Spyke
teolanreply
lemmy.world

Link previews without https were a terrible idea

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inarireply
piefed.zip

In this case the alternative would've been worse (clicking the link)

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FauxLivingreply
lemmy.world

Imagine describing somefile that you were downloading, like lemmy.zip and having it linkified because that's technically a valid web address.

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whimsyreply
lemmy.zip

All these new fangled TLDs, they seem to be bad ideas. But on the other hand, we do need new domains...

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They made it easier to blackhole DNS lookups: *.microsoft is way easier than enumerating azure.com, msdn.com , live.net, etc

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in this case it's automatically turning a message into a link that was a terrible idea...

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The worst part is that you know she doesn't understand what happened, and thinks her grandson "sent" her the preview.

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Just you wait. There will come a time where this does something for you.

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She’s seems to be keeping active, I bet she has a few years left in them bones

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Can you just take the $5 in your birthday card and say thank you, please. I had to watch her gyrate for twenty minutes to get you that $5.

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