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I've been using Yourls (http://yourls.org/) for a while now. It works very well. I bought a short domain, installed Yourls in under 5 min and have been happily using it ever since. It even works with Tweetdeck to auto shorten URL's and has a couple of bookmarklets to make things easy. It's locked down for private / non-spammer use and is under my full control.
Or just use j.mp, it's the same as bit.ly just without the dependence on the Libya TLD.
Hate to nit pick but isn't it Gaddafi, or Qaddafi? Edit: So it is, although the correct spelling is already taken.
This whole thing is hilarious, but probably useless
And probably block cycles too.
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I like the spelling Gadaffi, but here are atleast 112 different ways to spell his full name: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/how-many-dif...
Yes well. Looking at that list there seems to be something of a consensus on the -afi. Also just because 112 different spellings have been used, doesn't mean all 112 spellings are correct. Anyway it's a fun idea and I'm just nit picking.
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You are being downvoted, because your comment does not add anything worthwhile to the discuss/topic. Kindly read the the community guidelines at http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html You may also find http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html by Paul Graham useful.
He crated that account about a minute before making that post, and likely never had any intention of using it again. (Or in other words, don't worry about it, and let moderation do its thing ;)
Having a barrage of downvotes, just because you dint know the rules when you are new, without any explanation is not helpful (and slightly unfair and discouraging).
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He crated that account about a minute before making that post, and likely never had any intention of using it again. (Or in other words, don't worry about it, and let moderation do its thing ;)
May be so. However, Because of the fact that he is a newbie in the community, and not a spammer/troll, I'd like to give him the benefit of doubt. Having a barrage of downvotes, just because you dint know the rules when you are new, without any explanation is not helpful (and slightly unfair and discouraging).
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May be so. However, Because of the fact that he is a newbie in the community, and not a spammer/troll, I'd like to give him the benefit of doubt. Having a barrage of downvotes, just because you dint know the rules when you are new, without any explanation is not helpful (and slightly unfair and discouraging).
Fair enough, but as I recall HN barrages you with the rules as you join.
Why not host your own? I've been using Yourls ( http://yourls.org/ ) for a while now. It works very well. I bought a short domain, installed Yourls in under 5 min and have been happily using it ever since. It even works with Tweetdeck to auto shorten URL's and has a couple of bookmarklets to make things easy. It's locked down for private / non-spammer use and is under my full control.
I second that. Here is an alternative to yourls.org.