A team of researchers says they have created the most water-repellent surface ever, challenging existing ideas about how friction works. Known as a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), the ingenious new surface, which is assembled at the molecular level, has the potential to impact hundreds of commercial and industrial applications, including de-icing techniques, maritime technologies, space exploration, and even ultra-slippery cookware.

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[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

it's literally impossible to read an article that isnt spam bombed with ads and bullshit now, isnt it

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's crazy, but not as crazy as the low low prices I can offer you on my products! Would you like to consume product my guy?

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll only pay for products that will help me with my oral fixation wink wink

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Say no more fam. I stock the best dental products money can buy.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using ad blockers for so long that I almost forget ads even exist. Then I read comments like this, and wonder how anyone can browse the internet without one. I remember what it was like before I used them, and I know that it's gotten much worse since then.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use adblock on my pc but what am I to do mid poopage?

[–] moody@lemmings.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Firefox on Android works with standard Firefox extensions, uBlock Origin included.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

🍏😢

[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don't have another active VPN, I believe Blokada has an ios version and blocks ads device-wide.

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

hell yes thank you

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

maybe someting to consider the next time you buy a phone, eh?

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

note to self in fifteen years

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And even better: Mull (based on Firefox) + uBlock Origin

[–] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is mull an app?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup, it's a fork of firefox mobile with pretty much all of the bullshit gone, plus some of the more useful stuff turned on.

Can't get it in the play store though, have to go through either fdroid, or whatever the place is they host it (I use fdroid, so I have no clue where you'd get it otherwise).

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Perfect answer. It is hosted in Gitlab, but i'm not sure you can download an APK there.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There are ad blockers on both iOS and Android, you should check it out. Helps with battery and security as well

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I know tech literate people that don't use one and it drives me crazy up to walls when I see them use the internet.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

With ublock and pihole I'm like "what ads?"

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Do a Google search for the article you want to read. Iirc it's right click on ellipses and then view cached page. That should just get you text only.