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Just as one example: Chrome + uBOL on Reddit will show you plenty of "Sponsored" stuff. You can use Inspector to find the offending CSS classes and then use `display: none` on them with something like Stylus[0], but not everybody wants to play that whack-a-mole game on the many sites that push uBOL past its blocking capabilities.

[0]: https://github.com/openstyles/stylus


Reddit's sponsored posts are blocked by default in uBOL when using _optimal_ (default) or _complete_ mode.

I will recheck my uBOL settings, then, sir. Thank you for your work!

EDIT: I did have it set to `Complete,` so perhaps I have something else going on.


Best is to report the issue using the "Report an issue" in the popup panel while on Reddit site. There could be other issues causing this, for instance if you didn't grant uBOL the permission to inject scripts on the site. Depending on which browser/os the issue occurs, we should be able to narrow down potential causes.

As the creator of UBO, what are your thoughts on uBO vs uBOL? Do you think Firefox’s MV3 will be an issue down the line?

> There could be other issues causing this, for instance if you didn't grant uBOL the permission to inject scripts on the site.

Bingo. That was it. Again, thanks.


Pepperidge Farm remembers that commercial.


Zuck Sucks Hack Clicks

Yes, especially when a simple look at the source code showed what was "hidden." Not only aggravating, but amateurish.

Drives like these and the Syquest drives were essential for desktop publishing well into the early 2000s. I sent many such drives to various printing facilities --- or, sometimes (and, here, I really date myself) separate PostScript bureaus --- to obtain high-res, color-separated film for four-color commercial printing, either by local printers or magazines who would run ads for my employers of the time.

I was just trying to remember the Syquest name. I remembered their products being popular in mac labs (I was a teen at that time).

For a while I badly wanted a zip drive or the (syquest) ez 135 for personal use. But by the time I could afford that stuff I had a scsi board and cd writer… which was clearly the way.


Backblaze's B2 storage is fine if used with a separate app over which you have more control. Others here have mentioned Arq. I have used it, as well as Kopia[0] and Blinkdisk[1] (Blinkdisk is essentially Kopia but with a nicer UI). Can recommend all three highly; the latter two are FOSS.

[0]: https://kopia.io/

[1]: https://blinkdisk.com/


(2023)


From the related blog post[0]:

> You can find Little Snitch for Linux here[1]. It is free, and it will stay that way.

[0]: https://obdev.at/blog/little-snitch-for-linux/

[1]: https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch-linux


(2025)


This applies to more than just product engineering. Part of one of my former jobs (retired now) involved writing marketing copy and news releases. I never quite got over how one of my bosses, who would also write some of this material, often told visitors or other company execs that, where our textual output was concerned, “We have no pride of authorship here.” Speak for yourself, I always wanted to tell him, but never did because I needed the paycheck.

Interestingly, he lasted there only a year while I made it to nearly 17 years. Go figure.


thanks a lot for the story. I used to spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to create work groups that didn't force people into hiding their true needs, pride, creativity and efforts... but I really didn't have a minute left to pursue that goal. I know that some groups have healthier culture where people can live and work in a happy mental place .. but it seems they are a rare kind of exception.


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