Earlier quoted context omitted.
try: http://ai . (note the dot on the end)
http://ai./ as well
Can someone explain to me why this is a valid URL?
This is a valid domain name (remove www)
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Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#32To all who can't replicate it: Clicking a link, copy/pasting the URL, and typing it from the keyboard all behave differently. Make sure that you manually type
http://ai/
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#33n@ai is also a valid email address. Owned by a guy named Ian.
I suppose it should be possible to get an MX record to work with a root domain, but that person that has it would have to probably work for or be the owner.
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#34"Server Not found" for any of: - https://ai/ - https://www.ai/ - http://ai/ - http://ai . - http://ai and http://.ai/ gets redirected to a search engine searchfor ".ai" by firefox. But http://www.ai/ works for some reason.
http://ai
works for me in firefox. perhaps you are using a wrong browser?
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#35Interestingly, most WHOIS services fail to resolve this domain, and show alternative such as ai.com. Its like going off the marauders map :)
The page informs us it is registered in Anguilla.
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#36"Server Not found" for any of: - https://ai/ - https://www.ai/ - http://ai/ - http://ai . - http://ai and http://.ai/ gets redirected to a search engine searchfor ".ai" by firefox. But http://www.ai/ works for some reason.
ai. in Safari on iPhone works. But I have to type exactly that.
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#37n@ai is also a valid email address. Owned by a guy named Ian.
I suppose it should be possible to get an MX record to work with a root domain, but that person that has it would have to probably work for or be the owner.
sun@. would likely blow up even the best email checking regexes.
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#38To all who can't replicate it: Clicking a link, copy/pasting the URL, and typing it from the keyboard all behave differently. Make sure that you manually type http://ai/ into the location bar (do not use https). Also try with and without the trailing slash.
Safari on macOS will not load this address. It does resolve, weirdly, "host" in the Terminal works and I can see Safari's requests being answered by my home DNS server in the logs.
But Safari just throws an error: Can't connect to the server "ai".
Update: It works if you include a trailing dot: http://ai.
Update 2: HN's URL parser does not include the dot in the hyperlink. Frustrating.
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#39n@ai is also a valid email address. Owned by a guy named Ian.
I have a very short email address (in the form a@aa.aa) and I haven't found anywhere that doesn't accept it - except for humans, who often refuse to believe it is real and will insist on a longer one.
(I have a backup longer one.)
Re: This is a valid domain name (remove www)
#40Okay..WTF? http://ai. Didn’t work on Chrome Mac but it works in Safari for iOS. Is this a bug or how the hell is this possible? It’s flipping everything I thought I knew about domains upside down.