HistoryInAction

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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
I have been under a mixed impression on the O-1 for a long time myself. Nikki seems to indicate that hers at least was a work-sponsorship. However, though I don't have a similar anecdote to point to, I understand you can do a self-spon
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Re: that last point, you're exactly right. See Nikki's piece (search: O-1) https://medium.com/@nikkidurkin99/my-startup-failed-and-this... Unfortunately, that's a feature, not a bug. The anti-fraud peopl
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
^ This is the exact debate that should be avoided for startups to be successful in driving through ANY change through DC. I don't know enough to say what the correct position is on H-1Bs, but I know that many people believe strongly in
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
There is no legislative change being proposed. Rather, it's a regulatory change that YC is requesting. And the change was basically, here are the criteria as they currently stand. If we squint at the language, startup founders can succ
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Okay, lesson one here. There is a huge difference between legislation and executive action. As a community, we will still need immigration reform legislation should the White House agree to push this change through at the regulatory level.
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Yep! But what attracted us to this change was that the prep time those good attorneys required has been highly variable. If you have a lot of old media coverage, it could be a 1 month prep time + 2 weeks DC adjudication. If not, it could be
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Interestingly, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) introduced an amendment that the House passed banning such local broadband efforts, which require explicit approval by the FCC: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/house-r
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Can you include a stat about (order of magnitude?) jobs created?
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Sounds like a Vox-killer to me. Good riddance to those explainer cards!
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
As they say in DC, though, "perception is reality."
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
> Its not even clear that the planned nomination was ever even real -- it was claimed in an "e-mail newsletter" by an author citing anonymous "reliable sources" and then picked up by outlets with broader readership (l
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Hmm, they're parsing the reports a bit stronger than I am. The nomination is held back for now, but it hasn't quite shuffled off the mortal coil yet. PS - If folks are interested, the new satellite USPTO office in San Jose would l
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Did you use an (investment) LLC to condense the angel round? That seems to make the paperwork easier for future rounds, I'm told...
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Also, as a politicker, I can do much more when devs produce a 'crisis situation' where the existing law is provably, laughably out of date due to technological change. Never neglect legislation (incumbents won't) but definite
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Oh, ha! I should update my bio, cause I don't push out the PolitiHacks digest anymore, just curating the Startup Digest Gov Reading List. I had too many "VP of Public Policy" scrounging it for value; founders, investors who w
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Are people interviewing with more than frameworks these days? A bunch of cycles back, I had one friend—who was accepted—interview with a weekend hack that he put together, launched, and saw it just take off, after being invited to interview
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
If anyone is coming in from another country and interested, I'm happy to sit down and go through your visa options as a potential founder. It's basic stuff, but you don't need to reinvent the wheel in collecting this informat
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Who is derGeruhn, account that 40,000 Tweetdeck users involuntarily retweeted?(washingtonpost.com)
9 points by HistoryInAction 12y ago|7 comments
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Speaking of the H-4, the Administration just announced it is allowing work authorization for H-1B spouses (H-4 visas). Please submit a public comment: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DHS_FRDOC_0001...
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Excellent leadership from sinak!
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Absolutely correct, which is why it looks like an infographic, not a research paper. But those of us here can parse the language quite closely and get some actual information out of it, as well as noting the use of shadows to hide and revea
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
I find this GoT quote to be fitting here— Eddard Stark: Lord Baelish, perhaps I was wrong to distrust you. Petyr Baelish: Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed off your horse.
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Yes, that's correct.
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Politically speaking, it is very, very smart that Uber is doing these sorts of studies. As a policy wonk, I wish they were a bit more open about their datasets, analyses, and methodology, but I can see how that would just hand their opponen
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Tobacco class actions offer some examples about what happens when sections of the class disagree (at least settle early): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agree...
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Is this the correct one? I've been pointing people to the FCC page: http://www.fcc.gov/page/fcc-establishes-new-inbox-open-inter...
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Cool, any recommendations for further reading? I seem to recall Nick Merrill of Calyx being interested in this sort of thing for SF.
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Interesting that ECPA isn't explicitly mentioned in this article.
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
Spot on. As far as a quick layman's glance has shown, the problem is specific to the 'last mile' bit of data connection, which is run by Comcast, Verizon, etc... The backbone pipelines are run by companies like Level3 and Cog
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by HistoryInAction 12y ago
You're completely right. Reclassification can be done through the legislative process (see: Markey bill, http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/02/03/senator-ed... ). That's a positive

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