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Or right-click inspect element and delete the div overlay. The page is already fully loaded but they seem to add an artificial delay for no reason. However that is the modern way (see also: amp). I guess browsers are just too gosh darn fast nowadays.

Thanks for the tip! I use uMatrix with aggressive defaults including no Javascript, somehow this trick didn't occur to me.

Although my general rule is that if Javascript is required to read a site's content, it's probably not worth it. With the storied NoScript being released for Chrome (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19650731), I suspect I'll have more and more company as the new web gets more abusive and dangerous.

I am so in awe at this site! It is the first actual example I have witnessed of non-monotonic progressive enhancement. You start with a text-only browser and the site is OK; so far so good. Then you keep adding features to the browser and the site progressively disappears and re-appears again.

If you are on Firefox and have Javascript disabled, you can select the menu item “View → Page Style → No Style” and see the content.