morrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agoItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down17
arrow-up1841arrow-down1imageItch drama is getting reallemmy.mlmorrowind@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoBut why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoHalf grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent. ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.
But why did the Indian ocean territories ever have an ISO country code, they were never a country? It doesn’t make sense that a territory should lose its TLD just cause it changes countries.
Half grandfathered in from a period when UK was a commonwealth, and ANZAC were not technically independent.
ISO-3166-1 has a lot of “countries” that aren’t actually independent - but useful to have codes for because they are geographically distinct.