Bradosaur

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by Bradosaur 13y ago
If you just want a copy for VirtualBox on Linux, you can download a VM from http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools . It's a demo OS license, but good enough for testing.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
On MS's site, you can download VMs for use with an existing Virtualization Platform like Parallels or Virtual Box. The VMs are guest operating systems with limited trial time. MS's docs suggest you use your VM manager to roll back when ti
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
Yep, we plan to write a blog post all about it, and what we'll fix going forward.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
Mostly what failed was outbound bandwidth. Users weren't getting the JSON response from the payment page, though sometimes the payments went through. Confirmation emails were very reliable, though, (thanks Amazon SES!).
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
MS may do another run of these, but we don't know. The other tools on modern.ie are genuinely useful too. We tested Swish using browserstack to resolve a thorny IE8 problem.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
To be fair, the headaches today were our (Swish's) fault, not Microsoft's. If MS decides to run another set of these, we'll make sure we are better prepared. Unless you mean the disabled "I'm a developer" button -- that was intentional and
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
Fortunately, it sold out before that became a problem.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
We upped the number available by 10% after it sold out, but then it sold out again in a few minutes. It's sold out for good now, I promise.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
We have international shipping too for this promo. Click the "International" button in the shopping card on the Shipping line. A Country field should pop up.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
I'm pleased to see that slickdeals and fatwallet both have threads about this deal, but no one has spoiled the puzzle yet.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
Create an account with the same email you checked out with.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
We wanted to make checkout easy, but maybe went a little too far. I'll add some more language to the confirmation email explaining what's going on. Thanks for posting the solution.
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by Bradosaur 13y ago
Nope, you just have to solve a small easy "puzzle" to "prove" you're a developer.
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
When you list on Swish, you don't get the money until you deliver the product. Much like dealing with Target or Wal-Mart. If it never shows up, shoppers automatically get refunds after 1 year. This also really changes the incentives for
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
I thought that blog post didn't live up to the title. It mainly said two things: 1) no renderings and 2) no offering multiple quantities, and they're not even enforcing the second part (Lace Anchors, eg). The post itself says, "The new gui
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
I am so embarrassed. I had fixed it on the other WP theme, but then switched themes to F2. Thanks, it's fixed now!
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
Kickstarter never intended to be a place for pre-orders. But it's hard to deny that a lot of campaigns treat the plaform that way. We think it's amazing and wonderful, but Kickstarter doesn't really want it on their platform (though they'
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Kickstarter sucks at pre-orders (or: Why we pivoted)(swish.com)
34 points by Bradosaur 14y ago|21 comments
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
This isn't some grassroots action lead by startup CTOs across the valley. This is just a lawyer searching for a lead plantiff. I find the site rather misleading, and ultimately trashy. (Disclaimer: I am personally opposed to class action
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
If I go with an in-Wordpress solution, it'll probably be Disqus. I initially liked the idea of having a clean troll-less page for users who don't care about commenting. Maybe this is just vanity. I also like having the entire discussion
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Ask HN: Ok to use HN for our blog comments?
5 points by Bradosaur 14y ago|5 comments
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How to have your /blog hosted on a different IP(swish.com)
9 points by Bradosaur 14y ago|2 comments
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
Just because something is good for my business, doesn't mean it's good for society. SEO (beyond actually making your site more valuable) is a classic prisoner's dilemma.
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
Thanks for the input! We're AJAXing in the product data, and then the browser fetches the images from CloudFront. I'll add a spinner asap.
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
How did you engage them? Do you know someone? When I got rejected I just got a form with a few characters to explain why I wasn't violating the rules (they did not say which rule I was violating).
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by Bradosaur 14y ago
There are hardware incubators. Lemnos Labs is the one I can think of off-hand.