Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

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Post by Obscurity4340 » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 12:30 AM UTC

Or you could do the normal thing and PAY for the amazing experience that is HACK with the green computer chip logo

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

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Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 4:50 AM UTC

sach1 wrote: post #9

YCombinato, pronounced like "Avia-to" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q9nQXdzNd0

You say tomato I say ycombinato

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

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Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 4:51 AM UTC

Do us a solid and make it auto replace any paywalled links. I would love one of the readers.

One method is look for the alt link in the comments.

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

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Post by gitgud » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 10:09 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #33

Do us a solid and make it auto replace any paywalled links. I would love one of the readers. One method is look for the alt link in the comments.

This is a great idea, I wonder if there’s an easy way to do this?

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

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Post by thala » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 1:37 PM UTC

sach1 wrote: post #9

YCombinato, pronounced like "Avia-to" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q9nQXdzNd0

Erlich Bachman

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

#36

Post by thala » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

Collapse does not close all the comments in the thread but only that particular comment.

Re: Show HN: YCombinato – A domain-hacked "Hacker News" client

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Post by dimaor » Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 3:57 PM UTC

m3047 wrote: post #26

dimaor wrote: post #5

"according to the browser, which means there will probably be a warning message on most browsers" if my browser automatically assumes missing an r in a domain name is phishing (without the domain being blacklisted somewhere) I am moving browsers.

Yah. What about "ycombinatorr" or "ycombinatoor" or "yombinator" or... This stuff is very common. The easiest way to find it is to locate infrastructure associated with one homology (nameservers, or IP addresses of nameservers or hosting) and then see what other domains are on those servers / hosting, assuming you have access to a crowdsourced Passive DNS database. (Crowdsourced in this case is important, and I draw…

nothing about them...

if I as a user want something to _correct_ me, well and good. but the browser should never make those assumptions for me. it might actually work well with ISPs, but not browsers.

what about websites which actually make a _pun_ on words and are trying to be funny? switching one letter / word, etc...

not everything is serious and not everything (I think nothing, actually) should be decided by some one else. IMO.