Scripts for LW I'd like to see someone write: something that blocks the appearance of the four recent-items sidebars, in the spirit of reducing shiny distraction.
Firefox's Adblock Plus add-on has a supporting add-on called Element Hiding Helper that is helpful for situations such as these. You just press Ctrl+Shift+K and you can block pieces of websites as you see fit, or you can directly add the following filters under My Element Hiding Rules:
lesswrong.com###side-comments
lesswrong.com###side-posts
lesswrong.com###recent-wiki-edits
I haven't found a way to block the "New on Overcoming Bias" section without removing the right bar completely, though.
Better late than never, a new open thread. Even with the discussion section, there are ideas or questions too short or inchoate to be worth a post.
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