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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ah sweet! Something incredibly common that I'd never given second thought to is actually terrible in a way that seems blatantly obvious in hindsight

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

Many such cases yea

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

Modern life in a nutshell, really

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Jesus fucking christ.

The UK, and I cannot emphasize this enough, must be destroyed ukkk. Balkanization would be a far too kind fate for perfidious albion.

[–] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And it's not just .io, there are a bunch of other ones as well, things like .sh for Saint Helena, and .ac for Ascension Island. The more you look, the worse it gets. There are some exceptions like .tv, which is for Tuvalu, but funds from .tv actually go to the people of Tuvalu and are used to fund things on the island like their "Future Now" project, which provides mitigation plans for infrastructure and maritime boundaries affected by climate change.

[–] glans@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that's the nation which has decided to completely abandon their homes because there is no hope of salvage?

possibly the most forward thinking group of people on the planet.

[–] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

It hasn't been abandoned yet, it has a population of about 11,000 people, but I can see it happening in the future if we don't do something about the climate crisis. :(

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This reminds me that the TLD .nu was stolen from the island of Niue, along with it's profits, by The Swedish Internet Foundation in 2013. Apparently important for Sweden's national security or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.nu

While on this topic, does anyone know what became of the .zip thing?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Here's a .zip example nitter.x86-64-unknown-linux-gnu.zip and a link Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonCHI)

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

It's a shame they can't be used a left and a right bookend.

I always thought these trendy tech domains were kind of silly.

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Wow, I'd never heard of this. Horrifying.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

great read, now im depressed.

[–] glans@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

"I had dogs which I brought to the beach with me. At low tide they would go out and catch fish and bring them in and lay them at my feet."

sweet as fuck