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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by globular-toast on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:27AM (#39154015)
My work used .local which means mDNS and service discovery etc doesn't work. Very annoying. What are they teaching these network admins? Why don't they even know what a domain name is for?
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by Uvix on Saturday January 27, 2024 @08:12AM (#39155252)
Even if they know now, that doesn’t mean they knew when setting up the AD domain back in 2000.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by mtillman on Saturday January 27, 2024 @05:37AM (#39154410)
Similar issue with modern devs that don’t know what a page of memory is.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by londons_explore on Saturday January 27, 2024 @06:17AM (#39154610)
Or don't even know the bandgap of the transistors the computer is running off.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by ahoka on Saturday January 27, 2024 @08:25AM (#39155343)
Yeah, developers nowadays don’t know their Pauli exclusion principle.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by HackerThemAll on Saturday January 27, 2024 @06:50AM (#39154790)
or a database.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by HackerThemAll on Saturday January 27, 2024 @06:54AM (#39154808)
Thank Apple for designing the protocol the Apple way, that is being not interoperable with the world.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by JonathonW on Saturday January 27, 2024 @01:18PM (#39158203)
Yes, the classic not-interoperable approach of publishing the protocol as Standards Track RFCs with the IETF.
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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by p_l on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:20PM (#39158863)
The timeline was IIRC

1. MS made recommendations to use .local

2. Apple networks started to use Bonjour and used .local, breaking on networks that used .local already

3. RFC was submitted

4. MS recommended against using .local or any domain you do not own fully

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Re:ICANN picks the domain it will never, ever release by patmorgan23 on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:15PM (#39159920)
Microsoft's recommendation in the early 2000's was to use .local
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