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TLDR

A bilingual, single-page satirical website that uses public statistics and a loss simulator to explain crypto and day-trading risk, built as a static site for GitHub Pages.

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    What it does
      Satirical finance education
      Crypto and trading risk
      Loss simulator
    Tech stack
      HTML
      CSS
      JavaScript
    Use cases
      Read chapters on risk
      Try loss simulator
      Fork for own content
    Setup
      Static site
      GitHub Pages
      No backend needed

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Read through a bilingual, narrative explanation of crypto and day-trading risk using real public statistics.

USE CASE 2

Try the loss simulator to see potential outcomes across seven different currencies.

USE CASE 3

Fork and adapt the single-page structure for a similar bilingual educational or satirical site.

What is it built with?

HTMLCSSJavaScript

How does it compare?

sean-walker89/loseyourmoney-public-data100/rutgers-pbl-dining-2015a15n/a15n_old
Stars0
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Last pushed2015-12-012016-06-18
MaintenanceDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/51/51/5
Audiencegeneralgeneralgeneral

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

No backend or build step, just serve the static files or publish directly to GitHub Pages.

Copyleft license, modified versions you distribute must also be shared as source code.

In plain English

loseyourmoney.online is a small, single-page website that uses satire alongside public statistics to talk about the risks of cryptocurrency, day trading, and gambling-adjacent behavior. Rather than lecturing directly, it wraps the subject in a five-chapter narrative meant to make risky financial behavior easier to think and talk about. The site is bilingual, presenting its content in both French and English, and includes a loss simulator based on public statistics along with a display that can show values in seven different currencies. Readers can switch between light and dark modes as they move through the chapters. Technically, the whole thing is built from a single set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files, with no separate backend service and no heavy build process. It uses hash-based routing, meaning the different chapters are reached through anchors in the page address rather than separate server pages, which fits well with static hosting services like GitHub Pages. Images and other assets are included inline, along with an Open Graph image so link previews look correct when shared. To run it yourself, you clone the repository and either publish the folder directly to GitHub Pages or serve it locally, for example with Python's simple built in HTTP server, then open the main HTML file in a browser. Because everything is static, no database or server-side code needs to be set up. If you want to adapt the project, most of what you would change lives directly in the HTML and JavaScript files: the French and English text, the chapter content, the currency labels, and the light and dark theme colors. The README notes that keeping the single-page structure intact matters, since the hash-based navigation depends on it. The project is released under the GNU GPL v3.0 license.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How do I serve this single-page site locally with Python's http.server before deploying it?
Prompt 2
Explain how the hash-based routing works for navigating between the five chapters.
Prompt 3
What would I edit to add a third language alongside the existing French and English content?
Prompt 4
Walk me through publishing this project directly to GitHub Pages.

Frequently asked questions

What is loseyourmoney-public-data?

A bilingual, single-page satirical website that uses public statistics and a loss simulator to explain crypto and day-trading risk, built as a static site for GitHub Pages.

What language is loseyourmoney-public-data written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

What license does loseyourmoney-public-data use?

Copyleft license, modified versions you distribute must also be shared as source code.

How hard is loseyourmoney-public-data to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is loseyourmoney-public-data for?

Mainly general.

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