On: Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo

[joe_the_user]

"I personally wouldn't bring up any studies/factual-statistics regarding it in polite conversation with a member of the relevant race being present. [links to studies]"

Which is to say you either A: don't consider hn polite conversation or B: don't imagine the "relevant race" is present.

[mastazi → joe_the_user]

HN is definitely not what I would call polite conversation. Casually talking about the weather, asking how the wife and boys are is.

It is my understanding that this community makes a point about sharing "anything that a good hacker would find interesting".

[flukus → joe_the_user]

More likely C: They won't get fired for a post on HN.