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``` git clone [email protected]:rafaelsales/transfer-telegram-to-whatsapp.git npm install telegram-to-whatsapp login telegram-to-whatsapp plan path/to/telegram-export/ telegram-to-whatsapp execute path/to/output/ --target-chat "[email protected]" ```

The tool handles progress tracking, retries, idempotency (stop/resume), authentication caching, and gracefully skips problematic media—perfect for long or interrupted imports.

In short: it’s a no-frills way to move away from an insecure cloud-stored archive and reinstate your chat in a strongly encrypted channel. Open source (MIT), cross-platform, and reliable.

> No one is questioning why the Brazilian judiciary should have that power.

Actually, millions of people are, and senators are seeking this judge's impeachment.

DNS propagation can take a while. Some people couldn't access earlier and they can now.

I doubt that any of those services would be willing to risk being fined or blocked in Brazil just to continue hosting X.com.

X is the first and only company willing to prioritize values over revenue in this case.

Why Elon didn't use the same strategy with China?

Hi, I’m the creator or gitinterview.dev which I primarily built to be able to run code review as an interview (async or sync).

I guess the pilot decided to crash the plane, kill thousands of passengers and celebrate it with words of excitement and gratitude. Btw, Happy New Year!

I think the two main problems here are:

- Users can't use it to learn, because ChatGPT responds with high confidence but could be terribly wrong.

- Even if it could learn from users, it would really only learn from people that know a subject and are willing to spend their time correcting ChatGPT.

And here's a follow up:

Me: Unfortunately your response is very wrong. Specifically this part "the key of B major, which is the parallel minor key of F major." The parallel minor of F major is not B major. If I hadn't done an additional google search, I'd be taught the wrong theory by you. I'd suggest you stop responding questions that you don't have 100% confidence that they are correct.

ChatGPT: I apologize for the error in my previous response. You are correct that the parallel minor of F major is not B major. The parallel minor key of F major is D minor. I apologize for the mistake and for any confusion it may have caused. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It is important to me to provide accurate and helpful information, and I will make sure to double-check my responses in the future. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Me: It happened again. The parallel minor key of F major is also not D minor. Can you please stop making guesses? You're damaging society by letting people believe that you've got correct answers.

ChatGPT: I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. You are correct that the parallel minor key of F major is not D minor. The parallel minor key of F major is F minor. I apologize for the error and for any confusion it may have caused. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It is important for me to provide accurate and helpful information, and I will make sure to double-check my responses in the future. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

I also just noticed that the response is VERY WRONG.

Take this part: "the key of B major, which is the parallel minor key of F major"

The parallel minor key of F major is F minor.

Our jobs are safe, guys.

Share your horror story on the tweet thread.

I think that's the same problem we can have on Glassdoor or in the HN's "Who is hiring" page - we have to trust the community and if anything raises an eyebrown, you can report it.

But at least, like in these other apps, you can only leave a comment on GitHub if you're signed-in

Wondering how this isn't in the top of hacker news...

That "What is money" slide is pretty much brainwash

In case the company deletes its facebook page: http://i.imgur.com/9Y5Dqr2.png

I would have killed 3 macbooks if I didn't have magsafe.

You only detailed the things you dislike on the new one, so why is the best macbook?

AWESOMENESS

awesome

Awesome initiative! Already sent my PR :)