff from `rtmp` cams to youtube.
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- Along with a commilitone I've written some lecture notes about
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[Quantum Information](https://gitlab.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de/strunz/skript-quanteninformation).
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- The website of [SimuNova](https://simunova.com/).
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- The software behind [klausurnoug.at](https://klausurnoug.at).
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- A [visualization of neutrino oscillations](https://protagon.space/stuff/neutrino%5Foscillations/).
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- A [python library](https://github.com/vale981/SecondaryValue) to calculate the gaussian error propagation.
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- A [small hack](https://git.io/JBPZX) to scrape and organize physics courses at the
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TU-Dresden. [See it in action](https://protagon.space/stuff/vertiefungs%5Fscraper/).
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- A script [to convert the wunderlist export to org-mode.](https://github.com/vale981/wunderlist-to-org)
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- A script to create an arch linux image with [bcachefs](https://github.com/vale981/archiso-bcachefs) support.
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- I've made the [website](https://sherpa-team.gitlab.io/) and some of the continuous integration for the
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SHERPA project.
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## Activities {#activities}
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- I am the admin and the most enthusiastic user of the [TU-Dresden
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Physics Forum](https://physik.protagon.space).
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- I am an occasional contributor to [KStars](https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars). As of late I have
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participated in the Google Summer of Code to implement a better
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Deep-Sky-Object backend.
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I also implemented and now maintain the [KStars DSO Catalog
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Repository](https://invent.kde.org/vboettcher/kstars-catalogs).
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- Sometimes I release some noises on [Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/the%5Fdj%5Fc) and [Bandcamp](https://afa-music.bandcamp.com/) under the
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name "Abschreibung für Abnutzung".
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- I am also the maintainer of the [RolaCam](https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/) backend which is also used
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by the [Urban Wildlife Trust](https://www.urbanwildlifetrust.org/portfolio/live-cam/) for their [Wildcams](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLizlM6gpaVHTKPo7spoqlA). |