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Re:The biggest surprises from living in a simulated Martian ... by Paul_S on Sunday September 11, 2016 @07:16AM (#12472875)
...or you could use an adblocker - they block more than just ads (at least the good ones do).
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Re:The biggest surprises from living in a simulated Martian ... by ccvannorman on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:49AM (#12473912)
Mine didn't work on this site. Most newsletter popups are home grown and adblockers don't work on them.

I just ignore them and try not to visit the site again if possible. (well done marketing geniuses! Was that your goal?)

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Re:The biggest surprises from living in a simulated Martian ... by dredmorbius on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:53PM (#12475297)
Options are limited on Mobile. But, pre-warned, I'll open this in Pocket, which avoids this.

If Firefox had an "open directly to Reader Mode" I'd use that virtually always.

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Re:The biggest surprises from living in a simulated Martian ... by UlyssesSKrunk on Sunday September 11, 2016 @01:16PM (#12474394)
abp didn't block this one. ublock may have tho, but in my experience even that lets through many of these by default
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