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Thanks, bro. Reading this made my day. You're awesome for standing up for your friend and giving hope to strangers like me on the internet. With some luck, we'll get through this. …

God, I remember when the Dream Act was first introduced. I wrote a story about it for my school newspaper, then started a GeoCities site, and then a newsletter. I thought it would …

Yes, I have. I was attacked and roughed up by some thugs when I was 15. We reported the case to the police, so I'm sure there is a case about this. Please let me know if you find a…

I have been a Javascript/Ruby on Rails programmer for 7 years. Living in the US for 15 years. I came here with my parents illegally, and went through high school, then college. My …

Aren't controller level tests called functional tests? I'm still new at this, but I thought unit tests are to the model as functional tests are to the controller. And integration t…

I wish the works themselves were available in English too. I believe they are all in Latin.

100-150 an hour? I have 6 years of experience and I can hardly get more than $70 an hour in NYC. Maybe I'm not a "great" developer.

This could be due to the strong emphasis Western culture places on "integrity." This term originally comes from the same Latin root as "integer," which itself means "whole, entire.…

I really hope The Startup Visa goes somewhere: http://startupvisa.com/

I'm a programmer in NYC who doesn't have a work visa. (But I've worked as a freelancer in the city for years, so I have lots of experience.) How should I bring that up to potential…

Can anyone paste the list here? I don't have a subscription to the The Economist.

What's the deal with that page not having any stylesheets? It looks completely broken. Am I the only one seeing this?

Can you explain why it makes a difference to run as an LLC if you are not expecting funding? My company is expecting funding. So should I insist on creating a corporation instead?

So I am entering an agreement with someone who is starting up a company. He asked me to work for the company in exchange for a percentage share, and the agreement states that until…

I agree with you. Thank you.

It's fairly early stage. The project was initiated 6 months ago, but it's not funded yet. They are still working on building a working product. The website will be 1/3 of the overa…

I am offered a position in a medical technology startup in exchange for 5% of equity. Is this a fair amount? Are there any points of reference on how to make this evaluation?