hexbear.net comically loses its domain name
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Well, Postel has been dead since 1998 and Mills since 2010, so I don't think they're included in people still in control. So they've got that going for them, which is nice, I guess.
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Yes, only 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff:2e04:fe90. Simple!
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Architects of the internet, they said.
If they said the people currently in charge of the internet are an uneasy alliance of shadowy goons and idiots, afraid to openly break anything too irrevocably but occasionally trying to yank on the wires to see if there isn't some way a little more money inside them somewhere, I would generally agree.
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So the tankie idiots join the bigger pool of non-tankie idiots. How will we ever survive…
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Did you know we have these things called computer files that can store information. There's even one in your router specifically for storing IP addresses
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Blaming capitalism for domain names being a nightmare is hilarious, they are insanely cheap its 12$ a year for a .com, that is all, lol.
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You don't actually "buy" domain names. You basically rent them from a registrar. "expired" meant someone forgot to pay rent / renew the lease so control of the name goes back to the registrar. They can just delete it after some grace period but domain names that has traffic going to them has value so they are usually put up for auction, which is what you see here.
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They literally didnt pay their under 20$ a year fee for renewal, its their own fault for not having the domain be with the same person managing hosting, it's like amateur stuff to at least have them be an authorized user.
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They were in contact with the dude who owns it a few times, wouldve taken minutes to add them as authorized users
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I mean unlike housing, you don't actually need to pay for a domain name. There are plenty of free alternatives if you ill like paying for a TLD, and in lieu of that you could just memorise the IP.
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A bear made of hexagons
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