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Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by wallflower »

BrandonM wrote: post #40
wallflower wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> while she did the stuff I wasn't as good at Ever heard Click 'n Clack's (CarTalk show) theory of planned incompetence for husbands? The first time your wife asks you to do something you really don't want to do - do it so badly (e.g. laundry - turn everything pink) that she would be remiss to ask you again... Brilliant

Or, you could just tell her you don't like it and negotiate a different arrangement. I think honesty with your wife is probably the way to go. If you can't be honest with her, why did you marry her in the first place?

I'm not married. But I think you could tell.

Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by run4yourlives »

Xichekolas wrote: post #30
petercooper wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you're a young, unsettled man, you don't necessarily want to "waste" time extending the courtesies that are generally required when you live with women. All that nonsense with toilet seats, over the top levels of cleanliness, not calling people douchebags or bitches for fun, etc. Now, there are quite a few women out there who can operate just like men and would be just as good as a man in the anticipated role, b…

Wow... just... wow. Something tells me that the women applying to be live-in-hackers are not going to be the same ones that bitch about toilet seats. I'm sure he has his reasons for only wanting guys... and it's his house, but seriously man, you sound like a walking stereotype when you say that stuff.

I think all he's saying is that for him, he's not particularity comfortable around women and would prefer to be around men to ensure that comfort.

At least he's aware of his discomfort, I guess.

Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by anamax »

petercooper wrote: post #28
lee wrote: post #13

Why guys only? I've had roommate situations with both genders and mixing has never hurt.

When you're a young, unsettled man, you don't necessarily want to "waste" time extending the courtesies that are generally required when you live with women. All that nonsense with toilet seats, over the top levels of cleanliness, not calling people douchebags or bitches for fun, etc. Now, there are quite a few women out there who can operate just like men and would be just as good as a man in the anticipated role, b…

CA's housing discrimination police think that gender discrimination laws apply to shared housing.

Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by andreyf »

CRASCH wrote: post #17
CRASCH wrote: post #14

That is a very cool idea. Unfortunately I can't apply. I thought about another idea that would work for me though and might be fun and helpful for you. I think you guys should also have a virtual guest hacker stay at the house. Setup some sort of video chat and the virtual guest hacker would hang out virtually and you could trade ideas and do the same type of hanging out except the shared pizza/ramen. I'd do the same…

sorry double post.

There's a delete button for those.

Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by ken »

petercooper wrote: post #28
lee wrote: post #13

Why guys only? I've had roommate situations with both genders and mixing has never hurt.

When you're a young, unsettled man, you don't necessarily want to "waste" time extending the courtesies that are generally required when you live with women. All that nonsense with toilet seats, over the top levels of cleanliness, not calling people douchebags or bitches for fun, etc. Now, there are quite a few women out there who can operate just like men and would be just as good as a man in the anticipated role, b…

If he's going to be keeping a dirty house and "calling people douchebags or bitches for fun", he should probably mention that. A lot of us men (most, in my experience) are going to be turned off by that, too.

Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by [deleted] »

Xichekolas wrote: post #30
petercooper wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you're a young, unsettled man, you don't necessarily want to "waste" time extending the courtesies that are generally required when you live with women. All that nonsense with toilet seats, over the top levels of cleanliness, not calling people douchebags or bitches for fun, etc. Now, there are quite a few women out there who can operate just like men and would be just as good as a man in the anticipated role, b…

Wow... just... wow. Something tells me that the women applying to be live-in-hackers are not going to be the same ones that bitch about toilet seats. I'm sure he has his reasons for only wanting guys... and it's his house, but seriously man, you sound like a walking stereotype when you say that stuff.

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Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by samwise »

I just want to thank everyone for their positive feedback and all the great applicants. There's a lot of great talent and i'm sure we'll have no problem finding the right people. My only wish is that we have more room. I also wanted to take this time to respond to a couple comments.

why only girls you ask. I think this is a non-issue since most girls wouldn't want to live in a house full of "geeks", but in either case i believe it would cause for huge distraction and ultimately take away from what we are there to do, and that's build great companies. Don't get me wrong, the last thing i want is a sausage fest. Members/tenants are welcome to have guests of any sex.

You don't have to work on our startup solely. we actually would encourage you to have your own job and just moonlight with everyone else in the house on their respective projects. You can stay as long as you want or until the money runs out, which ever happens first. We have enough cash for a little less than a year.

Many of the applicants are relatively close to us (Philadelphia Area) so i will attempt to meet as many of you guys as possible in the coming months prior to the move.

I'll have a house blog up soon. I would like anyone that's currently working on a project and would like some coverage to send me a write up of their startup so that i can post it on the house blog. I find the idea of a community of hackers working to help each other really exciting, and i hope that more startups use similar methods.

Can anyone come up with name for the house. I need a domain name idea. Don't forget to subscribe to my twitter feed for updates http://twitter.com/cbomb

Re: Come stay at the hacker house in San Jose, Free

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Post by Prrometheus »

Xichekolas wrote: post #30
petercooper wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you're a young, unsettled man, you don't necessarily want to "waste" time extending the courtesies that are generally required when you live with women. All that nonsense with toilet seats, over the top levels of cleanliness, not calling people douchebags or bitches for fun, etc. Now, there are quite a few women out there who can operate just like men and would be just as good as a man in the anticipated role, b…

Wow... just... wow. Something tells me that the women applying to be live-in-hackers are not going to be the same ones that bitch about toilet seats. I'm sure he has his reasons for only wanting guys... and it's his house, but seriously man, you sound like a walking stereotype when you say that stuff.

There are many, many housing ads on Craigslist right now that say "female only". In general, they are perceived as being cleaner and more responsible. For those same reasons someone might not want a female roommate.
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