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Re: HTTP Cats

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Post by promiseofbeans »

I’ve used this site every time I’m doing http networking stuff for the past few years. It’s so easy to just go to http.cat/303 to check a status code you don’t know, or to scroll down the homepage to find the number you need for a specific response.

The cats make it much more fun than a regular docs page, whilst still being a useful quick reference. I wonder if other bits of reference information could be made more interesting in this way.

Re: HTTP Cats

#32

Post by paufernandez »

potatosalad99 wrote: post #2

I love how there is a Catalan version too! I guess it’s probably a requirement for getting the .cat domain.

The funny thing is that upon registration of a .cat domain you are required to acknowledge that your website is not related to cats at all. So those domains are, in theory, not in compliance.

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Post by maxbond »

hbn wrote: post #12
potatosalad99 wrote: post #2

I love how there is a Catalan version too! I guess it’s probably a requirement for getting the .cat domain.

Does look to be the case. nyan.cat has a language picker that includes Catalan, even though it just changes the page title.

Imho it's pretty messed up that their translation tool doesn't actually translate the page and only translates one element. For the most part the site is a lark and the text unimportant. But the banner disclaiming any affiliation with any meme coin really ought to be translated.

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Post by snailmailman »

roblh wrote: post #22

I unironically use this website everytime I forget a status code at work. The name is instantly memorable, it loads immediately, and I can ctrl-f it. It's basically muscle memory at this point.

Same. I know and see several of the codes all the time. But occasionally I encounter a weird one and I always go to http.cat to find out what it is.

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Post by mycall »

maxbond wrote: post #18
potatosalad99 wrote: post #2

I love how there is a Catalan version too! I guess it’s probably a requirement for getting the .cat domain.

https://icannwiki.org/.cat > Administered by the non-profit Fundació puntCAT under the oversight of ICANN, registrations are available only to individuals and organizations demonstrating use or promotion of the Catalan language and culture.

Is that available for every country root server?

Re: HTTP Cats

#39

Post by maxbond »

mycall wrote: post #37
maxbond wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://icannwiki.org/.cat > Administered by the non-profit Fundació puntCAT under the oversight of ICANN, registrations are available only to individuals and organizations demonstrating use or promotion of the Catalan language and culture.

Is that available for every country root server?

As far as I can tell, there is no rule requiring this wiki to be kept up to date (it's not run by ICANN, though they sponsor it), but I've had good luck with it. The wiki is updated fairly frequently: https://icannwiki.org/Special:RecentChanges . I wasn't able to find a list that proves it covers every TLD but there are about 9x as many articles as TLDs, so I think it's likely. Someone with better MediaWiki chops could probably figure it out. I think that information is there I just don't know how to access it.

ETA: This category lists 314 ccTLDs.

https://icannwiki.org/Category:CcTLD

There are 316 ccTLDs. So; it's either missing 2, or they are documented but not in the right category.

If you're looking for an authoritative source I think you should check out the PSL, but it doesn't have the right metadata to answer your question. You'd need to supplement it somehow.

https://publicsuffix.org/

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