Yingwu

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[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Interesting to see arrests still happening towards private trackers. I wonder how the Nordics fares nowadays when it comes to being the Mecca of filesharing, feels like the golden days have passed since long ago.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Great comment, agree!

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I think I agree with you tbh

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'd say a fair idea is to host your own personal website with your resume, if you're capable and/or want to learn. There are often examples you can base your portfolio on.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the thing: https://vat-one-stop-shop.ec.europa.eu/index_en "VAT One-Stop Shop", or IOSS

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No, that's a different thing. E.g., below €25 or something. This is a EU thing. It's a bit complicated to explain though

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

I feel it too!

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

Shops outside of the EU, like AliExpress, can collect VAT under €150, and therefore you won't have the package go through customs. It's a deal that the EU has made that allows shops outside of the EU to collect VAT for EU customers. It's up to the shop to have that agreement though, so not all have it. But most bigger stores do. It's only above €150 you'll have to have the package go through, and pay, customs.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Yes, Kenny's is safe. But the rest usually include VAT for EU countries, so it should pass customs without issues.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Kennys (Irish), Blackwell's (British), Wordery (British)

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 weeks ago

One of the worlds greatest wonders

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yep this is how I reason too

 

Finally there are some more methods to tackle LCP DRM, but the messages to the creator from Readium consortium is so frustrating. Just read this:

"We were planning to now focus on new accessibility features on our open-source Thorium Reader, better access to annotations for blind users and an advanced reading mode for dyslexic people. Too bad; disturbances around LCP will force us to focus on a new round of security measures, ensuring the technology stays useful for ebook lending (stop reading after some time) and as a protection against oversharing."

Also on Mastodon

 

!chinese@lemmy.world For everyone that's learning, or wants to learn, Chinese!

 

I still use reddit for some niche topics that have like zero activity on Lemmy. But still, I feel kinda bad over it... What about you people?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39514444

You know, before work and everything starts again... sometimes I feel like I'm obsessed with min-maxing my weekend because of the limited time I have. So I usually feel quite guilty if I end up slacking too much. And I tend to be quite aware of how much time I have left. Anyone else that has this issue?

 

You know, before work and everything starts again... sometimes I feel like I'm obsessed with min-maxing my weekend because of the limited time I have. So I usually feel quite guilty if I end up slacking too much. And I tend to be quite aware of how much time I have left. Anyone else that has this issue?

 

Note on this poem from Red Pine, the translator: "The Diamond Sutra ends with this gatha: “As a lamp, a cataract, a star in space / an illusion, a dewdrop, a bubble / a dream, a cloud, a flash of lightning / view all created things like this.” "

 

Like the Meebok M7 which runs Android 11. I know most apps support Android 9 as minimum, but how future proof will Android 11 be for these coming 5 years for example? I know it went EOL like last year. I could go for the Meebook M8 with Android 14, but it's much more expensive..

 

Apparently many libraries, including the ones in my country, are moving over to a system where you're not allowed to digitally download the epub file anymore. You're only allowed to borrow the book, and read it, in a closed ecosystem: an app. This per definition then excludes the majority of e-ink readers that don't run Android. This is due to Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (Text with EEA relevance) (source) entering into force June 28 this year.

As the Adobe DRM solution hasn't been updated for years, it isn't capable of fulfilling all the requirements that this law lays out without endangering the DRM solution. Text-to-speech is one function that isn't fully supported by Adobe for example. This means that there are apparently two directions to go for full compliance, Readium DRM which is barely supported as well or a closed app ecosystem.

This is frustrating on so many levels, especially if I would like to borrow an ebook in my native language that isn't available elsewhere on the web, which is often the situation for books in my language (and I'm guessing most languages outside of English). The alternatives left is borrowing a physical copy, or buying it.

The enshittification of everything continues...

 

This includes some porn subreddits as well as subreddits like /r/Drugs. Apparently due to being "unmoderated", but some were not. What are your thoughts?

Edit: apparently also subreddits like /r/transgender_surgeries are banned too. Definitely feels politically motivated. Edit 2: seems like at least some (?) bans are being undone, like the above mentioned ones.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/54337061

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/54337061

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