rzanella

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by rzanella 4y ago
Oddly enough, the same difference exists between Portugal's portuguese (original) and Brazil's (colony) :-)
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by rzanella 4y ago
Just seeing the amount of IT workers from Brazil (me included) fleeing to Portugal... It can't compete with the north in wages (especially the kinda-north countries which also have special tax regimes for immigrants), but it's muc
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by rzanella 4y ago
Definitely, but the golden-visa-inflated-price is different from a working person that buys a reasonably priced house, no ? I mean, regular people are also gonna pay taxes since they actually plan to live, instead of just buying an overpric
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by rzanella 5y ago
Sure, next time an armed militia thug comes around for "taxes" show him your magical numbers. I mean, this huge portion goes straight from "unbanked" to using a convoluted highly technical solution that has high volatili
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by rzanella 5y ago
I agree with you, which is why I subscribe to Netflix and Spotify, but man... - Netflix's so-so content while being costlier - And Spotify push to have podcasts instead of decent radio are not helping...
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by rzanella 5y ago
Yep, I had a pretty comfortable salary and life back in Brazil, fear of violence around every corner made me leave.
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by rzanella 5y ago
> You, the holder of rocks, get the increase in business value as "rock price appreciation" rather than dividends, but you still get it. So BTC for you is at the same time an asset AND a currency ? How does it work ? It goes to
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by rzanella 5y ago
> I think the author lives in a country with a trustworthy government because that's not the case for many people including me. Well, given OP distrusts his government...
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by rzanella 5y ago
That's... unsettling. 10 years ago I had my bank account wiped/stolen in Brazil (!!!): - went to the police, then to the bank (same day) couple days later: all the money was back in my account.
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by rzanella 5y ago
Not being pegged to a state-controlled currency means your devalued currency competes with stronger ones, at least on the fictitious transitional period, you're sure you want that ? Assuming a stateless money, when/if someone then
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by rzanella 5y ago
So this person lives in a place they can't trust banks... But they have access to computers, internet, enough money to pay the tx fees of cryptocurrencies... amazing
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by rzanella 5y ago
Portugal - https://www.pwc.pt/pt/servicos/fiscalidade/individuals-taxat...
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by rzanella 5y ago
Indeed, but when these hours are unpleasant they are an eternity, which probably tarnishes your memory of it.
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by rzanella 5y ago
I don't think it's a "Brazil" thing, I've been in Europe for a while now, I only mentioned where it was because maybe it's different between (Amazon) branches. The current job I'm at was like 5-6h of inter
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by rzanella 5y ago
I interviewed for Amazon Brazil once, it felt like I was being questioned by the police as if in a movie: - 4 straight hours inside a room - every hour the interviewer changed - got asked the same questions over and over again I was quite u
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by rzanella 5y ago
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/
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by rzanella 5y ago
> Your cash in the bank is guaranteed to not be erased tomorrow, up to the FDIC coverage limit. Until a hyperinflation period hits.
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by rzanella 5y ago
Nah mate, you never do. Nor 500 1-liners.
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by rzanella 9y ago
Pandora is only available in the U.S. right now
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by rzanella 9y ago
Spotify's radio is a 10-song loop, another service w/ better radio and same price would definitely steal some users.