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rksprst
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About rksprst
http://twitter.com/alexkaminski http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkaminski http://www.alexkaminski.org
Contact: alex[dot]kaminski[::at::]gmail.com
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Comment #29259604
I don't think your example works - when a valuable item is broken beyond repair that is a fact (based on known physics / science). If I snap a ruler into two pieces I know there is…
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Comment #7342632
Why is FB login required? I was going to purchase, but don't want to link my FB profile.
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Comment #4460923
You're right physicians as a rule generally dislike software like that (partly because of their egos and distrust of software and partly because of job security). There are so many…
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Comment #4460839
Something similar does already exists, telemedicine. A lot of hospitals are starting to experiment with consulting via telemedicine (with robots for instance for video communicatio…
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Comment #4394326
In the tweet display guidelines: "No other social or 3rd party actions may be attached to a Tweet." https://dev.twitter.com/terms/display-guidelines Wonder if that means 3rd party …
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Comment #3650482
Companies have gotten acquired for very low or no revenue. In that case, you'd make nothing off the sale. If you'll be a co-founder, ask for equity (50%). Or if he's looking at you…
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Comment #3519972
Great idea - nice when you've just launched. FYI, GetClicky does this as well as part of their Spy section.
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Comment #3103971
It is common for a business to rely on it's own plans. It is uncommon (or at the very least a bad business decision) for a business to reply on the plans of another business.
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Comment #3100878
"If everything goes as planned" is not something any business can rely on.
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Comment #3100440
Yep, founders+investors win. Customers lose. I guess that's the new way to run a business. Exit > customers.
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Comment #3100421
Great to see a fellow startup get acquired. But, I wish they held off on the acquisition until other "cloud providers" were willing and ready to implement these services that will …
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Comment #2787597
Somewhat similar functionality to http://www.stiqr.com/ Although for stiqr would work even if you don't know HTML/CSS. Wish the stiqr guys had a bit more exposure. Awesome product.…
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Comment #2685896
Microsoft has key-value database on Azure as Azure Tables. They also have Azure SQL which is different than just SQL Server (though very similar).
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Comment #2655457
No, you can actually run Ruby on Rails, and other languages on Azure. That's a goal for them, actually. It's not only access to the storage API.
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Comment #2576600
Hulu plus works on the iPad.
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Comment #2486757
A "no" to what question? A detailed blog post will be coming soon with why we're selling, what we did, etc.., if that's what you're looking for. Some of this info is in comments or…
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Comment #2486703
What I posted on the Flippa site: To make showing the stats easiest, I'll focus on the past 90 days: From Jan 25 to Aprl 24, we've had 1916 unique visits. The average time per visi…
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Comment #2486692
It's not an auction on Flippa. It's a private sale; meaning people make offers and we accept the one we like. We did this because we want to make sure the product goes to someone w…
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Comment #2486674
I just left a comment here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2486586 In terms of the price; the $20,000 is just the minimum offer. It will take at least $500,000 in development …
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Comment #2486586
We've been working on Socialblaze for over a year. We strongly believe in the product and have users who would attest to how critical/useful it has been for them. We have a very st…
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Comment #2394103
Be clear on what you want. If you want funding, specifically ask for it.
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Comment #2366416
Android Marketplace and Amazon's App Store.