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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by VBprogrammer on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @10:11AM (#9100929)
As he apologised for his English (which as an aside is perfectly acceptable) I'd assume that figure isn't in dollars or pound sterling. Possibly euros but that again would seem to be enough to get someone else involved in the project.
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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by hackerboos on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @02:52PM (#9103052)
Safe to assume he converted into USD. I would have if I didn't use the £ symbol.
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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by 31reasons on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @11:13AM (#9101487)
As we know there not just 3 currencies in the world. It could be Yen, Rupee or Ugandan shilling or any one of the 180 currencies.
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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by madaxe_again on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @11:19AM (#9101543)
Sure, but why provide the information if it's in Triganic Pu - I think it's fair to assume he meant USD, unless otherwise indicated, otherwise it's just an utterly contextless number.
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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by dholowiski on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @08:37PM (#9104809)
Why would that be safe to assume? Most of us don't use use usd, just a small, vocal minority.
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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by madaxe_again on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @03:56AM (#9105905)
Look, dickbrain, I don't use USD either, but this isn't a political argument, it's just that when people give an amount without a currency they typically mean USD.

The OP could clarify this but has chosen not to.

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Re:Help Me HN: I am getting overwhelmed by madaxe_again on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @03:59AM (#9105910)
My apologies, you are quite right. The single most important thing is what currency he meant, and I was clearly being pro-America and anti-semitic by assuming he meant USD.

What do you want? A pound of flesh?

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