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lavignegagnonon Ask HN: Can someone suggest an open source lightweight alternative to Chrome?

I discovered this only months ago, but you can configure uBlock Origin to disable javascript, block remote fonts, and/or large media files (check "I am an advanced user" in the settings).

One extension to rule them all!

lavignegagnonon Ask HN: Excluding privacy ones, which Firefox plugins do you use regularly?

Tampermonkey: modify your favorite sites with JS and CSS

Remove YouTube Recommended Videos, Comments: prevents me from falling down the rabbit hole.

Disable Facebook News Feed: I haven't seen my FB feed since Feb 2019. Love it! I can still lookup friends to see what they are up to, but I don't let an algorithm tell me what is important.

(These are all Firefox extension names, I'm sure their equivalent exists for Chrome).

lavignegagnonon Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in France?

Conspiracy Theory: I can't help but wonder if these two stories are related?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23662241

Could Fessenheim 2 be leaking nuclear particles?

lavignegagnonon Canada's New Food Guide

I can't believe they still promote horrible industrial oils high in omega-6 as healthy fats:

  Unsaturated fats that are good for your health: peanut, soybean, safflower, sunflower.

https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/tips-for-healthy-eating/comm...

lavignegagnonon Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

I thought Krypton was destroyed?!?