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title = "What's a \"betalupi?\""
author = "Mark"
slug = "whats-a-betalupi"
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[es]: https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky
[*Stellaris*]: https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/stellaris/about
[Arabic]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_star_names
[wiki-betalupi]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Lupi
# What's a "betalupi?"
Beta Lupi is a solar system on the [_Endless Sky_][es] galaxy map,
which is the first place I look whenever I need to name a server.
Stellar names (especially those of [Arabic] origin) make pretty good hostnames: they're meaningless (in English), they sound interesting, and the "hyperlanes" that connect them in titles like [_Endless Sky_][es] and [*Stellaris*] look a lot like a network topology.
Beta Lupi also happens to be a real star in the southern constellation of Lupus ([wiki][wiki-betalupi]), but that's not particularly important.
A snippet of the [_Endless Sky_][es] map is below.
**In other words:** Try finding a `.com` domain that...
- Isn't already taken
- Doesn't sound awful
- Isn't owned by a scalper that's selling it for $300"
