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minus-squarethousandyardstare@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoWhy is SLOVENIA using the SI domain? “Slovenian Internet,” perhaps?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHow is it spelled in the local language?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSo Slovinia then. Two letter country codes would have a lot of conflicts no matter how you slice it.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoSierra Leone became a country before Slovenia. First come first serve.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoISO standardized abbreviations are mandatory for country-domains. Even Trump cannot change “.us” into “.tr” :-) (but please don’t tell him anyway)
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNo, but he could definitely pull some strings to get IANA to add .trump as a new gTLD (honestly, I’m surprised it hasn’t already happened - I had to check) and the government has no obligation to continue using .us or .gov as far as I know.
minus-squareTanoh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoDoesn’t need to pull any strings. You can buy almost any new gTLD you want, for the rich the price is chump change.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI don’t think that’s true any more. It might have been a few years ago, but he’s legalized bribery with his shitcoins etc since then.
Why is SLOVENIA using the SI domain? “Slovenian Internet,” perhaps?
How is it spelled in the local language?
Slovenija
So Slovinia then. Two letter country codes would have a lot of conflicts no matter how you slice it.
Sierra Leone became a country before Slovenia. First come first serve.
ISO standardized abbreviations are mandatory for country-domains.
Even Trump cannot change “.us” into “.tr” :-) (but please don’t tell him anyway)
No, but he could definitely pull some strings to get IANA to add .trump as a new gTLD (honestly, I’m surprised it hasn’t already happened - I had to check) and the government has no obligation to continue using .us or .gov as far as I know.
Doesn’t need to pull any strings. You can buy almost any new gTLD you want, for the rich the price is chump change.
Yes, but Trump only pretends to be rich
I don’t think that’s true any more. It might have been a few years ago, but he’s legalized bribery with his shitcoins etc since then.