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Re:Microsoft lets you crash drones and robots in its new rea... by tfinster on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @04:50PM (#13655672)
[co-founder of Cape here]

We're already in beta! But since our system involves physical drones located in the real world, we have limited supply of available flights. We currently load balance the demand from our users by having a waitlist from which we whitelist folks on a weekly basis, and a queueing system when all of the drones in our fleet are simultaneously in the air.

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Re:Microsoft lets you crash drones and robots in its new rea... by rjuyal on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @10:34PM (#13657605)
It will be awesome if you mention this just before asking new users to login with google/facebook.
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Re:Microsoft lets you crash drones and robots in its new rea... by l0b0 on Thursday February 16, 2017 @03:57AM (#13658549)
Fake "actions" on web sites, used to gauge interest, are disrespectful, and quite simply a jerk move. Just like those "sign up for our spam" pop-overs. There are enough things broken on the web without intentionally adding to them. Please don't be a jerk.
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Re:Microsoft lets you crash drones and robots in its new rea... by jameskegel on Thursday February 16, 2017 @07:18AM (#13659310)
I agree, this is a dark pattern.
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Re:Microsoft lets you crash drones and robots in its new rea... by dawnerd on Thursday February 16, 2017 @12:11AM (#13657888)
Stopped me from signing up. It's a bit deceptive to say "Fly Now" only to, well, not be able to. I also refuse to log in with Facebook or Google.

Looks cool though...

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