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Lack-of-adblock is a huge mistake. On top of the obvious drain on attention, slower loading times everywhere, and surveillance, ads are also one of the top mechanisms by which computers get malware.
When I look over someone's shoulder and see ads, I assume they were similarly careless in their choice of which books to read.
Note that many people don’t know about ad blockers:
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(I highly recommend reading that entire section of the linked page, where gwern describes the results of several follow-up surveys he ran, and conclusions drawn from them.)
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