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Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Neat idea, two thoughts: On mobile, it completely breaks the back button. I had to swipe about 50 times and watch it letter by letter to get back here. Secondly, what's the data source? I just tested 'segue' which counted as 1, which makes me think it's guessing instead of like, a word map. Just curious now.

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Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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One night a few months ago, after two large beers I imagined up a domain name that was SO PERFECT that I HAD TO BUY IT and swore that this time, unlike all the others, I was TOTALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. The next morning, looking for an excuse to not get out of bed, I actually followed through: https://haikupotamus.com/

Neat idea, two thoughts: On mobile, it completely breaks the back button. I had to swipe about 50 times and watch it letter by letter to get back here. Secondly, what's the data source? I just tested 'segue' which counted as 1, which makes me think it's guessing instead of like, a word map. Just curious now.

It does a client-side guess based on vowels, and then hits the server for an authoritative version. The server has a word:syllables map I derived from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

In the "segue" case, it looks like the dictionary lists two pronounciations, one as 'seg', so it uses the lesser of the two. Not sure that pronounciation is valid, though.

Thanks to you and frosted-flakes, I pushed a fix for the back button issue - good catch, I appreciate it.

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Years ago, in my younger, I thought I was extremely funny days, I bought yomamashouse.com simply so I could own the email address of im@yomamashouse.com. I let it expire.

I think it’s a good one. The joke is complete because everyone is there too: thomasfromaccounting@yomamashouse.com, etc.

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Huh, that’s the first time I’ve heard of a squatted .au domain in quite some years. For the most part people don’t try it because it’s against auDA rules. Even apart from the squatting rules, this particular registration is liable to cancelling because it doesn’t meet the eligibility criteria even before the even stricter rules that came in in April (though those don’t apply to this particular domain until they next…

There are many that are squatted, but there is little active enforcement. I just entered 3 random domains to test them and two were squatted. http://ddp.com.au http://pbm.com.au

I admit I’ve never gone looking.

Of those two, ddp.com.au is squatted, but pbm.com.au isn’t, though there’s a fair chance of it failing the eligibility criteria or violating other auDA rules.

I’d be interested to see someone do a widespread squatting scan and submit a bunch of complaints and see what comes of it. But it’d take long enough that I’m not going to do it.

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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I’ve been sitting on tabvs.space for a while now.

I was curious about tab.vs.space, and find vs.space is unregistered and a premium domain; pricing is high and seems peculiarly inconsistent. Here are the USD prices various registrars list: • get.space says it’s $5,000 (actually NZD7,102.40 and I can’t find a currency switch) to register, and the same to renew. • Namecheap says it’s $3,250 to register, and makes no comment on renewal. • GoDaddy says it’s $3,300 to re…

Many TLDs don't count (letter dash letter) as a premium/reserved domain like they do for other dictionary words or 2-3 character domains. Looks like v-s.space is claimed but for example z-s was just $9.99 a year

I used that trick when .dev was launched and snagged a-z.dev for all my future domain name needs

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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There's a popular web comic called questionable content where a running gag of the author is to buy bizarre offensive domain names for his comic: questionablecontent.net boner.moe fart.computer dildo.pizza ass.golf mydickandballs.com dong.zone butt.church sexual.fish unionrobotics.net 69.bingo poop.rodeo boners.lol piss.farm swole.dog burgerking.sex powerful.dog cum.energy qc.bike rectal.dentist questionablecontent.h…

> unionrobotics.net

One of these things is not like the other....

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