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Ah The Onion! https://www.theonion.com/facebook-cracking-down-on-misinformation-by-warning-use-1843288534 https://www.theonion.com/facebook-cracking-down-on-mi

by guerby 6y ago

Ah The Onion! https://www.theonion.com/facebook-cracking-down-on-misinformation-by-warning-use-1843288534 https://www.theonion.com/facebook-cracking-down-on-misinform... "Facebook Cracking Down On Misinformation By Warning Users Who Share Links From Facebook" https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-argues-high-taxes-on-wealthy-could-stif-1839230597 https://www.theonion.com/mark-zuckerberg-argues-high-taxes-o... "Mark Zuckerberg Argues High Taxes On Wealthy Could Stifle Innovation In Human Suffering" :)

ryandrake 6y ago
Not The Onion, but I think sufficiently satirical: https://chaser.com.au/world/social-media-should-not-fact-check-posts-says-child-molester-mark-zuckerberg/ https://chaser.com.au/world/social-media-should-not-fact-che... "“Social media should not fact check posts” says child molester Mark Zuckerberg"
- balladeer 6y ago
  What is it always com.au and not co.au, or just .au in Australia?
  - viraptor 6y ago
    https://www.auda.org.au/policies/index-of-published-policies/2008/2008-07/ https://www.auda.org.au/policies/index-of-published-policies... > At the time of publication, the open 2LDs are asn.au, com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au.
  - Haydos585x2 6y ago
    The CSIRO has the domain CSIRO.au and they're the only one site that comes to mind. All domains in Australia are required to be registered under the kind of organisation they are. There is .com.au for companies, you need a valid Australian Business Number (ABN) to register one, .org.au where you need to be a registered "organisation"[0]. Soon we'll be able to register .au domains and you can read more about the history of the domain on Wikipedia[1]. In short, the reason you never see `.au` domains is because no one can register them. [0] - https://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/schedule-f.php https://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/schedule-f.ph... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.au https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.au
  - chrisdirkis 6y ago
    IANA delegated .au to someone at the University of Melbourne in the 80s. He devised the 2LD structure, and chose .com.au, .org.au, .net.au, and .edu.au as the major second level domains, with various eligibility requirements. Recently, auDA (the Australian domain administrator) started investigating releasing top level .au domains, but the timeline went from "late 2019" to "first half 2020" [0], and I haven't seen anything since. [0]: https://www.auda.org.au/news/update-on-the-introduction-of-second-level-registrations-and-the-new-au-licensing-rules/ https://www.auda.org.au/news/update-on-the-introduction-of-s...
  - cycomanic 6y ago
    Having lived in Australia, Germany and New Zealand amongst others, I find the Australian scheme the best. In Germany, everything is just .de (like in many other countries), while I find that the nz sites (.co.nz, .ac.nz ...) using a different scheme than the topdomains (.com, .edu) even worse.

by guerby 6y ago

ryandrake 6y ago

Not The Onion, but I think sufficiently satirical: https://chaser.com.au/world/social-media-should-not-fact-check-posts-says-child-molester-mark-zuckerberg/ https://chaser.com.au/world/social-media-should-not-fact-che... "“Social media should not fact check posts” says child molester Mark Zuckerberg"

balladeer 6y ago
What is it always com.au and not co.au, or just .au in Australia?
- viraptor 6y ago
  https://www.auda.org.au/policies/index-of-published-policies/2008/2008-07/ https://www.auda.org.au/policies/index-of-published-policies... > At the time of publication, the open 2LDs are asn.au, com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au.
- Haydos585x2 6y ago
  The CSIRO has the domain CSIRO.au and they're the only one site that comes to mind. All domains in Australia are required to be registered under the kind of organisation they are. There is .com.au for companies, you need a valid Australian Business Number (ABN) to register one, .org.au where you need to be a registered "organisation"[0]. Soon we'll be able to register .au domains and you can read more about the history of the domain on Wikipedia[1]. In short, the reason you never see `.au` domains is because no one can register them. [0] - https://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/schedule-f.php https://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/schedule-f.ph... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.au https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.au
- chrisdirkis 6y ago
  IANA delegated .au to someone at the University of Melbourne in the 80s. He devised the 2LD structure, and chose .com.au, .org.au, .net.au, and .edu.au as the major second level domains, with various eligibility requirements. Recently, auDA (the Australian domain administrator) started investigating releasing top level .au domains, but the timeline went from "late 2019" to "first half 2020" [0], and I haven't seen anything since. [0]: https://www.auda.org.au/news/update-on-the-introduction-of-second-level-registrations-and-the-new-au-licensing-rules/ https://www.auda.org.au/news/update-on-the-introduction-of-s...
- cycomanic 6y ago
  Having lived in Australia, Germany and New Zealand amongst others, I find the Australian scheme the best. In Germany, everything is just .de (like in many other countries), while I find that the nz sites (.co.nz, .ac.nz ...) using a different scheme than the topdomains (.com, .edu) even worse.