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Re:Tell HN: Google drops blogspot.in, breaking hundreds of t... by zomglings on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @10:49AM (#23770394)
Oh man, I used to work at a startup where we forgot to renew our domain subscription because the domain was registered by our CEO and the renewal notice went to their personal email address and it got swallowed up in a tide of unread emails.

That was a fun day. Lots of freaking out, lots of looking balefully at all of our branded swag (domain printed as part of logo).

It turned out alright in the end - we got the domain back by placing a call to the TLD organization.

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Re:Tell HN: Google drops blogspot.in, breaking hundreds of t... by roryokane on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:27PM (#23774425)
Side note: “balefully” means “menacingly”, not “wistfully”.
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Re:Tell HN: Google drops blogspot.in, breaking hundreds of t... by mangamadaiyan on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @07:06PM (#23775227)
According to Chambers, it can mean both "menacingly" and "gloomily":

https://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=baleful&title=21st

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Re:Tell HN: Google drops blogspot.in, breaking hundreds of t... by zomglings on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @07:31PM (#23775419)
I actually meant "dolefully", but it came out "balefully". :)
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