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by zakshay 14y ago
* There is a guard against the situation you mention. What name and amount did you put in? Here is what I think happened: There was an auto bid of a higher amount placed earlier by 'K'. You placed a bid successfully. Then 'K''s autobid kic
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by zakshay 14y ago
Yes, I had thought about Dutch Auctions earlier. Currently though, the system supports 'English Auctions', the bid engine is pluggable so doing such a thing should be easy ;). All I need is one paying customer asking for it, and it would ha
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by zakshay 14y ago
Yes, a ticking countdown timer could be a good idea. I'll certainly keep folks posted
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by zakshay 14y ago
Yes, the idea is that you already have a page and then you embed this button. Much like those PayPal, Stripe etc Pay Now buttons
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by zakshay 14y ago
Got it
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by zakshay 14y ago
It is completely usable. I've not done a good job of showcasing the buttons in auction. A staging page with buttons embedded is here - http://afexample.herokuapp.com/product/1 You can use a test card - 4242424242424242 to make a bid.
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by zakshay 14y ago
Hello people, this is a side project which I have been working on. The idea is really simple: To run an auction on your website, all you have to do is embed our button. Any feedback etc. would be great!
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SSL certiﬁcate validation broken in many applications and libraries(cs.utexas.edu)
3 points by zakshay 14y ago|1 comments
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by zakshay 14y ago
Looks good. However to actually use it in a neat app, it better be stylable via css and support localization(Month-Day-Year etc), otherwise we'll have to resort to a JS option most of the time, like is the case with styled selects.
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Sprouter's Interview with Adam Wiggins of Heroku summarized(gist.github.com)
2 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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How do our favorite tech companies make money?(rcs.seerinteractive.com)
1 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft v. Motorola Trial in Seattle - Day 1(groklaw.net)
3 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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Lambdas in Java SE 8 or co-evolving libraries, the language and the VMD(everytalk.tv)
1 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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by zakshay 14y ago
There is certainly a theme to their emails. Critics of this style say that lengthy emails are bad, and that their length does not convey extra information. I would like point out that there is a email writing style for office use and a dif
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by zakshay 14y ago
While its shorter, I think its very bullet pointy - if you know what I mean. The original text reads more fluidly as if it was a conversation. Even though its longer, it has a sense of personality - making it more readable.
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Bin Laden unit Seal Team punished over Medal of Honor Warfighter(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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by zakshay 14y ago
This was a night project which I built in a couple of months. I wanted to be able to auction things from my website, and didn't want to use eBay for various reasons. I am not sure if such a thing is actually needed by anyone other than me,
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by zakshay 14y ago
This was a night project which I built in a couple of months. I wanted to be able to auction things from my website, and didn't want to use eBay for various reasons. Any feedback/comments are welcome as usual.
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by zakshay 14y ago
This is a timely thread for me. I've been working on an idea called Auctionful - http://www.auctionful.com . Its still in an early stage - but you can signup and use it if you want. * It lets people run auctions on their website. * It ens
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by zakshay 14y ago
Thanks!
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Ask HN: I am a Developer and I want to work at a startup.
1 points by zakshay 14y ago|3 comments
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by zakshay 14y ago
Details: Instead of taking place in our office over two days, the online version takes place over the course of a month. You pick a project of your own. This can be anything from your personal site, to a side project, to something you’re wo
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Thoughtbot's online workshop on Design For Developers(learn.thoughtbot.com)
1 points by zakshay 14y ago|2 comments
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Facebook India is Paying $1 To Register Through The Mobile Site(machinehappy.com)
6 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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Philanthroper.com - Daily Deals for non-profits shuts down(philanthroper.com)
2 points by zakshay 14y ago|0 comments
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by zakshay 14y ago
UPDATE: My application was approved within 30 minutes.
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by zakshay 14y ago
Same experience here. Not sure whats new.
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by zakshay 14y ago
I'm not sure if this is comparable to Stripe's signup process. I just tried signing up from: https://apply.braintreegateway.com/ At the end of it, my application for queued to be manually reviewed (~24 hrs) by an underwriter. Am I missing
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by zakshay 14y ago
Its amazing that the BBC article has 11 links to 'share it', but nothing to actually comment on it.
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by zakshay 14y ago
My experiences are unlike the blog says. You've got to know your city and where the services, things are not that organized ofcourse. Also, India is big on Human powered telephony search query based services(see 1). It really really w

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