Have you tried Human Japanese? It's less an e-book and more an app, but it's pretty damn awesome. I started lessons on it a while ago, but kinda forgot about it for a bit. Come to think of it, I should probably start using it again.

Just a little FYI: it's available on a few different platforms and offers a free trial, but there's no native Linux version so you'll have to get creative if you plan to go that route.

Edit: I found my old bookmark, if you need it: https://www.humanjapanese.com/

Mind giving me some context? I'm trying to branch out a bit in terms of coding-related stuff, and I'm not familiar with whatever that is (I'm guessing some kind of domain blocker? If so, I really want to know) .

I used to play Animal Crossing, but gave up because of the sheer cost of everything. A game that's meant to provide escape from the real world shouldn't imitate it.

i agree! i didn't have the words for it before, but capital letters are definitely distracting in that way. maybe i should change my username.

Goblins, definitely. Those cute li'l thieves are all over the place. I kinda wish I'd been born a goblin sometimes. They're just so much fun, and their lives are so interesting!

I hate how much capitalism isolates people from each other.

If you replace "between people" with "with established institutions", that would describe my life pretty well. Truth be told, I'm not much of a people person irl either.

How do people sleep standing up in the first place? I can't even train myself to sleep on my back.

Awww... that bunny's adorable! It's pictures like this that make me wish I knew how to draw.

The glasses were snagged by the magnetic lamp and she's trying to shake them off, but smacking him in the face with every swing.

The anarchist style of fashion is 'whatever the fuck I want to wear', which for me would usually be nothing at all (if that was allowed, ofc). Idealism aside, I usually just wear whatever comfy thing is in the front of my closet. I literally have something like five copies of the same old shirt.

Where do I begin? Let's see (in no particular order because favorites are hard)...

My namesake from Phineas and Ferb (the actual title is Dancing in the Sunshine) Barking at the Moon from Bolt 🎵 Let it Go! 🎵 Try Everything from Zootopia Son of Man from that animated Tarzan movie (the lyrics need improvement, but I love the tunes and the spirit of it) I'm in Love with a Monster from Hotel Transylvania ...,lots of other movie songs

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Aurora's songs (Running with the Wolves, Warrior, The Seed, etc.). She's definitely my favorite musician.

If anyone has suggestions, I'm looking for more to add to my playlist (bright and cheerful like my namesake, soulful like Aurora's songs, or dark and spooky like the one from Hotel Transylvania).

I have no idea what the pic is talking about, but that last line made me laugh :)

Can't really answer those questions because I haven't read it in a while, but it's by far one of the best books I've ever read. Really opened my eyes up to the possibilities of alternative social arrangements in a time before I even knew I was an anarchist.

I'm pretty sure some of uBlock Origin's filter lists can handle paywalls, but I've never bothered with those because the news sites I frequent don't have them. I should warn you: you'll definitely want to read up on the documentation for the advanced settings if you plan to work with them.

Thanks for pointing out their post history. I'm definitely suspicious of this now.

fr, Mavis is my favorite vampire. Not counting myself, ofc ;)

By the way, how are my acronyms? I'm trying to shed the habit of using perfect grammar.

I just read through their site and it's looking pretty awesome to me. My only concern so far is that it's apparently not in the Arch repos or even the AUR. The general lack of information on it is a little worrying, from a security perspective, as is having to download it off a website.

That makes sense. I've never used it, myself. Maybe I should look into it though. I am in the market for a new text editor.

If you ask me, the usefulness of that productivity key is vastly outweighed by the sheer difficulty of hitting all those keys at once - and thus by people's reluctance to. But clearly Microsoft didn't think so, so what do I know?

Honestly, I'm not sure I get the appeal of that. But to be fair, I don't even use my escape key anymore. The next big thing I plan on looking into is how to remap my right Alt, Ctrl, and Shift (which I literally never use) so I'll have three more modifier keys to work with. It'd be nice to have extras so global shortcuts won't interfere with anything else.

That is, without a doubt, the best road sign I've ever seen.

sigh This is pretty much what I thought it was going to look like. I want to hold out hope that there's better paths available if I can find them, but this definitely answered the realistic part of my question.