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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Well, dojít also means "come to" as in "understand" or "deduce", besides the usual meaning of "finish walking". However, dojetí is the gerund-like form of either the verb dojet ("come to"/"arrive" but not on foot but by a land vehicle; though dojezd or příjezd is used more often) or way more commonly the verb dojmout se ("get moved [emotionally]").

The most accurate translation of the song title would be "[I Am] Afraid To Get Emotional" but "Resisting Being Moved/Touched", close to what Google came up with, is the best if syllable count needs to be preserved.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

An old Czech song just played on the radio...

"Bráním se dojetí" translates to "I resist being touched", apparently

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 14 points 16 hours ago

Well, then you're going to hear

Limited offer! Sign up until September 30 for Ford Fun Plus and get a year of ad-free rides at just $10 per month!

most of the time, much like Spotify.
(Last time I was in a Spotify-"enhanced" waiting room was 6 years ago so no idea if that still holds.)

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 16 hours ago

He absolutely nailed it, actually. The fact that you posted it speaks to the success of the viral marketing campaign.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well, this is how a large part of how carbon credits "work". You can pay someone to not cut down their tree, for example, and get a certificate in return. However, the demand for wood will likely just get satisfied elsewhere and there is little stopping people from selling multiple carbon credits per tree, or just including trees that would not get cut down anyway.

In the best case scenario, actual carbon gets stored so that it won't decompose (like dead trees or other biomass in oxygen, maybe even plastic someday) or burned (like coal that future people can reach); however, that's energy-intensive (hydrocarbons release energy when turned into oxides and vice versa) and difficult. Obviously, such carbon credits are expensive and they would probably cost an airline as much as fuel for your flight. Sealing an oil reservoir instead of using it, as I suggest, would be the easiest way to effectively accomplish this but oil producers don't want to miss out on the fields they operate.
Unless the "carbon neutral" option for your flight ticket is a large percentage of its price, they are probably using dubious carbon credits - in the typical case, they are like saying your crypto mining rig is zero-emission because it's next to an existing hydroelectric dam. The energy from that could have been used to offset some carbon-intensive production elsewhere (unless all your energy demand is already satisfied by clean electricity and you cannot export, like ~~Iceland~~ some islands).
At worst, it's a pure scam that offsets no carbon and is pushed by Big Oil to prevent buyers from considering systemic changes to their carbon-heavy operation.

Edit: Iceand indeed has an overproduction of clean energy and they use it to extract and export aluminum, which is energy-intensive. Still, as long as there are gas furnaces and combustion engines on the island, there is room for improvement. However, small tropical islands (which cannot host aluminum factories) mostly use solar panels and some storage solution, and computationally heavy tasks are a legitimate use for any excess electricity production.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 33 points 3 days ago

US and Russia are the only countries exempt from the ban on new territorial claims under the UN Antarctic Treaty. Drilling is also banned but thanks to carbon credits, you don't need to drill to monetize oil: you just need to threaten that you will.

"You know us: we have violated international law before. You can pay us $5/ton to leave some of the oil behind on the off-chance that we do it again. New low for carbon credits!"

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The Ion launcher for TI-83 calculators has existed since 1999. Why did the Android port take so long? /s

Even regular people would borrow suits for photographs, or have one set for special occasions.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is false. Cars for sale in India need to be made with 3x more honk because the standard package would run out too soon.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Input devices almost never use USB 3.0. In fact, most manufacturers save money and don't shield the cable, forcing half-speed USB 1.1, which is enough for all mice and keyboards - less than 50 kb/s of the available 6 Mb/s is required even for 240Hz polling. High-end mice might have USB 3.0 (9 pins instead of 4 in the plug) but there should be no practical difference between 3.0 and 2.0 speeds. The polling rate will most likely be identical and the microsecond difference between how long each takes to transfer the data is likely way lower than lag from the mouse's wireless connection.

Just use any USB 2.0 hub, even $2 ones from AliExpress will work the same as high-end ones. Most are sold with 4 ports because that's what their standard generic chip does. You probably have one lying around or built into the monitor. You're unlikely to cause interference so just choose any spot with strong signal to the desk area, not necessarily line-of-sight: if the mouse works everywhere within 2 meters from the intended area, then the intended area will have good signal and minimal chance of dropout. The lag or polling rate does not decrease with signal strength unless you count extra nanoseconds the radio waves need to travel.

The only difference is when you need another port for high-speed applications such as mass storage devices or MTP with your phone, at which point just plug them directly into the PC for max speed.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes but you'll need to intercept the HDMI cable with a beefy microcontroller to turn it back on when displaying patient data again so you don't get fired. At this point, I'd be looking to disable the corresponding software if the computer is accessible.

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Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.

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