Hacker News: RootSniperhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RootSniperHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:22:18 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by RootSniper in "Ask HN: Are .shop domains down?"]]>Pretty annoying. This opened my eyes that these new gTLDs should never be used for serious business. Our client has suffered serious damage in the thousands because of this downtime.

It seems that GMO Registry (A Japanese company) owns the .shop extension and their DNS server (a.gmoregistry.net) is down. I assume ddos.

]]>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:41:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49837086RootSniperhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49837086https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49837086<![CDATA[New comment by RootSniper in "Dutch regulators block access to Polymarket over illegal gambling"]]>I've been bypassing this with a VPN from Albania, no biggie.

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