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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by freitzkriesler2 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @12:38PM (#36836979)
"turns out .gov is exclusively for the US, not sure I feel good about that, particularly as .com and .net are very much not just for the US.

I get it, you invented the internet, but the special status you have over it is a little frustrating."

I bet America having +1 as our country code bothers you too :P

America numba 1! /S

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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by Aaron2222 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @05:58PM (#36840287)
Hate to break it to you, but Canada uses +1 as well[0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Canada

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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by freitzkriesler2 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @08:58PM (#36841746)
That's because the Canadians haven't accepted the fact that their provinces are just new states waiting for annexation.
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