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US to stop young migrant deportations(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by nick-dap 14y ago|2 comments
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by nick-dap 15y ago
Activism can be effective, but certainly not by default. Non-profit campaigns fail about as well as startups. When I say reinvented, I mean that we need innovative ways to use technology in the advocacy space. Like you said, activism takes
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by nick-dap 15y ago
Activism needs to be reinvented. Legislators are already not paying attention to email, because so much of it is automated. At best, some legislators tally email, many of them don't pay attention to it at all. Automating phone calls is an i
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by nick-dap 15y ago
How is living in limbo for a decade, with literally no single piece of paper identifying you as a human being is "cutting in line?" And why can't we tackle these problems at the same time? Why can't we even tackle these problems _one_ at a
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by nick-dap 15y ago
I'm in the same boat. It's been difficult. I cannot express how grateful I am to Jose Vargas for writing this story. I was brought here as a kid 13 years ago. I'm 24 now. I also graduated from a "top" university -- like that matters. I gues
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by nick-dap 15y ago
We got very close to the passage of the bill during the lame duck session (dec 2010). Twenty ten especially was filled with energy and action; that's what got us there. I've seen one thing consistently, we, as a movement, are getting older,
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by nick-dap 15y ago
It would be nice to know why I'm getting down voted...
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by nick-dap 15y ago
I am in the same boat. This could be my story, except my parents never managed to legalize, and I couldn't even get a tax id. Lawyers haven't been able to help. I am going to a "big shot" lawyer soon to see what he says, but at this point I
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by nick-dap 16y ago
You are either misinformed or are purposely changing the facts. The immigrants who open bank accounts open them using ITIN. Others, can't open a bank account because we lack _any_ documentation that is not expired. Our consulates are refusi
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by nick-dap 16y ago
Spot on. If the NY Times want to write a story about an elusive American Dream they should write about us, the Dream Act students, who've been stuck in limbo with no job and no rights in sight because of our broken immigration system. It fe
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by nick-dap 16y ago
We're using Campaign Monitor and its faaaar too expensive. Sending 40k/mo would cost over $400/mo and thats ridiculous for email. Mailchimp and others cost pretty much the same.
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Ask HN: Ways to send mass email + analytics
2 points by nick-dap 16y ago|7 comments
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by nick-dap 16y ago
iPhone's iTunes will refuse to download a longer podcast over the air; only works on wifi. On my Palm Pixi, I can download/steam anything I want over EVDO.
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by nick-dap 16y ago
Mine had a cracked motherboard because I was apparently picking it up off the table wrong, by the corner vs gently holding it on both sides, as designed. IBM initially claimed that it was water damage (6 months prior), searching online reve
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by nick-dap 16y ago
I don't think you can SSH into a soviet era weapon. This idea that war can be carried out "safely" is detached from reality. We say that our technology gives us a moral advantage in warfare. "We can hit just the right targets, and minimize
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by nick-dap 16y ago
I find http://www.colourlovers.com much better all around. I've struggled with Kuler for a while. Its just too slow and cumbersome (try copy pasting to Photoshop and back). The reason is of course that its all in Flash. There is a built-i
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by nick-dap 16y ago
"merely (!) trying to control what tools people use to create software on their platform" Put any OS of your choice, except iPhone, in that sentence and it sounds pretty darn insane to me.
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by nick-dap 16y ago
I've yet to see a better implementation of multitasking on a mobile device than Palm's webOS. You have to see it in action to appreciate it. As a developer you don't have to include more code to make multitasking happen. An event fires when
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by nick-dap 17y ago
I keep bugs and do email/support via FogBugz, but when it gets down to crunch time I always end up back in Pivotal Tracker for my weekly to do. I work alone. FogBugz email integration is top notch, but the time tracking and staying on targe
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by nick-dap 17y ago
I am currently trying to develop a karma system in our community and can attest to the "leaderboards are bad" observation from personal experience. "The typical thought-process goes something like this: there's an activity on your site that
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by nick-dap 17y ago
I went searching through the Settings page to no avail before I gave up and Googled (irony) how to turn it off. Besides the point though. They opt you into a service you didn't sign up for, and require you to take measured steps to preserve
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by nick-dap 17y ago
I remember when Google came out with Gmail and people were up in arms over ads appearing next to your email. Several years on and apparently it is OK to scan my address book and "auto-follow" a bunch of people I have in it. The only thing I
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by nick-dap 17y ago
First step is admitting that you have a problem. After a year of crappy service I finally found a way to improve reception on my iPhone... I gave it up and switched to Verizon.
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by nick-dap 17y ago
"Crowdsourcing" for grassroots activism: http://dreamact.info/
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by nick-dap 17y ago
This is quite bland... I'm trying hard to see how this particular device is innovative and I just don't see it. Different branding, ok, better screen, ok, you can get it unlocked for an astronomical price and use it with a carrier of your c
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by nick-dap 17y ago
I had a terrible experience trying to extend Joomla. The code is a freaking mess. I would not consider Joomla to be a viable solution for anything. Lately, I've been using Drupal and it is monumentally better. The API (really the hook syste
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by nick-dap 17y ago
A plug for Software Engineering Radio http://se-radio.net/podcast/2009-07/second-life-and-mono-jim... I've personally never used Mono, but if people are putting their time and sweat into the project then it obviously has value for them. N
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by nick-dap 17y ago
I got to the end of the entry and felt inclined to click "Report abuse" at the bottom of the page. =D Loved it. Looking back, I have sinned as well.
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by nick-dap 17y ago
First, I am done, d o n e, debating the legality of my existence. Normally you debate to reach a compromise. In this case, "debating" these laws, and people like me along with them, out of existence is the strategy of our opposition. They a
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by nick-dap 17y ago
Over the years that I've been working towards the passage of the DREAM Act legislation this has been the most effective rhetoric used by our opposition. "Until the laws change illegal is illegal. We need to enforce the law not change it, il

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