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Reader mode works wonders for me.
ooh you're right, reader mode is great for this article. thanks It doesn't always work though, I assume the major publishers are employing some counter-measures. Also generally javascript heavy websites.
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While I agree that it's a trash site and an embarrassment to its roots as The Chronicle's website, anyone like yourself who notices how bad it is would do well to take it as a reminder that your adblocker is missing or not working. It appeared as though it were a normal site to me with ublock origin.
Maybe we can just block the actual origin of the ads; No need for excess plugins.
Isn't there a place in Portugal (Nazareth?) which has even more massive waves than Mavericks?
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Imagine being ten stories up on a freakin' wave. People like this guy are just incredible.
I wonder if people who do things like this and free soloing "just" have some unique wiring in their brain where they don't care about instantaneously dying because of some small mistake they make. Or, is it just a matter of continually ratcheting up the difficulty - "I did a 1 foot wave, why not a 2 foot wave, why not a 3 foot wave, etc"?
I did surf big waves, but certainly not Nazare nor Mavs. That's just too dangerous.
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I wonder if people who do things like this and free soloing "just" have some unique wiring in their brain where they don't care about instantaneously dying because of some small mistake they make. Or, is it just a matter of continually ratcheting up the difficulty - "I did a 1 foot wave, why not a 2 foot wave, why not a 3 foot wave, etc"?
They are just suicidal. I did surf big waves, but certainly not Nazare nor Mavs. That's just too dangerous.
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They are just suicidal. I did surf big waves, but certainly not Nazare nor Mavs. That's just too dangerous.
I know very little about surfing, can I ask why it is so dangerous?
Why is such a wave so big? Because the coast is extremely shallow suddenly. Normally 1m-50cm, but when a big wave comes, all the water in front of the wave is sucked into it back, which makes it about 10-20cm deep. And it is sucked back really fast, because it is not deep. So if you miss such a wave and fall down, you end up there in the impact zone, which is also the shredding zone. There are either rocks or coral reefs, both extremely unhealthy when being shredded along, even if you still have your board. Normally not. And then you are sucked back into the next wave impact zone with high speed, which is un-nicer, because then you are not just shredded along, but also hit big from above into the ground. Where you usually break some arm or leg, or just hit your head into the rock and then drown. The few people who survive this do have professional help by the jet skiers, who try to catch you before the next impact. Your only chance is to get your board from the leach as soon as you get up, and paddle as fast as possible to the side, across the stream to survive the next impact.
It's not interesting at all, pure danger. Like running across a highway without looking.
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Imagine being ten stories up on a freakin' wave. People like this guy are just incredible.
I wonder if people who do things like this and free soloing "just" have some unique wiring in their brain where they don't care about instantaneously dying because of some small mistake they make. Or, is it just a matter of continually ratcheting up the difficulty - "I did a 1 foot wave, why not a 2 foot wave, why not a 3 foot wave, etc"?
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I still believe there must be space in the universe for an ethical ad network that makes you less money but anyone caught fucking with your readership gets banned. There’s a bunch of sites that would appreciate a little supplemental revenue but just don’t use ads at all because it’s so scummy. It just has to be better than selling your nonprofit’s contact list to other nonprofits.
When we first built the reddit ads system, this is exactly what we went for. We ran it ourselves, you could only upload a single static image. Turns out you really can't make a lot of money that way. Especially now. If you don't offer re-targeting and bespoke ads, no one wants to pay you money for ads.
But even then the perpetual problem in business is that what people are willing to tell you they want isn’t what they want or need, and they will shift the goalposts on you after they sign up. Cognitive dissonance will become deafening.
Years ago we used to talk regularly about firing customers. My read was that was always about ridding yourselves of the ones who pushed you into becoming someone you couldn’t stand to look at in the mirror. Eventually some of your customers will want the same cyberstalking features they see advertised by another vendor and they will forget why they can’t have it. They’ll sign up with someone who lies to them better than you do.