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domain name search script
SHOW HN2014
43points
49comments
#742of 2,272 in 2014
Top 33%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clever hack; fun list of domain names.
From 3 comments
Great hack! Deeply trying to resist buying shlocky.com
binarymax on HNA music notation startup's field-day Multiple music terms: Decrescendoes, diminuendoes. What's your retention rate at decrescendoes? <add joke here>
adamboulanger on HNtingliest.com - The 9GAG alternative the world has been so eagerly waiting for! tinglier.com - oh shoot!
saimey on HN
Objections
Most good .com domains are already taken.
From 2 comments
The vast majority of the good ones are taken, unfortunately. I am guessing he's not doing whois but instead looking at DNS records. I have a daily cron job that looks at…
joshu on HNNice! Just a reminder of what's not here (and thus is registered): All but one of the English words in a 100k word list that is less than 6 characters long. Average English word…
jere on HN
Some listed domains were already registered or in redemption.
From 2 comments
``` Domain Name: PLEDGES.COM Updated Date: 19-feb-2014 Creation Date: 11-jan-2000 Expiration Date: 11-jan-2014 ``` So it's probably in redemption
shittyanalogy on HNsymmetricly isn't a correct spelling as far as I can tell. This was just one that jumped out at me, looks like others might have similar issues. Several of these were already…
drakaal on HN
Questions
How many of the available domains were snatched after the rerun?
From 1 comment
I'm curious, how many of them were snatched?
kiliankoe on HN
Alternatives named
Verisign zonefile access for .com and .net.
From 1 comment
If you're interested in doing more of this stuff, I recommend getting in touch with verisign - they can give you free FTP access to copies of the .com and .net root zonefiles.
mappu on HN