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SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA
Personal blog · ferfal.blogspot.comculture
SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA is a personal blog at ferfal.blogspot.com about culture. Since 2008, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A first-person blog by a writer living in Argentina about surviving the 2001 financial crisis and collapse. Posts cover preparation topics like survival kits, home invasions and armoured vehicles.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Life in Argentina after the 2001 crisis.
Most-linked posts?
- /5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2008-12-26
- /2008/10/thoughts-on-urban-survival-2005.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-05-13
What Hacker News says?
> I consider my job not only not to be bad, but GOOD for society. Really now? Wow. Wasn't expecting that . Tell me, again , how exactly is it good for society? > My job helps making a level field and removes the need of extra people working in trying to scalp away from market fluctuations. This smells like a rationalization of HFT. Is that what you do? It is quite popular among the HN folks after all. > I consider m…
Comment linking /2008/10/thoughts-on-urban-survival-2005.html
on “IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA”Submitted Surviving in Argentina: United States of Argentina as a story · 4 points
HN discussionOff-topic but don't you think that the owners of that debt have a slightly vested interest in avoiding complete collapse/keeping the system going, even if it is barely functional to get some of their ongoing interest payments? Or will the environment rapidly devolve to: http://ferfal.blogspot.com/
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on “Rethinking 'Fuck You' money”Submitted Thoughts on Urban Survival (2005) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFor more of a guide to surviving collapses, this essay about the 2001 Argentine Financial crisis is pure gold. I have printed several copies and read it about once a year: http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2008/10/thoughts-on-urban-surviva...
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on “How to Survive When Money Is Worthless [video]”You're asking about countries that suffered from hyperinflation (US had a hyperinflation before also during the civil war) here's a popular blog from a citizen currently living in Argentina http://ferfal.blogspot.com/
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on “Why Japan Is Doomed”In Argentina we had it first! http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2010/10/cable-stolen-for-its-copp... In 2008 someone stole a bronze from our building!
Comment linking /2010/10/cable-stolen-for-its-copper.html
on “Attention metal thieves: Buy BT, get 75 million miles of copper”You may want to save your $20 and read "Surviving in Argentina." http://ferfal.blogspot.com/
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on “How to Survive the Apocalypse on $20”>(Which is not to say some reasonable preparation for emergencies is a bad idea. I'm just saying that once you're proposing massive inflation, it's not like having a huge stash of gold in your basement is going to save you, or there's anything else you can hoard that can't be taken from you by force by a rampaging mob.) Citation needed. According to FerFAL, who actually lived through the 2001 Argentinian peso devalu…
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on “The Economic News Isn't All Bleak”Yes something similar has happened in Argentina as you mention, however perhaps you are not aware of the negative side, I would recommend you read FerFals blog- http://ferfal.blogspot.com/ You'll note the current entry, 4th July 2011 is "10 Things you must know about Home Invasions" proceeded by "Survival Kits" and a little further down "Armoured Vehicles", or perhaps if you're interested in how business is conducte…
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on “Who defaults first: Greece or the US?”A classic first-person survival account. Argentina after TSHTF http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2008/01/most-important-need-in-fi...
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on “What Happens If Things Go Really Badly? $15 Trillion of Debt in Default”He has a blog. http://ferfal.blogspot.com/
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on “Ask HN: what to do if you have only cash?”
