ChaoticNeutralCzech

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

I have a J2 SDK installed on my PC right now, in case I get around to programming for my Nokia 3410

The full name is J2ME (Java 2 Mobile Environment) but "J2" is valid because Java 2 is part of it (duh). It's surprisingly high-level for a phone with a 96x65 B/W screen (6K pixels - not width, area) and like 1 MB of storage and 512 kB of RAM. The pixel buffer is 24bit RGB, PNGs and GIFs can be rendered into it and they get dithered by the runtime. There's model-specific syscalls to take advantage of its 3D library, which only one commercial game, Munkiki's Castles, ended up using. On 2 out of 3 phones I own, it was offered for free by Czech provider Eurotel to advertise the capabilities of CSD (early 2G dial-up data service, but still supported by some Czech providers; the Nokia is still able to emulate several analog modem standards in case the path between the BTS and WAP gateway was not fully digital and lossless) and downloaded by the previous user. The 3410 was indeed a high-end model in 2001.

Did they get Playstation done and then just not release it? That's what I meant.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

When received signal strength maxes out, it might be indeed too much to transmit at full power because the devices are apparently close enough for lower power (that uses less energy from the battery and reduces interference, even with itself through reflection) to suffice. But that's the other way around. Also, the desktop Linux device is usually not the more battery-constrained one in the pair.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Of course they're going to release GTA 6 once it's done, what else would they do?

Similarly, Android has distinct "share" and "open with" menus but I mostly use the former as the latter.

Could have used the 3:1 upscaled (by a human!) desert temple, then upscaled it again, then applied realistic textures and see if it's still recognizable

Because it would go up to about 100 rpm and people at the store would know it performs poorly

He doesn't need a motorbike for that.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

c/loadingscreens

With a single image and a little CSS, it could be just a few kB

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Looks like wojakified GNU, which says it's an OS on their website.

https://www.gnu.org/

But as I understand it, it's a SW collection that gets shipped with OSs but needs a kernel (usually Linux) to work as an OS.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You've been successfully using pliers to pull the drawer open by the missing knob's screw.

Uh-oh! You left the drawer ajar in a pinch, forgot about it, and then caught your favorite sweatpants on the screw, making an ugly hole! And you don't have gray thread to match!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, they fucking shouldn't

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations#Vacuum_equations,_electromagnetic_waves_and_speed_of_light

Edit: neither of us are right, EM waves in vacuum do travel in phase but in conductors, there is a phase difference between 0° (very high resistance) and 45° (superconductor). So yeah, EM waves can "tell" they're in a dummy load.

 

WebP does everything GIF did, just better. The only problem is adoption. Maybe a similar, single-syllable name could have helped.

  • Ends the pronunciation debate: hard G in the 1987 filetype, soft G in the 2010 one
  • Looping soundless video gets a name that's short and does not refer to a terribly inefficient format (that "gif" sharing sites often no longer use anyway), plus some wrong people have been using it already
  • Software peer-pressured into supporting it (nobody wants to hear "they don't support JIF" about their software)
 

They say lab is short for German Labor, which is short for Romanian laborator, which is short for Latin laboratorium.

 

Today's news told in names of two Czech companies.
Unfortunately, it took backlash from EU to turn the needle but they did it. Now one "only" needs 2 doctors' recommendation, 1 year testing period, and then 2 more notes from doctors.

Transcript
4 panels 2x2:

pride month is over

[picture of entrance to Proficis, a small printer repair company]

but you no longer need to get castrated to change your official gender

[picture of trailer with ☺️Happy Trans CZ s.r.o., a transport company]

 

This lamp by OSRAM uses the LEDVANCE trademark, implying it is an LED replacement for fluorescent tubes. I repair LED bulbs (and tubes but broken ones are still rare) as a hobby, and while going through bins I have to avoid fluorescent ones (even CFLs in fancy globes). Welp, there goes my yet-flawless way to tell: "if it says LED, it's LED". I really need to shine through most of them! Shining a light through this one reveals nothing inside but a heated electrode at either end (aside the phosphor coating, and a gas mixture including a little mercury vapor), the normal components of an FL tube. LED tubes would include a driver and an LED strip (and usually a PTC at the other end). I mainly use the method to reveal the kinky or twisty tube of "sneaky" CFLs with milky balls.

Also, the company took a while to leave Russia but at least they did

 
Acronym Title Language/Country
ОСАД Организацията на Северноатлантическия договор bg Bulgarian 🇧🇬
ОСАД Организација на Северноатлантскиот договор mk Macedonian 🇲🇰
SAA Severoatlantická aliance cs Czech 🇨🇿
NATO Nordatlantisk Traktat-Organisation da Danish 🇩🇰
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization en English 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦
Nato Den nordatlantiske traktats organisasjon no Norwegian 🇳🇴
ONAV Organisation des Nordatlantikvertrags de German 🇩🇪🇱🇺🇧🇪
ΟΒΑΣ Οργανισμός Βορειοατλαντικού Συμφώνου el Greek 🇬🇷
OTAN Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte es Spanish 🇪🇸
OTAN Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord fr Fr*nch 🇫🇷🇨🇦🇱🇺🇧🇪
OTAN Organizzazione del Trattato dell'Atlantico del Nord it Italian 🇮🇹
OTAN Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte pt Portugese 🇵🇹
OTAN Organizația Tratatului Atlanticului de Nord ro Romanian 🇷🇴
PALO Põhja-Atlandi Lepingu Organisatsioon et Estonian 🇪🇪
PAPL Pohjois-Atlantin puolustusliitto fi Finnish 🇫🇮
ÉASzSz Észak-atlanti Szerződés Szervezete hu Hungarian 🇭🇺
AB Atlantshafsbandalagið is Icelandic 🇮🇸
ONAT Organisatioun vum Nordatlantik-Traité lb Luxembourgish 🇱🇺
ŠASO Šiaurės Atlanto Sutarties Organizacija lt Lithuanian 🇱🇹
ZALO Ziemeļatlantijas Līguma organizācija lv Latvian 🇱🇻
OSAS Organizacija Severnog Atlantičkog sporazuma me Montenegrin 🇲🇪
OSAS Organizacija Sjevernoatlantskog sporazuma sh Croatian 🇭🇷
NAVO Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie nl Dutch 🇳🇱🇧🇪
OTPA Organizacja Traktatu Północnoatlantyckiego pl Polish 🇵🇱
DAB Davvi-Atlántta bealuštuslihttu se North Sámi 🇳🇴
OSAZ Organizácia Severoatlantickej zmluvy sk Slovak 🇸🇰🇨🇿
SAPO Severnoatlantska pogodbena organizacija sl Slovene 🇸🇮
OTAV Organizata e Traktatit të Atlantikut Verior sq Albanian 🇦🇱🇲🇰
NAFO Nordatlantiska fördragsorganisationen sv Swedish 🇸🇪🇫🇮
KAAÖ Kuzey Atlantik Antlaşması Örgütü tr Turkish 🇹🇷

Data mostly from Wikipedia. No warranty. For example, Slovak is arguably not an official language in the Czech Republic, just mentioned as “mutually intelligible” in certain laws but I followed Wikipedia and included it. Languages are grouped by the acronyms and sorted by their 2-letter codes. Those are based on their Wikipedia URL or my guess (sucks to be you, Montenegrin speakers, should have made your own Wikipedia). Countless Sámi languages are represented by North Sámi, the only one with a NATO Wikipedia article.

Changelog from v1 I originally posted on Reddit: Hungarian ÉASS → ÉASzSz (the "sz" stays together in acronyms because unlike most letter pairs it makes a single special sound).

 

One of the largest business shipping solutions in our country.

Transcript
Logistics centre of the company TopTrans. A huge number of trucks is parked at the loading depot. The logo is an androgynous antropomorphized lightning.

 

When a little Czech girl becomes best friends with a carp who is destined to be her Christmas dinner, she must choose between tradition and her newfound friendship.

Official Vimeo mirror (somewhat region-locked): https://vimeo.com/channels/animationaub19/341755071

There are references to Cosy Dens, hallmark Czech Christmas movie set during the 1968 Prague Spring and Soviet invasion, as well as graduation films by their classmates. Definitely watch them!

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