Random stuff

Purveyor [pɚˈveɪ.ɚ] - while it basically means a supplier, it carries a lot more flavor depending on how you use it:

• Business: It implies luxury and curation. You aren’t a purveyor of paperclips; you’re a purveyor of fine coffees.
• History: It referred to official merchants appointed to supply royal households.
• Conversation: It’s used for people who spread abstract ideas—both good (purveyor of hope) and bad (purveyor of gossip).

Synonyms

• For business: Vendor, Merchant, Supplier, Provisioner, Couturier
• For ideas/gossip: Disseminator, Spreader, Peddler, Messenger

Detritus [dɪˈtraɪ.t̬əs] refers to dead organic material—like fallen leaves, wood, and animal parts—that decomposes to form soil. It’s basically nature’s recycling process!

Usage

• Ecological waste: Dead leaves, decaying plants, and organic matter on a forest floor.
• Geological debris: Gravel, rock fragments, or silt wearing away from a mountain due to erosion.
• Human trash: Accumulated garbage, litter, or leftover items from an event.
• Conceptual debris: The remnants, ruins, or leftover pieces of a destroyed abstract concept, like a broken relationship or a failed business.

Gamification [ˌɡeɪ.mɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən] is the process of integrating game-design elements and mechanics—such as points, leaderboards, and badges—into non-game contexts to boost user engagement, motivation, and participation. It applies game-like thinking to activities like learning, marketing, or employee training, transforming routine tasks into interactive, rewarding experiences.

I always have wanted to learn French, but at the same time I have known it is a difficult language. I started with very basic vocabulary and phrases. I focus on pronunciation. Meanwhile, I am developing my own android application to organize lists of vocabulary.

There’s a clever trick to bypass those irritating advertisements that play before videos. The key is to use a bookmarklet to adjust the video playback speed. This way, you can breeze through the ads at, say, 5 times the normal speed and then effortlessly switch back to regular speed.

A bookmarklet is essentially a snippet of JavaScript code saved as a bookmark in your web browser. When you click on it, the code executes. I keep these handy bookmarks right on my toolbar, just below the URL bar, making them super easy to reach.

Switch playback between 100% and 500%

javascript:(function(){p = document.querySelector('video'); if (p.playbackRate!=1) {s=1;} else {s=5;}p.playbackRate = s; })();

• какие изменения = která se mění
• постоянные препятствия = neustálé překážky
• размер диска = velikost disku
• серийный номер = sériové číslo

On Android phone, there is a possibility to install an application called reading mode. Originally designed to improve acessibility, this application identifies text on the screen and presents it in a customizable reader. The reader allows you to adjust font size, colors, and more. Additionally, it includes text-to-speech funcionality.

I have been using it for couple of days, and it’s a fanatastic way to bypass reading articles on webpages with poor graphics and excessive advertisments.

There are several ways to activate this feature, such as using a floating badge, volume buttons, or the accessibility button located beside the back button.

Recently, OpeanAi published an official client for Android phones. It is available on the Google Play Store.

• пристань = molo
• долина = údolí
• потушили = hasili
• возможность изменить направление (место назначения) = změnit destinaci (cestovní kancelář)
• синие огни (световые сигналы) = modré světelné majáky
• гасить свет = zhasnout světlo
• гасить кого-то = zabít někoho (gaming slang)

• Excuse me miss, was your dad an archaelogist?
• no
• That is so crazy because I – totally dig you

🇨🇿 because I dig you = protože tě žeru

Ve formálním kontextu, slovo “dig” má základní význam kopat, vyhrabávat nebo hrabat se v zemi. Například, “archeologové kopali a hledali artefakty” by bylo vyjádřeno jako “archaeologists were digging and searching for artifacts.”

Jako neformální výraz význam slova “dig” může být odlišný a může se použít jako synonymum pro “líbit se,” “být nadšený,” nebo “obdivovat.” V tomto kontextu fráze “I totally dig you” znamená, že se ti někdo líbí nebo máš k té osobě pozitivní postoj. Tento neformální význam bývá používán v hovorové angličtině a slangovém vyjadřování.