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Re: The story of .io

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Post by aakilfernandes »

stvswn wrote: post #18

Some additional context from wikipedia: the island was originally 100% uninhabited in the 19th century when the French brought slaves there. Over the course of the next century, it was mostly privately owned, and the majority of residents were employees of plantations who were under temporary contracts and would return to Mauritania or the Seychelles after the contract was over. Ever since the slave days, there was a…

Is 10 minutes reading an article and contemplating an unjustice really that big a burden on your life? No one is asking you to start self-flagellating...

Re: The story of .io

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Post by vfdfv »

michaelwww wrote: post #21

I'm a Navy veteran and a liberal. The tone of this article really makes me cringe because not only is it anti-military, it thinks our hearts should bleed for the so-called "Chagossian people." These types of attitudes give liberals a really bad name. I'll bet a sizeable percentage of Chagossians were very happy to get off that god forsaken patch of land in the middle of a vast ocean and cursed the day their ancestors…

"Then, in the Spring of 1971, US military officials gave the order to round up all of the pet dogs on the island and have them killed. About 1,000 pet dogs were taken – some straight from screaming children – and gassed with exhaust fumes from American military vehicles. The Chagossians were told that if they didn’t comply, the same would be done to them."

http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/18/the-story-of-the-chag...

Re: The story of .io

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Post by nyolfen »

nickysielicki wrote: post #14

I lack an ability to put into words just how much I hate the tone of this article and the tone of this author. Particularly this last line. > As we build new worlds with our technologies, knitted from fiber-optic light and lines of code, it is incumbent on us to ensure it does not reproduce the erasures and abuses of the old, but properly accounts for the rights and liberties of every one of us. Why has every Silicon…

>about: https://nicky.io

make way for the 20 year old whining about political correctness

Re: The story of .io

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Post by mynameisvlad »

quadrangle wrote: post #22
mynameisvlad wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wut? .com is supposed to be for commercial sites only. I see it everywhere, regardless of if someone is selling something or not. .net is for network infrastructure, I see it used all the time. Other than strict TLDs like .gov, they're used for things other than their intended use all the time. .io is a good way to get a name that would otherwise be taken up by a squatter while still having some technological tie. Th…

Yeah, and people don't use .com well either. But "commercial" actually is a reasonable class of site. Um, strict TLDs like .gov are misused?? What's a .gov site that isn't a government site? That is actually regulated… .io is a stupid TLD name (except for actual Indian Ocean sites). I think what bugs me is "some technological tie" — wut? It's not anything. Input/Output isn't a nifty technological idea even. Re: squat…

You misread, I said .gov is a strict TLD, as in you need to be some sort of government agency to get one. Although that's washy as well, but not to the extent that .com/net/org/io are.

Ha, let's be honest, they will always squat com and net first as long as they're the most popular TLDs, which I don't see changing anytime soon.

Re: The story of .io

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Post by tommd »

For obvious reasons, I wanted a `.md` domain but those are expensive... also for obvious reasons. This is a rather unfortunate and common result of our DNS system.

Re: The story of .io

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Post by michaelwww »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #29
michaelwww wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm suggesting that liberals who don't temper their empathy with practical realities risked being dismissed as holier-than-thou dreamers. I looked up the word temper to make sure I it was the right word, because I'm not sure you are from my culture, and Google suggests it means "their idealism is tempered with realism." I know it probably feels good to author an article like this one, but battles must be chosen and t…

> I'm suggesting that liberals who don't temper their empathy with practical realities risked being dismissed as holier-than-thou dreamers. Okay, but why should they here? Does the US really need to maintain global dominance for any reason beyond the pursuit of power?

I'm not here to debate that. I fervently wish we Americans were spending less money on the military and more on educating our children. I took part in the military. I understand it's a giant machine (military industrial complex) that doesn't just wind down in a couple years or even decades without sustained public pressure.

I'm here to understand the point of this article. If the author were advocating giving the .io domain fee profits to the Chagossians, I'm all for it, but I don't see that being advocated. I'm not sure what is being advocated. It's just a bad article with a lot of hand waving and emotional appeals that don't really do anything.

Re: The story of .io

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Post by nl »

stvswn wrote: post #17
nickysielicki wrote: post #14

I lack an ability to put into words just how much I hate the tone of this article and the tone of this author. Particularly this last line. > As we build new worlds with our technologies, knitted from fiber-optic light and lines of code, it is incumbent on us to ensure it does not reproduce the erasures and abuses of the old, but properly accounts for the rights and liberties of every one of us. Why has every Silicon…

You had me nodding in agreement when I thought you were standing up against slacktivism and outrage-bait. Then I got puzzled when you started railing against consumerism and its consequences. Finally I realized you were just nostalgic for when the internet wasn't mainstream -- as if you are starved for open forums on today's internet. I think your real issue is that regular "lower and middle class Americans" are also…

I liked the claim that political correctness killed racism and pedophilia. If that's the case then I'm all for it!

Re: The story of .io

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Post by SeoxyS »

nyolfen wrote: post #33
nickysielicki wrote: post #14

I lack an ability to put into words just how much I hate the tone of this article and the tone of this author. Particularly this last line. > As we build new worlds with our technologies, knitted from fiber-optic light and lines of code, it is incumbent on us to ensure it does not reproduce the erasures and abuses of the old, but properly accounts for the rights and liberties of every one of us. Why has every Silicon…

>about: https://nicky.io make way for the 20 year old whining about political correctness

> - The Unabomber Manifesto - Ted Kaczynski

That's a really weird thing to have as a favorite writing and to advertise.

Re: The story of .io

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Post by dang »

nyolfen wrote: post #33
nickysielicki wrote: post #14

I lack an ability to put into words just how much I hate the tone of this article and the tone of this author. Particularly this last line. > As we build new worlds with our technologies, knitted from fiber-optic light and lines of code, it is incumbent on us to ensure it does not reproduce the erasures and abuses of the old, but properly accounts for the rights and liberties of every one of us. Why has every Silicon…

>about: https://nicky.io make way for the 20 year old whining about political correctness

Personal attacks are not allowed on Hacker News. Please don't do this again.

Re: The story of .io

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Post by dragonbonheur »

stvswn wrote: post #18

Some additional context from wikipedia: the island was originally 100% uninhabited in the 19th century when the French brought slaves there. Over the course of the next century, it was mostly privately owned, and the majority of residents were employees of plantations who were under temporary contracts and would return to Mauritania or the Seychelles after the contract was over. Ever since the slave days, there was a…

MAURITIUS IS NOT MAURITANIA
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