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Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? by justboxing on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @04:39PM (#15453255)
> Why don't you convert this into a paid service

and

> I did, ...Had one sale though

Yeah, was about to say, it's too small of a niche. Plus the risk that sooner or later, Saskatchewan would update their site to provide the same feature.

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Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? by t1o5 on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @04:55PM (#15453393)
Yes, too small of an audience to sell it to. Also I didn't care about the timezones in the script. It will make the call no matter in which timezone you are in (you will get the call in the middle of the night), because Saskatchewan's site do not care, it will close when the quota gets filled and it gets filled fast, within hours !
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