this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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but ML also can stand for Marxist Leninist and im sure has been the the way it was read by most early adopters
No, stop spreading this nonsense, it was never chosen because of that. It was used because it was free and the developers don't care about creating funny names with the DNS or for glorified expensive DNS.
Hey, that is me from the past.
Or machine learning. There's at least one ML based project that got a headache out of this yesterday.
The official and authorized use for the TLD is an association with Mali. It doesn't matter what hip new meaning us internet dweebs want to assign to it.
Kinda funny considering they got the ml domain to mean Marxist-Leninist and then would get fucked by nationalization
They didn't.
Yes, and q-tips aren’t for cleaning your ears.
The difference being that Unilever won't confiscate your Q-Tips for cleaning out your earwax.
Yet.
I feel like after weeks of wondering why .ml, I should've figured this out by myself... Beware, sleep deficit is real!