Yingwu

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Recommendation: German-based Filen.io as a cloud service in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Haven't heard about that. That sucks.

It has been a few weeks since we started this, which European email provider have you switched to? in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've been using KolabNow for these past few years. Swiss-based with a focus on privacy. No issues, really like it. I also have a personal e-mail address with my name, but that one I have with a local domain registrar.

Reddit removed my 10k lemmy post a few days later. in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Crazy amount of upvotes though? Surprised to see that so many like Lemmy on reddit!

Chief of Dutch Central Bank: US influence on payment systems is concerning, working on alternatives for Visa and Mastercard. in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 130 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

If anything, I'm really glad how Europe has stepped up and started cooperating more as a consequence of US actions these past few months.

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. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

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. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

How are you doing with your communities? in c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I immediately subbed to the haiku comm :)

Calibre subreddit succumbs to (probable) pressure and removes a thread discussing a fully legal way of bypassing an e-book DRM solution (LCP) created by a particularly litigious organization in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for this! This should maybe be posted in a separate thread in a relevant community? !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com could be an alternative, but at the same time, DeDRMing does not always equal piracy (and is a legal thing to do in many countries in cases of personal backups etc).

Check your public libraries for ebooks as alternative to Amazon Kindle in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Great tip. Unfortunate to see that some countries lock their libraries e-book lending system into being app only. This heavily restricts what e-readers it can be used on, primarily only Boox and Meebook or similar android based e-readers. Overdrive/Libby is the best, especially due to their support for Kobo but also due to the possibility of downloading your lended books and transferring them with Adobe Digital Editions.

Check your public libraries for ebooks as alternative to Amazon Kindle in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

There are Android e-readers like Boox or Meebook though!

Calibre subreddit succumbs to (probable) pressure and removes a thread discussing a fully legal way of bypassing an e-book DRM solution (LCP) created by a particularly litigious organization in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not in the US. But from my research, it seems to not be as clear-cut as you state even in the US (e.g, https://gizmodo.com/its-perfectly-legal-to-tell-people-how-to-remove-drm-1670223538). The DMCA takedown issued to the NoDRM team was for including copyrighted LCP code from my understanding.

Either way, for this specific case, they had no legal grounds at all to threaten the guy.

Calibre subreddit succumbs to (probable) pressure and removes a thread discussing a fully legal way of bypassing an e-book DRM solution (LCP) created by a particularly litigious organization in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

It's a common misconception that stripping DRM is illegal. If you own the books, it's legal in most countries to strip the DRM. This method doesn't even touch the DRM, he just extracts the content after being delivered it. Maybe it's semantics, but it's not the same as using the DeDRM plugin for example.

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In what ways has learning a language enriched you and your life? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

I definitely feel learning a language expands your understanding of the world as you're no longer limited to just one corner of the world nor reliant on translators. It's also fun to communicate with people you would've never have gotten into contact with otherwise

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How do you keep up your discipline? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

Even though Chinese is a huge passion, I still lose my will to practice once in a while. What are your tips and tricks to keep it going?

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What RSS feeds do you follow and why? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

I've been trying to lean back into using RSS again after realizing I shouldn't let the algorithms decide what I see. What RSS feeds do you people follow and why? Any recommendations? Do you tend to follow the RSS feeds of Lemmy as well?

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How annoying is it to connect to VPN/use Tailscale instead of being able to access the service directly? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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So I'm just being introduced to the concept of using a VPN or something like Tailscale to access one's services, instead of opening the services directly to the web, but I'm thinking for streaming purposes or just accessing your services on the run, isn't it an annoyance having to connect to your home network all the time? Or do you keep the VPN running on your phone for example? What if you use a VPN provider for privacy purposes, wouldn't one need to then switch VPN connection?

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