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Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by diggan »

fenollp wrote: post #6

What is the algorithm behind this? Does it attempts to find 2 similar pages of the same website and generate markdown from the diff of their DOM trees?

No, it's simply a service/tool that converts a html page into markdown. So let's say you have something like this:

  Title
  
Some wordy stuff with a link
It would convert it into

  # Title

  Some wordy stuff [example.com](with a link)

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by david90 »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #2

I'm all for cursing in private conversation with friends and such when it's appropriate - but why do people continue to think it's acceptable in public examples of work? Will this go on someone's resume like this? What will an employer think? I'm not questioning freedom of speech or self expression or anything like that. I'm simply saying, if you build a tool / live example / whatever and intend to show it to people…

I only think of the Internet meme when I see the domain name. Well, a name can give you an impression, but I think the site itself matters more.

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by GoToRO »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #2

I'm all for cursing in private conversation with friends and such when it's appropriate - but why do people continue to think it's acceptable in public examples of work? Will this go on someone's resume like this? What will an employer think? I'm not questioning freedom of speech or self expression or anything like that. I'm simply saying, if you build a tool / live example / whatever and intend to show it to people…

They did keep it professional. You must be using an old version of Professional. Please upgrade to the latest version as older versions are not supported any more and they suffer of multiple "don't tell me how to live my life" vulnerabilities. :)

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by _nalply »

_nalply wrote: post #14

It works on Quora articles even with math formulas. I'm going to use this tool to export my own Quora content. Thanks a lot for the pointer!

Except for images. I'm going to tell the creator. He said: «If you have a specific page you think should be Markdownifiable, send it to me. I’ll see what I can do.»

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by mosselman »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #2

I'm all for cursing in private conversation with friends and such when it's appropriate - but why do people continue to think it's acceptable in public examples of work? Will this go on someone's resume like this? What will an employer think? I'm not questioning freedom of speech or self expression or anything like that. I'm simply saying, if you build a tool / live example / whatever and intend to show it to people…

My first thought was 'cool, but too bad for the childish title'.

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by arkitaip »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #2

I'm all for cursing in private conversation with friends and such when it's appropriate - but why do people continue to think it's acceptable in public examples of work? Will this go on someone's resume like this? What will an employer think? I'm not questioning freedom of speech or self expression or anything like that. I'm simply saying, if you build a tool / live example / whatever and intend to show it to people…

If your future employer isn't mature enough to handle you swearing on a project you have done, then that's an employer you should skip.

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by guessmyname »

lsiunsuex wrote: post #2

I'm all for cursing in private conversation with friends and such when it's appropriate - but why do people continue to think it's acceptable in public examples of work? Will this go on someone's resume like this? What will an employer think? I'm not questioning freedom of speech or self expression or anything like that. I'm simply saying, if you build a tool / live example / whatever and intend to show it to people…

As a non-native English speaker, those are just semi-random words to me unless I give them a context. I guess if you are a native English speaker you will feel more likely to disapprove the words, same if someone decides to buy a domain with bad words in Chinese, French, Spanish, etc if you are Chinese, French, or Spanish speaker respectively. Also, as I understand, "fuck" seems to have different meanings depending on the context.

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by sandGorgon »

this is potentially a big idea. there are hundreds of jobs on upwork "convert my old wordpress site to markdown/jekyll" or "convert my old drupal site to markdown/jekyll".

even if you manage to convert a wordpress site to jekyll (with all images, formatting,etc)... you are onto something big.

I would pay 20-30$ for a one time conversion of a few dozen pages.

Re: Turns websites into Markdown

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Post by Brendinooo »

arkitaip wrote: post #17
lsiunsuex wrote: post #2

I'm all for cursing in private conversation with friends and such when it's appropriate - but why do people continue to think it's acceptable in public examples of work? Will this go on someone's resume like this? What will an employer think? I'm not questioning freedom of speech or self expression or anything like that. I'm simply saying, if you build a tool / live example / whatever and intend to show it to people…

If your future employer isn't mature enough to handle you swearing on a project you have done, then that's an employer you should skip.

Conversely, plenty of people would contend that refraining from profanity is a mark of maturity.
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