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Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by athorax » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

DataCrayon wrote: post #118

athorax wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is fantastic. Thanks for putting a smile on my face today m8

It is my pleasure! https://m8.fyi/athorax

:D

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by joshmanders » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:56 PM UTC

My two favorite that I own are sw8.link and snack.dev

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by jdc0589 » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

I had emperor.io for years, used it for misc projects, email, etc... got contacted to sell it recently and ended up letting it go.

originally bought it to host a error reporting platform back in 2014 or something, but never finished the project, as is tradition.

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by toast0 » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

kenneth wrote: post #73

LadyCailin wrote: post #67

I have https://lbjfacts.com , which is a site full of.. definitely real facts about Lyndon B Johnson. I was just really bored one day, and it started as an inside joke that just kind of kept going.

I got a Cease & Desist from Chuck Norris back in the iPhoneOS 2 era for having a jokes app that listed Chuck Norris facts (among other categories of jokes). They also had Apple take my app down. I got it back up by listing Charles Gnorris facts instead.

I'm pretty sure there should be a Chuck Norris joke in there. OTOH, you got mail from Chuck Norris.

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by throwaway_2047 » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 3:01 PM UTC

Used to own software-engineering.blog. Big plans on it. Not anymore

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by jawns » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 3:08 PM UTC

A while back I registered a couple of domains to use when store clerks asked me to supply an email address.

They were of the form:

notmyrealemailaddress.com thisistotallyfake.com inevercheckthisaccount.com

But joke's on me, because then there would be this long, drawn-out process of "How do you spell that? Are there hyphens between the words? Did you say 't' as in 'toy' or 'b' as in 'boy'? Now let me read that back to you."

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by jawns » Thu, Aug 12, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

petecooper wrote: post #83

Back in the old days, I had iam.coop (my work nickname at the time) for a few weeks. It turns out that when domain registrars say they’re going or check your eligibility, they mean it. I failed. They took it back. For two glorious weeks my email address was hello@iam.coop

.coop (for cooperatives) is especially strict about this. You need to provide proof that you're a worker/consumer cooperative that is either actively doing business or has a documented business plan.