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Thanks to Detaro for pointing out that login status changes performance! Leaving the comment below, but that's the answer. ---- If I access HN from a web bro

Thanks to Detaro for pointing out that login status changes performance! Leaving the comment below, but that's the answer. ---- If I access HN from a web browser that blocks all known ad-related sites (including FB), HN is as fast as normal. If I access HN through my "regular" browser, it's very slow. This looks like HN timing out trying to hit FB more than load making it slow.

kgwxd 5y ago
It's slow for me from FireFox with uBO. When has the HN site ever hit an FB url? I don't see any references to any FB related urls in source, uBO, or dev tools.
- daggersandscars 5y ago
  Firefox + uBlock Origin on MacOS: fast, zero error pages. Safari, no adblocker: slow, error pages. Looking at uBO, it's not reporting blocking anything on the page. Yet the performance difference is real. Weird.
  - detaro 5y ago
    are you logged in in both? if not, you are getting cached pages which can be served faster.
    - daggersandscars 5y ago
      Thanks! I did not know HN serves "fresh" pages when logged in.