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Re:Hypertext TV by vivzkestrel on Saturday April 19, 2025 @02:04AM (#43734552)
fun fact: .tv domain name represents the island of tuvalu in the pacific. everytime you register a domain name here, ICANN pays them an annual sum for upkeep
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Re:Hypertext TV by immibis on Saturday April 19, 2025 @05:15AM (#43735206)
Fun fact: it's one of the tiny island's biggest exports
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Re:Hypertext TV by input_sh on Saturday April 19, 2025 @06:56AM (#43735578)
Dang, what's next? .me being owned by Montenegro? .ai by Anguilla? .fm by Micronesia!?

Jokes aside, every two-letter domain belongs to a "country" (using that term very broadly), some countries just got luckier than others.

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Re:Hypertext TV by vivzkestrel on Saturday April 19, 2025 @10:00AM (#43736482)
maybe not as lucky in the case of tuvalu as it is estimated that the island is going to sink completely in a few decades
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Re:Hypertext TV by qqcqq on Saturday April 19, 2025 @10:02AM (#43736492)
I don’t understand how that’s related
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Re:Hypertext TV by vivzkestrel on Saturday April 19, 2025 @11:20PM (#43741287)
he said "some countries just got luckier than the others"
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