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Re:What is going on in Argentina? on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:30AM (#39452997)
Argentina has been like this for a very long time. I studied abroad there in 2019 and it was exactly the same. I believe one of the reasons Brian Armstrong started Coinbase was because he saw how devastating inflation was to Argentina’s economy. Argentina was at one point a top 20 country in the world wealth wise and has obviously gone very down hill. It’s too bad, a lot of talented tech workers there.
Re:Ask HN: Tracking use of component library I'm creating on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @02:43PM (#30859179)
A survey would be a good start looking for a more programatic way, I'm getting the feeling it doesn't exist

Ask HN: Tracking use of component library I'm creating

Hello, I am PM (with coding experience) for a project building a React framework of different components and hooks for the new job I am at. I want to measure how often components are being used by other developers to measure the success of them and try to prioritize which components to build next. Does anyone know of a technology that enables this?

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Re:Crypto.com accounts had unauthorized withdrawals on Thursday January 20, 2022 @10:17AM (#30009910)
Reminder that cliches are cliche for a reason: not your keys, not your crypto
How did a broken link get to the front page?
It's a social media platform where people can post photos, text, or links in smaller communities. Is a very high-traffic site and app

Ask HR: Can you create / control 100k Reddit accounts easily?

I was discussing this with my friend the other day. While Reddit strongly discourages self-promotion, it certainly can be done through creative methods. I'm curious how easy it would be for a company to buy control over 100k "real" Reddit accounts and use their upvotes to cause their products to hit the front page in order to increase sales. What are your thoughts?

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Re:Airbnb’s Stunning IPO on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:24AM (#25386742)
For some reason, I just feel this price is too high for them and that it will fall in the coming 2-3 months. Then again, I think about their business model and there’s a lot to like: the don’t own any real estate and if they really wanted to, they could likely let go most of their staff and have a team of maybe 60 - 100 people run the bussiness as it mostly revolves around simply managing the app and keeping it running. I’m curious how “Moated” their bussiness will turn out to be. I don’t really see competition will cut in that much as Airbnb has such an head start and established brand. The only big question I have left is legality. My family works in the hotel bussiness and is required to do fire alarm checks and all sorts of other checks to prove that he is safe to customers. Will Airbnb one day be required to do this? Only time will tell.
Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:17AM (#23283608)
Couldn’t agree more, tried to cancel my membership a week ago and just didn’t because the process was so long
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project? on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:46AM (#23179403)
That’s a super cool idea and I might suggest that for my company honestly as it’s a big concern of mine! How has user growth been?