Words from Paul Halmos:

The beginner ... should not be discouraged if ... he finds that he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites.

Bash, C, HTML and CSS, LaTeX, Lua, MATLAB, Markdown, Python, SageMath, XML

• Quantum computers and quantum cryptography
• Privacy, security, and anonymity on the Internet
• Infosec and physical security
• Sociology of the internet
• Dark UI themes
• Usable color schemes: Catppuccin
• Mass surveillance deterrence
  • "Against the Law: Countering Lawful Abuses of Digital Surveillance" by Andrew "bunnie" Huang and Edward Snowden
  • Introspection Engine eventually lead to Betrusted
• Linux: Arch Linux, Alpine Linux, Pop!_OS, Tails, Whonix
• Android: GrapheneOS, DivestOS
• Xen Hypervisor: Qubes OS
• Open-source software projects, such as: Signal
• Open-source firmware projects, such as: coreboot and Trussed, which includes the Nitrokey 3 and SoloKey 2
• Open-source hardware projects, such as: Betrusted, which includes IRIS, a method to non-destructively inspect silicon (also on arXiv), and Precursor as the first Betrusted project device; Framework laptops; the Tangara music player, and the Virgo laptop from System76 (WIP)
• Rust, such as: System76's "Epoch" rewrite of its COSMIC desktop environment

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Sketch by JG