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Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by pseudalopex »

sgjohnson wrote: post #219
pseudalopex wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The UN also is not the ultimate authority on international law. The countries subscribing to said international law are. The countries subscribing to said international law voted 116 to 6.

> The countries subscribing to said international law voted 116 to 6. Unless the 116 countries voting to uphold it are actually willing to do something about it, it's near completely meaningless. Can we stop pretending that the UN has power over anything?

You declared an ultimate authority. I stated your ultimate authority's ruling. I was surprised you believed in international law.

Is any action enough to make it meaningful? Do they have to start a war? Win the war?

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Post by dataflow »

duskwuff wrote: post #182
wavemode wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The part I fail to follow is that denouncing the occupation of Chagos necessarily means that the two letter abbreviation "IO" becomes off-limits for all use cases. If ICANN were to actually step in, all they would realistically do (which, logically, should address your concerns) is designate that .io now stands for Input/Output and should be used for tech-related websites (which would merely legitimize how the TLD is…

> If ICANN were to actually step in, all they would realistically do (which, logically, should address your concerns) is designate that .io now stands for Input/Output Highly unlikely. Two-letter (non-IDN) TLDs are strictly reserved for country codes. This would be a strange time to break that rule, and it'd send a really terrible message, i.e. "if your country's ccTLD falls into the wrong hands, we'll take it away f…

> Highly unlikely. Two-letter (non-IDN) TLDs are strictly reserved for country codes.

What's a "country" here? .eu? .um?

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Post by junofan »

evantbyrne wrote: post #111
KaiserPro wrote: post #40

The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…

The invocation of "colonialism" in tech discussions tends to be a pretty reliable indication that what follows will be gibberish.

Yeah at this point I wish the people who come up with this kind of stuff would skip the divisiveness and cut straight to the grift. Are we funding genocide studies? A new constellation of NGOs? I’m fine with grifting, but tech seems to take these things a little too literally.

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Post by undersuit »

hurrdurr56 wrote: post #190
fnordpiglet wrote: post #108

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On the other hand, the article could also just be the expression of a strongly held personal belief about some injustice in the world. The virtue signaling meme tends to be a way of denigrating strongly held beliefs that conflict with the person calling “virtue signaling” in some way, and frankly is a virtue signal of its own. There’s literally no need to call people out for “virtue signaling” other than to stand up…

Oh, oh yeah? W-well I am just so upset about historical injustice that I am boycotting ALL the TLDs. I just care so much more than the rest of you I guess. Yeah that's right, get on my level, shirtlords. I'm not "virtue signaling", I really care, like totally.

That was always allowed. What's your IP?

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Post by CamperBob2 »

weeblewobble wrote: post #203
u32480932048 wrote: post #196

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Hi there! I'm glad you're genuinely fascinated! Deciphering the meaning of words used by commoners can be totes challenging! I too enjoy learning things outside my main areas of interest, sometimes even conversing with people who exist outside the monoculture of my university program. I find there's a lot of misinformation/pathos around these beautiful people and their diverse cultures. Instead of using every word li…

Incredibly rude comment

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Post by undersuit »

internetter wrote: post #23
mym1990 wrote: post #3

Isn’t funding .uk and .us domains just as bad then, if you’re going by the amount of blood that is on a countries hands(regarding this particular piece of history, or all of it)?

coincidentally, as you wrote this comment an anti .us article began rising: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38084516

*Anti-Namecheap article.

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Post by d0mine »

KaiserPro wrote: post #40

The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…

Try the same logic for e.g., .ru domain and see how it goes.
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