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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

  • calibre 8.0

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  • One of the worlds greatest wonders

  • You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use.

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  • Been switching between Literata and Vollkorn on my ereader. It's super subjective in the end

  • You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use.

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  • I used it for a bit on my e-reader but decided to switch away from it. It's quite good either way.

  • I realized tonight sh.itjust.works is the best lemmy instance

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  • To be honest I don't like their name so I've been avoiding it just for that reason

  • Extracting content from an LCP "protected" ePub (included are also arrogant messages from the Readium consortium that created the DRM)

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  • Thanks for changing your mind :)

  • Extracting content from an LCP "protected" ePub (included are also arrogant messages from the Readium consortium that created the DRM)

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  • Why is DRM necessary? In the EU, many countries mostly just use digital watermarking for their native language e-books bought from stores (e.g. Germany and the Nordics). We got the music industry to get rid of DRM on music files. I'd argue watermarking is enough to discourage people, and no matter the DRM or no DRM all books still find their way to shadow libraries. I agree, as Terence also argues, that this is a very non-intrusive DRM, but which still has many problems of.. just being a DRM solution for one. The licensing fee to allow support for LCP is also absurd, and ranges from a few thousand USD to tens of thousands. There are therefore no FOSS apps capable of supporting the DRM, like KOReader or Librera. The solution in itself is not fully FOSS either.

    And aren't you annoyed by their arrogant tone and how they try to blame, guilt, and threaten their way forward?

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  • I have a huge passion for Chinese. At the same time I still pursued a career in IT. The reason being that just learning a language won't open any doors, you need marketable skills as well that employers value. I'd recommend studying for it on your own time or during an extended time off from work. Either way, it takes an enormous amount of hours to get to a proficiency which will have a positive effect in your career. In much less time you'll be able to learn something else and probably have a higher chance of being employed and also earning more.

    Nonetheless, learning a language is incredibly enriching.

  • If you still use reddit, do you feel bad for doing so?

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  • Yeah the Anglocentrism is super unfortunate. Speaking as an European. Though I don't really like hanging out on the internet with people from my country though lol

  • If you still use reddit, do you feel bad for doing so?

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  • Trust me, I'm trying! But still, it doesn't cover everything.

  • How do I stop thinking about how many hours there are left on the weekend?

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  • Yes, fully agreed! Yeah at the moment I need to save money, but working less, like 80% seems like a great thing. If one works 80% then one can rotate the days so every other week is a 4-day weekend. Luckily I have no co-dependants at least

  • How do I stop thinking about how many hours there are left on the weekend?

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  • Thanks for the book rec but as I mentioned in other comments, I know that there won't be a job which I'll enjoy doing 8 hours a day for the rest of my life. I even enjoy my current job sometimes, but I still rather be without it if it was possible. And I've also tried different sectors already... Either way, I'll check out the book.

  • How do I stop thinking about how many hours there are left on the weekend?

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  • Can't say I have large issues with my job tbh. It's fine. I sometimes even enjoy it. But yeah, I'd rather not have a job at all if the world was made like that.

  • How do I stop thinking about how many hours there are left on the weekend?

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  • Not in my country :)

  • How do I stop thinking about how many hours there are left on the weekend?

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  • For sure. I have a steady meditative practice, but still, it takes a long time to change one's mind and it's easy to forget...

  • How do I stop thinking about how many hours there are left on the weekend?

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  • I don't really hate my job to be honest. It's just that, no matter what I'd do for pay, it will never be anything I really want to do. I'd rather spend my spare time pursuing whatever studies, hobbies, exercise or random leisure I really want to do. Capitalizing on your interests doesn't lead to anything good, at least for me. People always say, "try to find your dream job!" but for some people, there will never be. Because capitalism and 40 hour work weeks are unnatural in itself. But yes, mindfulness and meditation is key, still.

  • BREAKING: EA releases C&C source code under GPL3!

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  • Wow!

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    What's your sleep schedule like?

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  • Bed at 21-21:30, up 5:30 the latest pretty much everyday. Usually work out or study things I want in the morning. I really love early weekend mornings, such calm!

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    What's your sleep schedule like?

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  • I mean, 8 hours is more than enough? I'm way younger but always sleep 8 hours more or less. I don't care about sleeping in and getting up 5 AM is an amazing feeling for me.

  • What's the state regarding being able to DeDRM e-books using Readium LCP?

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  • Yep. Just hoping that as LCP gains prominence, there'll be more work to try and DeDRM it. Right now it's mostly EU that's pushing it