I use Safari with Adguard and Chrome with Ublock on macOS and Chrome on Android with AdAway root version, and they work pretty fine for blocking ads, but these videos especially in news sites always autoplay and annoy me a bit, I think they have the same effect as the ads in annoyance level for me....
uBlock also has the "eyedropper" (idk its proper name) that you can use to pick css blocks on the page and preview what it looks like with that block removed. If you find the block for the content you want to remove, you can save it so that future instances of that block just won't load in the first place. Works great for embedded chats and those annoying mid-article newsletter sign up flyovers.
There used to be a water park in my hometown that had a bunch of slides and a wave pool. I used to go there all the time as a kid, and even went there as a senior on a trip. I went to birthday parties there, sometimes....
You perfectly described a water park in my home town, although mine closed down in the 1990s. It had a "silver bullet" slide, a bunch of conventional slides and a tube slide, a lazy river, a wave pool, a pretty decent arcade and a go-kart track, and probably a bunch of other stuff I don't remember from spending big chunks of my childhood summers there. Birthday parties and school trips, too.
After it closed down, some of the slides were moved to a golf course across town that wanted to expand, but it wasn't as good and it was way too far to go by bus. The original park is the loading dock for a Home Depot now.
Can't live without my rack and pannier. The bag is waterproof and pretty much indestructible, and all my stuff goes in there instead of wearing a backpack so I don't end up with that huge sweat spot on my back.
I start from the bottom. You can line up the buttons without needing to look in a mirror. I don't understand why anyone would start buttoning from the top. It's just less efficient. Explain your reasoning
There's like an urge in my body to squeeze it from the bottom that feels efficient and tidy and it messes my mind up when I use a toothpaste that somebody has squeezed right in the middle. I wanna know people's stance on this, so what kinda squeezer are you?
Like 95% of the reason that I buy the brand I do is because it still comes in the old foil tubes that I can push out from the bottom and roll up. It's probably confirmation bias but I feel like I waste less toothpaste that way.
The other 5% is because my dentist told me to use that specific brand.
I live really near a downtown area and it's feasible to bike there. Problem is, there are no bike lanes. While I can 100% just ride on the road, a bike line would help a lot and most likely encourage others to ride on the road too....
If you find that there isn't a local advocacy group, then you're the local advocacy group. Who's going to say you're not?
Years ago I heard a talk by Dave Meslin, a well-known Toronto organizer and one of the founders of the Toronto Cyclists Union. One of his points that stuck with me was that for many of the things he worked on, he just made up an official-sounding name for it, so that his letters to officials sounded more authoritative. Basically, if you write as anthoniix then you're easy to pass off as just some local kook, but if you write as something like "<your city> Bike Lane Committee" then you sound official and organized, and you're more likely to get a response from the bureaucracy and the media. Plus you'll probably find more people interested in getting involved if you have a name for it.
As of March 2023 there were a bit more than 3.1 million subreddits (according to https://backlinko.com/reddit-users). I don't see on that page if they've tried to quantify active subs.
What is your workaround to avoid videos auto playing on websites?
I use Safari with Adguard and Chrome with Ublock on macOS and Chrome on Android with AdAway root version, and they work pretty fine for blocking ads, but these videos especially in news sites always autoplay and annoy me a bit, I think they have the same effect as the ads in annoyance level for me....
What’s a place from your childhood that doesn’t exist anymore?
There used to be a water park in my hometown that had a bunch of slides and a wave pool. I used to go there all the time as a kid, and even went there as a senior on a trip. I went to birthday parties there, sometimes....
TIL The cast of FRIENDS each made $1M per episode in the final two seasons and now make $20M per year per cast member for reruns. The show still generates $1B/year for Warner Bros. All thanks to David Schwimmer encouraging the cast to negotiate as a team. (www.cheatsheet.com)
What are some "must have" accessories for commuters?
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Folks who wear button up shirts: do you start buttoning from the top button or the bottom?
I start from the bottom. You can line up the buttons without needing to look in a mirror. I don't understand why anyone would start buttoning from the top. It's just less efficient. Explain your reasoning
What kind of toothpaste squeezer are you?
There's like an urge in my body to squeeze it from the bottom that feels efficient and tidy and it messes my mind up when I use a toothpaste that somebody has squeezed right in the middle. I wanna know people's stance on this, so what kinda squeezer are you?
If brands were brutally honest. What brand would have what slogan?
Just wondering...
For those experienced in this topic, how would I go about getting a bikelane near my neighborhood?
I live really near a downtown area and it's feasible to bike there. Problem is, there are no bike lanes. While I can 100% just ride on the road, a bike line would help a lot and most likely encourage others to ride on the road too....
[CORRECTION] 7742 went dark out of the 8299 that committed. Interesting to note: 204 of the top 250 subreddits are dark (src: save3rdpartyapps.com). (reddark.untone.uk)
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OC Cooperative games that are newbie friendly
Hi, i like coop games because I like working together and don't enjoy competitive games....
Do media in your country inform about Reddit blackout?
Asking especially those living outside USA.
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