Hi. Please tell me if you need help. I usually respond. I'm essentially retired, so I'm pretty easygoing.

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Wikicode

Collaborative game development

I have been greedily using Wikipedia since its inception, but I have only been giving back for a little more than a year.

I'm an optimist mostly because no country has attacked another with a nuclear weapon since 1945 and because it takes fewer clicks to clean Wikipedia than to vandalize it.

Despite my username, I'm rather mediocre at wakeboarding.

Language

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
es-2Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.




I use Google Translate and Wiktionary to practice languages as I encounter them. It's a slow but enjoyable process.

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This user understands leet, IM & texting slang, but won't use it. "411 ur LOL pwn ROFLMAO OMG b310ng 2" you, thanks.
 -2This user has an intermediate understanding of Medical Latin.
ipa-2
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This user has an intermediate understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.




I worked on programming languages professionally, so I can read a variety of them pretty easily. However, I typically only respond to requests for those that are listed. I do all of my personal coding projects in Mathematica unless the hardware platform doesn't support it.

 -4This user is an expert Mathematica programmer.
C#-4This user is an expert C# programmer.
C-2This user is an intermediate C programmer.
js-2This user is an intermediate JavaScript programmer.




These boxes make me laugh. Of course, I'm more understanding of people that are learning English as a second language. Perhaps they will find them to be helpful.

to
too
two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
than
then
This user understands the difference between using "than" and "then."
their
there
they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
your
you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
its
it's
It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
theyThis user considers singular they standard, modern, informal English usage, so avoids it on Wikipedia.
to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
with, at, in, for, to...This user has no opinion about ending a sentence with a preposition.
golden toad This user advocates lowercase common names in an encyclopedia.


. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
"…"!
US vs. UK
This user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue!







Interests

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I plan to sign up for a bunch of WikiProjects and bounce among them. I'll organize them later.

 This user is a participant in WikiProject Jazz.
 This user is a member of WikiProject Literature.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject Military history.
 This user is a participant in WikiProject Songs.
 This user is a member of the
Theoretical Linguistics
Task Force
.
 This user participates in
WikiProject Abu Dhabi.
 This user is a member of WikiProject Ecology
 This user is a member of WikiProject Electronics.
 This user is a member of WikiProject Elements.
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 This user is a participant in
WikiProject Energy.
 This user is a participant in
WikiProject Mathematics.
 This user contributes to the
Medical genetics task force
 This user is a participant in
WikiProject Metalworking
 This user is a participant in WikiProject Microbiology.
 This user is a participant in WikiProject Plants.
 This user is a member of WikiProject Ships.
 
A discus
This user is a member of WikiProject Aquarium Fishes.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject Birds.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject Fishes.
 This user is a participant in
WikiProject Mammals.
 This user is a member of WikiProject Paleontology.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject Sociology.
 This user is a member of
WikiProject
Travel and Tourism
.
 This user likes penguins.
 This user is a big fan of ostriches.
 This user believes that cats are NOT food.

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 This user is a member of
WikiProject Dogs.
This user firmly believes that this is a better world because of the presence of dogs. 
 This user loves
Labrador Retrievers.
 This user is interested in aviation.
 This user loves
Warbirds from World War 2
 This user is a Boeing 737 fan.
 This user is a fan of the Supermarine Spitfire.
 This user is a licensed aircraft pilot.
fThis user maintains a Facebook profile at michael.hale.71697.


 This user uses a K2 instead of paper books whenever possible.
 This user drinks hot chocolate.
 This user loves pasta.
 This user eats spinach.
MRThis user enjoys their steak Medium rare.
game
dev
This user is interested in video game development.
Diff MThis user plays Video Games on Medium or the default difficulty.
 This user is interested in Genealogy.
 This user is interested in history.
 This user is an advanced mathematician.
SIThis user measures both in metric system and American system units.ft-lb
 This user knows how to prove that the square root of two is irrational.
 This user is interested in graph theory.
 This user knows advanced
music theory.
 This user fan of Bedřich Smetana .
 This user plays the piano.
 This user enjoys folk music.
 This user enjoys experimental or avant-garde music.
  This user likes most types of music.
 This user enjoys post-rock.
 This user appreciates real punk music.
 This user is a transhumanist.
 This user would like to vacation on Mars (one day).
 This user is interested in nanotechnology.
 This user contributes using GIMP.


 This user BOINCs.
 This user is a swimmer.
'96ATLThis user attended the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
 This user enjoys filmmaking.
 This user enjoys snorkeling.
 This user enjoys juggling.
 This user enjoys the works of
Isaac Asimov.
  This user enjoys the works of
Ernest Hemingway.

This user snuck out of school to watch Saraghina dance the rumba!

There Will Be BloodThis user wants you to know that
I drink your milkshake!
  This user believes any answer I give will be wrong and the Senior Drill Instructor will only beat this user harder if I reverse myself.
 This user likes Pixar and its films.
DSThis user knows you can't fight in the War Room. 
Blade Runner This user thinks Blade Runner is one of the best science fiction films ever made.
 This user thinks 2001: A Space Odyssey is the best science fiction film ever made.
GODThis user considers Jean-Luc Godard to be the greatest filmmaker of his time.
 This user thinks Steven Spielberg is the greatest director of all time.
KubrickThis user thinks that Stanley Kubrick is the greatest director of all time.
KurosawaThis user loves Akira Kurosawa movies.
This user watches The Office 
  This user knows that bears are Godless killing machines.
:)This user is an optimist.
ENTJ This user's MBTI type is ENTJ.
 This user is skeptical of MBTI, regarding it as pseudoscience.

 

  This user's blood group is
A Rh NEGATIVE
  This user supports stem cell research.
 This user supports the Occupy Movement, but not uncritically.
 This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia.