Wikipedia over DNS (2008) • Hacker News Board

eesmith wrote: post #3

pabs3 wrote: post #2

This still works!

Yes, though clunky. When I try the example: % host -t txt foo.wp.dg.cx it looks like the "foo" in the domain name gets converted to FOO, then goes to the Wikipedia entry for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOO which is redirected to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_observer#British_For... , causing host to respond with text from the image caption: foo.wp.dg.cx descriptive text "thumb|240px|A U.S. Marine artiller…

While the serving code still works the code to download Wikipedia dumps and summarise them has bitrotted.

The database is circa 2013, so you’re exploring a nearly 11 year old summary of Wikipedia!

Re: Wikipedia over DNS (2008)

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Post by iknowbettah » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 10:27 PM UTC

DNS over Wikipedia is a thing too

Re: Wikipedia over DNS (2008)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 11:11 PM UTC

iknowbettah wrote: post #16

DNS over Wikipedia is a thing too

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Re: Wikipedia over DNS (2008)

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Post by booi » Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 9:07 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #8

pabs3 wrote: post #2

This still works!

one of the great benefits of perl is that it still works

don't fix it if it ain't broke!

no seriously don't change it. nobody knows perl around here anymore

Re: Wikipedia over DNS (2008)

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Post by booi » Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 9:11 AM UTC

iknowbettah wrote: post #16

DNS over Wikipedia is a thing too

wait, what now?

Re: Wikipedia over DNS (2008)

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Post by croes » Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC

iknowbettah wrote: post #16

DNS over Wikipedia is a thing too

So i can get Wikipedia over Wikipedia?