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by rafaelm 11y ago
That was just the election for the National Assembly, which is our congress. But now that the government lost control of the Assembly, they decided that everything that they decide must be approved by the Supreme Court. Guess who controls t
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by rafaelm 11y ago
That's precisely the problem. The govt decides who gets dollars at rate #1 (Bs.10/$) and who gets the other rates. Of course, only govt officials and friends get rate #1. They establish a company in say, Panama. Their venezuelan c
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by rafaelm 11y ago
Yeah , I realized I missed a zero there! Edited. This Forbes[1] article has even worse numbers. Filling up the tank here is something people don't think about. People even tip the gas pump attendant two or three times the cost of the
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by rafaelm 11y ago
Just to put things in perspective, filling up a gas tank here is still cheaper than buying a two liter coke bottle. 30 liters of gas will cost Bs. 30 or Bs. 180 depending on the type you use. A 2 liter coke costs Bs.500. A McDonalds meal co
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by rafaelm 11y ago
Thanks for the encouraging words!
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by rafaelm 11y ago
Thanks MrMan. How can I get in touch with you?
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by rafaelm 11y ago
I'll definitely look in to that, thanks!
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by rafaelm 11y ago
There are a lot of forwarding services here that let you buy stuff online, have it sent to a US address and then they send it to you in Venezuela. I actually do some occasional work for one such company. Also, since so many venezuelans are
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by rafaelm 11y ago
I ask myself that every day , especially now with a baby coming. 150% inflation in 2015 from January to September. Food and medicine shortages. Huge lines to buy food, diapers, baby formula. Almost all of my closest friends have already le
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by rafaelm 11y ago
As pjc50 said, we have a foreign exchange control that restricts the amount of dollars you can buy in a year. It used to be $300 per year, but now it's practically zero because the govt has not authorized it yet. I've got some (ve
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by rafaelm 11y ago
I'm totally terrified by this thing right now because my wife is pregnant. There's tons of mosquitoes here in Venezuela . She already got Haemorrhagic Dengue about 10 months ago. The worst part is that because of the terrible sta
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Fun with Data: Hacking Hacker News(discourse.looker.com)
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A family devastated by relentless cyberattacks(specialreports.dailydot.com)
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by rafaelm 11y ago
Very interesting stuff. I always wondered why the second time a person got dengue it's usually more dangerous. My wife got dengue fever about 8 years ago. Two months ago, she caught it again, this time it was the much more dangerous de
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The Dark Web Drug Lords Who Got Away(wired.com)
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by rafaelm 11y ago
I'm 32 and I've been learning how to program for quite some time. Basically, I got bored of my career and wanted to change. Sometimes I wonder if I'm not wasting my time because by the time I have enough experience I'll
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SQLBolt – Introduction to SQL(sqlbolt.com)
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by rafaelm 12y ago
I wouldn't hold my breath. Namecheap has been saying they will implement a decent 2FA solution for ages now. I got tired of waiting and have been slowly transferring my domains out.
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by rafaelm 12y ago
I find this subject of all the new rich in China very interesting. Is there any book or documentary that explains this phenomenon? I don't understand how this happened in China.
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by rafaelm 12y ago
I'm guessing he's spending $500 per lead. As in, for every $500 spent on adwords, they are getting a lead.
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by rafaelm 12y ago
The govt created this central organism that controls your annual foreign currency allowance (it was called Cadivi, now called cencoex). You need to submit a bunch of docs to the bank you want your allowance at. So you can only spend your mo
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by rafaelm 12y ago
Actually, the 6.29 exchange rate is only for importers of medicines and food, which are mostly government friends and cronies who are becoming multi-millionaires by buying dollars from the govt at Bs.6.9. Then they claim they bought food f
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by rafaelm 12y ago
Have you ever tried to buy bitcoins with our annual internet allowance ($300 per year on online purchases with credit card)? That's one way to get an instant 1000% profit (the official rate is Bs.11 per $ and the black market rate has
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Venezuelans turn to Bitcoins to bypass currency controls(reuters.com)
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by rafaelm 12y ago
Radiolab did a pretty interesting episode [1] regarding investigation in to Patient Zero. They talk about Typhoid Mary and Aids. I highly recommend it. [1]- http://www.radiolab.org/story/169879-patient-zero/
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Turning the tables on “Windows Support” scammers by compromising their PCs(arstechnica.com)
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by rafaelm 12y ago
Unfortunately, your 2FA is unusable for me. I have pretty bad cell phone reception in my home and cannot receive the SMS messages. Also, it's unusable for anyone that travels outside their home country and cannot receive SMS messages.
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by rafaelm 12y ago
What do you want to achieve when you learn how to program? Mobile dev, web dev? I'm on a similar path. I've been learning to code now for like 3 years, never really having the time. Now that I'm out of a job, I've got so
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by rafaelm 12y ago
I know I'm gonna get downvoted to hell, but I wish TelesurTV cared as much about the Human Rights violations commited in Venezuela by the Government as it does for the atrocities commited by Israel in Palestine. Instead , all it does
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by rafaelm 12y ago
Always use multiple dropcathers, you don't want to place an order with Snapnames only and have Namejet catch the domain: Snapnames, Namejet, Pool.com, Pheenix and Dropcatch.com Place your backorder with those and you'll be sure to

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