Because sometimes you just want to f-ing ping!
Modern browsers, believing they are being clever, hide the protocol in the URL bar.
![image of gist.github.com highlighted in URL bar image](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/42c68bbc2fb31a9ad93061a2342df6d75b385d2d89bd61d98c5279e4710b6b8a/68747470733a2f2f66696c65732e6c6974746c65626972642e636f6d2e61752f70622d33627532514d333750442d597357367a752e706e67)
However, even if you only select the hostname, when you paste that URL into your terminal, you will encounter the following:
![image of https://gist.github.com/ pasted as an argument to the ping command in a terminal image](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6fdb6072fe4eaa0525b9216e4015cc37836a6558c282ded2a0f5d22d85f0240b/68747470733a2f2f66696c65732e6c6974746c65626972642e636f6d2e61752f70622d336c3637656d757a54312d463853686f782e706e67)