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Apologies for the meta comment: I'd like to read the article, but the obnoxious ads on Forbes and the even more obnoxious splash screen that won't let you throu

by girvo 10y ago

Apologies for the meta comment: I'd like to read the article, but the obnoxious ads on Forbes and the even more obnoxious splash screen that won't let you through if you use a blocker show me that Forbes web presence is obviously in a troubled period. Does someone have the text of the article elsewhere?

Canada 10y ago
Having the article open without an ad blocker increased my battery utilization by well over 1000 mA.
- walterbell 10y ago
  What software do you use to measure utilization?
  - Canada 10y ago
    coconutBattery
cocotino 10y ago
I copied it here for you http://pastebin.com/2W00arZC http://pastebin.com/2W00arZC
mirimir 10y ago
It let me through the spash just fine, using AdBlock Plus and NoScript on Firefox.
ominous 10y ago
Archive.is seems to work without showing you that overlay: http://archive.is/76nRX http://archive.is/76nRX I removed the trailing hash after #, 'a2fe2c560df31', in the original URL, before posting it to archive.is. What is that for anyway? For them to log the source of the URL?
- jessaustin 10y ago
  Yes, the hash is a way to track referrals without relying on the Referer header, especially in situations that don't involve such headers. (E.g., when you click on a link in an email, or post to a social site like HN.) I think you are right to strip the hash before posting, for your own privacy if for no other reason.
setra 10y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12048735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12048735