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Yes, thanks Forbes. If it were not for their heavy-handed attempt to circumvent adblockers, I would have never would've thought to learn how to write a program to make web calls so I can read the text response directly*. All the articles I want without the ads and the browser. At some point, I might just write a parser to coax out and display only the text of the body. It's a pain reading through all the HTML.
* I just wanted to see if I could
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Try using Privacy Badger in Chrome or Firefox...I don't seem to have any trouble reading articles at Forbes.com.
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Forbes never gets past NoScript in Firefox, which I am okay with. I have a thing about websites that will not display content without scripts enabled, I don't like them.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Wow.
Lucky you.
You made another wu mao.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'm paying my computer and my Internet connection, so I decide what my Internet connection will download and what my computer will load.
Using my bandwidth and my computer to show what someone else wants without my consent is the book definition of theft.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: Using my bandwidth and my computer to show what someone else wants without my consent is the book definition of theft.
I see you have found a way to justify stealing. If you don't like what they serve you, then don't go there. But to pretend that you have the right to control what content they deliver you is pure insanity.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I control who enters in my home, who uses my car, who access my bank account... and who dumps things in my computer!
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: I control who enters in my home,
By not letting people in. You wouldn't let a goat in and then complain that they are eating your furniture. You wouldn't let them in the first place.
den2k88 wrote: who uses my car,
By locking it and not letting someone in. You wouldn't let a 3 year old get behind the wheel and then decide no, they can't drive.
den2k88 wrote: who access my bank account
By not sharing the credentials. You wouldn't first give your credentials to everyone and then decide to take them back if someone misused them.
den2k88 wrote: who dumps things in my computer!
By not visiting a website.
 Justification always sounds good to oneself.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: By not letting people in
AdBlock does that; Plus if a person enters my home uninvited I shoot him/her dead. I'm inviting the contents of the website, not the ads.
RyanDev wrote: By locking it and not letting someone in.
Yep, AdBlock does that too;
RyanDev wrote: By not sharing the credentials.
AdBlock helps me avoid scam;
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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den2k88 wrote: I'm inviting the contents of the website, not the ads.
It's funny that you think those are 2 different things. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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What you may probably not find very funny is that a court has ruled for like, FIVE times thinking along the same lines[^].
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I don't let the corrupt judicial system tell me what is right and wrong morally, let alone the flippin German court system.  
If you allow the judge's to tell you what is moral and not, then I think you have bigger problems.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Wow, seriously?
I've been a professional software "developer" for 33 years. And exactly ZERO of my income has anything to do with advertising.
I'll say that again, ZERO.
I could say more, but I'll just leave it there.
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Basildane wrote: And exactly ZERO of my income has anything to do with advertising.
Did you think I suggested that a developer's income came from advertising? If so, you misread it.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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It's all good Ryan.
I'm just still reeling about Adblock abandoning their core values.
I'll just move to another ad blocker.
And if that doesn't work, I'll abandon the Internet and take up goat herding.
They said I was bluffing 6 years ago when I dumped my TV in the landfill and had a bonfire with my DirecTV boxes.
I wasn't bluffing back then either.
I will NOT be subjected to advertisements.
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Basildane wrote: And if that doesn't work, I'll abandon the Internet and take up goat herding.
I'm with you on that one.  
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Pretty scummy, but I can't say I'm surprised.
What'll we have next, anti-virus that sells spots on their white-listed virus list? Oh wait, that already happened[^].
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Adulterated food and baby formula.
Adulterated flooring (emits toxic fumes)
Adulterated (radioactive) sheet-rock
"Adulterated" anti-virus scanner.
Is someone able to discern a pattern here?
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Adultery? 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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It seems pretty popular.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Weren't there some lawsuits a while back about replacing ads?
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Should clean HTML be spic 'n' <span>?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You should gopher a more modern pun.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I must be a <div> as I don't get
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence <b>EAT BACON</b>
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