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