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Oddly enough, the same difference exists between Portugal's portuguese (original) and Brazil's (colony) :-)

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…

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 th…

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 t…

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 r…

Yep, I had a pretty comfortable salary and life back in Brazil, fear of violence around every corner made me leave.

> 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…

> 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...

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 i…

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 …

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

Portugal - https://www.pwc.pt/pt/servicos/fiscalidade/individuals-taxat...

Indeed, but when these hours are unpleasant they are an eternity, which probably tarnishes your memory of it.

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 …

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 - go…

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> Your cash in the bank is guaranteed to not be erased tomorrow, up to the FDIC coverage limit. Until a hyperinflation period hits.

Nah mate, you never do. Nor 500 1-liners.

Pandora is only available in the U.S. right now

Spotify's radio is a 10-song loop, another service w/ better radio and same price would definitely steal some users.