| 00:12 |
asciilifeform |
mod6: plz check pm |
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~ 14 hours 31 minutes ~ |
| 14:43 |
awt |
billymg: may I suggest setting up a blatta station that only has the problematic peer in the AT? |
| 14:44 |
awt |
shinohai: what is the issue you're seeing with displaying peers in blatta? |
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| 14:52 |
billymg |
awt: yeah, i can try that |
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~ 27 minutes ~ |
| 15:19 |
awt |
700 colones al dolar incoming |
| 15:30 |
billymg |
yup |
| 15:31 |
awt |
billymg: do you ever actually use colones? |
| 15:31 |
billymg |
all the time |
| 15:32 |
billymg |
i never hold more than $200 worth though |
| 15:32 |
billymg |
most of the time when i'm "using colones" i'm paying someone online, and it's converted from dollars to colones at the time of the transaction |
| 15:32 |
awt |
I pay my rent in dollars. |
| 15:33 |
awt |
I usually buy a bunch of colones for a trip because even if I use dollars they give you the change back in colones. |
| 15:33 |
billymg |
yeah, stuff like that is usually dollars |
| 15:33 |
billymg |
my groundskeeper was talking about how expensive gas is, i asked him if he had a dollar account and he said no |
| 15:34 |
billymg |
i suggested he consider opening one |
| 15:34 |
billymg |
it's totally seamless when you use a debit card or do an online transfer, it just converts to colones automatically |
| 15:34 |
awt |
yeah I keep almost zero colones in my bank account |
| 15:34 |
billymg |
idk why more people here don't have dollar denominated accounts. possibly national pride |
| 15:35 |
billymg |
yeah, i don't even have a colones denominated account here |
| 15:35 |
billymg |
afaik zero reason to have one |
| 15:35 |
awt |
For my next lease I'm thinking about renting a place in Guanacaste |
| 15:35 |
awt |
Want to get some place that's up high but close to the beach |
| 15:36 |
billymg |
like playa del coco? |
| 15:36 |
billymg |
that was a nice area |
| 15:36 |
awt |
yeah would have to be around there. Honestly like Play Flamingo better than Coco |
| 15:36 |
billymg |
flamingo also has some hill spots |
| 15:46 |
awt |
billymg: has it been raining? |
| 15:47 |
billymg |
yeah, started raining heavily a few days ago |
| 15:47 |
billymg |
but usually just in the late afternoon and middle of the night |
| 15:48 |
billymg |
not as bad as mid september to mid november |
| 15:50 |
billymg |
oh yeah, did you know they charge sales tax on rent here? and not just short term |
| 15:51 |
billymg |
if the monthly rent is > 650k colones |
| 15:52 |
billymg |
so if you increase someone's rent from 649k to 651k you're actually increasing it to 735k lol |
| 15:52 |
billymg |
also, once again, a law that probably seemed "reasonable" when it passed is getting less and less reasonable as inflation does its thing |
| 15:53 |
billymg |
like $10k reporting limit for usd passed in the 70s |
| 15:53 |
awt |
I had no idea. Current rent is below that threshold but previously was not and didn't have to pay any tax. |
| 15:54 |
billymg |
sometimes landlords just include it in the rent |
| 15:54 |
billymg |
so they're paying on the other end |
| 15:54 |
billymg |
or if there's no paperwork maybe not enforceable? |
| 15:54 |
billymg |
idk |
| 15:55 |
billymg |
i had no idea either until i was negotiating the renewal of the flamingo place and they mentioned tax. i was like lolwtf there's no tax on rent |