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Of course they are. My own findings corroborate this. My personal theory is that the reason the tech industry is so hostile towards women is that it is mostly comprised of "nerds" …

Congrats everyone! Glad to see more women in key roles at YC : )

People on here love to hate on Ellen because she's a woman who made it as CEO of a popular tech company. The white male nerds on HN will use any conspiracy theory or baseless attac…

Snowden is a traitor and deserves to be locked up.

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

People here don't care about the future, they just want to live forever. They think they are the end-all-be-all of life, that after them nobody younger needs be born.

Factors that prevent states from going totalitarian: - small size - decentralized/local government structure - limited geopolitical influence - high level of education of the popul…

Nice sexism bro. Well done HN...

It does sound like witch hunting with a McCarthyist nationalistic vibe. Overall the brain drain from China to the US has been working to the benefit of the US, for years. I expect …

You're not even trying to make a point, you're just flat denying these women are being oppressed, without any argument to back that up. Is the oppression of women in America such a…

> That's a sexist statement. It's a realistic statement. Or would you deny the obvious, that Wikipedia would be better off (less bureaucracy, more openness, less bickering, less to…

> "estimated to be 90 percent male" No need to edit it out, this is the most important point here. Wikipedia is being controlled by an army of neckbeards. If women were in charge y…

Hunter-gatherer societies that did fit this model could be considered to be the ultimate totalitarian organizations. Extremely strict rules controlling every aspect of the life of …

> In reality, I would think that such a system would result in mob violence, sometimes triggered by good information, but often triggered by hearsay and rumors. Basically what you …

The paper was an argument demonstrating that males in academia are sexist fuckheads. Then an anonymous male reviewer comes along and writes: "It would probably also be beneficial t…

> I saw 2 dwarves high-fiving. The fact that you saw two dwarves is indicative of a psychopathic mind obsessed with belittling others in an attempt to convince itself of its own ad…

Good writeup. Women in tech are faced with a constant barrage of microaggressions. I see many men taking a stance of "I'm not sexist, this is not my problem", but really this is ev…

> Today it's Facebook PATENTS, tomorrow maybe it's nation-wide automatic license plate tracking. One thing is for sure, staying silent never changed anything. On political issues, …

She is. She had the courage to stand up against sexism and bullying, and take on a stronger adversary (KPCB), when many would have just given up. She fights for what she thinks is …

I see it more as leveling the playing field. Women are less aggressive and ruthless in negotiations, and that contributes to the staggering pay gap we see in tech and elsewhere. Th…

> What I find most strange about all of the photos of office design for "big companies" > The funniest thing about all of these "office design" photos that I see of big companies. …

Absolutely shocking. Ellen Pao is a hero for daring to speak out against KPCB, and the men on this jury are a disgrace. This is a great time to show support for women who are STAND…

The issues of diversity and equality are becoming increasingly harder to ignore for tech companies of all sizes. This is a great reminder to Facebook (and others watching) that the…