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[–] 111 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.

Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.

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  • [–] 122 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Scrolling marquees, blinking text, background midi music, hit counters, guest books, and web rings?

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it's like to be rid of it!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    That's also a good description for mechanical keyboards

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I got a mechnical keyboard after listening to you internet nerds and have been sorely disappointed

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Really? That's surprising. Are you just indifferent about the clickiness?

    I definitely aren't as fanatical about them as most people, I don't mind using non mech keys. But I definitely prefer using a nice mech keyboard when I have the option.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do I need a mechanical keyboard if my typing speed is around 60 wpm? I don't type fast, which is why I never saw the appeal of mechanical keyboards

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well a mechanical keyboard could help you type a little faster actually. I think the primary appeal of them is that they feel nice to type on though. Another reason people buy them is because they're good for playing games competitively such as CS:GO.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks. I was looking at this boring looking keyboard (a look which I personally like, I'm ashamed to say): https://www.amazon.com/Perixx-PERIBOARD-428-Mechanical-Keyboard-Backlighting/dp/B08F3V93KS

    I like low profile keyboards, and don't like the sharp noise from blue switches. This seems OK. What do you think?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    That's a nice keyboard, I personally can't stand the "gamer aesthetic" so it looks good to me. I used to use a Cherry keyboard which looked like one of those large beige keyboards from the 90s, which I liked not just because Cherry manufacters the switches you see in more expensive mech keyboards so it was nice having a Cherry brand keyboard, but also because it looked quite unique compared to modern keyboards. That keyboard had Cherry blue switches, unfortunately I broke that keyboard (entirely my fault.) My current keyboard looks very similar to that one, with Kailh blue switches.

    There's two main companies that manufacture the keys for mech keyboards, Cherry and Kailh. Cherry is a German company and their switches last longer and are usually considered to be a little better to use but that is quite subjective. Kailh is a Chinese company, like I say they don't last for quite as long but you'll definitely still get minimum 3 years out of them, most likely they'll last 5+ years with daily use. Kailh switches are cheaper and so the keyboards are cheaper (except for Razer, they use Kailh switches but charge the same price as companies that make keyboards with Cherry switches lol.) I haven't used Cherry/Kailh brown switches (that keyboard has Kailh browns) but I understand they're good switches for general use, especially in an office context. They're less clicky but otherwise similar to blues.

    You might want look up a comparison of the various switches, but here's a graphic I could find with some basic info. Linear switches have no "bump" where you can feel the switch being actuated, tactile and clicky switches do but with tactiled you only feel it, there is no corresponding click sound (or much less of one.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's a matter of taste. I like them slim and quiet.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    You know you can get quiter mech keyboards? Also sometimes people put O rings on the stem of the key to dampen the sound. I don't think there are any slim mech keyboards- though there are nice small 50%, 60%, 65% and 70% keyboards

    Edit: here's what a 50% keyboard looks like, pretty cute right?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    There's one of the Cherry DW 9500 i have now, with their new slim switches and for two times the price. But i was satisfied with this one and it's not worth the effort for me with dampening.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Ah I see, yeah after commenting that I remembered seeing something a few years ago about a laptop that has slim mech keys, they must use similar switches to that keyboard.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

    It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Different person here, would love info on removing headers, if you would be so kind!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You should be able to right click the banner and then click "block element"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Huh, I’ve never thought to do that for like a YouTube header. Just those irritating autoplaying videos on web sites that scroll with ya.

    I was thinking there was a way to automatically block all banners there hahaha

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Oh did it only work on one channel? There's probably a way to do it that will work on all channels. When I tried the other day too I found that the banner was removed but the space it took up remained so it didn't really help. But I noticed it gives you the option to edit some CSS/HTML so maybe doing that can make it work.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    These are the uBlock rules used to block the headers from youtube channels. The 'about' tab is intentionally left unfiltered for the cases I actually want to see that information.

    https://pastebin.com/raw/MEUPPs0Z

    edit: had to put the code on pastebin since the code markdown doesn't seem to work here.

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