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Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by lukebennett »

kingosticks wrote: post #44

Is the paid version supposed to work yet? I just tried to create a 2 day instance and clicking the "pay with card" button doesn't do anything. On a related note, does anyone know a good way to pay USD for things like this with a foreign (e.g. UK) bank account. If I use my UK VISA I get stung by my bank's criminal conversion change/rate. This is rarely something I need to do but it has arisen a few times now.

Try Supercard[0] by Travelex - no fees or charges involved. You configure it via your mobile and it simply passes transactions straight through to a UK card at the standard Visa conversion rate.

Primary use case is travelling abroad, but there's no reason it can't be used for purchases like this in foreign currencies (I've used it both ways myself).

[0] - http://supercard.io

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by kingosticks »

lexalizer wrote: post #54
kingosticks wrote: post #44

Is the paid version supposed to work yet? I just tried to create a 2 day instance and clicking the "pay with card" button doesn't do anything. On a related note, does anyone know a good way to pay USD for things like this with a foreign (e.g. UK) bank account. If I use my UK VISA I get stung by my bank's criminal conversion change/rate. This is rarely something I need to do but it has arisen a few times now.

There are a number of UK credit cards offering 0 fee payments overseas(Aqua, Post Office, I think AMEX). There is also a credit card from Halifax offering a good deal on withdrawals, but apparently, it's hard to get. In addition to that, there are a number of companies offering prepaid cards such as Revolut and another one which I can't remember now.

I've not heard of Revolut so I'll look into them, thanks.

I had a look at Monzo before but there was (and still is) a huge waiting list.

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by joantune »

OwainX wrote: post #148
joantune wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because he works for AWS :D. But ditto for AWS

Actually, I work for DO :) But Dply is not a DO project or product. It's my personal side-project and while I have DO's blessing to run it, it's otherwise unrelated and acts like any other DO customer reselling or running an SaaS. Automatic deletion, the built in user-data button system and our acceptance of Bitcoin and Alipay provide options that DO itself currently does not offer. This is the MVP/Initial Beta of Dp…

My bad!

I can see the potential for this in the following scenario:

People start using it to showcase the service/software by clicking on a button on GitHub.

Or imagine yet: going to the docker hub, clicking on a button, and getting a server with that up and running.

This might be huge. Providing support for an image with docker and allowing one to use docker compose or the such seems the way to go here.

If this post doesn't reach some of the projects with more potential, you should try to reach out to them yourself.

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by tyingq »

Exuma wrote: post #107
tyingq wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It honestly seems like a coincidence to me. Using a popular font (Lobster) for your logo means your logo will look like other people's logos. As for "similar color", the dply logo appears to be black. There is some blue (not the same blue) on the page, I guess?

Diply's brand color is blue: http://diply.com/

Right, and dply's is black. So, I'm curious why "blue" is being mentioned at all. Because dply has some blue (not the same blue) on the page?

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by Exuma »

tyingq wrote: post #194
Exuma wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Diply's brand color is blue: http://diply.com/

Right, and dply's is black. So, I'm curious why "blue" is being mentioned at all. Because dply has some blue (not the same blue) on the page?

https://dply.co/how

Every link on the page is blue, as well as hovering (which is why I said their 'brand' color not their logo color)

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by tyingq »

Exuma wrote: post #195
tyingq wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right, and dply's is black. So, I'm curious why "blue" is being mentioned at all. Because dply has some blue (not the same blue) on the page?

https://dply.co/how Every link on the page is blue, as well as hovering (which is why I said their 'brand' color not their logo color)

Right. But not the same blue.

http://i.imgur.com/Pnu6uU3.png

So, two websites, using the same font for their logo, and both using some shade of blue somewhere on the page?

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by OwainX »

OwainX wrote: post #149
Tepix wrote: post #26

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That's a pretty cool service, I think I can use that for a github project of mine. You should consider adding a "shutdown and delete" button to get rid of VMs when your users are done with them.

We'll be adding an "expire now" option for servers on the free plan this weekend :)

We've rolled out an initial version of the "expire now" functionality. Click the [X] in the top right of any free server's box in the dashboard and you'll be taken to a confirmation page letting you expire the server's remaining time immediately

Re: Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

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Post by ryao »

brianwawok wrote: post #109
wheelerwj wrote: post #108

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When there are no costs, it makes sense spin up anything. You literally can't lose. It's just opportunity costs at that point.

Unless you missed the no API part. If it takes a person 5 clicks to launch an instance, the reward has to pay for the cost. Why aren't people using AWS free tier to Bitcoin mine? Seems a bad prop.

You can likely use curl in a script to do it.
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