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Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex (2010) by yyyk on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:29PM (#28655965)
<http://example.com./> is a valid URL, see for example:

https://jdebp.uk/FGA/web-fully-qualified-domain-name.html

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Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex (2010) by MildlySerious on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:19PM (#28656272)
Tangentially, Youtube had a bug surface last year where adding that extra dot let you avoid all ads. Previous discussion[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23479435

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Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex (2010) by userbinator on Saturday September 25, 2021 @09:49PM (#28657701)
This "bug", can definitely also be known as a feature ;-)
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Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex (2010) by dhsysusbsjsi on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:41PM (#28656449)
Also nearly every paywalled media site
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