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14 votes
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Internet Artifacts
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Google decides to pull up the ladder on the open internet, pushes for unconstitutional regulatory proposals
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The poster’s guide to the internet of the future
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Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him
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What service are you using for domain names?
In light of Google's recent, tragic, and inevitable closure of Google Domains and sale of their customer list to Squarespace: what are you using for domain names? Google Domains checked most of...
In light of Google's recent, tragic, and inevitable closure of Google Domains and sale of their customer list to Squarespace: what are you using for domain names?
Google Domains checked most of the boxes for me: good price, availability of TLDs, features, interface. The company's reputation went both ways, as we're now dealing with. Can't even remember what I used for domains before GD.
This thread is inspired by the recent thread on hosting providers, where I saw a lot of people were using Namecheap for domains. The name of the company sounds like a .biz from 2002, but if it's good it's good.
Let's figure out the best option for domain name services as of October 2023.
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"Saints, Knaves, and Moralists of Internet Communities" by Ian Vanagas, based on the writings of Peter Turchin
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The unreasonable effectiveness of plain text
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An audacious plan to halt the Internet's enshittification - Cory Doctorow
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Have I Been Pwned?
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Have I been [domain] squatted?
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The Brazillian who nutted in his Dreamcast: Leonam's journey
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New Zealand Matrix fan film becomes oldest active torrent in the world
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US FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai
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US FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai: banning fast lanes and ISP restrictions on legal content
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The movement for affordable, community-led broadband: Grassroots organizations like NYC Mesh want to close the digital divide, one rooftop at a time
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Why scalpers can get Olivia Rodrigo tickets and you can't
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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do
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Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
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Timeline of the history of the web
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Tim Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes (2009)
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How Barstool built an empire by swiping sports highlights and music clips online
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And then Elon Musk said there’ll be no more war – not via his satellite. Aren’t we lucky to have the world in his hands?
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How telling people to die became normal - merciless trolling is a fact of online life that may never go away
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Blockchains are entering their “broadband era”
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Senator admits "Kids Online Safety Act" will target trans content online
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Make the Wayback Machine the real internet
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France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation, kiwifarms, death, harassment: a critique
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Web scraping for me, but not for thee
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The world’s last internet cafes
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The King of Jordan approved a cybercrime bill that will crack down on online speech deemed harmful to national unity
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Squabblr is now a free speech platform
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AI is ruining the Internet
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Douglas Adams - Hyperland | A fantastical guided look at the future of the internet as imagined by Douglas Adams in the 1990s
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How to search for a better deal on broadband
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'Straight out of the authoritarian playbook': US watchdog sued by Musk's X hits back
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Griftonomics: How "passive income" money-making schemes took over the internet, and the world
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What would the internet of people look like now?
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Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it
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What "lost" web page would you like to find again?
What was your favorite web page back in the day that you would visit religiously and tell all your friends about but have since lost? Did it shutter permanently or did you lose the bookmark when...
What was your favorite web page back in the day that you would visit religiously and tell all your friends about but have since lost? Did it shutter permanently or did you lose the bookmark when switching computers never to find it again?
Back in the days of printed web page yellow pages and search engines you had to submit your page to be reviewed before it was listed, I had found a page about movie easter eggs, errors and insider information. It had factoids about nearly 1000 movies ranging from obscure facts, mistakes in editing, anachronisms, funny on-set stories and the like.
It was fun to read that this character was named after the art directors niece, the stunt car is visible losing 8 hubcaps in the main chase, etc. It was amazing to read how different movies would interact (IIRC, Kim Bassinger's gasp/jump reaction to opening the door in "Batman" was real due to them having a xenomoprh from Aliens there instead of Jack Nicholson since they were filming at the same time). It was also cool to read that certain characters made cameos in other movies (most people caught that Randolph and Mortimer Duke from "Trading Places" were in "Coming to America" but there are so many other not as obvious blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos). I never would have noticed the car visible in the background of Johnny Cage vs Scorpion in the orchard fight in "Mortal Kombat" without this page--and now I can never unsee it when I watch it.
I don't know if I lost the bookmark or if the page shut down so I deleted it but any search I've undertaken for this page in the last few decades only seems to return listicles like "21 obvious anachronisms in modern movies!" but not my all comprehensive target.
Honorable mention to Damn Interesting (although I did find that one again after a few years). Although it's underwent some turbulance and changes since I first disovered it, I would often reread the articles and gleefully looked forward to each new article when I was younger. With article names like Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom it was hard not to be intrigued.
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How often do you go through your bookmarks/favorites?
I recently switch browsers from Safari to Orion after many, many years. I imported all of my bookmarks and then realized that I couldn't remember the last time I went through them to see what was...
I recently switch browsers from Safari to Orion after many, many years. I imported all of my bookmarks and then realized that I couldn't remember the last time I went through them to see what was still useful (or even around).
I also realized that I don't save a ton of bookmarks anymore as I keep all of my browsing history available and search through that.
How often do you all go through your bookmarks/favorites?
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Lights could be the future of the internet and data transmission
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The Gemini protocol
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Bringing back the minimal web
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What is your favorite small internet forum? Whats your favorite story/drama from it?
About a week ago i made A post asking people what their favorite BBS board is, so I'd be curious to see what people answer to his question. Personally the only one i remember is emptyclosets, a...
About a week ago i made A post asking people what their favorite BBS board is, so I'd be curious to see what people answer to his question. Personally the only one i remember is emptyclosets, a forum for queer people.
Edit: By drama/story, it doesn't have to be something someone did that pissed people off. You can also include something interesting that happened on there (e.g on a Nirvana forum that used to exist, theres a micro-famous story about a user who went to a prostitute and talked about it on there)64 votes -
‘Not for machines to harvest’: Data revolts break out against AI
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Inside Snopes: The rise, fall, and rebirth of an internet icon
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The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training
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A new bill would force internet companies in the USA to spy on their users for the Drug Enforcement Administration
45 votes