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Yingwu

@ Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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A courtyard of bamboo and late-night snow

a lone lantern a book on the table

if I hadn't encountered the teaching of no effort

how else could I have gained this life of leisure

Wei Yingwu 韋應物

  • [NEWS] Mangadex hit by massive DMCA takedown, 800+ series gone

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  • Check out Comick or Weeb Central!

  • [NEWS] Mangadex hit by massive DMCA takedown, 800+ series gone

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  • At least there's Nyaa, and alternative sites to Mangadex for ongoing releases.

  • How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate?

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  • Completely machine translated subtitles often lack quality and nuance to their translations. I'd rather have a human getting paid to do proper subtitling instead. But yes, if the option is having zero subtitles instead, then sure. That's not the case with Netflix etc though, they can definitely afford proper subtitling.

    Translation is an art as much as it is a science.

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • 🙏 Absolutely

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • Yeah HelloChinese I've heard is great though I haven't used it. I'd recommend you to try Pleco's graded readers which you can buy in their store. DuChinese is another great option for graded readers (paid subscription) which has helped me a lot.

    A more unorthodox suggestion is John DeFrancis' "Chinese Reader"-series from the 60s and 70s starting with "Beginning Chinese Reader". Those books, written in traditional Mandarin (but with simplified versions in the appendix) will start you from zero and teach you the most common 1200 characters and 8000+ words. He uses a spaced repetition scheme so every character is repeated in a calculated manner, like 10 times the first lesson it's introduced, 5 times the next etc.. They're really amazing and available on the web if you search for it, or you can also buy them as they've been reprinted. I've been going through it steadily and even though I knew a lot of the characters already when I started reading, it has increased my reading speed and comprehension of what I'm reading drastically. It's just so packed with good reading material, even though it's a bit dated. It's really hard to find that much graded reading material that progressively increases your skills.

    For listening, I'd recommend podcasts like MaomiChinese, Talk Taiwanese Mandarin, TeaTime Chinese and Chinese Podcast with Shenglan. Hope this helps!

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • Absolutely, I try to avoid having any "zero-day". There are days where I study a lot less, but it's never zero. At least I'll do my Anki cards. 加油 to you too!

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • Yeah definitely fair enough, I get you. I don't really care about stressing or putting in the hours for a boss or someone else's sake, but when it comes to my own personal interests and what I'm doing for myself, I think I tend to pressure myself a bit more.

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • I've already studied Chinese full-time in a Chinese environment actually, and I'm preparing to do so soon again (which is one of the reasons why I'm extra locked in atm, just so I'm fully prepared). But yeah I try to mix it up with language exchanges and so forth where I am atm anyway :)

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • Haha my "guilt" isn't that overwhelming but it's in the back of mind. It doesn't really affect my studying or my day-to-day. I still enjoy the studying. But in terms of language acquisition, I do get rewarded by getting better at a language in a shorter amount of time. Which would be awesome. Even though I realize it's a marathon, not a sprint.

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • My job doesn't require my full focus. As said, I have a lot of downtime on my job too.

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • Work full-time. But I do have a lot of downtime at work.

  • How many hours of deep work/deep focus a day is doable and sustainable?

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  • Hmm I don't see it as a chore or something I detest tbh. I just try to be disciplined and want to make somewhat fair progress in a good amount of time.

  • Do you use poweroff or suspend on your Linux systems? Why?

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  • No, I dislike the small rumblings too even if the fans aren't spinning that much, thanks though!

  • Do you use poweroff or suspend on your Linux systems? Why?

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  • I use suspend on my desktop every night at bed time. Running Pop. Could never be one of those with a 24/7 on desktop, too much noise.

  • Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall?

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  • Unfortunately it's still trial and error. Check out e.g Ovpn, Astrill, Mullvad though. You can always email and ask different providers as well. Though it's best it you set it up before visiting China. A HK sim through Airalo or similar also works.

  • Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall?

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  • Yeah, I've heard Shanghai for example has zones where the GFW is much more lax?

  • Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall?

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  • It's better to pay for a VPN provider that is verified to work in China. And no, they won't kidnap you for using a VPN as some people write here. It's a non-issue just to bypass the GFW. The issue is when you write to a Chinese audience things that the CCP do not like.

  • Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall?

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  • You don't have to set up your own VPN. Many public providers work.

  • Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall?

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  • It's crazy that this is an opinion that people really have. I don't like authoritarian states and I have a lot of issues with the CCP, but this isn't true at all. Loads of native Chinese living in China uses a VPN. They don't care about it.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    How do you combat choice paralysis?

  • Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    One of the only legal streaming sites for anime was hacked (again), and companies wonder why people resort to piracy?

    animehunch.com /crunchyroll-premium-login-details-leaked-users-at-high-risk/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    What is the best post sort for Lemmy?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Has anyone here learnt to draw at a later age, like 30+? What has been your experience and process?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Wasn't the future of tech much more interesting in the 90s? LGR comments on '93 CES

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Why do AI bros and other staunch AI defenders seem happy about the potential of killing off the creative industries?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Why are we expected to keep up with the news on a daily basis?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Why did people in the 90s/early 00s say that the internet "couldn't be taken down"?

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Best FOSS RSS reader for Linux?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    What RSS feeds do you follow and why?

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    How annoying is it to connect to VPN/use Tailscale instead of being able to access the service directly?