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Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener

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Subject Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener
Date Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:48:18 +1100
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Erik <python@lucidity.plus.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On 15/03/16 23:16, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> So URL shorteners are invaluable tools.
>
>
> Perhaps, and in the specific - transient - use-cases you describe that's
> fine. The problem I have with them is that they are a level of indirection
> controlled by a third party. If the source (let's say this list) has a
> message containing a link to something on the target which is still
> available via a "shortened" URL, then if the shortening service goes
> offline, the link is dead. Even though the target is still there.
>
> People complain about the use of pastebin in this list for showing code
> fragments. It's the same thing - one URL shortening (indirection) service
> goes offline and a ton of links are suddenly silenced. It's like a
> disturbance in the force ;)

I agree, it's a risk. Any indirection adds that. So the benefit has to
be weighed against this inherent cost.

> FWIW, I also have an issue with services that convert your ASCII text into
> unicode such that the resulting glyphs are still things a human reader will
> understand as substitutes for the original text but which can't be easily
> searched/grepped.

Oh, I totally agree. Your text should be your text.

>> However, I'm not sure what
>> this one is that others aren't.
>
>
> Vinicius didn't say his code was anything different.
>
> He said he _WANTED_ to do something different _BUT_ realised ideas are hard
> to come by, _SO_ he developed some URL-shortening software and then shared
> it.

Yeah, but there's usually _something_ different :)

> I see it as a learning exercise on his part, and that's great.

Absolutely. As such, it's excellent. I often like to make a small
change when I reimplement, though - something that I thought was
ill-designed in the original, or maybe just a simple thing of
integration somewhere (eg a little text editor embedded in a larger
program).

ChrisA

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WP-A: A New URL Shortener Vinicius Mesel <me@vmesel.com> - 2016-03-15 16:56 -0300
  Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-15 23:53 +0100
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Erik <python@lucidity.plus.com> - 2016-03-15 23:11 +0000
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 10:16 +1100
      Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-16 00:38 +0100
        Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 10:55 +1100
          Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-16 01:36 +0100
        Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-03-15 22:34 -0400
          Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-16 03:46 +0100
            Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-03-15 23:34 -0400
        Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-16 17:51 +1100
      Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-03-16 17:27 +1300
        Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 16:43 +1100
          Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-17 19:27 +0100
            Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 13:40 -0700
              Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-17 22:15 +0100
                Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 21:49 -0700
                Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-19 14:03 +0100
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 16:19 -0700
      Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-16 01:22 +0100
        Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 20:40 -0700
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Erik <python@lucidity.plus.com> - 2016-03-15 23:40 +0000
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 10:48 +1100
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Erik <python@lucidity.plus.com> - 2016-03-16 00:31 +0000
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 11:34 +1100
    Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 23:08 +1100
      Re: WP-A: A New URL Shortener Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-03-17 12:47 +0000

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