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151 lines
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title: Home
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cardImage: charolette
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cardImageDescription: She almost looks like she's in her native country again.
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motto: <small>My name is Thomas Christensen</small><br />I am Milliron X
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description: The homepage of Thomas A. Christensen II
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layout: _default/list
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menu:
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main:
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params:
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prefix: fad
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icon: fa-home
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weight: -1000
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<h2>What is a "Milliron X"?</h2>
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<h3>
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It's a
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock_branding">cattle brand</a>,
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of course! My cattle brand!
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</h3>
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<p>
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The <dfn>milliron</dfn> is the bar with a bend in the middle. It does not
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represent anything physical or textual <i>per se</i>, and is therefore a
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rather unique element in cattle brands. Millirons are difficult to modify into
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another brand, and provide a guarantee of authentic ownership.
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</p>
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<p>
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<dfn>X</dfn> is the letter of mystery and mystique. For nerds, it's the
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unknown in any algebra problem. Ranchers and cowboys will associate it with
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big names like the "Bar X" and the "Double X." In either case, it lends itself
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to a sense of withholding, prestige, and power.
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</p>
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<p>
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Together, these two symbols represent the qualities I strive for in each of my
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works: authenticity, originality, power, depth, and prestige.
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</p>
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<h2>Who am I?</h2>
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{{% imgproc me-and-lady Resize "768x" "float-right" %}}
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Image courtesy [Guy McCutcheon Photography](https://www.guymccutcheon.com/)
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{{% /imgproc %}}
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<p>I am</p>
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<ul>
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<li>🧬 A bioinformatician (by profession)</li>
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<li>📐 An engineer (by education)</li>
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<li>🐂 A rancher (by lifestyle)</li>
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<li>🖥️ A techie (self-taught)</li>
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<li>🎥 And a filmmaker (at heart)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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I've got a soft spot for Brown Swiss dairy cows (just in case you couldn't
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tell by the pictures), and am sometimes called "one of those crazy, Wyoming
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dairy cow people." I love anything to do with cattle or technology, but
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especially anything to do with both of them.
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</p>
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<p>
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<em>
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<abbr
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title="Born again, fundamentalist, dispensationalist, King James Bible-believing, independent Baptist"
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>Christian</abbr
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>, American, Convervative, Pro-gun, Heterosexual - any questions?
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</em>
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</p>
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<h2>Where am I?</h2>
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{{% imgproc wy-in-ks Resize "768x" "float-left" / %}}
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<p>
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I am a Wyomingite sojurning in Kansas. That ought to lead to some interesting
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stories.
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</p>
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Around the web you can find me at (in order of subjective importance)
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<ul class="float-md-end w-md-50">
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-github"></i> GitHub:
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<a href="https://github.com/MillironX">@MillironX</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-orcid"></i>
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ORCiD:
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<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1219-9320">0000-0003-1219-9320</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-gitlab"></i>
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GitLab: <a href="https://gitlab.com/MillironX">@MillironX</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-vimeo"></i>
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Vimeo: <a href="https://vimeo.com/tchristensenii">Thomas Christensen II</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-stack-overflow"></i>
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Stack Exchange:
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<a href="https://stackexchange.com/users/4863541/milliron-x">Milliron X</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-steam"></i>
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Steam: <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/id/millironx">MillironX</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<i class="fab fa-fw fa-discord"></i>
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Discord:
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<a href="https://discord.com/users/484492414837587978">@MillironX</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<div style="clear: both;"></div>
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<div class="card border-warning m-3">
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<div class="card-body">
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<p class="card-text">
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This list is intended to verify my identity on other sites. Please do
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<em>not</em> use it as fodder to try and "follow" me on each of these
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platforms. I stand with RMS:
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>
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Facebook is a bad place for a person to be. When people find us on
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Facebook, we lead them away from Facebook and then talk with them
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elsewhere.
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</p>
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<small>
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Richard Stallman in
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<cite
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><a href="https://stallman.org/facebook-presence.html"
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>If you feel your organization needs a 'presence' in Facebook</a
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></cite
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>
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</small>
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</blockquote>
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<p class="card-text">
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I typically don't respond to inqueries made on these platforms. Please use
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<a href="/contact">my contact form</a>, instead.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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