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    noodlesUK ◴[] No.45781183[source]
    This is going to be a huge pain. The US has a very fragmented identity system, and "move fast and break things" approaches like this to bring information from across government systems well outside the scope of what that information was collected for will result in real problems.

    I worry what this app and systems like it might mean for me. I'm a US citizen, but I used to be an LPR. I never naturalized - I got my citizenship automatically by operation of law (INA 320, the child citizenship act). At some point I stopped being noodlesUK (LPR) and magically became noodlesUK (US Citizen), but not through the normal process. Presumably this means that there are entries in USCIS's systems that are orphaned, that likely indicate that I am an LPR who has abandoned their status, or at least been very bad about renewing their green card.

    I fear that people in similar situations to my own might have a camera put in their face, some old database record that has no chance of being updated will be returned, and the obvious evidence in front of an officer's eyes, such as a US passport will be ignored. There are probably millions of people in similar situations to me, and millions more with even more complex statuses.

    I know people who have multiple citizenships with multiple names, similar to this person: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45531721. Will these hastily deployed systems be able to cope with the complex realities of real people?

    EDIT: LPR is lawful permanent resident, i.e., green card holder

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    1. e40 ◴[] No.45781485[source]
    LPR?? It is so frustrating to see acronyms without explanation. I looked in the article and searched the web.
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    3. ErroneousBosh ◴[] No.45781515[source]
    They were born as a network printing system, and became a US citizen later in life.

    I see you, Wintermute, I see you.

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    4. citizenkeen ◴[] No.45781524[source]
    Legal permanent resident
    5. griffzhowl ◴[] No.45781545[source]
    I also searched the web: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

    (second result was Lawful Permanent Resident; make of that what you will)

    6. williamtrask ◴[] No.45781615[source]
    tried searching for "noodlesUK" and didn't find anything meaningful
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    7. frantathefranta ◴[] No.45781707[source]
    I’m with you on this, especially this year LPR seems to stand for license plate recognition (Flock and others) much more often.
    8. ape4 ◴[] No.45781907[source]
    echo face | lpr
    9. r_lee ◴[] No.45781957[source]
    It's the guy's username
    10. 0xxon ◴[] No.45782086[source]
    Lawful Permanent Resident - https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/lawful-permanent-res....

    It's the official status of green card holders.

    11. squigz ◴[] No.45782142[source]
    Several results on the first page of Google for "lpr acronym" brings up "lawful permanent resident" or similar on my end.
    12. codedokode ◴[] No.45784628[source]
    I thought LPR stands for "line printer".