User:Bisqwit

I’m a native Finn, and I spend much time in the Internet. I’m an active webmaster. If you recognize my handle from somewhere, it’s most likely related to some of these projects:
 * Tool-assisted console game movies
 * Japanese web-dictionary "kanjidict"
 * Chrono Trigger translation tools

As for Wikipedia ― I sometimes edit articles when I see something that needs a little edit. I mostly do minor edits. I’ve contributed example code to several pages, such as Lanczos resampling and Boyer–Moore string search algorithm. So far I have created one article, Ordered dithering. I am an advocate of free software, and to me, a Wiki is a natural extension of those freedoms. I like to participate in community projects without involvements.

Homepage: https://iki.fi/bisqwit/

My present place of employment is at Etteplan Embedded Finland Oy.

Programming
QuickBASIC, C, C++, Ruby, Javascript, Python, Turbo Pascal, PHP

I enjoy reading source code. My favourite source code is that of the game Star Control 2.

And I like writing source code.

Sometimes I publish programming related videos on my YouTube channel. I’m an old-school programmer, with a special love towards old and constrained systems that have little memory, such as the NES or the MS-DOS. Still, I do almost all my programming under Linux, and love to use commandline, even in Windows through the use of Cygwin and Xterm.

Console games
I like console game… music.

Yes, the music I listen to mostly consists of soundtracks of various games ― mostly NES and SNES games. Music of the old games is the thing that most securely attaches my mind to the NES era.

That being said, I also like my pet project started in 2003 ― the website specializing in tool-assisted speedruns of classic console games: TASvideos.

Pre-1992, I played some NES games a lot. In 1992 when I began using computers (for programming), I forgot about games (mostly), but in 2003, the idea of a novel way of playing the games ― tool-assistance ― led me to explore ways to perform beautiful feats in NES games. Soon the members of the newly started community started finding and abusing glitches in the classic games, and this made it even more interesting. I enjoy the view to the game programming it gives. After some 5 or 6 years of maintaining TASVideos, I gave the site to new owners, and nowadays I’m just an occasional visitor.

Language
In 2001, various things (mostly Pokémon, and hence, anime) lead me to study the Japanese language. It’s a hobby for me. I’m a quick learner, but I’m lazy to study. Thus, I have some basic understanding of the language and ability to form sentences, but nowhere near enough to participate in complex discussions. I’m still studying. I also know some bits of Hebrew language.

One way for me to learn was to create a website full of tools to aid in learning. Thus https://bisqwit.iki.fi/japtools/ was born. It is currently the primary Japanese dictionary site I use.

I’ve also studied Toki Pona and Lojban a bit. Applying artificial languages in an AI/RPG project has been one of my ambitions.

Israeli Folk Dance
Since 2008, I have had Israeli Folk Dance as my hobby. Since 2013, I have regularly led one or more weekly dance class sessions.