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kolosy

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About kolosy

Cofounder of friendsell.com, a social classifieds application.

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    Comment #1216289

    success is a great thing, but this constant "we're the only ones that are doing it right" attitude is getting old.

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    Comment #1184016

    i end up running multiple instances typically, as opposed to a single one over multiple monitors.

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    Comment #1169922

    see audi circa 1987. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi#Reported_sudden_unintended...

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    Comment #1169919

    short answer - the brake system has to suffer a mechanical failure. read the part where "brakes always win over engines".

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    Comment #1159325

    let me clarify - i meant contributing to an OSS project.

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    Ask HN: you've got a few weeks of free-ish time, what OSS project do you try?

    you are ninja-esque in your .net skills, but have been moving to more interesting tech (python, nosql/couchdb, erlang). current candidates are (in no particular order): bespin, cou…

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    Comment #1157955

    it may not be profound, but it is quite refreshing. quite simple really - don't let people interrupt you, and do your f'ing work. designers and developers are no different than any…

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    Comment #1154173

    fair enough.

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    Comment #1154163

    (ot) any particular reason the title of this was changed?

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    Comment #1154161

    but that's not what's happening - they're not paying people to write reviews, they're (allegedly) collecting money for removing unfavorable reviews. i think that's more damaging.

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    Comment #1154125

    ... then i would use other, less centralized and organized sources, as i did before yelp existed. what's your point? i'm certainly not saying that yelp is stealing money from me, b…

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    Comment #1154096

    hurt financially == going to a restaurant/store/{insert random b&m service provider here} that i shouldn't have gone to, and spend more time/money + get worse service/product out o…

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    Comment #1154081

    my issue isn't impact on the guys that don't play, it's impact on the consumer from the guys that do. a crappy restaurant that has 5 star reviews because the bad ones were paid off…

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    Comment #1153966

    you know - these rumors were already flying by then... wonder if they had any impact on the outcome.

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    Comment #1153947

    i've found locale-specific sites to always be better. unfortunately that does require knowing what they are if you travel.

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    Comment #1152431

    interesting. well - we had the same problem with ndjango. worked fine with beta, crapped out with rc. that, and the shifty api is getting annoying. their last minute shift away fro…

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    Comment #1152418

    yeah - that's been my experience too. the few times i've dealt with them, they've been back at me in hours tops. hopefully that'll continue despite them hitting RC

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    Comment #1152405

    the same thing we do every night, pinky... plotting to take over the world... this time with a shivaplug.

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    Comment #1152398

    ooh... what bug? and are you doing f# for web or just f#?

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    Comment #1117978

    "founding general partner" is what the bio page says.