Re: Which URL do you most often use to access this site?

With thanks to pryrt and their post Re^2: poll ideas quest 2025 that helped flesh things out!

I use perlmonks.org because the .com name seemed too establishment for a community about an open source language. And .net didn't sit right. I also skip the 'www' at the beginning because all of the cool kids know that's just a DNS entry, and Ya Don't Need It. :)

Alex / talexb / Toronto

For a long time, I had a link in my .sig going to Groklaw. I heard that as of December 2024, this link is dead. Still, thanks to PJ for all your work, we owe you so much. RIP Groklaw -- 2003 to 2013.

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Re^2: Which URL do you most often use to access this site? by hippo (Archbishop) on Jan 11, 2025 at 23:29 UTC
I also skip the 'www' at the beginning because all of the cool kids know that's just a DNS entry, and Ya Don't Need It. :) So good to have it confirmed (again) that the cool kids have no idea what they're talking about. :-) 🦛	[reply]
Re^3: Which URL do you most often use to access this site? by cavac (Prior) on Jan 15, 2025 at 14:42 UTC
Ah, the magic of subdomains and CNAME entries. Here's a nice one for the monastery, just to have fun with not using "www": http://pm.ru.gov.mil.org.us.eu.tv.ru.nospam.org.js.py.exe.zip.cav.ac/ Ok, true, it's a pain to use, because cav.ac enforces HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) and obviously the monastery doesn't have the correct certificate. And i hazard a guess that all the uncool windows kids with badly written "security" software have to deal with a dozen warning popups right now ;-) PerlMonks XP is useless? Not anymore: XPD - Do more with your PerlMonks XP Also check out my sisters artwork and my weekly webcomics	[reply]
Re^4: Which URL do you most often use to access this site? by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 15, 2025 at 15:46 UTC
I'm not sure whether I qualify as an uncool windows kid with my grey beard and a Linux machine, but my Firefox showed me a "Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue" page with no way to accept the risk and view the page. `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Which URL do you most often use to access this site? by LanX (Saint) on Jan 15, 2025 at 21:12 UTC
I'm getting a warning page in Mobile Chrome that the certificate belongs to `css.perlmonks.com` <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> I'm a cool android kid! Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Which URL do you most often use to access this site? by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Jan 16, 2025 at 07:41 UTC
Firefox gives this: Websites verify their identity using certificates. Firefox does not trust this website because the certificate used by the website is not valid for pm.ru.gov.mil.org.us.eu.tv.ru.nospam.org.js.py.exe.zip.cav.ac. The certificate is only valid for the following names: css.perlmonks.com, css.perlmonks.net, css.perlmonks.org, perlmonks.com, perlmonks.net, perlmonks.org, www.perlmonks.com, www.perlmonks.net, www.perlmonks.org Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN Or in the German language original: Websites bestätigen ihre Identität mittels Zertifikaten. Firefox vertraut dieser Website nicht, weil das von der Website verwendete Zertifikat nicht für pm.ru.gov.mil.org.us.eu.tv.ru.nospam.org.js.py.exe.zip.cav.ac gilt. Das Zertifikat gilt nur für folgende Namen: css.perlmonks.com, css.perlmonks.net, css.perlmonks.org, perlmonks.com, perlmonks.net, perlmonks.org, www.perlmonks.com, www.perlmonks.net, www.perlmonks.org Fehlercode: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. (hooked on the Perl Programming language)	[reply]