... but, why?
A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
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Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
#82Nicely demonstrates why outsourcing link shorteners is risky - they go out of business and your link is dead.
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Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
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#85It's beautiful!
Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
#86Now I can train my colleagues and friends and family to click on dodgy links.
No training needed. That ship has sailed. You could call the link click-here-and-you-will-get-scammed.com/drain/my/bank/account.asp and your colleagues, friends, and family will all click it.
Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I went to a government committee meeting, first one of the committee to get the ball rolling. 2+ hours of everyone introducing themselves, to folk who already know each other. And we're adjourned. Next month we'll discuss the rules of governance for the committee. That's two of the total 6 meetings the committee has allocated. And all the bureaucrats made plenty of show for the "progress we've made".
A lot of bureaucracy at the beginning might not be bad if it's indeed front-loading it for an otherwise successful collaboration.
What you say true. However, this particular organization has a well documented history of committee without action.
Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
#88I have a similar website called http://clickhere.lol (yes, the missing ssl is intentional). Has a weak server though..
The url it generates is fantastic. It didn't work when putting into the address bar.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
> $5/mo. VPS I think you may even get 256 megs of ram for that these days.
1 GB, and 20 GB disk, at OVH. With unlimited bandwidth. Here though, that service could be hosted on a static website (free at github/gitlab/cloudfare/etc), with client-side javascript used to decode data encoded in the url fragment.
Hmm interesting, haven't heard of those yet. Though seems like I was a bit off, DigitalOcean has a 512MB instance for $4 and Scaleway a 2 GB one for $6.5. But then again Scaleway will also nickle and dime you separately for the IP, the HDD and anything else that they can possibly think of.
Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy
#90This is such a bad idea without any practical use. Why does it exist?