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Re:Show HN: rfc.me on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:38PM (#15858067)
This is excellent.
Re:Show HN: rfc.me on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:42PM (#15857591)
This would be an excellent idea and I will absolutely throw this in a todo list.
Re:Show HN: rfc.me on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:42PM (#15857588)
It's not very useful.
Re:Show HN: rfc.me on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:42PM (#15857587)
This is the plan, but given it took me seven years to get this far, please don't hold your breath. :)
Re:Show HN: rfc.me on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:41PM (#15857583)
The back story here is that I purchased the domain in 2010, fully intending to have the same functionality back then, and each year since as I renewed it. So your sarcasm is absolutely warranted and welcome.

It did take all of 15 minutes fiddling with a mediocre RewriteRule to get the functionality I wanted.

Re:Show HN: rfc.me on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @07:39PM (#15857570)
Thanks, it is intended to be both amusing and not very useful!

Also, I don't think you could even bookmark the site if you wanted, as the redirects are issued as 308. :D

Re:Poll: Which webmail provider do you use? on Sunday September 06, 2009 @11:02AM (#807852)
I use a lot of Gmail, with one Yahoo Mail, but I use Gmail as more of a client for my server; all email is sent and received through my server.

Also, why aren't self-hosted options like Horde and Roundcube in this poll?

Re:Ask HN: How do you record your thoughts? on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @08:44AM (#741084)
iPod touch for writing things down on the go, but text files or drawings on my laptop when I'm using it. Everything gets synced back from my iPod, so I always have my ideas in a searchable form on my laptop.
Re:Stop Password Masking on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @09:23AM (#670324)
Somewhat valid points... but for the most part not.

And although I'll probably be shot down for this:

The iPhone OS's method of displaying the last masked character briefly before masking it is probably the best way to handle masking.

Re:Freemium - Shmeemium (or why micro-billing is better) on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @09:17AM (#670317)
To a certain extent, yes, I did. Thanks.
Re:Poll: Which server monitoring tool do you use? on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @09:15AM (#670315)
http://serverdensity.com/ is another interesting newcomer.
Re:Facebook Username Easter Egg? on Monday June 15, 2009 @07:42AM (#658249)
This is just someone who has opted to keep their profile out of search listings.

If you aren't friends with them, or your friend isn't a friend of theirs, it just redirects you back to the homepage.

Re:Freemium - Shmeemium (or why micro-billing is better) on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @02:20PM (#651477)
Excellent article. Freemium is much better for both consumers and producers:

Consumers avoid annoying ads, and they get something they don't mind paying for (one reason being that it costs so little).

Producers just win all around. :)

Re:Ask HN: Making a free site pay-for-only on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @12:35PM (#651278)
Converting to a freemium model is the best way to do it.

Users don't pay for something after they've already been receiving it for free.

I suspect Google has a stored copy, because they store everything.

Agree with oscardelben though: It's going to be a lot of data.