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pacificsunon Ask HN: What makes a good online community?

Well, we are on HN: it is a good community because of both quality technical content and a engaged userbase.

pacificsunon What Does Hyperinflation Look Like? Take a Look at the Weimar Republic in 1923

"Beginning on November 20, 1923, 1,000,000,000,000 old Marks were exchanged for 1 Rentemark, this ended the hyperinflation and the German Mark was never in trouble again."

The end, and we learn nothing about how this fixed the situation.

pacificsunon Ask HN: Any Bay Area companies looking for HS interns in Summer 2018?

If you are turning 18, why not try to get paid for your open-source work: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/

Most small companies have enough to worry about paying full-timers, let alone take on interns. If you are very ambitious, you can try becoming a contract developer (other people here are better-equipped to talk about that in detail).

pacificsunon Ask HN: How do you know if you're employable?

It depends on the company: not all are picky about your degree as long as you can show your skill. A common recommendation I have seen is to make a "project portfolio" that showcases the skills for the job you are interested in, and make a blog to explain these projects. It's about marketing yourself.