I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it?

Posted by slightknack on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:22AM
from the hb.sbs dept.

In the spirit of 'Tiny Projects' by Ben Stokes, I'd like to start a small little side project. A while back I registered https://hb.sbs, but soon realized that I had no idea what project I wanted to make. I have a few ideas, but would love to hear if y'all have any cool project ideas.

I plan to document my process in selecting, building, and releasing the project. I'll release the project (whatever it becomes) to the public under a permissive license.

What are your thoughts? Thanks!

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by gizajob on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:57AM (#31000572)

Become a repository every philosophy paper that critiques Thomas Hobbes.

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by Efimeridopolis on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:04AM (#31000615)

Hobbes Snobs, brilliant.

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by nitinagg on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:01AM (#31000597)

hb.sbs -> How about some b*l s*t

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by hans1729 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:36AM (#31000438)

Write a tinder-simulator so guys in their early 20s can practice chatting with women in vitro using sentiment analysis. Had the idea yesterday, but lack the spare time to actually make it happen :D

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by cjbgkagh on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:03AM (#31000605)

If the tinder simulator was any good why not have it act as a service to talk to women on your behalf.

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by dcminter on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:01AM (#31000594)

How about micro-blogging over DNS?

Should be almost trivial to get something basic working and then lots of depth if you decide you enjoy mucking around with DNSSEC and that sort of malarkey.

One from my "one of these days" list :)

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by fernandomengle on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:36AM (#31001769)

hb sbs homebrew side by side

what about a review website about homebrews

and qrcode links with url shorteners will be good, the shorter the link the best to have an image together with de black white squares I think

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by schaefer on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:02AM (#31000603)

What is your dream job? How about in 5-10 years?

Do that.

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by 2Gkashmiri on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:57AM (#31000567)

i have been trying to fancy a short domain also for myself because "why not". i found there are still 3 digit number only .org domains which is kinda surprising but not really useful.

other than that, if i got a 3-4-5 word .com, that would be super nice but the market rates are extremly high

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:24AM (#31003158)

I bought a short one with the main and only goal to have a short email address. fc5.me (doesn't mean anything, just short)

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by TrevorFSmith on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:00PM (#31009661)

How 'bout some bogus silliness?

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by billpg on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:29AM (#31000766)

The .sbs domain appears to belong to an Australian TV channel.

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by lysp on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @07:19AM (#31001066)

For those who are unaware. Australia has two public broadcasters.

ABC - the primary public broadcaster - similar to PBS/BBC.

SBS - a broadcaster focused on non-English speaking languages and international content.

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by pvg on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:00AM (#31000590)

Show HN is for when you have something to show that people can try. Take a look at:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

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Re:I bought a short domain name. What should I do with it? by slightknack on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @06:09AM (#31000638)

Thanks for the link to the guidelines: I removed the 'Show HN' prefix as this project isn't anything quantifiable yet. I'll be sure to post a proper Show HN when I've got something to show.

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