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Comment by kinkora | Hacker News Reader

A lil off topic but somehow when I read this, the first thing that leapt to my mind is the LikeALittle HQ @ Palo Alto. Have you seen it on techcrunch?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/04/tc-cribs-likealittle-lal/

I can imagine the sights and smells of your hacker house will end up somewhat similar to this guys within a few months of moving in.

Tip: It will be prudent to make sure the house is female-friendly. :)

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Well.. I am a female, so it will have to tend toward the female-friendly side :)

haha:p I imagine a hackers house with a pink wall, that's just plain wrong ;p

As her co-founder, I can guarantee I wouldn't let that happen. (well, maybe _one_ wall... ;) )

I prefer orange.

It's "just plain wrong" to have something challenge the status quo of this being a heavily male/macho field?

I know you meant it as a light-hearted joke, and she didn't seem to take offense, but a joke that suggests hacking is male doesn't help us get more females into the field.

I'm sorry if I offended you, two of the brightest hackers I know are girls so I would be the last one to claim "hacking is for guys". It didn't even cross my mind, I don't know how it is in the States but here in Belgium there are plenty examples of smart women in computer science.

There's also been a Palo Alto hacker house for several years. I met a couple of the guys at Startup School and they seemed pretty cool. http://hackerhouse.bluwiki.com/go/Hackerhouse

Speaking as a resident, come by and visit sometime! We're a few blocks off University

It's too bad the site doesn't seem to have seen any love in a while. Last update to the main page there was over a year ago and a few of the external links seem to be broken.

Just because we're nerds doesnt mean we can't wash some dishes every once in a while.

Do yourself a favor and skip the video, or at least the first minute.

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