#pest | 2022-04-04

00:26

Manged to buy some cold brew at a Cafe in El Zonte with Cash App via lightning.

00:28

Had some oysters that I saw some guy dragging in to the beach on an inner tube. If you don't hear from me tomorrow you'll know why.

~ 1 hours 10 minutes ~

01:39

signpost

the more recently your food was alive the better, I say.

~ 15 hours 54 minutes ~

17:33

asciilifeform

http://www.loper-os.org/pub/tbf/tbf_q1_2022.txt

~ 1 hours 37 minutes ~

19:11

billymg

the "populist" candidate won in the cr elections

19:14

billymg

leading up to the election the media's description of him was always along the lines of "populist" "like trump and bolsonaro" "danger to 'our democracy'" etc.

19:16

billymg

i never even heard of Chaves (the winner) until after the first round of elections when he came in second. then it was "who could've predicted? is this a sign of dangerous populist sentiment?" etc.

19:17

billymg

whereas Figueres, the clear globohomo pick, had billboards everywhere

~ 39 minutes ~

19:56

00:26	awt	Manged to buy some cold brew at a Cafe in El Zonte with Cash App via lightning.
00:28	awt	Had some oysters that I saw some guy dragging in to the beach on an inner tube. If you don't hear from me tomorrow you'll know why.
		~ 1 hours 10 minutes ~
01:39	signpost	the more recently your food was alive the better, I say.
		~ 15 hours 54 minutes ~
17:33	asciilifeform	http://www.loper-os.org/pub/tbf/tbf_q1_2022.txt
		~ 1 hours 37 minutes ~
19:11	billymg	the "populist" candidate won in the cr elections
19:14	billymg	leading up to the election the media's description of him was always along the lines of "populist" "like trump and bolsonaro" "danger to 'our democracy'" etc.
19:16	billymg	i never even heard of Chaves (the winner) until after the first round of elections when he came in second. then it was "who could've predicted? is this a sign of dangerous populist sentiment?" etc.
19:17	billymg	whereas Figueres, the clear globohomo pick, had billboards everywhere
		~ 39 minutes ~
19:56	awt	wow
19:57	awt	billymg: was getting pretty sick of his soy face
19:58	awt	Just talked to a guy about ES immigration
19:58	awt	Looks like same options as in CR, but somewhat cheaper + soon the ability to get residency through holding a certain amount of "volcano bonds"
19:59	awt	Will try to get him on pestnet
19:59	billymg	oh neat, volcano bonds
20:00	billymg	awt: iow no btc option?
20:03	awt	billymg: actually no
20:04	billymg	my cr process has been a nightmare because of the 1.5 year covid shutdown of the immigration office
20:04	awt	billymg: may be able to buy the bonds with btc. They mature in 5 years after which you get 50% of the gain in btc back, meanwhile 6% (annual?) interest.
20:05	awt	US citizens will need to be accredited.
20:05	billymg	awt: to purchase the bonds?
20:06	awt	(don't want to give the impression I think there's 100% or even 50% chance you'd get your money back btw, but would at least get residency)
20:06	awt	billymg: yes
20:07	awt	Also seems I survived eating raw oysters on the beach. Must not be too much sewage in the ocean.
20:08	billymg	good to hear lol
20:08	billymg	what's it like in general over there? livable?
20:08	awt	billymg: parts are quite livable. Other parts are still pre-columbian.
20:09	awt	Tunco is a very nice beach town.
20:09	awt	El Zonte is like a hippy surfer commune
20:10	awt	Will might like it
20:11	billymg	sounds promising
20:12	awt	Worth an expidition
20:12	awt	Learned that gang members make up about 1% of the population i.e. 70k out of 6 mil
20:13	awt	hard to believe they fit more than the entire population of CR in here
		~ 15 minutes ~
20:28	billymg	i wonder what the gang-affiliated percentage of the population is here
20:29	billymg	but yeah, i wouldn't have guessed that their population is bigger than CR's