HistoryInAction

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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
I wonder what this implies for crowdfunding?
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
Right, most of the bad non-tech press seems like FUD. Liberals organizations used the controversy to build their email lists and raise money—that's how the system works. But the issue was not the liberal anger. I assume that was reasonably
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
Actually, a points-based green card will be available under this immigration reform—for the first time since 1965, possibly since immigration limits were first placed on the US in the 1920s. Unclear who pushed for this provision, as no advo
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
I'd certainly like to see EFF on that list, but we've got Business Software Alliance (Microsoft) and Engine Advocacy (Google) on there. No one with strong grassroots ties among startups unfortunately.
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
Interestingly, seems to be old-ish (June '12) according to some of the FB comments dated from then and the time references on the infographics at the bottom.
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
No, cynicism is warranted and expected. There were the crypto fights of the '90s, where the government tried classifying it as weaponry subject to export regulations, caused the open sourcing of PGP rather than subject it to the regs. That'
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
Yep. Again under the CALEA law. What's going on here is that the FBI wants to expand CALEA to the online world, for both VoIP and IM. We can talk about this at the next PolitiHacks meetup if you want.
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
We're tracking this and will be fighting it. Support groups like EFF and Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the latter of which I consult for. The gist is that the FBI push is a trial balloon—aka the changes proposed aren't expected
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
Err... he's not necessarily being paid for this writing, and even if so, it's probably not equivalent to full-time wages. Keep a look out for a great place for Derek!
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by HistoryInAction 13y ago
Excellent point. Which is why once we're done with ECPA reform— en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act — CALEA reform is next. These laws /must/ be updated for modern usage.
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Startup Visa in Comprehensive Immigration Bill(digest.politihacks.com)
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Zuck-funded Immigration Advocacy Group Launches: Fwd.US(techcrunch.com)
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
We sure did campaign against the Cybersecurity Act. However, the Senate was a lot more of an inside game strategy. We focused on an amendment strategy through Sen. Franken's and Sen. Paul's offices (my primary contact was with Sen. Franken'
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Dear Editors: Reflections from a scientist-reporter(lululiu.wordpress.com)
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Path fined $800,000 by FTC for COPPA violations(idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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Startup Visa Act reintroduced by Sens. Udall and Flake(bcbr.com)
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Not sure about the permanence of the moves being tracked by the site, but the Eastern Ukraine has a lot of cultural overlap with Russia (see: Yanukovych's base of support) and has a booming natural gas economy that is fairly dominated by Ga
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
In West Virginia, they really didn't. If you want to know how high-class Englishmen sounded during the Glorious Revolution of the 1680s, go to backcountry WV. Varmint is the corruption of the upper-class pronunciation of vermin, as one exam
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
The problem with prosecutorial discretion is that it allows prosecutors to drift down from the baseline sentencing (see: DACA re: DREAM Act) but also choose not to. In this case, the AUSA clearly decided that maximizing the sentence was the
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Startup Act contains provisions to that effect.
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Votizen monetized early on by selling its services to campaigns to discover new voters and drive them to the polls through peer-to-peer contact: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/14/votizen-launches-virtual-pr...
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Interesting to note that DemandAPlan had gotten 80k or so signatures on a similar call to action, but when the tech community got involved in pushing the Sandy Hook card, it really took off.
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
According to their note, all personal data records will be destroyed: https://www.facebook.com/notes/votizen/votizen-and-causes-ar...
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Interesting. I was more thinking along the lines of how copyright is increasingly digital and increasingly out of touch with the 1791 state of copyright, as per the Derek Khanna article. Definitely not something I know much about, though. T
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
I use "absolutist position" in the sense that Justice Black used it when applying it to the First Amendment. Yes, in that case, it's an absolute position: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting t
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Not only am I not a lawyer, but I'm especially not a constitutional lawyer. It seems that you're right that the general concern is about Americans who communicate with targets abroad, not purely domestic communications. However, I recall di
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
I'm not a lawyer :) Sen. Paul argues an absolutist position on the Fourth Amendment, that any sort of search/seizure of information involving US citizens requires a warrant. Do I agree? I'm certainly favorable to the interpretation of the F
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
More specifically, they're oversight tools set up in 2006, following the awareness of the Bush Administration's use of warrentless wiretaps. The FISA revisions were to extend the flexibility of judges who were already allowed to retroactive
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
I disagree. This is a third approach—and a more public one—than we see from A-H and Greylock to help funnel talent to their portfolio companies. It's intended to serve as a first pass and binning for the company to then look for culture fit
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by HistoryInAction 14y ago
Interesting, since it was a regional vote, that means Australia and ROK, two of our allies on ITU, were outvoted within their regions. Wonder what region Australia is classified as? Implies that South America (somewhat expected) and Africa

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