You'll never guess the most popular internet country code
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Published 2023-12-06
Have you ever stopped to think why the two-letter country codes in the world's websites are what they are? We have*, and it turns out it's a fascinating tale with a lovely detailed map to stare at.
* Actually, it was Jonathan ('flocky') Flockton who suggested it, and it was a really good idea. Thanks Flocky!
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All Comments (21)
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Funny men back
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As an American, your description of how we think of country codes was 100% on point
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"I've never heard of Tokelau, and neither have you."
-how poorly you underestimate my nerdiness. -
Fun fact: Montserrat's MS is not only unofficially used my Microsoft but also by sites from the German city of Münster due to MS being their license plate code.
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The editing of these video never fails to make me laugh. The graphic blocking Jay's face is just top tier metahumor.
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Wow, can you even imagine 4000 people using the internet? I wonder if that will ever happen, or it was just a prediction
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As a side note, DNS is no longer only something designed to simply help humans. It's also critical for machines as it is the root of trust used to verify the identity of a website/internet service. It's probably the most critical part of the Internet after the network links themselves.
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It's been 3-5 months, time to binge every mapmen episode in a single shot
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0:29 - well done to the graphic artist who distorted the map following the contours of the green screen held by Mark and Jay!
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hey guys, I admire your videos, but you should reconsider which sponsors you take, as Betterhelp has had its good share of controversies, including, but not limited to:
- Selling personal data of its users
- Predatory charging methods
- its workers being of questionable quality, with some of them being unlicensed psychologists and some reportedly just saying people to "get over it" -
Seeing a YouTuber you like shilling betterhelp is like ordering your favourite beer and getting a mugful of poison instead...
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Popularity of the Czech domain (.cz) is interesting. It's probably that high because the letter combination "cz" is quite rare, so Czechs can easily relate to it and feel national connection to it. That's why you often see it in nicknames, more than many other countries.
It's funny that "cz" doesn't ever occur in Czech language, but that makes its meaning always clear and unambiguous.
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10:35. .cat is actually mostly used by the Catalan-speaking community, rather for cat-related websites. I came across a few companies using it when I visited Catalonia last year.
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hi both, love the video but it's worth researching Better Help a bit more - they are notoriously sketchy, not only are they dodgy about whether therapists are vetted or not but also they have sold incredibly personal consumer data (lots of articles online about this recently because they were found guilty). There are also some great video essays about BH and how they aren't quite what they seem. just letting you know if it informs future decisions.
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The end credit music is so blissful😂
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3:41 the advert queue thingfrom analog TV is a nice touch
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Isn't BetterHelp the company that was found pressuring its vulnerable clients into giving up sensitive data, and then sharing that data with third parties illegally so bad that the FTC had to step in?
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BetterHelp is a company that has many egregious practices that are detrimental to mental health support.
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@9:00 I love the dropping the greenscreen effect. Nice.
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Thank you so much for splitting your videos with a Part 1 and Part 2 with commercials in the middle. That's so much better than YouTube's interrupty way of doing it. I appreciate it greatly. Thank you Map Men!
