pmjv s klapkami na očíchMar 7
I was today years old when I found out that emojis can exist in urls.

http://triapul.cz/🐟
Show threadTim Chase

You can even have emoji in domain-names using Punycode¹. That means you can add

127.0.0.1 xn--s78h

to your /etc/hosts and then all your dev servers can be accessed at http://🚽

It's your loo-pback address.

@pmjv @dexter

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¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode

Punycode - Wikipedia

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Show threadNathan ArthurMar 7

@gumnos @pmjv @dexter today I learned about punycode!

And punycode has me thinking about learning to program. Implementing punycode (both ways) seems like a great class assignment, or way to learn Unicode. You’d have to understand Unicode, detailed parsing and calculations, state management… it’s all there!

Show threadEli the BeardedMar 7

@gumnos @pmjv @dexter

Or you could use wildcard DNS to make a URL shortener, and have https work:

https://🚽.on-a.pizza/

Show threadBen ZaninMar 7
@gumnos @pmjv @dexter TIM.
Show threadTim ChaseMar 7

@gnomon

Would you prefer "loo-calhost"?

@pmjv @dexter

Show threadJørnMar 7
@gumnos @dexter @gnomon Finally I can enable autoflush!
Show threadSchrank  🐘Mar 7
@gumnos @pmjv @dexter I clicked http://📐🛒.ws a while back 🤪
Show threadSchrank  🐘Mar 7
@ivory there is a bug in your domain matching, this should be a link 😂🫣🫠
Show threadIvory by Tapbots Mar 7
@Schrank Not a bug. We use NSURL which doesn't natively support it.
Show threadSchrank  🐘Mar 8
@ivory thanks for the quick answer :-)
Show threadThomas CasteleynMar 8
@Schrank @ivory do is fine in @IceCubesApp
Show threadSchrank  🐘Mar 8
@Hipska @ivory @IceCubesApp interesting. Wouldn’t have expected anyone to have it right 😂😍🥰
Show threadThomas CasteleynMar 8
@Schrank well, a lot of other things in that app have bugs, so it is indeed surprising 😂
Show threadVincent TunruMar 8

@gumnos @pmjv @dexter

Ah yes, punnycode.