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Three Body Problem - How did this get published in China? by cheribbit in c/books@lemmy.world

[-] cheribbit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I have not read this book myself but it is pretty funny the kind of books that are allowed to be published in China. Books on censorship, dictatorship... I literally saw 1984 being advertised with the line "one more person reading 1984 means one more person who's free" like who are you lying to 😭 in CHINA?!

Absolutely nothing that criticize the current leadership or reveal things they want to keep under the wrap though like the cultural genocide of the Uyghurs.

The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow by cheribbit in c/books@lemmy.world

[-] cheribbit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I relate to this

What are the highest quality search engines? by cheribbit in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] cheribbit@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

THANK YOU for mentioning startpage! I have not heard of them but I haven't liked using DDG very much so I've begrudgingly using google in private mode (and then I always forget to switch back and forth)

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 21 January by cheribbit in c/books@lemmy.world

[-] cheribbit@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

How to be an antiracist, The Palestine Laboratory, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine (a translated version instead of the original text and I question my decision every day) and The Dos and Donuts of Love.

And yes I'm a huge mood reader

Chinese keyboard for Android? by cheribbit in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] cheribbit@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

For bopomofo LIME IME seems promising. On its website it says it supports pinyin but I couldn't get it to work for me :(

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The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow (lemmy.world)

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I'm currently reading this book and found it to be quite accessible even for someone who's not very tech-savvy (me). I think people of lemmy may appreciate its discussions of how to break up the big techs, the way big techs keep users by essentially holding them hostage, etc. I'm also a huge fan of its publisher (Verso) :)