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| I am a retired Systems Engineer. | I am a retired Systems Engineer. |
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| I have an honours degree (BSc) in [[https://www.theorsociety.com/about-or/|Operational Research]] & Computing and have spent most of my working life in IT. | Graduated with an honours degree (BSc) in [[https://www.theorsociety.com/about-or/|Operational Research]] & Computing, I spent most of my working life in IT (financial sector and later with an ISP). |
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| I live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and an adopted black Soi cat. | Currently live in Bangkok with my lovely wife, a 5 year-old nephew, and an adopted black Soi cat. |
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| My interests:- | My interests:- |
| * Backgammon / [[https://royalur.net/rules|The Royal Game of Ur]] | * Backgammon / [[https://royalur.net/rules|The Royal Game of Ur]] |
| * Cosmology (Astrophysics, maths, physics) | * Cosmology (Astrophysics, maths, physics) |
| * Flying (particularly aerobatics - I am a fully qualified pilot (PPL)) | * Flying (particularly aerobatics) |
| * IT (still like to "keep my hand in") | |
| * Slide rules (I use one almost daily) | * Slide rules (I use one almost daily) |
| * Watercolour painting | * Watercolour painting |
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| I am currently into algorithmic trading. | I am currently working on algorithmic trading systems using python and machine learning. |
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| I use the following systems:- | I use the following systems:- |
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| * Laptop - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]] | * Laptop - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://fastestcode.org/emwm.html|EMWM]] (Enhanced Motif Windows Manager) - main **workhorse**, and trusty machine!{{https://wiki.bsd.cafe/lib/plugins/ckgedit/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png?nolink&22x22|heart}}=) |
| * Desktops - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]] | * Desktops - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://i3wm.org/|i3]] |
| * Home server - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve|Bhyve]] for VMs | * Home server - [[https://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] + [[https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve|Bhyve]] for VMs |
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| **Finally**, I would like to close by **thanking my lovely wife**. Who, despite the years, still "puts-up" with me, and, without whom, I would be **totally lost**! | **Finally**, I would like to close by **thanking my lovely wife**. Who, despite the years, still "puts-up" with me, and, without whom, I would be **totally lost**! |
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