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Re:Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost Its Faith by t43562 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @07:10AM (#42779252)
It's so nice to see my homeland is famous for something! :-) Zimbabwe Dollars FTW. I have 500 billion dollars in a cupboard somewhere BTW.
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Re:Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost Its Faith by KaiserPro on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:16AM (#42779759)
Sorry, I do love Zim really. I was looking for a metaphor that non-history nerds wouldnt confuse. Papiermark would have been better, but needed explaining.
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Re:Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost Its Faith by wat10000 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:03AM (#42780155)
Germany’s worthless currency got overshadowed by subsequent events, so I suppose there’s something to be said for Zimbabwe still being notorious for this.
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Re:Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost Its Faith by blindriver on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:41AM (#42780601)
I have the $100 trillion dollar iirc.
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