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I hope that loot-boxes and eventually micro-transactions become outlawed or at least age-restricted. One time, I had to help an immigrant neighbor investigate why $400 of his paycheck went missing, and it turned out that his son (who had no appreciation of how much money that is in West Virginia) blew it on Fortnite skins. I never found out if the bank refunded the transaction.


My friend and I had a good laugh about this article. Eloquent and straight to the point.


I attempted going down the route of blocking completely but I always come back after missing at least one too good video, or if a song isn't being streamed on Spotify. I do agree that the majority of Youtube isn't of good use for anyone.


Hello, this is my first plugin that I submit on Hacker News and hopefully not the last. This plugin was inspired by my friend, who's a great developer and power user, who didn't know you could use uBlock Origin to hide elements, so I created a plugin that streamlines that process for her most addictive website.

(Forgive me if this breaks HN etiquette) I am located between San Francisco and Seattle and I'm looking for a Junior, front-end position (remote okay). CV and contact: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGtneIUixBnrFBzBdAbBNaGf4yo...


> (Forgive me if this breaks HN etiquette) I am located between San Francisco and Seattle and I'm looking for a Junior, front-end position (remote okay). CV and contact: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGtneIUixBnrFBzBdAbBNaGf4yo...

You can post this on "Who wants to be hired" threads e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27355390 there is one each month. Good luck with your job search.

Edit: The one for this month https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27699702


Can't access the link. Wish you great success on your dev journey :-)


You should post as well to the "Who Wants to Be Hired" thread - they go out at the start of each month so today's thread is still pretty new: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27699702. Good luck!


> This plugin was inspired by my friend, who's a great developer and power user, who didn't know you could use uBlock Origin to hide elements

I have tried to do the same but wasn't really able to figure the system. Are there good youtube videos that show how to use this feature?


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That (now dead) link lead to his CV and contact, not an extension.....


If this plugin gains traction I might add more features such as leaving the top comments from being hidden.


I also use uBlock Origin in the same way. But my friend, who's a great developer, didn't know you could use uBlock Origin to hide elements, so I created a plugin that streamlines that process for her most addictive website.


Tbh UX is an aspect of uBlock that could need serious rework. I still haven't figured out what the patchwork of colored squares means...


the "advanced users" setting you manually select after installation to enable the patchwork does state "required reading" which explains it. It's relatively straightforward


I think the article oversighted that even dollar general has loss leader products. When I was a poor student, I remember practically living on $2 worth of 5-10 bananas and a gallon of milk everyday, it was the cheapest in my town and I looked.

You can be poor and still have a fair, unexploitative shopping experience at those stores.


Well, you can only have that experience because someone else is having an unfair, exploitative experience at the same store...


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