Welcome to Syntax on this Monday hasty treat.

We're going to be talking all about how the Taliban took Wes's domain.

What a wild way to start an episode.

And it's going to be a really wild story.

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All right, the Taliban. So we're going to first tell the story because I think it's kind of interesting. And second, have some like cautionary tales about like you should think about what you're doing.

You might think that your domain name is hilarious, but you should think about what

could happen if your domain name goes missing or is revoked. So I owned

Boss. A.F. and D. A.F. TLD is Afghanistan, right?

And I had, I've had it for, I don't know, probably six or seven years and I used it to sell my stickers on because it's, it's funny, it's short. I thought it was a good domain name. And I've told the story on the show when I initially got it I was unable to get an

S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S. of sanctions between who was offering the SSL certificate,

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