Show HN: Bullshit Remover
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Show HN: Bullshit Remover
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#3It's returning a fail to fetch error everytime.
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#4But when I asked, it responded well.
> what does this do? > Can you give an example?
And I got:
> It translates corporate jargon into plain English. For example: > "We're leveraging synergies to optimize our core competencies" > Becomes: > "We're trying to do our jobs better"
Maybe add this to the site's copy?
Good little tool.
What's the usecase you had in mind when you built this?
Also, if you care to explain, what' the stack used?
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#5> Thank you for participating in our hiring rounds. However we regret to inform you that we decided to proceed with other candidates. We hope we stay in touch for future openings.
Output:
> Translation: You didn't get the job. Don't call us, we'll call you (but we won't).
Validated.
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#7> Yet there is more to glean from our government’s efforts to help Appalachia than a renewed skepticism of government aid. We’ve learned, painfully, that for the multigenerational poor, home might be the worst enemy. Appalachian loyalty to the land is the stuff of legend, yet the stubbornness of poverty in the region means that those who stay risk being poor forever. When the government paved thousands of miles of roads in Appalachia, it hoped to provide employment for the masses and infrastructure to sustain future economic growth. But the best and most lasting effect of those roads was to give people a faster way out. If we cannot improve the urban ghetto or the mountain hollow — and the evidence suggests we can’t — then the best anti-poverty program is a ticket to somewhere else.
The tool did really well at not sounding like ChatGPT!
> Turns out the government's "help" for Appalachia mostly taught us that staying put keeps you poor. Those famous mountain folks love their land, but clinging to it means eternal poverty. The fancy new roads they built? Great for getting the hell out of dodge. Can't fix ghettos or hollers? Here's a novel idea: move somewhere else.
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#10> The latest maintenance release Git v2.46.1 is now available at the usual places. Unlike maintenance releases in the recent past, this one is _not_ about security fixes, but primarily about fixes to various commands that can work outside a repository barfing due to lack of initialization of the hash function. IOW, it is not the end of the world if you did not update to this version for a few weeks, or wait for 2.47 ;-).
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> Git 2.46.1 is out. No security fixes this time, just some tweaks to stop commands from puking when used outside a repo. No rush to update - you're not gonna die if you wait for 2.47.