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Comment by GJim

24 days ago

> Because the internet was invented in America

And the web by a Brit working in Switzerland. It all runs on Chinese hardware with software written by people (and their dogs) from every nation on earth.

The point, if there is one, is buried in the details.

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crazygringo  24 days ago

What does any of that have to do with anything? The subject is DNS names.

Here, read the history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System

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