this isn't intended to sound snarky ... but this article seems pretty long, and just by reading the first few paragraphs, i don't see the relevance to HN. could somebody who's read more of it post a summary for why it's HN relevant? i think that might encourage others to actually read it.
I agree. There is questionable relavance in this article(I say this even though I am good friends with one of the coaches in the article).
If it helps, when I first ran into my friend couple years ago, he was very average with women. It took couple years and 1000s of hours and lots of ego hits to get to where he is at now.
The subject in itself can be super hackerish but I wouldn't say this article is the best for geeking out on the nuances of dating!
As a guess (if you want to go looking for relevance):
It's set in San Francisco (Y-Combinator is in the Bay Area).
It's kind of about a social hack (pick up artistry).
Some conversations on HN indicate that people here are interested in how to promote gender equality, if only in terms of "how do we get more women into hacking?" type thing. This article explores an issue of gender equality: That women really can't pick up men the way men can pick up women. In that regard, things are still not equal (and maybe never will be).
FWIW: I'm female and could only manage to skim most of the article. <shrug>
I always thought that HN didn't really have any standards for relevance other then just being an interesting article. The article isn't very hacker related, but it does keep me interested.
this is a classic hacking story. the women are examining a social convention that everyone takes for granted, and trying to find a way to change it for the better.
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this isn't intended to sound snarky ... but this article seems pretty long, and just by reading the first few paragraphs, i don't see the relevance to HN. could somebody who's read more of it post a summary for why it's HN relevant? i think that might encourage others to actually read it.
I agree. There is questionable relavance in this article(I say this even though I am good friends with one of the coaches in the article).
If it helps, when I first ran into my friend couple years ago, he was very average with women. It took couple years and 1000s of hours and lots of ego hits to get to where he is at now.
The subject in itself can be super hackerish but I wouldn't say this article is the best for geeking out on the nuances of dating!
As a guess (if you want to go looking for relevance):
It's set in San Francisco (Y-Combinator is in the Bay Area).
It's kind of about a social hack (pick up artistry).
Some conversations on HN indicate that people here are interested in how to promote gender equality, if only in terms of "how do we get more women into hacking?" type thing. This article explores an issue of gender equality: That women really can't pick up men the way men can pick up women. In that regard, things are still not equal (and maybe never will be).
FWIW: I'm female and could only manage to skim most of the article. <shrug>
I always thought that HN didn't really have any standards for relevance other then just being an interesting article. The article isn't very hacker related, but it does keep me interested.
this is a classic hacking story. the women are examining a social convention that everyone takes for granted, and trying to find a way to change it for the better.
I gave up on it after a couple of pages.