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Investor Sex Change?

by nwah1 4y ago

shafyy 4y ago
Yes, I'd also say that the name/domain is a bit unfortunate.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- tlarkworthy 4y ago
  I am pretty sure it's a deliberate inside joke from expertsexchange days of yore
reustle 4y ago
https://www.theregister.com/2001/03/16/transsexuals_drawn_to_expert_website/ https://www.theregister.com/2001/03/16/transsexuals_drawn_to... Takes me back to the days of ExpertsExchange, the biggest predecessor to Stack Overflow. They were essentially forced to change their domain to Experts-Exchange.
MisterJoe 4y ago
I am here for the comments only. :)
seer 4y ago
Like my other favorite play on words like that - the famous “Pen island”
luismedel 4y ago
I entered this post knowing I would upvote this comment.
- tonetheman 4y ago
  I too am here for this reason also. I would change the name. It is an issue. Put a dash in it or an underscore... just something.
  - agapon 4y ago
    Underscore is (was?) illegal in domain names.
    - daenney 4y ago
      It's not illegal in domain names. Take a look at the SRV type in the domain name system. It's underscores galore. However, for host names or for a URL's host component, you're limited to hyphens. In this case though it's just the name of a Julia package[1], which isn't bound by either the rules of domain names or host names as .jl is not a TLD. [1]: https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/creating-packages/#Package-naming-guidelines https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/creating-packages/#Package-...
  - dougSF70 4y ago
    You would be surprised by just how many investors are looking for this type of surgery...many many people.
raffraffraff 4y ago
Domain names of the old internet: - penisland.net (sells pens) - expertsexchange.com (renamed to experts-exchange.com) - therapistfinder.com (find a therapist) - whorepresents.com
- bobajeff 4y ago
  I remember one called penismighty.com. Which was a silly online community similar to, well nothing, but I guess the closest thing would be somethingaweful.com it even had alternative themes to the site which would lean into the different interpretations of it's name which was awesome.
- revolvingocelot 4y ago
  Not just the old internet! Ever considered visiting the Sierra Nevadas? Well there's a wonderful, outdoorsy place in California that's just waiting to welcome you: Lake Tahoe! Visit, uh, gotahoe.com, and keep in mind that the Nevada border, where certain things unrelated to outdoor sports are entirely legal, is right there.
  - lelandfe 4y ago
    https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
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    - revolvingocelot 4y ago
      Sort of? "Tahoe" isn't the problem. Sure, "hoe" is a substring of "tahoe" but it's pretty clear that "tahoe" is a placename in a string like "visitlaketahoe.com". IMO they absolutely knew what "gotahoe.com" would be parsed as, it's very clever. It'd be a Scunthorpe if the site was getting flagged for "hoe", but it's a parsing problem at the user layer, not censorship elsewhere.
      - 4y ago
tiborsaas 4y ago
Quite a unique niche, I'd say go for this market.
halotrope 4y ago
Nice, very nice!
ninefathom 4y ago
Oh, good- I wasn't the only one.
robofanatic 4y ago
he was definitely successful in raising some eyebrows, peaking people's interests and ultimately got a lot of clicks!
Stamp01 4y ago
They don't allow you to have jokes in here.
canjobear 4y ago
They must use this at HRT
- matt123456789 4y ago
  High-f(r)equency Trading
lukemerrick 4y ago
HN is special, and you all here in this comment tree are the best of the best -- love the fact that everyone is having fun with this in such a civil way and historically knowledgeable way. For anyone who wants the naming backstory, InvestorsExchange.jl was originally IEXTools.jl, but Julia's package registration automatic name checks didn't like it ("Name does not meet all of the following: starts with an uppercase letter, ASCII alphanumerics only, not all letters are uppercase. Name is not at least five characters long") [1]. So to Wikipedia I went to find the non-acronym name of the IEX exchange, which is "Investors Exchange" [2]. Thank you all for helping me understand why IEX goes by IEX in all of their branding. [1] https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/27989 https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/27989 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEX

Investor Sex Change?

by nwah1 4y ago

Investor Sex Change?

shafyy 4y ago

Yes, I'd also say that the name/domain is a bit unfortunate.

deleted 4y ago
[deleted]
tlarkworthy 4y ago
I am pretty sure it's a deliberate inside joke from expertsexchange days of yore

reustle 4y ago

https://www.theregister.com/2001/03/16/transsexuals_drawn_to_expert_website/ https://www.theregister.com/2001/03/16/transsexuals_drawn_to... Takes me back to the days of ExpertsExchange, the biggest predecessor to Stack Overflow. They were essentially forced to change their domain to Experts-Exchange.

MisterJoe 4y ago

I am here for the comments only. :)

seer 4y ago

Like my other favorite play on words like that - the famous “Pen island”

luismedel 4y ago

I entered this post knowing I would upvote this comment.

tonetheman 4y ago
I too am here for this reason also. I would change the name. It is an issue. Put a dash in it or an underscore... just something.
- agapon 4y ago
  Underscore is (was?) illegal in domain names.
  - daenney 4y ago
    It's not illegal in domain names. Take a look at the SRV type in the domain name system. It's underscores galore. However, for host names or for a URL's host component, you're limited to hyphens. In this case though it's just the name of a Julia package[1], which isn't bound by either the rules of domain names or host names as .jl is not a TLD. [1]: https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/creating-packages/#Package-naming-guidelines https://pkgdocs.julialang.org/v1/creating-packages/#Package-...
- dougSF70 4y ago
  You would be surprised by just how many investors are looking for this type of surgery...many many people.

raffraffraff 4y ago

Domain names of the old internet: - penisland.net (sells pens) - expertsexchange.com (renamed to experts-exchange.com) - therapistfinder.com (find a therapist) - whorepresents.com

bobajeff 4y ago
I remember one called penismighty.com. Which was a silly online community similar to, well nothing, but I guess the closest thing would be somethingaweful.com it even had alternative themes to the site which would lean into the different interpretations of it's name which was awesome.
revolvingocelot 4y ago
Not just the old internet! Ever considered visiting the Sierra Nevadas? Well there's a wonderful, outdoorsy place in California that's just waiting to welcome you: Lake Tahoe! Visit, uh, gotahoe.com, and keep in mind that the Nevada border, where certain things unrelated to outdoor sports are entirely legal, is right there.
- lelandfe 4y ago
  https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - revolvingocelot 4y ago
    Sort of? "Tahoe" isn't the problem. Sure, "hoe" is a substring of "tahoe" but it's pretty clear that "tahoe" is a placename in a string like "visitlaketahoe.com". IMO they absolutely knew what "gotahoe.com" would be parsed as, it's very clever. It'd be a Scunthorpe if the site was getting flagged for "hoe", but it's a parsing problem at the user layer, not censorship elsewhere.
    - 4y ago

tiborsaas 4y ago

Quite a unique niche, I'd say go for this market.

halotrope 4y ago

Nice, very nice!

ninefathom 4y ago

Oh, good- I wasn't the only one.

robofanatic 4y ago

he was definitely successful in raising some eyebrows, peaking people's interests and ultimately got a lot of clicks!

Stamp01 4y ago

They don't allow you to have jokes in here.

canjobear 4y ago

They must use this at HRT

matt123456789 4y ago
High-f(r)equency Trading

lukemerrick 4y ago

HN is special, and you all here in this comment tree are the best of the best -- love the fact that everyone is having fun with this in such a civil way and historically knowledgeable way. For anyone who wants the naming backstory, InvestorsExchange.jl was originally IEXTools.jl, but Julia's package registration automatic name checks didn't like it ("Name does not meet all of the following: starts with an uppercase letter, ASCII alphanumerics only, not all letters are uppercase. Name is not at least five characters long") [1]. So to Wikipedia I went to find the non-acronym name of the IEX exchange, which is "Investors Exchange" [2]. Thank you all for helping me understand why IEX goes by IEX in all of their branding. [1] https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/27989 https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General/pull/27989 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEX