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It's kind of implied, right? Since .gov is only for the US.

by Miner49er 3y ago

Zetice 3y ago
I’m surprised how many people here aren’t aware of this.
- msm_ 3y ago
  I'm aware of this. I'm just slightly offended by the title. None of my government's URLs end in a .gov. By not acknowledging this, the title ignores my country's existence. It's like I wrote a blog post "Government URLs that don't end in .gov.pl")
  - Zetice 3y ago
    Such is the US's reward for building out the nascent infrastructure of the early Internet. Also, this is a US centric site run by a US based company. The "American" part is implied unless explicitly stated otherwise.
    - lol768 3y ago
      > Such is the US's reward for building out the nascent infrastructure of the early Internet. Like the world-wide-web we're all using to discuss this topic via? Oh, wait. > Also, this is a US centric site run by a US based company. The "American" part is implied unless explicitly stated otherwise. It is unfortunate that the point you are trying to express here has been worded in a way which does nothing but to reinforce stereotypes that Americans are arrogant and excessively nationalistic, since I'm sure that wasn't your intention. As dang has pointed out previously, Americans only make up about half of the audience here - and they may even be a minority today (this comment and the data referenced within it is a good 3 months old): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35464697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35464697
- kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
  At this point most internet users are digital natives who don't know how things worked before eternal September.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    This is becoming quite clear, and it's fascinating. I'm an old timer and assumed that people mostly had an idea how the Internet worked, especially on HN. Apparently not. The history is getting forgotten.
lol768 3y ago
> It's kind of implied, right? No. https://gov.uk https://gov.uk is a "government URL" and it's one that doesn't end in ".gov". The title should be "US government URLs that don't end in .gov"

It's kind of implied, right? Since .gov is only for the US.

Zetice 3y ago

I’m surprised how many people here aren’t aware of this.

msm_ 3y ago
I'm aware of this. I'm just slightly offended by the title. None of my government's URLs end in a .gov. By not acknowledging this, the title ignores my country's existence. It's like I wrote a blog post "Government URLs that don't end in .gov.pl")
- Zetice 3y ago
  Such is the US's reward for building out the nascent infrastructure of the early Internet. Also, this is a US centric site run by a US based company. The "American" part is implied unless explicitly stated otherwise.
  - lol768 3y ago
    > Such is the US's reward for building out the nascent infrastructure of the early Internet. Like the world-wide-web we're all using to discuss this topic via? Oh, wait. > Also, this is a US centric site run by a US based company. The "American" part is implied unless explicitly stated otherwise. It is unfortunate that the point you are trying to express here has been worded in a way which does nothing but to reinforce stereotypes that Americans are arrogant and excessively nationalistic, since I'm sure that wasn't your intention. As dang has pointed out previously, Americans only make up about half of the audience here - and they may even be a minority today (this comment and the data referenced within it is a good 3 months old): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35464697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35464697
kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
At this point most internet users are digital natives who don't know how things worked before eternal September.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  This is becoming quite clear, and it's fascinating. I'm an old timer and assumed that people mostly had an idea how the Internet worked, especially on HN. Apparently not. The history is getting forgotten.

lol768 3y ago

> It's kind of implied, right? No. https://gov.uk https://gov.uk is a "government URL" and it's one that doesn't end in ".gov". The title should be "US government URLs that don't end in .gov"