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New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:56:41 +0000

Minorities like men?

New comment by throw830373 in "Xi's 'death watch' will become a global spectacle"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:56:01 +0000

Xi is very young, he is not even 80!

When he turns senile, it will be global spectacle! We seen in last two elections cycles!

New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:41:36 +0000

From your link:

> increasing women’s equal access to union construction jobs

That is not the same as "plumbing jobs". They want nice cushy unionized jobs, not dirty work

New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:23:11 +0000

Post is very clear there is also less interest from individuals to participate. Tech jobs are going through implosion now (for several reasons), and working in tech is not so attractive anymore.

> Unlike past events, this year, both individual registrations

New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:20:20 +0000

Every statement from company officials such as "we only employ women" or "toxic males", can be used as evidence at court. It is very difficult to prove bias from vague sanitized corporate language, direct "activist" statements make proving such bias very easy. For example recent lawsuit with IBM!

New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:32:38 +0000

> mportant it is for furthering their industries

This was true 10 years ago, today not so much. After several years of cultural revolution, recent crimes, discrimination lawsuits, the entire "women in tech" subject is toxic.

Now it is in implosion phase, where activists will start eating their own (just see the hit list OP published).

Another problem is AI. Common coders will become obsolete (together with "women in tech"). There is no push for more "women in plumbing jobs". Pushing young people into tech (presumably with expensive student loans) is just cruel. Women are not stupid!

New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:56:38 +0000

Lets not forget about female CEOs, they should be making 20x more.

New comment by throw830373 in "Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled"

throw830373 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:50:09 +0000

So they sponsored last year, now you are asking them to pay 50x more?

And if thay paid the whole thing this year, and pulled out next year, th÷pe PR would be 50x worse. Single company cancelled this event in 2027!

Seems like smart move to get out fast!