{"id":3151,"date":"2016-01-07T18:09:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2023-11-22T23:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T15:44:05","slug":"live-hidden-live-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2016\/01\/07\/live-hidden-live-happy","title":{"rendered":"Live hidden, live happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A phrase I have often liked comes from a French poet,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Pierre_Claris_de_Florian\">Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian<\/a>. <em>In order to live happily, live hidden.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Pour vivre heureux, vivons cach\u00e9s<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So when I read about Li Younghi, in the FT (paywall,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/next.ft.com\/content\/4643cf84-ad56-11e5-b955-1a1d298b6250\">Li Yonghui, Chinese self-made \u2018everyman\u2019<\/a>), it resonated well with me to see the Chinese saying\u00a0<em>men sheng da fa cai<\/em>, which translates to \u201ckeep quiet and prosper\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Live%20hidden%2C%20live%20happy&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2016%2F01%2F07%2Flive-hidden-live-happy&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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I'd like to not pay for my software, if possible, and since I tote a Linux laptop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3065,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/04\/24\/xiaomi-selfies-beautify-you","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":4},"title":"Xiaomi selfies beautify you","date":"24\/4\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve not gotten my hands on any Xiaomi kit (yet; I\u2019ve wanted to grab a Mi4 for quite some time now, and the Mi3 before that), but this piece in the WSJ about the Mi4i (india edition) being available caught my eye (China\u2019s Xiaomi Unveils Mi 4i Smartphone in India):\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Tech&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":720,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/21\/software-freedom-day-2007-beijing-report","url_meta":{"origin":3151,"position":5},"title":"Software Freedom Day 2007, Beijing Report","date":"21\/2\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"On IRC, I told Pia, that I enjoyed the Beijing SFD tremendously, and they should definitely win for 2007. 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