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Updated, try again ;)
Sorry, you don't get to work around successes every time someone posts one in order to claim that nobody can do it. The GP did it, the challenge has been won.
Is Adblock a requirement? Opera has built-in element blocking: I clicked "Block elements", clicked the "ad", clicked "Done," and ... done :)
Hm, tried it with Opera and it is indeed blocking it. However, the image still shows when the page is reloaded. So eh, kinda works.
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Sorry, you don't get to work around successes every time someone posts one in order to claim that nobody can do it. The GP did it, the challenge has been won.
You don't get a prize, he's working WITH HN on an experiment.
This is a pointless challenge, because it has none of the characteristics of an actual ad. For tracking, security, and analytics reasons, ad providers almost always originate ads from a separate domain than the content provider's.
My ideal ad-blocking solution turns the popover, popunder, rollover-expanding, shouting at the top of their heads to get your attention advertisements into something as innocuous as that 'nasty' gray ad. I don't have a problem trading my eyeballs for a product, but I do have a problem when your ad takes over my browser, makes the page unusable, or is generally a pain in the ass.
Of course, my fix there isn't to use an adblocker, it's just to block the site altogether.
Victory?
Not to mention, if I encountered this on a real page I would just leave...
