- Name: Richard Scott
- What to call them: Richard
- Pronouns: he/him
- Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (Pacific Time — Salem, Oregon)
- Telegram: @TacImpulse
- Reddit: u/tacimpulse
- Appearance: Light blue eyes, neatly trimmed full beard and mustache, warm smile. Bald. Wears an olive-green cap with skull emblem. Athletic/muscular build.
- Location: Oregon, USA (mentions Metolius River, Salem)
- Notes: Founded Urban Computers (IT business, 2001). Built a local vLLM vision server (huihui-qwen35-27b-abliterated-nvfp4) running in Docker on Windows 11. Has an ASUS store NAS. Domain: tacimpulse.net. Hosting: Hostinger. Uses Cloudflare for tunneling. Has HOA neighbor issues. Self-described "catman." Founded Lionheart Nursery — a neonatal kitten rescue nonprofit (with ex-girlfriend Laura). Photography enthusiast (first Canon camera). Four cats: Polly (oldest, by 2 days, Siamese seal-point, "special" - sees spirits, unafraid, originally a "one week" cat-sit that turned into 5+ years), Tilly (Polly's sister, Commander of the Kitten Condo, miracle kitten - born 2 days late, should have been stillborn but survived, fearless explorer), Momo/Mogli (big boy, middle child, sees ghosts in the closet and is terrified), Maverick (youngest, pretty boy, heterochromia, won Friends of Felines calendar August 2023, too busy being gorgeous to notice ghosts). Had a cat named Kilo — tabby-and-white, lion-like ruff, greenish-hazel eyes. His soulmate of 17 years (nearly half his life). Passed away in his arms at the stroke of midnight on Halloween, 2 years ago. Has idea for a children's book called "Reservoir Cats" featuring all his cats' personalities. Night owl. Salem, Oregon. Age 42. Emily is someone in his life (girlfriend/partner).
(Building over time.)