Simplify some code

core/utils.py

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 import tld
 import json
 
-def load_file(path):
-    with open(path, 'r') as f:
-        result = [line.rstrip('\n').encode('utf-8').decode('utf-8') for line in f]
-    return '\n'.join(result)
 
 def host(string):
-	if string and '*' not in string:
-		try:
-			return tld.get_fld(string, fix_protocol=True)
-		except:
-			return False
+    if string and '*' not in string:
+        return tld.get_fld(string, fix_protocol=True, fail_silently=True)
 
 def load_json(file):
-	return json.loads(load_file('./db/details.json'))
+    with open(file) as f:
+        return json.load(f)