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Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by igravious »

namenotrequired wrote: post #9
kmfrk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man). ?!

Do you have a question?

Ah, you may not be acquainted with English punctuation.

The ? (question mark) and ! (exclamation point) when combined so ?! usually denotes (connotes?) baffled incredulity[0] or something similar.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclamation_mark

From good ol' Wiki P, "The exclamation mark is sometimes used in conjunction with the question mark. This can be in protest or astonishment ("Out of all places, the squatter-camp?!"); a few writers replace this with a single, nonstandard punctuation mark, the interrobang, which is the combination of a question mark and an exclamation point." ps: when Wiki P says 'a few' here please read 'hardly any'.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by drdeadringer »

Granted I haven't met very many male SWE members... in fact none...

... but I'm amazed and saddened that this headline has gotten this far due to popular demand. "Please dear lord see how I and my company aren't sexist by watching this live-stream of our going over specifically-female founders".

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by Ambrosia »

Jun8 wrote: post #10
namenotrequired wrote: post #3

For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man).

Who do you think wouldn't click? This sort of condescending underestimation of the HN crowd just amazes me! As expected, it's currently #1 on HN.

I guess you haven't seen the normal shit that comes up whenever people try to encourage women to do stuff.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by jonalmeida »

Jun8 wrote: post #10
namenotrequired wrote: post #3

For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man).

Who do you think wouldn't click? This sort of condescending underestimation of the HN crowd just amazes me! As expected, it's currently #1 on HN.

Not true, I didn't click the link because I feared it was about getting more female founders in development.

After reading namenotrequired's comment I clicked.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by Crake »

namenotrequired wrote: post #3

For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man).

I usually don't bother with links to things that are phrased in such a way as to suggest support of segregationist policies. I don't care about women in tech. I care about people in tech.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by Crake »

jonalmeida wrote: post #15
Jun8 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who do you think wouldn't click? This sort of condescending underestimation of the HN crowd just amazes me! As expected, it's currently #1 on HN.

Not true, I didn't click the link because I feared it was about getting more female founders in development. After reading namenotrequired's comment I clicked.

Yeah, same. :/ Funny, isn't? All the Adria Richards of the world claiming to want to increase the exposure of women in tech are actively discouraging exactly that.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by ispivey »

drdeadringer wrote: post #13

Granted I haven't met very many male SWE members... in fact none... ... but I'm amazed and saddened that this headline has gotten this far due to popular demand. "Please dear lord see how I and my company aren't sexist by watching this live-stream of our going over specifically-female founders".

This is probably a new HN record in mistakenly ascribing bad intentions, which is pretty impressive.

Perhaps people are interested in watching some awesome founders speak.

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