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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode -- it's a way to represent non-ascii TLDs in ascii.

• WhyNotHugo 6y ago
  What I don't fully understand is why we use ASCII for domain names rather than UTF-8. So many people in every continent can't write their name or last name with just ascii.
  • zokier 6y ago
    Probably because some dumb middlebox somewhere isn't 8-bit clean
  • Symbiote 6y ago
    We can do that. https://переоборудование.укр/ https://xn--80abdhdaex8bfbbgpe2c.xn--j1amh/ (HN has translated it, but a forum for Ukrainian speakers wouldn't.) That's what this system is for.