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Can we please stop linkifying random strings that happen to look like domain names?

Currently, strings that look like some subset of fully qualified domain names are automatically turned into links to the corresponding `http://` resource. So, for example, example.com becomes a link to http://example.com, and something.example.com becomes a link to `http://something.example.com`, but something.example doesn't become a link even though it technically is just as valid as a domain name. Similarly, something.test doesn't become a link, but something.info does. (.example and .test are both valid, reserved TLDs.)

Short of using code elements, which has other undesirable consequences, there appears to be no way to override this behavior. For example, quoting the `.` with a `\` doesn't change anything: `example\.com` still becomes a link to http://example.com. `example.com` in backticks does not become a link.

Can we please stop doing this, or at the very least, add an obvious way to override the behavior without having to resort to `code` elements? Markdown already has a syntax for inline links, so I don't see the value of bastardizing things that just *happen to look like* some subset of FQDNs.

I've seen it multiple times before across Codidact, and just recently, came across [Inductance vs frequency](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/284021) on Electrical Engineering where OP happened to write `load.Is` instead of `load. Is`, and it became a link even though it clearly was never intended as a domain name, let alone as a link.