Thursday, December 17, 2020

AdBlock custom settings for Zero Hedge

I have found that Zero Hedge is much more enjoyable without advertisements and other distractions.
With AdBlock configured in your browser, select Customize, and manually edit your filters, adding these:
www.zerohedge.com##IFRAME[id="google_ads_iframe_/21841313772/zerohedge/rail_right_bottom_0"] www.zerohedge.com##IFRAME[id="google_ads_iframe_/21841313772/zerohedge/rail_right_top_0"] www.zerohedge.com##IFRAME[src="about:blank?upapi=true"] www.zerohedge.com##IFRAME[id="google_ads_iframe_/21841313772/zerohedge/leaderboard_0"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[class="MidArticleNewsletter_imageContainer__3_FYW"] www.zerohedge.com##IFRAME[id="google_ads_iframe_/21841313772/zerohedge/rail_left_bottom_0"] www.zerohedge.com##SECTION[class="SidebarRight_container__3-SHG"] www.zerohedge.com##SECTION[class="SidebarLeft_container__JPgco"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[id="google_ads_iframe_/21841313772/zerohedge/leaderboard_0__container__"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[id="midArticle"][class="MidArticleNewsletter_midArticle__I7CMh"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[class="Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[class="Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_placement__1I4yb"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[class="Banner_banner__2PJ1Y"] www.zerohedge.com##DIV[class="Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_placement__1I4yb"]
Save and reload, and now Zero Hedge is all content, without annoying distractions. YMMV, but these settings work great in my browser. Learn to use the AdBlock plugin to trim offensive content like a digital bonsai tree.

27 comments:

christiangustafson said...

AdBlock lets you build these rules interactively, very nice feature. I even got rid of the solicitations to join Zero Hedge PREMIUM.

christiangustafson said...

There's some obvious overlap in these rules, and you could cook them down to a few tidy lines like a PERL script if it suits your personal aesthetic.

cbasten said...

I hate to ask but what do you do for a living?

I'm just a boring CPA (ex Big 4) Financial Reporting Manager but wish I had some of these skillz

christiangustafson said...

I write code for a corporation.

Something like this, though, it's just using a browser plug-in. AdBlock has a great little interface that lets you click on an offending element, then use a slider to find the exact right level in the browser DOM to exclude. Then it's gone, the element and everything it contains.

We'll see if ZH improves their site over time to look for ad blocking and prevent page content from rendering if ads aren't loaded and visible. Many media sites do this today, but ZH has not implemented it.

cbasten said...

Sounds like you're straight out of Halt and Catch Fire! I am still getting a couple adds after adding those filters seem to be local ones Aurora Health Care and Milwaukee School of Engineering

christiangustafson said...

Play with the plug-in, click on something to block it and adjust the slider.

My Chrome config is still rendering ZH ad-less, it looks great! I expect their web dev to get some extra cycles once they are stable on the new release, when he can try to enforce ad loading in the site.

cbasten said...

I figured it out using the sliders.. thanks a lot!

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T.Berry said...

s&p up 12% since election day. mkts seem to like the biden presidency. historically dems are better for stocks too. look forward to next 4. 2021 should be another solid year.

Anonymous said...

"2021 should be another solid year." LOL! See ya back here in a few months Berry.

T.Berry said...

the pent up demand that has been building for almost a year due to all the lockdowns will finally be unleashed this year. that, along with the additional $600 stimulus that was passed (and another round in 2021-possibly $2,000 which for a family of 4 is an extra $8,000) and the fact americans have never been wealthier (home values & 401ks continue hitting record highs) will create unprecedented levels of year over year economic growth throughout the us economy. the gains in economic numbers/earnings i believe, will set records to the upside that may never be broken in our lifetime. It will be an epic year for yoy growth in the us.

having said that, 2021 may prove to be one of the greatest economic expansion years in us history. yes, we may see hotter than expected inflation and even a lower dollar however the equity gains will more than offset it.

so for 2021, my targets will once again be on the conservative side much like they have been over the past 5 years.

Dow 36,500
S&p 4,300
Nas 15,500

so kirk, where do you see the indices at year end? do post

T.Berry said...

"When stocks finish the first five days higher, the S&P 500 has been positive more than 80% of the time at year-end with an average gain of about 13%"'.....stock traders almanac


i like these odds especially given the strong economic backdrop ahead along with the possibility the market may have put in the lows for the year---s&p 3,661, dow 29,881 & naz 12,543. happened in 2017 and almost again in 2019. we shall see however year end, much higher

don't see any reason to be a seller if you're in long term 2-3 years.

johnbmac said...

Everybody ready? Should be historic. If not even biblical.

Bryan Franco said...

So S&P added Tesla to its 500 index after it reached almost 30x sales. But hey, the rules are the rules.

Anonymous said...

What's going on up there in WA CG? Any ideas?

Stair ClimbLunatic said...

ZH is total garbage now.

Kevin said...

Hope you'all are ready for the crash of a lifetime.

Anonymous said...

"Hope you all are ready for the crash of a lifetime." The first quarter of 21 is shaping up a lot like the first quarter of 20. We're getting very close to peak prosperity here. Pretzel Charts is predicting an ominous future, and he's been astonishingly accurate the last few years. He called the bottom last year nearly to the day.

T.Berry said...

if the crash is anything like the naz 6850 final high then crash back in sept/oct i’m all in lol

T.Berry said...

Sept/oct of 2017 that was lol

T.Berry said...

“ in year one of a democratic presidency, the s&p 500 has risen on average by 19.4% dating back to 1932”

that puts year end s&p 4470 if 2021 is just an average year

Unknown said...

Sorry, not right:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Debitismus_Forum/comments/l3laj5/aktien_sp_500_saisonaler_verlauf_nach/

Anonymous said...

I can't wait to get my first Harriet Tubman 20! How bout you guys??

RADM.Yamaguchi said...

You guys are pretty funny.

What does the stock market almanac say about the 1st month of a military adminstration?

Stair ClimbLunatic said...

Did christiangustafson quit? Why no updates in 7 weeks?

T.Berry said...

nas 13724 high a clean double off the 6850 final high the gurus called just a mere 39 months ago. the decade of zero returns has already doubled lol

johnbmac said...

We should find out who is really in control of the U.S. by the end of this weekend. I wonder who the 3 generals are. Have fun everyone!