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Most Water-Repellent Surface Ever Created Challenges Existing Ideas on Friction (thedebrief.org)

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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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[-] moody@lemmings.world 27 points 1 year ago

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

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

[-] moody@lemmings.world 22 points 1 year ago

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

[-] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

🍏😢

[-] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[-] incendiaryperihelion@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

is mull an app?

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

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).