[aunty_helen]

> Two degrees of separation is the running joke

Funny you should say that, the Jrump devs are friends of a friend of mine. To add to your comment, after several years of going to a regional conference I've got to know so many of the crowd from working with them directly that I struggle to make it around the trade stands. One of the consequences of this is you can't burn bridges as word will get around (like in a village).

> 100% markup almost any importer puts on anything

This is a big negative of living here, people actually expect to pay a lot and will be suspicious of cheap things. It's a shame that it's often cheaper to buy something from the US/UK. Often you can get things (including shipping) at 50% the cost from overseas.

[hackerman12345]

I'd understand if it's actually something that is locally made but it's pretty annoying when a place like Brazil charges 100% markup tax on something like a video game console, video card, or what not.

It surely makes it difficult for locals to afford computers.