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jessedrain

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jessedrain··on Diablo Immortal won't release in the Netherlands and Belgium due to loot box law
I hope that loot-boxes and eventually micro-transactions become outlawed or at least age-restricted. One time, I had to help an immigrant neighbor investigate why $400 of his paycheck went missing, and it turned out that his son (who had no appreciation of how much money that is in West Virginia) blew it on Fortnite skins. I never found out if the bank refunded the transaction.
jessedrain··on Do not combine footers and infinite scrolling
My friend and I had a good laugh about this article. Eloquent and straight to the point.
jessedrain··on Show HN: Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin
I attempted going down the route of blocking completely but I always come back after missing at least one too good video, or if a song isn't being streamed on Spotify. I do agree that the majority of Youtube isn't of good use for anyone.
jessedrain··on Show HN: Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin
Hello, this is my first plugin that I submit on Hacker News and hopefully not the last. This plugin was inspired by my friend, who's a great developer and power user, who didn't know you could use uBlock Origin to hide elements, so I created a plugin that streamlines that process for her most addictive website.

(Forgive me if this breaks HN etiquette) I am located between San Francisco and Seattle and I'm looking for a Junior, front-end position (remote okay). CV and contact: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGtneIUixBnrFBzBdAbBNaGf4yo...

jessedrain··on Show HN: Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin
If this plugin gains traction I might add more features such as leaving the top comments from being hidden.
jessedrain··on Show HN: Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin
I also use uBlock Origin in the same way. But my friend, who's a great developer, didn't know you could use uBlock Origin to hide elements, so I created a plugin that streamlines that process for her most addictive website.
jessedrain··on The economics of dollar stores
I think the article oversighted that even dollar general has loss leader products. When I was a poor student, I remember practically living on $2 worth of 5-10 bananas and a gallon of milk everyday, it was the cheapest in my town and I looked.

You can be poor and still have a fair, unexploitative shopping experience at those stores.