no, got 'Unhandled exception. System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Operation is not supported on this platform.' when I try using it on Linux.

Good job, thanks for sharing.

I'm just written a simple git dumper tool (https://github.com/owenchia/githack) a few days ago. Learn by doing is a very good way and I really enjoy it.

R.I.P.

I was taught pinyin at Chinese university - too bad the Chinese textbooks didn't include the genesis of pinyin - interesting, R.I.P.

I am taking Mandarin classes and our textbook has both pinyin and characters for almost everything. There is always a section in each chapter that is entirely in characters.

I have been buying books on Amazon to help accelerate my reading. I need a story to follow along with. These book indeed do not have any pinyin.

Pinyin is fascinating to think about. Sometimes words are created from pinyin when you say them. Example: New York is Niǔyuē (纽约). Another is how in English we say "ha, ha". In pinyin it has been adopted exactly that way: Hāhā (哈哈).