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Google: collapse leftover empty spacers

Zeroes the margins of empty containers left by hidden blocks so the results list has no gaps.

Code to copy

// Collapse empty container divs left behind by hidden blocks
function dropEmpties() {
  document.querySelectorAll('#rso > div, #botstuff > div')
    .forEach(function (el) {
      const visible = el.offsetParent !== null && el.offsetHeight > 0;
      if (!visible || el.textContent.trim() === '') {
        el.style.margin = '0';
        el.style.padding = '0';
      }
    });
}
dropEmpties();
const obs = new MutationObserver(dropEmpties);
obs.observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true });

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