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by k1m 11y ago
To be honest, I think when it comes to usability, most users of ad blockers aren't going to change settings. And having just checked it against Adblock Plus, I'm not so convinced that Adblock Plus is easier. If we assume that most
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by k1m 11y ago
There's AdDetector: http://www.ianww.com/ad-detector/
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by k1m 11y ago
Thank you for the report. Yes, we'll include other measures soon. For anyone interested, in our tests with uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus and AdGuard for Android - the default installation (which we assume most people use) - all included
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by k1m 11y ago
Thank you. We'll take a look.
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by k1m 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Do you really think uBlock Origin is so different from other blockers in terms of usability? I don't see how. It relies on essentially the same set of filter lists that others like Adblock Plus use, but without
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by k1m 11y ago
Agree. We'll remove jQuery dependence and move remote JS/CSS files to the same server.
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by k1m 11y ago
Thank you. You're right, pure host-based blocking is not currently detected by the site. We'll try to include that too. At the moment we're relying on a rule in Easy List - https://easylist.adblockplus.org/en&
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by k1m 11y ago
Are you serious? Basic browser/device detection to suggest a suitable ad blocker is not really the same as the tracking carried out by big ad networks. I don't see the similarity to be honest.
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by k1m 11y ago
Absolutely. Just wanted to get some feedback on this in its current state. Agree that it should detect user's browser/device and suggest an appropriate blocker. I wish uBlock Origin had a nice install page I could point to that wo
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by k1m 11y ago
Thanks, will take a look at that too. Pretty sure they publish their filter lists, so should be easy to make sure it's covered.
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by k1m 11y ago
Hmmm, are you by any chance using a filter list other than Easy List in adblockplus?
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by k1m 11y ago
Does happen, but not such a big problem for me. I'd argue that developers/designers should be testing with ad blockers enabled.
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by k1m 11y ago
Thanks. We'll test Ghostery and try to fix this.
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by k1m 11y ago
Thanks for the report. I can't find the filter list for Purify, but I think it's the same developer who took over uBlock (not Origin). We're relying on a rule in the Easy List filter set which blocks loading of anything calle
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Show HN: Let's encourage ad blocking(blockads.fivefilters.org)
92 points by k1m 11y ago|139 comments
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by k1m 12y ago
According to their source, "the headline of an article about Iraq on The Guardian's website was changed amid concerns about offending Apple, and the article was later removed from the home page entirely." Changing a headline
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by k1m 12y ago
The Guardian, like other news sources relying on big advertising deals, is not that different when it comes to pleasing advertisers. See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/media/11425580/Guardian-chan... and ht
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Noam Chomsky: We Are All – Fill in the Blank(zcomm.org)
1 points by k1m 12y ago|0 comments
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by k1m 12y ago
Two videos of Chomsky making this point: 1. Recent interview with Chris Hedges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwRf5HHm2Mo 2. Older interview: http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2860018
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by k1m 13y ago
We have a little tool that can produce a multi-column print view (based on paper size and orientation) from most web-based articles. Chrome doesn't support multi-column CSS in its print view yet, so it doesn't work there. If anyon
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Electrified Thought Fences - Narcissism: Real And Imagined(medialens.org)
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Review of “Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals” (2001)(uow.edu.au)
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by k1m 13y ago
There is a great book on this topic by Jeff Schmidt called Disciplined Minds: http://www.amazon.com/Disciplined-Minds-Critical-Professiona... Here's a review: http://www.uow.edu.au/~bmartin/pubs&#x
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Feed Creator: Our new tool to monitor web pages using custom feeds(blog.fivefilters.org)
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Feed Creator: Create RSS feeds from webpage links(createfeed.fivefilters.org)
2 points by k1m 13y ago|0 comments
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by k1m 13y ago
For shared hosting I've had a great experience with https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net
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Journalistic Source Protection Defence Fund(wikileaks.org)
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When The Next Moment Matters More: 'The Special One'(medialens.org)
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by k1m 14y ago
Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt is an excellent book on this topic: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742516857 There's a review of it here: http://disciplinedminds.tripod.com/higher-education-review.h...
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by k1m 14y ago
The link to the torrent for Manufacturing Consent at the end of his piece no longer works, but the full film is up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AnB8MuQ6DU

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