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[-] owl@infosec.pub 70 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

As general rule you should look at where a URL goes as well as what the link text.

A big ass link that is pointed towards tinyurl should have set off alarm bells for everyone who clicked the link.

That was slick @owl

[-] owl@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

It teaches about cybersecurity.

[-] ksigley@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

What a lad.

[-] pootzapie@lemy.lol 13 points 1 week ago

Incredible beautiful amazing

[-] cute_noker@feddit.dk 13 points 1 week ago

You son of a bitch! overnmentjobs 🤣

[-] owl@infosec.pub 6 points 1 week ago

Thank you, I fixed it.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago
[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

In a way, you just took my virginity. It's the first time it's genuinely happened to me, I didn't see this coming. This is a great feeling but I also feel a bit ashamed.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Perfect in every way, good job.

[-] Copythis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I want my mommy

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Obviously this is a silly example, but I really do remember when they would write out full urls with paths like 3 directories deep in magazines and newspapers expecting you to manually enter those urls and visit whatever site. I hated that shit in the early days of the internet in grade school. "http://www.theentireforty-ninecharacterlongnameofthecompany.com/marketingadvertisements/newspapertimes/landingpage79fad5c21e.html" (don't click that link... i just made it up. It doesn't go anywhere.) I could barely type but now I have to get every character correct or I might accidentally end up on a black market website or porn somehow (where my fellow Whitehouse dot com victims at?). QR codes and smartphones really are godsend for print media internet ads.

P.S. I told you it didn't go anywhere. You feel better now?

P.P.S. Apparently Whitehouse dot com still functions but is no longer porn. It's some election betting thing now? Idk.

My first memory of being told to go to a web address was in 4th grade. My teacher wrote a fairly long URL on the board as something those of us who had internet at home could go look at about the lesson she was talking about. So we were expected to write this URL down on paper, and then later type it into a computer. This very slightly predates AOL keywords.

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[-] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It took awhile before engineers also became UX people and were like “ok, but let’s start the project from an end user’s point of view.”

Unfortunately soon after that, marketers took over as the bosses of the UX people and were like “ok, let’s start this from a ‘how do we get more people clicking the buy now button’ point of view.”

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

You could use ` to make that URL an inline code block and thus not clickable. `like this` to look like this

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Seemed more fun this way

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What would be funnier is if instead of an address, it was a hyperlink embedded text that says : Click Here.

[-] graphene@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago

You know what? I forgive url shorteners, sometimes they truly are necessary

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Why has nobody invented a URL longener?

[-] yax@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago

Apparently somebody has: https://www.kamogo.com/17?geranium=vast&examiner=pleasant&range=wrathful&district=acceptable&crab=giant&producer=luxuriant&skirt=juicy&tuba=holistic&carnation=dispensable&suppression=sedate&kenneth=old-fashioned&rope=direful&trunk=strong&step-daughter=incompetent&park=horrible&dad=blue&mandarin=muddled&lier=calm&newsstand=dynamic&tiger=curved&veldt=overt&operation=evil&belly=puny&anklet=detailed&turkey=teeny-tiny&stadium=imperfect&output=murky&sailboat=uneven&wingtip=disagreeable&run=stormy&eggnog=guiltless&decade=invincible&scene=healthy&preparation=poor&maybe=jagged&committee=abusive&german=offbeat&barber=pleasant&chowder=frail&turkish=shallow&capricorn=accurate&sweater=berserk&retina=zealous&marriage=naive&fatigues=tense&susan=sassy&maniac=screeching&insolence=zippy&ride=level&chaise=questionable&example=light&swell=petite&booster=vengeful&antechamber=funny&impulse=faulty&balinese=succinct&pannier=historical&diction=likeable&shade=troubled&taxicab=victorious&inn=miniature&innervation=goofy&law=needless&till=credible&imagination=erect&zampone=selfish&blue=thirsty&mandolin=telling&vacation=spectacular&gland=ancient&abyssinian=rightful&bedroom=low&shred=bright&omelet=inexpensive&complement=plain&diploma=silent&grouper=melted&hybridisation=kindhearted&fur=cheerful&grain=kindhearted&theory=highfalutin&kayak=spiritual&delete=harsh&machine=parched&eyelids=heavenly&patrol=crabby&virginal=excited&mailbox=clumsy&bowling=ugly&shorts=wee&delivery=halting&adult=mammoth&inventory=funny&hit=protective&imprisonment=dazzling&buzzard=squalid&smile=earsplitting&cesspool=demonic&luggage=bad&kleenex=rustic&copywriter=wealthy&tam=woozy&headrest=fragile&kind=hulking&robe=versed&adapter=capricious&ejector=racial&riser=aspiring&vessel=crooked&appliance=therapeutic&chivalry=grandiose&stinger=materialistic&dirt=obsolete&lobster=substantial&right=legal&methane=deranged&beret=therapeutic&crop=odd&disengagement=tangible&equipment=smelly&sun=thoughtful&sunbonnet=needy&playground=quarrelsome

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

You can always add unnecessary query parameters. Just throw on a ?fart=butts&pen=is&herp=derp etc.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If I wanted to add unnecessary characters, I'd just use dots.

Like this: (Lemmy unfortunately breaks the URL) google.com...............................................

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

(Psst, rumor has it you can tack on to a URL pretty much any alphanumeric text you like after typing a ? or # symbol)

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URL Shorteners can go down.

QR Codes would literally contain the entire link without relying on a third-party service.

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[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 26 points 1 week ago

Out of frame, above the other text: "Job requirements: experience with OCR-tools."

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How was OCR in 2013? This mightve basically been the test for the job

[-] Kit 5 points 1 week ago

It was bad.

[-] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 week ago

we have a truly marvelous application process, which this margin is too small to contain

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Plot twist: the job is specifically for a transcriber/translator and requires high level of accuracy.

I could totally see this as being a thing back in the day before everyone was walking around with a supercomputer in their pocket capable of OCR.

[-] Bryllyg 20 points 1 week ago

Sadly they've already deleted that page because the URL has "trans" in it. >.>

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 17 points 1 week ago

If I remember this site correctly from back then, it was one of those run by idiots that made you upload a PDF of your résumé, and then enter all of the same info in web forms. This tracks.

[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 15 points 1 week ago

I wish someone would type that out into the comments, so I could click the dead link and feel a small sense of satisfaction; simply by knowing it was dead before I even clicked it, confirming my suspicion

But it's the internet... so 50/50 whether some hero does it for no reason, or someone throws some kinda rick-roll response. Either way, I ain't typing it out and I can live with the disappointment... sorry y'all, I'll try and be better next time

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] igg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mispelled colorado

and fstring

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hence why I said:

the accuracy is a whole other thing.

I knew some part of the URL would be screwed up.

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[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm pretty sure 90% of that is just a tracking link, you could probably ignore everything after and including the question mark

[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

It would need the job Id parameter, but the rest looks like unnecessary filters

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

No, its search parameters. Likely everything after the job ID is not needed though.

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

damn i missed the deadline by 12 years...

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

Data entry operator?

[-] affenlehrer@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

Maybe they're looking for someone who's good at OCR

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[-] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I mean if you type up to the jobid=xyz it'll work fine :p

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

I wore out my percent key typing in the url.

Somebody correct me, but I remember a url (or any long piece of text) can contain a small image. I think it was hexadecimal code. I was looking for the words "base16=" or "base32=".

[-] danhab99@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

You are correct those are called "data urls", they're intended to embed files in text.

This is not a data url tho, it's an ugly link

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

This reminds me of how my coworker's little girl wrote Santa a letter and wrote out the Amazon links of everything she wanted in much the same fashion.

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