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A URL Lengthener

aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com

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Re: A URL Lengthener

#193

Post by piemadd »

bruhhh wrote: post #93

funny project but why are you tracking the people visiting the website??

Not tracking actual users, but more general metrics. Genuinely wanted to see num of visitors but since the site is static this was probably the most privacy-oriented ones I could think of. Trust me, i'm not sure what data i'd be able to sell from this legitimate joke of a site lol

Re: A URL Lengthener

#194

Post by piemadd »

grumple wrote: post #111

Meh... These links could be longer... can we get a URL Lengthener Lengthener?

Really all I'd need to do is change the minimum length, which i could totally do right now without consequences, which I think i will do.

Re: A URL Lengthener

#195

Post by piemadd »

greenshackle2 wrote: post #76

I'm a bit disappointed that the lengthened URL for http://aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... itself doesn't work. That is: https://aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... EDIT: Uh, I don't know what I did differently, but this one works: https://aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... EDIT: Looks like the site is actively being updated, there are new option checkb…

I think you were accessing the site while I was working on some changes haha! I think whats happening in the one while goes in an endless loop, your URL legitimately got too long for browsers to comprehend so some data got cut off

Re: A URL Lengthener

#196

Post by halite »

dang wrote: post #175

We took "Show HN" out of the title because it implies that the project is the submitter's own personal work. Please don't do that if it isn't. The rules are here: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27157877

rules matlab rules follow na kare te fools

Re: A URL Lengthener

#197

Post by geocrasher »

MandieD wrote: post #162
geocrasher wrote: post #31

Back in the early days of web hosting I recall that a customer had a domain name that was literally as long as ICANN would allow at the time. It was very nearly a full sentence. I don't recall the limit but this domain aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com is 57 characters (not including .com) and I think that sounds familiar. One could have a lot of fun with that if they wanted to (and such as…

I remember this one: http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledresse... - sadly, it appears they gave up the site, but Wayback Machine also remembers it.

Oh my gosh- you will not believe this: THAT IS THE SITE I WAS TALKING ABOUT!
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