Yingwu

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[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unfortunately it's still trial and error. Check out e.g Ovpn, Astrill, Mullvad though. You can always email and ask different providers as well. Though it's best it you set it up before visiting China. A HK sim through Airalo or similar also works.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I've heard Shanghai for example has zones where the GFW is much more lax?

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's better to pay for a VPN provider that is verified to work in China. And no, they won't kidnap you for using a VPN as some people write here. It's a non-issue just to bypass the GFW. The issue is when you write to a Chinese audience things that the CCP do not like.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

You don't have to set up your own VPN. Many public providers work.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It's crazy that this is an opinion that people really have. I don't like authoritarian states and I have a lot of issues with the CCP, but this isn't true at all. Loads of native Chinese living in China uses a VPN. They don't care about it.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They have. I don't know what people are talking about in this post. It's bypassable easily, and the CCP won't kill you for it. There are so many Chinese using aVPN themselves to bypass GFW

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago

Learning a new language, and with it, a new way to see the world, is a true life hack.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

I run 2x 1440p monitors at 165hz and 144hz fine

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 month ago

One of the worlds greatest wonders

 

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...

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

What I find mad is that people are seriously depressed about this on /r/Tiktok. Yeah sure, I understand small creators now having a tough time having their business disappearing, but people are literally saying that TikTok was their only source of information and that they don't know what to do now??

 

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?