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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by productceo »

Programmatic land grabs like this is why people today must suffer from lack of remaining .com domain names.

Nothing wrong with the writer of this post. I think this is a rational behavior that should be considered "expected". Whoever designed domain name registration/ownership model is to blame for failing to create a system which can efficiently give right domain names to people who actually need them and can use them for good (aka actually hosting businesses or contents instead of scalping).

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by belter »

eterm wrote: post #80
256DEV wrote: post #77

One of my hobbies is the diametric opposite of this approach, I enjoy trawling domain auctions for short .coms that don't include any dictionary words but still sound fun. I love names like Quora that are meaningless but still somehow feel like they should be a real word! I believe the academic category for these is "lexical gap". During the pandemic I got a little too much into it and so now I'm actually busy workin…

Quora is a real word, it is the plural of Quorum.

It seems it's not how the site got the name:

https://www.quora.com/Does-Quora-come-from-the-plural-versio...

Re: Find a good available .com domain

#83

Post by 256DEV »

eterm wrote: post #80
256DEV wrote: post #77

One of my hobbies is the diametric opposite of this approach, I enjoy trawling domain auctions for short .coms that don't include any dictionary words but still sound fun. I love names like Quora that are meaningless but still somehow feel like they should be a real word! I believe the academic category for these is "lexical gap". During the pandemic I got a little too much into it and so now I'm actually busy workin…

Quora is a real word, it is the plural of Quorum.

Well well, I did not know that.. Thanks for expanding my vocab! Maybe a better example would have been the similar Zuora!

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by infinityio »

the_duke wrote: post #2

Under what license is that file? Could one make a webservice based on the data? Edit to clarify: I'm envisioning a open source service that uses an in-browser sqlite database [1] so you don't have to worry about a predatory middle party reserving the domains you searched for. [1] https://sql.js.org/#/

You might struggle to use an in-browser service with a database that big? Not sure though

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by rdrey »

_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

Your domain ideas are pretty good. You could sell your creativity as a service. 50 bucks for 3-5 name options for someone's side project, if you're that good at coming up with them you'd save everyone some time.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dannyw »

_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

> messingwithyourmind.com

Yoink, thank you. Seems perfect for my new email.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by yrro »

cannam wrote: post #43
jacquesm wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't agree with the whole 'useless use of cat' meme: cat creates an output stream, which in turn allows you to build up the subsequent command bit by bit and allows you to cut and past chunks from useful building blocks you keep in a file. The first command changes all the time so by using 'cat' those blocks remain reusable, everything will use the piped input that cat sends if there is no preceding program, rathe…

Totally with you there. "Useless use of cat" is usually good practice, not bad. It's clearer - the structure indicates right at the front what it is going to do, namely read a file and pass it through a pipeline. There is no need to read ahead to find out what the source material is. It's safer - "cat" is a read-only operation, once you've written that command up-front there is no longer a risk of overwriting the ori…

> It's clearer - the structure indicates right at the front what it is going to do, namely read a file and pass it through a pipeline. There is no need to read ahead to find out what the source material is.

I only found this out recently, but this works perfectly fine:

$ You're not wrong though, where cat improves readability there's no harm in using it.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by mdrzn »

_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

Literally all already squatted.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by mritchie712 »

mdrzn wrote: post #89
_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

Literally all already squatted.

I think OP owns these which is why they posted this
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