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Apparently I'm Dutch! I only work 10 hours a week. And it's really awesome. My mother is really annoyed that she helped pay for my Ivy education, and is bugging for me to get a ful…

Upvoted you, but I would like to add that I'm spitting mad and not afraid of radiation or being naked. I think at least part of it is simply mass hysteria. It's very easy when othe…

A resounding upvote. I only taught for 2 years as a graduate teaching assistant, but we were told in training to never accuse anyone of cheating ever. It opened the university up t…

Such grains were at least in minor usage 100k years ago, so it's not entirely fair to say the paleolithic diet didn't include them http://jetlib.com/news/2010/10/18/the-stone-age-f…

I am a woman, and I subscribe to Wired, and my reaction when I opened my mailbox and found that cover was "Oooh look, honey, boobies!" Quite literally. I guess I should, as a cavea…

I doubt I have much to gain from being a female on HN, unless I a) wanted to take advantage of my rarity and b) wanted to apply to HN. In which case they would find out I was femal…

Yeah, I can see how some people would mind having to keep tabs on their partner. It's not for everyone. He doesn't seem to mind. But it really has nothing to do with settling; some…

We both entered into this relationship with a full understanding of our proclivities. I knew that he couldn't stand to see me with another man; he knew that I have the impulse cont…

Honestly? You're all so anti-sexist it sickens me. Whenever a female posts, you put away the boxing gloves and take out the kid skin gloves. The only people that actually say negat…

...and this is why I created an alt account, so I could answer honestly. I would cheat on him. I was dating two other guys when we met, and we agreed when we became serious that ou…

I'm a relatively active HN user. This is a throwaway, because I'm not "out" as a girl on HN. I have not applied, and I'm not going to, because my husband would never let me spend 3…