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Re:We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue by ianvisits on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:16PM (#34264985)
As a saying it's been around for over 500 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_throw_the_baby_out_wit...

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Re:We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue by Rebelgecko on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:32PM (#34265236)
I tried to double click into this but I think there's an impedance mismatch. When you have the bandwidth, can you ping me back with some extra color on how this phrase fits in with synergistic corporate jargon?
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Re:We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue by uuddlrlrbaba on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:02PM (#34265681)
Let's put a pin in that, it's bigger than a breadbox and we'll have to circle back when there is more bandwidth.

It's bizarre to me that my original comment was downvoted/flagged. Guess it triggered the tech managers on HN

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Re:We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue by BoorishBears on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:15PM (#34264966)
It's an idiom that dates back to the 1500s that means accidentally getting rid of the good part of a subject while trying to get rid of the bad part.

Not exactly corporate or jargon.

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Re:We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue by adrian17 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:16PM (#34264984)
It's also present (as in, a direct translation) as a casual phrase in other languages, like Polish.
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