JohnDumpling

joined 2 years ago
[–] JohnDumpling@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Czecho-Slovak QWERTZ is fine, but it annoys me that you have to guess whether a keyboard is set to QWERTY or QWERTZ. Z and Y are the only characters that are switched. I gave up as I frequently switch to English QWERTY; now I just use QWERTY for both languages.

[–] JohnDumpling@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

I have it turned off. But maybe that option is not available outside of EU? I don't know.

[–] JohnDumpling@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the energy mix for Slovakia (I live there :]) Nuclear and hydro are the most used sources.

[–] JohnDumpling@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I remember reading about tyre pollution recently (I was comparing electric and ICE cars and showing the impact on the environment of both - at around 50-150k kilometers the emissions from production and use even out and BEVs then have much lower impact - but it is highly dependent on the energy mix and whether or not do you plan to replace the battery). I found out that about 6 million tons of particles get released from tyres every year. The worst thing is that there are no regulations and it is difficult to check what the tyres are made of (as it's a trade secret). The particles can become airborne too, and some of them can cross the membranes inside of lungs - but the research about their effects on humans is scarce.

Related article from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/25/tyre-dust-the-stealth-pollutant-becoming-a-huge-threat-to-ocean-life