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Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by majc2 »

eastCoastAlan wrote: post #8

I've recently compromised and started using a hyphen in my domains. Any ideas on the potential downsides for this? It certainly helps with finding reasonable .coms without resorting to dropping vowels or weird spelling combinations.

The guys on the fizzle show recently opined that you shouldn't use hyphens. From memory, the reasoning was mainly based on the domain being slightly harder to share (try saying your thing with the hyphen in it).

Source (c. 41mins in): http://fizzle.co/sparkline/pick-right-domain-name-11-domain-...

Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by impostervt »

s_kilk wrote: post #12

> Your daily usage limit has been reached. > Signup now to continue searching - or try again tomorrow! Wat. I just clicked the link from HN. You may want to take a look at this :)

+ password can't be longer than 20 chars :\ Signing up gets you "limited access". Full access is $19/month.

Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by kgrin »

impostervt wrote: post #14
s_kilk wrote: post #12

> Your daily usage limit has been reached. > Signup now to continue searching - or try again tomorrow! Wat. I just clicked the link from HN. You may want to take a look at this :)

+ password can't be longer than 20 chars :\ Signing up gets you "limited access". Full access is $19/month.

Err... what's a plausible reason passwords would be restricted to 20 chars, other than being stored in plaintext in a char(20) field?

Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by 0942v8653 »

kgrin wrote: post #16
impostervt wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+ password can't be longer than 20 chars :\ Signing up gets you "limited access". Full access is $19/month.

Err... what's a plausible reason passwords would be restricted to 20 chars, other than being stored in plaintext in a char(20) field?

Making sure you can't DDoS by sending gigabyte passwords for the server to hash. Of course 20 is seriously … overprotective.

Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by weavie »

spiritplumber wrote: post #9
kevinwang wrote: post #5

syrupysex.com... I wonder who registered that domain name...

http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/2iyz0v/what_happened_t... WetRiffs actually was a thing for a bit. Domain names are less important lately, I guess. I just want something short so it's easy to type on a soft keyboard and put in a QR code.

You may be interested in this one : http://shortdomainsearch.com/

(nothing to do with me, I've just found it useful in the past.)

Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by giarc »

davman wrote: post #4
runnel wrote: post #2

Nice. I wonder what methods and tools did you use for defining pronouncability. Care to share some tips? Just curious about language-oriented programming.

I'm not entirely sure it is functioning correctly, I'm struggling to pronounce: 100% thlla.com 100% sohyw.com etc. I like the idea though.

ryjof.com

100% pronounceable.

Re: Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names

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Post by hyperpape »

iopq wrote: post #7
davman wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not entirely sure it is functioning correctly, I'm struggling to pronounce: 100% thlla.com 100% sohyw.com etc. I like the idea though.

sohyw I would imagine would be pronounced "so hew" so according to the algorithm it's pronounceable but really the domain name I want is one that is SPELLABLE, not pronounceable

Not just that, you need it to be unambiguous. So "gitmy" (one that's mentioned below) is pretty dodgy, because it might sound too much like "getmy".
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