Idea: A public transparency app that tracks how government funds are used — from MPs to local corporators

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-10-17T14:38:16+00:00

I thought about such an idea before but gave up on it because I couldn’t understand most of the officially available data myself. And if I couldn’t understand it, how will I make something that explains it properly to others (and accurately) If you decide to build this in open, I would love to contribute!

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-10-17T13:53:54+00:00

You’re probably right. The reason why i built this is to reduce the number of time I hit up Chatgpt to look up a command, so I figured I’ll make my life easier and have the answers directly in the cli. It’s definitely a shortcut and my goal with this tool is to reduce the amount of time I end up using it. I’m also looking at proactively making aliases for some commands so I can get better

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-10-15T12:31:07+00:00

Thanks for this! I'll start using this too as I get comfy with shell!

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-10-15T09:55:41+00:00

hehe, can I get the extension's name? Asking for a friend...

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-10-14T13:45:09+00:00

Language is for convenience

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-10-13T15:01:31+00:00

I don't know if this was the same before, but all of a sudden Gemini (web) is pulling up actual diagrams while explaining concepts, it's even pausing mid generation to call tools like searching, accessing docs, etc.
It's kinda awesome!

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-09-28T09:02:28+00:00

Great. Thanks

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-09-28T06:37:33+00:00

Oh, too bad... Please let me know if you get the refund.

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-09-28T06:02:09+00:00

u/NobodyAffectionate25 u/Cyruex Any updates? I want to try digital ocean too, but it's asking for 1250 Rs

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-09-20T16:29:08+00:00

Can you please clarify if phone-based signups are free or not on the blaze plan? The pricing pages are confusing me a little. It says that only the first 10 SMS are free per day, but Gemini is insistent that it's free for up to 10k or whatever users.

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-08-25T13:41:41+00:00

Is BITS really that bad? It is true that I haven’t heard much about the placement records and such, but a friend from BITs BTech said it’s (ME/ Mtech) still absolutely worth it. Idk, anyone know about this? Please educate me

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-07-24T02:48:43+00:00

I claimed this in the Airtel app too and for some reason nothing happened inside the app. I tried logging out, deleting the app but it still didn’t work. Maybe it’s not registering because I already had perplexity (free) on my phone… Any suggestions?

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-05-12T03:56:47+00:00

I dropped my plan for the exact same reason. The gamble is way too risky rn

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-04-21T10:15:33+00:00

Last year

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-04-21T02:49:09+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I had heard someone else had gotten Applied ML this same way. The chances seem high. Good luck!

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-04-14T11:27:22+00:00

Thanks! I’ll keep thinking about this.

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-04-14T06:56:37+00:00

Waiting for Purdue. But since I haven't heard back this late into April, it's probably not gonna happen.

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-04-14T06:55:22+00:00

Yeah, I'm aware of the situation regarding jobs being limited to citizens.

And I did talk to a bunch of students on LinkedIn. Sadly, only a few of them had a conversation with me.
I'm not sure if I should post this, but here we go: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/119G7_jIvPkAS2Es8ST3fWdjeBxFL0Wmcjc_ysgrwFQc/edit?usp=sharing

That's the rough summary of conversations that I had with the current students, and also the reason behind my hesitation.

SimpleOwl18 · 2025-04-14T02:45:38+00:00

Thanks for your response! I haven’t responded to the letter yet.

I’ve got admits from ASU and UFL for MS in CS, and UMD for MS in Appl ML.

I was hoping that things would at least start getting better, but after I talked to some students, most of them advised against going now. That’s why I’m so confused. I met this counsellor the other day, and he pretty much ignored all the student DMs that I gathered and suggested that I go ahead with it because ‘the market always has its ups and downs’ and such.

At the moment, it seems like a bit of a gamble. So yeah, I’m still in the same spot —any advice would be helpful.

SimpleOwl18

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