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Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by dr-detroit »

Grakel wrote: post #444
rhythmofrest wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll take "things you can do when you're single"... can't quite imagine sidling up to significant other with the gambit "Darling, would you mind terribly if I spent £1000 on Kazakhstani emoji domains?"

I'll never understand this, but I see it all the time. People should have shared money, and they should also have their own money. Does my wife like it when I buy myself expensive toys? I have no idea, it's irrelevant unless I stop covering the bills.

You have no idea? Better start saving for the divorce.

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by rtuulik »

tshaddox wrote: post #458
tialaramex wrote: post #161

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The EU continues to control .eu because it is available only to EU citizens. Nothing changed. Your surprise exactly reflects the typical beliefs of a Brexit supporter, you thought the idea is you get to keep all the benefits you had before, and also you get rid of any downsides you didn't like, and somehow it's the EU's job to help you achieve this after you leave. That didn't make any sense in 2016, and it still did…

It might make sense for certain Internet resources to be made available only to citizens of some political region. It might make sense to revoke access to such resources if an individual renounced their citizenship or loses it due to their own actions (like, say, treason). But it really doesn’t make much sense that I could lose access to an arbitrary Internet resource I legitimately possessed because of large-scale p…

> "After large-scale political changes I want there be no changes that might affect me personally."

.eu domain has certain registration requirements: - A Union citizen, independently of their place of residence. - A natural person who is not a Union citizen and who is a resident of a Member State. - An undertaking that is established in the Union. - An organization that is established in the Union, without prejudice to the application of national law.

Its completely normal for entities to stop servicing other entities after they aren´t in accordance of laws or rules.

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by Breza »

asciimov wrote: post #490
Grakel wrote: post #444

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll never understand this, but I see it all the time. People should have shared money, and they should also have their own money. Does my wife like it when I buy myself expensive toys? I have no idea, it's irrelevant unless I stop covering the bills.

It's for family budgeting and trust. We generally ask/inform if we are going to spend more than $100 on any given project/item. This helps both of us realize if it's a need or want. That way if I mention I'm going to get a new video game, I'll be stopped if its the third one in a month. Or if she wants new luggage, is it because it is needed or is it desired because it's a new color that is available. You might make…

This is also how my wife and I approach our money. We don't stop each other from having fun but we're aware of any big spending before it happens.

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by Breza »

Grakel wrote: post #444
rhythmofrest wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll take "things you can do when you're single"... can't quite imagine sidling up to significant other with the gambit "Darling, would you mind terribly if I spent £1000 on Kazakhstani emoji domains?"

I'll never understand this, but I see it all the time. People should have shared money, and they should also have their own money. Does my wife like it when I buy myself expensive toys? I have no idea, it's irrelevant unless I stop covering the bills.

This is a topic we covered in pre-marital counseling. The exact approach you pick matters less than making sure you both agree on it. My wife and I share all of our money and agree on big expenses before they happen.

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by Breza »

fm2606 wrote: post #586
asciimov wrote: post #490

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's for family budgeting and trust. We generally ask/inform if we are going to spend more than $100 on any given project/item. This helps both of us realize if it's a need or want. That way if I mention I'm going to get a new video game, I'll be stopped if its the third one in a month. Or if she wants new luggage, is it because it is needed or is it desired because it's a new color that is available. You might make…

My wife and I do the same thing. 99% of the time the answer from the other is "Yeah go for it, I don't care". But there has been occasions where one, usually my wife, says "we might want to wait on that" or something to that effect. It's worked for us for 20+ years.

I like that approach

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by Breza »

blockyhead wrote: post #569
ljm wrote: post #508

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> 1000$ is not a lot of money For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money. Congrats on being someone without that concern. > Stop making excuses. Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to.

We are talking about people with internet access, not some rural farmers in the third world. Nobody says those rural farmers should embark on an emoji project.

Here in the United States, there's well-publicized research into how hard many families would have to work to come up with the money to cover an unexpected $400 expense.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2019-economic-we...

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by path411 »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #15

I really enjoyed the rabbit hole and sort of wished you made more money. I think you need FOMO to get this to take off. My idea would be to join clubhouse app (I can invite you if you need) and tell people about your story as it’s entertaining, get some influencers there to have an emoji email on their bio as a contact - which is a perfect fit as most bios have a lot of emojis and clubhouse has no DM feature but peop…

I bet since this hacker news post he's made much more money.

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Post by psychiatrist24 »

gpvos wrote: post #597
psychiatrist24 wrote: post #596

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"many people not able to spare $1000 who are not in a position to change that, for reasons outside their control" What would be reasons they couldn't change that? I am genuinely curious? Not counting being too sick to work (of course such cases exists, but it would be silly to cite them). Frankly you getting angry makes me suspect you want such people to exist, to fuel your feeling of virtue and social justice superi…

Why do you think adding "genuinely curious" allows you to insinuate all kinds of things?

What do you mean? I see you have no answer to my question, though.

Re: I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

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Post by bobbylarrybobby »

pull_my_finger wrote: post #82
petercooper wrote: post #35

There's a big downside to using .kz in that the registry has a policy (as per https://nic.kz/rules/ ) that .kz hostnames must relate to "Internet resources" located on hardware and software located within the territory of Kazakhstan. I think the OP is OK as it appears the IP addresses of both the A and MX records are located within Kazakhstan, but something to be aware of if you think registering a .kz is a fun idea(…

This is something to keep in mind with all TLDs really. They're not all created equal and can be subject to rules specific to their operators. Have to do your homework before you buy that cute domain.

Notion is frequently blocked because notion.so is a Somalian domain. Not really sure what they were thinking there...
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