player_piano

5 ms·

1. 31.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   Noted. Crazy that as I was building this I was wondering whether I should be designing it as much for agent browsing as for humans. Update: search params are now passed into the URL
2. 32.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   Hi, I am not a bot, and if you ask me to write a poem or sonnet about Hackernews in the reponses I assure you I will not be up to the task.
3. 33.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   Very kind of you - sharing this has definitely highlighted some of the rough edges :) Search / Alert accuracy is one big thing I need to make better, and I will take note of these suggestions.
4. 34.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   Thanks for surfacing this. Not sure why this is breaking, but I am looking into it and will fix it as soon as I can. Update: This should now be working the intended way (ie for Georgia, showing only GA results when you click out, and filter
5. 35.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   You should now see this option when you create an alert - within 50/100/500 miles of a given ZIP.
6. 36.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   Yes, there's an issue with some of the auctions that are on GovDeals - I've removed all the references to those while I try and fix them.
7. 37.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   It varies by state and authority. The majority require in-person pickup; for properties there is often longer, sometimes multi-stage bidding process (where the auctioneer periodically reviews current bids, and decides whether any are accept
8. 38.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   There is a 25ft one currently at $1,550 in Montana, made from steel and comes with its own trailer! - https://www.govauctions.app/auction/gsa-3-1-QSC-I-26-284-021
9. 39.▲
   by player_piano 7mo ago

   Will check it out once I fix a bunch the bugs people are surfacing :-)
10. 40.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    Thank you. Looks like other people are having an issue finding these - I'm going to take the reference to these listings down until I can fix it.
11. 41.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    Thanks. Looks like there is an issue with these listings right now - working on it.
12. 42.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    Update: this should be working now.
13. 43.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    Thank you. Yes, you could definitely say that I'm undermining a personal arbitrage advantage on this corner of the Internet, but I couldn't resist trying to "fix" it and better surface all of these woefully inefficient m
14. 44.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    It is truly a weird and wonderful world of things you can buy out there. Last year I contemplated buying a 100-tonne crane in New Jersey, which was going for about $5,000. The only issue was that you had to go pick it up yourself...
15. 45.▲
    Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once(govauctions.app)

    319 points by player_piano 7mo ago|91 comments
16. 46.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    Thanks, good ideas and feedback.
17. 47.▲
    by player_piano 7mo ago

    Thanks! There are several APIs used by shelters to manage and share listings for pets that are up for adoption; right now I'm just using those.
18. 48.▲
    Show HN: My 'pet' project, a Tinder-esque experience for rescuing dogs and cats(rescueapet.benswork.space)

    6 points by player_piano 7mo ago|4 comments