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mandeepj
on Jan 3, 2021
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Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in...
so, I can blame your service whenever I can't buy something via a bid at ebay for lower price
tomcam
on Jan 3, 2021
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If you lost by 6 seconds (our default buffer and so the most common)... yeah. Sorry about those vintage Hot Wheels
hanniabu
on Jan 6, 2021
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Curious, why'd you pick 6 seconds? (As opposed to 4, 5, 7, 8, etc)
tomcam
on Jan 7, 2021
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It was a combination of data and guesswork, but the main factor was that for years, peak bidding periods on Saturday and Sunday nights caused server delays of several minutes and we wanted to account for that.
mandeepj
on Jan 7, 2021
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U would have still questioned any other number :-)
tomcam
on Jan 7, 2021
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True but I have to admit it is the kind of question I would ask too.
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