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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

  • WeTransfer updates T&Cs, allows it to use your data to train AI

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  • TBH the only reason I used their service was to send pirated stuff to friends. I didn't want to compromise my own/my primary cloud.

  • On Journaling

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  • I've tried keeping an offline journal, but it's never worked out really. I still feel embarrassed of putting my thoughts onto paper for some reason, and I also felt that I didn't have enough interesting things happen that'd be worth noting. I write a lot of poetry, and I feel the same there. It's gotten a bit better, but it's weird how embarrassing it still feels to make your feelings "known" in a different way. Especially because I never doubt my feelings or feel embarrassed about them as long as they stay inside my brain haha.

  • Anyone else that likes to put their phone in airplane mode to decompress/sleep?

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  • I strive to do this too but alas it's easy to get distracted...

  • Anyone else that likes to put their phone in airplane mode to decompress/sleep?

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  • I reason the same regarding emergencies!

  • Anyone else that likes to put their phone in airplane mode to decompress/sleep?

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  • Glad there's at least 2 of us hah

  • Anyone else that likes to put their phone in airplane mode to decompress/sleep?

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  • It's probably just my brain, but I'm thinking about how everything's still received even though you can hide the notifications

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

    Anyone else that likes to put their phone in airplane mode to decompress/sleep?

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

    YouTube Will Add an AI Slop Button Thanks to Google’s Veo 3

    gizmodo.com /youtube-will-add-an-ai-slop-button-thanks-to-googles-veo-3-2000618126

  • What was it like to re-enter "corporate" after an extended time away from working?

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  • Is corporate always the only alternative? I've been working in the public and non-profit sector, even in IT, and it's always been much chiller than "corporate". Maybe small companies are better too. Though I'd like to avoid working at all if possible, which made my returns to the working force always a bit meh anyway.

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

    Is it getting less and less worthwhile to learn a language with the rise of AI?

  • Whatever happened to cheap eReaders? – Terence Eden’s Blog

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  • I don't really know how they do it, but some do run newer Android versions like Android 14 (Meebook M8, Bigme B7). Anyway, the lack of Play store isn't really a consideration in China, it's only for foreign markets they have to include the Play store. This also means that China has many more Android e-ink brands than are available to us (which mostly are Boox, Meebook, Bigme or Hisense).

  • Whatever happened to cheap eReaders? – Terence Eden’s Blog

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  • Still, e-ink is so much better than a regular screen. If one is really strapped for cash sure, but for one's eyes sake I'd say e-ink is a worthwhile investment if one likes to read. A phone can't compare.

  • Whatever happened to cheap eReaders? – Terence Eden’s Blog

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  • To be honest I don't really find them prohibitively expensive if you count the value you'll get from them over the years. I have both a Kobo Libra 2 and an Android Boox Page, which I bought for different use cases. I see them both lasting me many years. My previous Kobo Aura One lasted me 7 years in itself before I sold it 2nd hand. My reading skyrocketed once I bought an e-reader.

  • When you accidental format the wrong /dev/sdX

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  • When you accidental format the wrong /dev/sdX

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

    How much cloud storage do you have?

  • 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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

    How do you not feel overwhelmed using Mastodon?

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

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

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

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

  • Ereader @lemmy.ml
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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

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

    Borrowing e-books in the EU just became a lot more complicated as libraries move to closed ecosystems

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

    Do you browse the fediverse at work?

  • Fedibridge @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    How's it going for centralized reddit-like platforms like Tildes, Discuit, Squabblr?

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

    Why Gen Z Is Ditching Dating Apps

    time.com /6836033/gen-z-ditching-dating-apps/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    How do you combat choice paralysis?

  • 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?

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

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

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

    Why do people on reddit seem to hate Lemmy/Mbin/other federated link aggregators?

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

    What RSS feeds do you follow and why?