[nobody9999]

>Those examples have tangible real world effects before they become permanently irreversible.

And losing access to your email/other domain assets doesn't have "tangible, real world effects"?

In fact, those "real world" effects is what prompted[0] this discussion of custom domains to host one's email.

Or am I missing something?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42078868

[tzs]

I think you missed the word “before” in their comment.

Miss a mortgage payment and the mortgage holder will try to contact you through many channels. If that fails and you keep missing payments and they decide to evict you, that process takes a while and will include even more attempts to contact you including printed notices left at your house.

Miss renewing your domain and you will probably get email from the registrar about it, but if you didn’t have the foresight to set up a filter to whitelist those it might look like spam and you might miss it. You then only find out when your domain stops working.

Also mortgage payments are typically monthly. When you have to do something monthly it is a lot easier to remember than things that are yearly, especially yearly things that aren’t associated with a holiday or other special day.

[nobody9999]

>I think you missed the word “before” in their comment.

Nope. Didn't miss that at all. What is it that the kids call it these days? "Adulting?" It really ain't that hard.

Then again, perhaps I'm some sort of superman, or maybe paying my bills on time is my super power.

Somehow I've managed to pay all my bills, keep up my house and renew multiple domains for decades. And it wasn't even hard to do. I have a whole bunch of payments I need to make that aren't simply monthly payments of equal size -- and yet I manage to do so without issue.

Do you think that's unusual or uncanny and folks shouldn't be expected to manage their financial affairs competently? Is that your point?

Then again, millions of others seem to do that just fine too. As I said previously: If it's important to you, you tend to make sure it gets done.

If you (or anyone else) is unwilling or unable to do so, then you should hire an accountant to take care of it for you. Or not.

Regardless, I take care of myself without issue. If you and/or others cannot or will not, that's a you problem.

[tzs]

I'm impressed that you are able to keep track of so many things over an extended period, considering that apparently 3.5 hours are long enough for you to forget a question that you asked.

Let's recap.

You:> A calendar isn't a bad idea, but I assume GP has ways of making sure they do all those other things. What's different about a domain registration?

where "all those other things" are paying a mortgage, going to work, paying utility bills, getting food, putting gas in your vehicle, etc.

2.5 hours later, HeatrayEnjoyer responded:

> Those examples have tangible real world effects before they become permanently irreversible.

An hour later you then said:

You:> And losing access to your email/other domain assets doesn't have "tangible, real world effects"?

At this time, a mere 3.5 hours after your question you seem to have forgotten that you asked it. If you had remembered that they were answering your question, which to remind you (in case you've forgotten it again over the course of reading this comment) was how do people make sure they do those other things yet forget to handle domain renewal.

You would then have realized he's not saying that losing a domain doesn't have tangible, real world effects. He's explaining that the difference is the timing of those effects.

In fact many people do sometimes forget to do those other things. But those other things are all easy to correct with little or no negative consequences when they forget so the penalty is small for not developing an ironclad system to never forget them.

For example if they forget to pick up groceries on the way home from work and then the next morning find that they don't have food for breakfast the consequences might be something like they have to skip breakfast that day if they don't have time to go out for food before they have to be at work.

[nobody9999]

>I'm impressed that you are able to keep track of so many things over an extended period, considering that apparently 3.5 hours are long enough for you to forget a question that you asked.

>Let's recap.

Let's not.

>In fact many people do sometimes forget to do those other things. But those other things are all easy to correct with little or no negative consequences when they forget so the penalty is small for not developing an ironclad system to never forget them.

Sucks to be them, then I guess.

Perhaps you've forgotten to do something important while you were making unsupported statements about what I know/don't know/remember/don't remember and blathering on about something or other?

I'll keep using my (apparent) super powers to be a responsible adult. Perhaps others should try it instead of whinging about forgetting important things.

Or not. It's no skin off my nose either way.

[tzs]

Well then, if your failure to understand HeatrayEnjoyer's comment is not due to overlooking the word "before" and not due to forgetting they were answering a question you asked, what is the explanation?

[lolc]

This thread weirds me out because not paying a domain has the effect of first receiving alerts and then not receiving mails anymore. People who manage to miss both probably didn't need the address in the first place.

[nobody9999]

I didn't "fail to understand" anyone's (yours included) comments.

Adults take responsibility for their lives. They pay their bills and do the things they say they're going to do.

To anyone who whinges "ooh, what if I forget to pay my bills. It would be so sad. But I shouldn't be held responsible."

Please.

Maybe that flies with mommy and daddy, but to anyone else it comes across as immaturity.

To those folks I say, "Grow up and pay your bills. What? Are you 12?"

If you can't or won't, that's your fault.

Is that a good enough explanation for you?