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semmyfun
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semmyfun is a personal blog at semmyfun.blogspot.com about web and programming. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “What is the probability that a pronounceable domain is registered?”. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post is about the Moniker domain registrar deactivating a domain 26 days before its expiry. The one comment discusses domain resellers and finding good domain names, without judging the post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- What is the probability that a pronounceable domain is registered?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-09-14
What Hacker News says?
You can configure any readline-enabled shell to do this. I wrote a post about it recently: http://semmyfun.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-config-secrets.html
Comment linking /2010/10/my-config-secrets.html
on “Coding Horror: The Keyboard Cult”Submitted The secret to 4 letter domains: include one (and only one) digit as a story · 82 points
HN discussionWould a 45K servers co-location facility meet your requirements? Or a couple of domain re-sellers that sell domains as part of their hosting package? (that use Moniker as their 'upstream'). > that it's hard to find a domain I've never had that problem. You mean that you find it hard to find 'single word' or 'perfect descriptions' of common ideas, and that's true, but I'm fairly sure that you can find plenty of good…
Comment linking /2010/09/what-is-probability-that-pronounceable.html
on “Moniker Deactivated My Domain 26 Days Before The Expiration Date”Submitted Domains are inefficiently priced -- small domain owners are the problem as a story · 38 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is the probability that a pronounceable domain is registered? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My unix config secrets as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A quick and dirty guide to the WHOIS protocol as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 92% of pronounceable 5-letter domains are taken as a story · 1 points
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