rzanella

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 special tax regimes for immigrants), but it's much safer than the other CPLP countries, guess that's the strategy behind the new foreign law ?

I think that, for better or worse, we'll be an important factor in the portuguese demographical and budgetary future

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 overpriced place for the visa...

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 volatility and no legal recourse whatsoever... stonks!

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...

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 AND a currency ?

How does it work ? It goes to the moon forever, so a loaf of bread cost goes ever higher forever ?

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 in my account.

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 steals your crypto coin, which gov't backed law/judicial system are you gonna turn to ?

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 at was like 5-6h of interviews, it was hard to pass, but it didn't feel like the interviewers were trying to play "good cop, bad cop"

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 upset that I didn't pass... couple weeks later I was not, what a shitty experience it was.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/

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.