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[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#medium-mode-details- [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-clipper-obsidian/", "context": "", "use_case": "reading view for articles", "switched_from": "", "story": "The ColorChecker, photography's most important 24 squares, turns 50"}, {"id": 769839168, "item_id": 48114948, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114948", "by": "pier25", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Tried it with this URL: https://community.obsidian.md/ Most of the content is missing.", "excerpt": "Tried it with this URL: https://community.obsidian.md/ Most of the content is missing.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"}, {"id": 769825024, "item_id": 48114064, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114064", "by": "kepano", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try Obsidian Web Clipper's Reader feature for Firefox :)", "excerpt": "Try Obsidian Web Clipper's Reader feature for Firefox :) https://obsidian.md/help/web-clipper/reader", "context": "", "use_case": "Saving web articles to Obsidian", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"}, {"id": 759658721, "item_id": 47478670, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47478670", "by": "bpavuk", "date": "2026-03-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I capture through the web clipper extension.", "excerpt": "turns out I have the same setup (sans local LLMs - they are pretty useless on 2018 cards) but in Obsidian :) whatever I think might be useful later, I capture through the web clipper extension. 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