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> BTW LinkedIn and others are doing the same, and what anyone is going to do about it? Stop using their user-hostile service? They need my eyeballs in order to sell me to advertise…

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or serious.

100 round barrels?

https://i.imgur.com/sm7mrJi.jpg

One could argue that we do have moderm day timelessness; single use plastics that will take a few thousand years to be destroyed.

No, but they aren't compensated nearly as well due to the market prices being "set" lower than what they can command in another market. i.e. practicing medicine in the U.S. command…

No I'm saying the supply is artificially constrained by the price of "free" so there is less incentive to go into medicine, hence shortages at the price demanded.

Economic incentives (or lack there of) under socialism. There's too much demand for the supply at the price established ("free").

HN'ers all agree ;) that modern day journalism is filled with hyperbole and unsubstantiated information.

> I think that the new User Interface that Facebook is rolling out will show whether or not Facebook has a real commitment to privacy. How would you determine if the new user inter…

> What is the trade-off for not being included by default in the main extension, CPU? gorhill's (developer of uBO) explanation from[1] below: > uBO-Extra is needed to deal with IL …

Are you using chrome and also have either uBO-Extra or Nano Defender installed? If not it's most likely the ads are being served by Instart Logic. [1] [2] [1] https://github.com/go…

> NYTimes is the main reason I've been on the search for some kind of feature for HN (addon? greasemonkey script? ANYTHING) to auto-hide articles based on domain or title matches. …

> HOAs are still relatively rare outside of SoCal, so this issue is unlikely to pop up for 99.999% of the US population. This seems incorrect. They are more common than you think, …

> I had a call yesterday and the Airpods were beeping that they were dying at the 20min mark, and didn't make it to 30min on the call. > I love the form factor, and I just ordered …

Fool me once...

Is it surprising that data that we provide and passes through Google's services are being mined? News at 11. Many may find this shocking or upsetting however I personally find Goog…

I see a lot of technical jargon but wondering how all of this relates and fits in with (if at all) the redesign?

> I wonder if we see it on mobile platforms someday. Not having a norootneeded adblocker on android or ios is very sad Not sure if this is what you mean exactly, but uBlock Origin …

Great suggestion I will add that. How discovery happens for others is great info.

> One third-party filter list for uBO that I absolutely love is Web Annoyances Ultralist Glad you find it useful! Personal anecdote: While developing & maintaining a list it can be…

And the saddest part of your entire comment is that no one will listen when the economic facts are obvious and stop the madness.

Does this surprise anyone who understands the level of psychological manipulation they deploy to create quick dopamine hits that create addicts out of users?

Just curious do you love in a "blue state"... Supporting the pensions of the gym teacher who retired at 55 drawing $100k+ for the rest of his/her life?

Please check out my project[1] if you hate sticky headers. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances