Yingwu @ Yingwu @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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.

I'd recommend reading Orwell's earlier works (which might or might not be public domain in the US, but is in Canada, Australia and parts of the EU). Like "Down and Out in Paris and London". Nothing at all like 1984 or Animal Farm, but still really good.

As I mentioned in another comment, the translations in public domain are often not as good as modern ones. They might shy away from certain things/censor stuff (or in the case of The Count of Monte Cristo, just completely ignore large parts of the book), and either way they use more archaic language that usually doesn't flow as smoothly. Of course there are exceptions to this, but this is my general impression. Though, to be honest, I didn't like Crime and Punishment that much either haha. I didn't understand why people saw it as one of the greatest books ever written.

It's great, but the translation in public domain is not as good as the one by Robin Buss in recent years. I think some translations even ignore large parts of the book, e.g. the opium-smoking harem part. That's the general issue with translated foreign language books from the 1800s/early 1900s.

Cool. I'm currently using MacroFactor. How does this compare?

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.

Ah great, thanks

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Bonus requests for communities that have the same mod and that I could help to moderate: !classicalchinese@lemmy.world, !taiwan@lemmy.world

Thanks for the support!

Interesting how this is the new normal. I still much prefer a desktop computer.

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

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

Love your nick lol

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

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.

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.

Not in my country :)

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...