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0 pointsthepasswordis3y ago0 comments

Why would a .edu help you learn to fix a tire? That seems like a YouTube question, not something a school would teach, and if they did, not something that would go online.

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jefftk3y ago

The article we're discussing is about limiting your search results to ".edu" domains to remove bloat, and gives an example of an https://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/303win97/Group3/2245.html which does have this information on changing a tire.

throwmamatrain3y ago

I think the idea is that the SNR of .edu TLD is likely higher than all other TLDs. Probably true for now.

chongli3y ago

Too bad .edu seems to be restricted to US-based schools. There's plenty of great stuff hosted by universities in other countries but none of them are on the .edu TLD.

dredmorbius3y ago

There are other national domain schemes with educational subdomains. 'ac.uk' and 'edu.au' being two of which I'm aware.

A listing of top global educational institutions would only have a few thousand entries.

It's not without some irony that I note that the early, and much belated, Internet was largely edu domains, along with a handful of tech firms, government agencies, and military entities.

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