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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by pmoriarty »

lelanthran wrote: post #112
pmoriarty wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"That doesn't help with sed -i and similar things." Can you give an example? I don't know what you mean. "Zsh stops redirection errors" Which is what the post I was answering to was complaining about, wasn't it? "it won't help even if cat is in the front" Why not? "cat > foo" will error out if "foo" exists and NO_CLOBBER is set.

>> "That doesn't help with sed -i and similar things." > Can you give an example? I don't know what you mean. Sure. The first line below is dangerous no matter what zsh does to save you from yourself. The second line is safe no matter which shell you are using, and no matter what other commands are in the pipeline: sed $SEDOPTIONS "s/$SEARCHTERM/$REPLACEMENT/g" $FILENAME cat $FILENAME | sed $SEDOPTIONS "s/$SEARCHTERM…

Yes, in-place editing with tools like sed is dangerous.

But, in your own example you have a useless use of cat:

  cat $FILENAME | sed $SEDOPTIONS "s/$SEARCHTERM/$REPLACEMENT/g"
could be replaced with:

  sed $SEDOPTIONS "s/$SEARCHTERM/$REPLACEMENT/g"

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by ahnick »

productceo wrote: post #81

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 th…

The inability to find any available domain names was one of the primary reasons for us to create Mashword. (https://mashword.com) You can enter the name you are looking for and it will quickly suggest similarly spelled or sounding names to the one you entered.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Loughla »

alainchabat wrote: post #122
_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…

Love your creativity! Requesting a domain name just in case: would love a domain name for a side project: It will allow users to list what they own (maybe a photo or video, idk yet), and they'll be able to consult it, but other people can also check what they have.

>but other people can also check what they have.

breakingandentering.com or ilovereplacingmybrokenwindows.com or anentirecatalogueoffreestufftosteal.com?

What would be the purpose of your side project? I'm very confused by it. Not trying to be disrespectful, but it just sounds like an easy way to case a home for a burglary.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by chillfox »

CodeSgt wrote: post #61
_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…

> you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. This is something that, to my great shame, I've always struggled with. Any recommendations for improving in this area?

Buy a thesaurus, then use it.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Grimburger »

jacquesm wrote: post #26
Grimburger wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Classic useless use of cat?

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…

In this particular case why is

    cat /tmp/com.txt | awk '{ print substr($1, 1, length($1) -5) }' | uniq > domains.txt
preferable to:

    awk '{ print substr($1, 1, length($1) -5) }' /tmp/com.txt | uniq > domains.txt

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dontbenebby »

I appreciate the craftmanship, but domains should be ideated on offline, and only after years of thought, not crawled by machines to by hoarded by those with more wealth than others.

I own two domains right now -- one for this nym, one for my legal name. I actually put off getting the .org and .net for the former, because hackers used to have a sense of honor.

(But some might argue I was never a hacker, just a phone phreak[1] that was very late to the scene.)

[1] I'm from the generation that "Redbox" meant something... different https://phonelosers.com/redbox/tonedialer/

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by duffyjp »

256DEV wrote: post #83
eterm wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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!

Actually, Zuora is the plural of Zuorum (according to many poorly OCR'd PDFs I found on google). :D

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by cxr »

ntoskrnl wrote: post #114
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…

I think DALL-E would be a good way to come up with these. The nonsense text it adds to images is usually pronouncable and somehow always seems to match the theme you give it. GilaWhamm.com, anyone?

Domains for the Rest of Us. September 2020. 347 points. 200 comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24538758>

Now dead.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by airstrike »

chillfox wrote: post #134
CodeSgt wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. This is something that, to my great shame, I've always struggled with. Any recommendations for improving in this area?

Buy a thesaurus, then use it.

or visit thesaurus.com

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by valleyjo »

_andrei_ wrote: post #91
_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…

*Dropped some more (~120) here:* https://gist.github.com/3rd/b2d0b2b26493de07ebb2a5ad5e67db1e Maybe someone finds a name for their blog/project/something.

yucktastic.com - wonder what would be on such a site ha
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