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I own n.nu - is that the shortest domain possible?
by JimWestergren 6y ago
I own n.nu - is that the shortest domain possible?
- exlurker 6y agoIsn't i.nu a little narrower, at least?
- nacs 6y agoWe only use monospace fonts around these parts
- shakna 6y agohttps://dk https://dk I think there might be one or two other domains that have a host as well. But beating two letters is difficult.
- jsjohnst 6y agoI also own a four character domain too, but the domain part is a single Unicode character and HN seems to strip it from text here. The punycode version is xn—x6h.ws
- XaspR8d 6y agoIronically, something has autosubstituted an em dash "—" for your original double hyphens...
- Thorrez 6y agohttp://xn--x6h.ws http://xn--x6h.ws Recycling Symbol for Type-4 Plastics
- jsjohnst 6y agoYep! I chose it as the domain’s total character length is 4 (when visible in a browser obviously, not in punycode form) and the recycling symbol felt appropriate for url shortening. I hosted it on Bitly (hence you see a Bitly landing page if the short url doesn’t exist). I don’t use it as much anymore because of the previously mentioned Unicode filtering some sites use, like HN.