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First: Registrars could ask for an escrow payment. Pay €9 for the domain name put €900 in escrow Next: I don't want to live in a world where I have to show my

First: Registrars could ask for an escrow payment. Pay €9 for the domain name put €900 in escrow Next: I don't want to live in a world where I have to show my passport and pay thousands of pounds to register a domain Want or not want? Plus the 900 in escrow shows a very US centric view. It's only like three Starbucks lattes over there with the current inflation right?

tancop 9d ago
I see the article as saying there is no easy fix that can fully remove scams without also making it expensive to register a domain, or even dangerous if your ID becomes public. These things are supposed to contradict each other because they contradict in real life.
edent 9d ago
The author (who is handsome and talented) is based in the UK - so tries hard not to be US centric. Hence the use of €. As for the contradictions - yes. There's a famous aphorism "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." I think it is important to explore a problem and its possible solutions. It allows you to work where the issues are and prevents people saying "why didn't you consider…?".
- nottorp 9d ago
  > is based in the UK Guess 900 is 2.5 Starbucks lattes in London :) > who is handsome How is that relevant?
  - x1798DE 9d ago
    He is subtly pointing out that he (edent) is the author of the original blog post by calling himself handsome and talented.
    - nottorp 9d ago
      I have the habit of not reading the user names, so I reply to the post not to my image of the author. Which is why I was triggered by "handsome" too.
  - scratcheee 9d ago
    It was in parentheses, that does usually imply irrelevant sideband information. Perhaps more importantly, the “handsome and talented” sidebar was actually a tongue in cheek acknowledgment that the author himself was speaking, I suspect, compare the usernames and they match up suspiciously well.

tancop 9d ago

I see the article as saying there is no easy fix that can fully remove scams without also making it expensive to register a domain, or even dangerous if your ID becomes public. These things are supposed to contradict each other because they contradict in real life.

edent 9d ago

The author (who is handsome and talented) is based in the UK - so tries hard not to be US centric. Hence the use of €. As for the contradictions - yes. There's a famous aphorism "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." I think it is important to explore a problem and its possible solutions. It allows you to work where the issues are and prevents people saying "why didn't you consider…?".

nottorp 9d ago
> is based in the UK Guess 900 is 2.5 Starbucks lattes in London :) > who is handsome How is that relevant?
- x1798DE 9d ago
  He is subtly pointing out that he (edent) is the author of the original blog post by calling himself handsome and talented.
  - nottorp 9d ago
    I have the habit of not reading the user names, so I reply to the post not to my image of the author. Which is why I was triggered by "handsome" too.
- scratcheee 9d ago
  It was in parentheses, that does usually imply irrelevant sideband information. Perhaps more importantly, the “handsome and talented” sidebar was actually a tongue in cheek acknowledgment that the author himself was speaking, I suspect, compare the usernames and they match up suspiciously well.