overview for christov

After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad in c/technology

[–] christov 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

+10000 for notepad++, its he swiss army knife of file editing tools. Adding:

Plugins: CSV being read as a small dB table you can query is a game changer. Or have a JSON plugin that auto formats and queries as well as opens the JSON in a clickable nested window.
Pinned tabs: pin important tabs, I use one as a todo list.
Search for text within files in a folder: need to find a specific bit of text in one of dozens/hundreds/thousands/millions of files somewhere? Its lightning fast and works a treat
Search and replace with regex: amazing feature, use regex patterns to find complex parts of your files and replace them with something else Bulk operations: remove newline, replace line breaks etc
Multi format support: see line breaks from different OSs like Unix and windows and amend them Portable install: you dont have to install it, you can use a portable version

So much more, get it and you won't look back.

Red, White, and Blueland in c/nottheonion

[–] christov 1 points 1 week ago

I'm not your friend, guy!

Forced to use Facebook to interact with local groups and businesses. How do I keep my data safe? in c/[email protected]

[–] christov 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pro tips, ty! I was hoping for something mobile friendly but this will definitely help!

Forced to use Facebook to interact with local groups and businesses. How do I keep my data safe? in c/[email protected]

[–] christov 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe safe is the wrong word in my post. I mean keeping the data safe from meta in the respect that I don't want them to have it. Their record in data privacy is not so great so I'm keen to keep my data away from Meta if I can.

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Forced to use Facebook to interact with local groups and businesses. How do I keep my data safe? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by christov to c/[email protected]

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I'm a big advocate for data privacy and I left Facebook many years ago without feeling the need to go back. However, there's several local groups and a couple of local businesses that specifically communicate via Facebook that I'd like to interact with.

This presents a problem - I have to use the platform to interact with these people but I don't want to use the platform. So how do I keep my data safe from Zucks greedy hands? So far I'm thinking:

use a throwaway email or email that is specifically for fb
only access via Firefox inprivate browser and use addons to clean cookies after every session
utilise ad blockers in said browser
set fb privacy settings accordingly to opt out of ad personalisation, othrr site fb logins etc
potentially only access via VPN but that might be cumbersome
maybe do all of this via android work profile but not sure if that's much benefit

Anything else I can do to remain reasonably safe?

What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free? in c/asklemmy

[–] christov 3 points 4 weeks ago

+1 for reaper. Its free to "demo" forever with no limitations and is much closer to a traditional DAW than audacity. So many plugins and scripts to customise too, such a great tool I can never recommend it enough to anyone wanting to do anything from simple audio edits/conversions to full fat tracking and mixing sessions.

This should be framed in c/[email protected]

[–] christov 11 points 1 month ago

Nice.

EU tells Trump’s America: We have other options in c/world

[–] christov 2 points 1 month ago

Also adding my English condolences, can't agree with you strongly enough. UK is fucked, need to emigrate

guys... :( in c/lemmyshitpost

[–] christov 3 points 1 month ago

Me too, glad I wasn't disappointed

Which Linux tool or command is surprisingly simple, powerful, and yet underrated?" in c/[email protected]

[–] christov 3 points 1 month ago

Game changer!

Would I lie To You? - When James Acaster Didn't Get What He Wanted For Christmas in c/videos

[–] christov 4 points 1 month ago

+1 for taskmaster. The James acaster season is top notch

What games have you sunk the most time into? in c/games

[–] christov 3 points 2 months ago

Factorio cranking up towards 800 hours with the new expansion out. I dread to think how many hours got sunk into WoW over the years....

Please help resolve a disagreement in our home in c/asklemmy

[–] christov 1 points 2 months ago

A drawer full of emergency makeshift weapons? Yes. Also a junk drawer? Yes, more than one.

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Meet Poppy (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by christov to c/cat

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She requires your attention

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Meet Rosie (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by christov to c/cat

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She wants nothing more than to be a wheel

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Game "completion" possible? (self.lwmc)

submitted 1 year ago by christov to c/lwmc

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Me and a few friends do a regular co-op games night once a week and we've just finished up our last game (Valheim). So we're turning to Minecraft. We like to play games to "completion" so in for minecraft that would be killing the ender dragon without using cheats.

Is that possible on this server? I can see there's a few mods installed but hoping they wouldn't be game breaking.