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I am Karl Hallsby, and am currently a student at [Illinois Institute of Technology](https://iit.edu).<br>
Online, you can typically find me by the handle/username `KarlJoad`.

I am a responsible, independent self-starter, who is quick-learning, and goal-oriented.
Currently a Masters degree-seeking student with knowledge of computer hardware and software design, and experience in leading projects in a multinational corporation.
I have expertise in digital hardware design, software engineering, and system security.

I am a [GNU Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) user, and my dotfiles can be found [here](https://github.com/KarlJoad/Emacs_Dotfiles).
I also use [NixOS](https:nixos.org), my dotfiles for various machines are [here](https://github.com/KarlJoad/NixOS_Dotfiles).
To manage my home directory's dotfiles, I use [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager), whose dotfiles can be found [here](https://github.com/KarlJoad/Dotfiles-hm).
You can find the source for this website [here](https://git.karl.hallsby.com/?p=website.git;a=summary).

As a developer, I am proficient in:
  * [C](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language))
  * [MC68k Assembly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68000)
  * [MIPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_architecture)
  * [Java](https://www.java.com/en/)
  * [Python 3](https://www.python.org/)
  * [Haskell](https://www.haskell.org/)

I am familiar with the following tools:
  * [Git](https://git-scm.com)
  * Linux
  * [$$\LaTeX$$](https://www.latex-project.org/)
  * Oscilloscope
  * Digital Logic Analyzer

For further exploration of my work, please see [my GitHub](https://github.com/KarlJoad).