not sure why i can't reply to ars_technician, but fwiw sexism is a problem that we need protections against.
Re:What I Didn't Say
by drakeandrews on Monday December 30, 2013 @06:14PM
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HN hides the reply button on some comments that it deems might start flame wars (or similar). If you click the link link, that will let you reply from there.
The "reply" link is also hidden on comments posted less than some (0 < n < 9) number of minutes prior to page load, but the same trick works in that case as well.
ah, thanks, i didn't know that trick.
Re:What I Didn't Say
by ars_technician on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:42PM
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They would be a laughingstock if they did implement a voice adjuster. It makes it appear that rampant sexism is such a problem that they have to implement protection against it.
Re:What I Didn't Say
by kazagistar on Monday December 30, 2013 @07:32PM
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I don't get this at all. Even with just names discrimination has been shown to occur at places like universities, so it wouldn't be revealing a problem, it would be being proactive in case there is one. Trust but verify.
Second, a perfect excuse was provided: for science! Its not that they think they are sexist, but an untested hypothesis is less strong then a tested one.
Re:What I Didn't Say
by mistermann on Monday December 30, 2013 @11:59PM
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Am I missing something here? Is there a single case of a female founder with very compelling business/tech that was rejected by ycombinator, whose rejection was at least somewhat widely controversial?
Or, are we talking solely about the lack of females accepted, and explicitly disallowing discussion of what they brought to the table?
I honestly don't know, but if there's a controversy with no specific examples, at least for me, it's pretty hard to take seriously.
Re:What I Didn't Say
by ars_technician on Monday December 30, 2013 @11:07PM
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>Even with just names discrimination has been shown to occur at places like universities
Source? Also, universities are much different than ycombinator so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
The person you responded to offered two doable action points. A litmus test is if YC moves on at least one of them. YC does not have the excuse that it doesn't have the technical know-how. And it would be a laughingstock if they didn't have the hacker spirit to figure out how to implement them.