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  1. LuckyLuke

    Bookkeeper Services

    Howdy folks, I've never posted here professionally, but as my local renovation projects winds down I'm looking to start bringing on bookkeeping clients. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with my background, I have 20 years of experience in bookkeeping and business management working in...
  2. LuckyLuke

    Argentina’s AI opportunity

    "...However, the WSJ reports, it may not remain profitable throughout the year due to the large compute costs it’s scheduled to incur." Kind of a laughable statement when you think about it. I too will report a profit on June 1st when I get paid, though I may not remain profitable on June 10th...
  3. LuckyLuke

    Argentina’s AI opportunity

    It makes for some fascinating analysis really.... When you think about global energy costs, so much of it is dependent on the distribution of carbon fuel from extraction point to dense population centers. AI turns much of that on it's head, because your extraction is no longer a carbon fuel to...
  4. LuckyLuke

    Argentina’s AI opportunity

    I agree, this is akin to Ford recently taking a $19.5 billion dollar loss on it's electric car program because there simply wasn't enough demand. It will all depend on investor appetite I suppose. Metaverse was a spectacular flop. My father, believe it or not, founded one of the first internet...
  5. LuckyLuke

    Argentina’s AI opportunity

    AI has yet to turn a profitable number. The largest AI firms are running staggering losses (on the order of billions) despite getting basically subsidized energy costs. AI is a solution looking for a problem. It's entire integration is largely based on a deceptively low entry cost to displace...
  6. LuckyLuke

    Looking for a phone service provider

    I use Dialpad for my personal, which was pretty awful with connection issues but seems to have gotten better recently. I also have a business account with RingCentral, which has always been great to me. Both are on the expensive side, $30-$40 monthly. One curious thing is that my BofA account...
  7. LuckyLuke

    Seguro medico internacional, when you're already in Argentina?

    Assist Card was mandatory coverage for incoming visitors during the pandemic, so it's not a surprise that they are bringing back the requirement. As I recall the policy was quite cheap at the time, $30 or less monthly. A lot of these travel policies are so riddled with exceptions that I doubt...
  8. LuckyLuke

    Empty shopfronts on rise in BA as retail crisis deepens

    Great little tip there Alby. My wife has been talking about her plant looking sad and with a photo it was able to make a few recommendations.
  9. LuckyLuke

    Empty shopfronts on rise in BA as retail crisis deepens

    I could see this to some extent but with application limits. I recently ordered a trail hitch kit for my Cronos only to discover that Fiat manufactured it without any pre-drilled holes. I didn't have a car lift, the drill bits or the welding tools to install it myself. It would have been much...
  10. LuckyLuke

    Western Union blocks domestic self-transfers in Argentina (Galicia for me)

    No, it's not related to any app. It is obligatory to do a declaracion jurada in order to receive a Western Union transfer to your Argentine bank account. Western Union should have sent you an email regarding the requirement....something like this: Estimado/a Sr./Sra.: Recientemente le ha...
  11. LuckyLuke

    Western Union blocks domestic self-transfers in Argentina (Galicia for me)

    I've never heard of the IP being an issue. Keep in mind if you go to the Western Union website, it takes you to the Argentine webpage by default. You can simply correct that in the search bar directly to go to the US webpage. Assuming you created your western union login on the US webpage, the...
  12. LuckyLuke

    Empty shopfronts on rise in BA as retail crisis deepens

    There certainly is a generational shift... One of the primary reasons to enter a ferreteria wasn't just finding a widget insofar as asking for some advice on how to fix something. The new generation is happy to order it online and seek the answer on youtube. That being said, I'm still a...
  13. LuckyLuke

    Help finding these gloves locally.

    Sounds like you need to commission a leather seamstress in your area....first check if the material exists in your local fabric warehouse.
  14. LuckyLuke

    Vaca Muerta will demand more than 40,000 additional workers

    Americans might not think much about gas stations but YPF's sector creep is no joke... They could easily branch out into rain jackets, auto accessories, camping gear, road-side lodging, you name it....
  15. LuckyLuke

    A Different Thread

    I was recently pondering this theme some days ago. AI stands a real risk of running genuine, however flawed, discourse off the web. It's okay to conduct personal research using AI and, adding to the wealth of experience and connections one might have, summarize a helpful comment here. We are...
  16. LuckyLuke

    Trump's favourite populist followed his playbook. It's gone wrong.

    Exactly....as the saying goes, to outrun a bear you just have to be faster than the slowest person. The only wildcard I see is that Macri may bring enough of a centrist resurgence in the PRO to dilute the LLA voter base. Which, ironically could very well hand the PJ party a near victory if they...
  17. LuckyLuke

    Vaca Muerta will demand more than 40,000 additional workers

    You forgot a minor detail...."halt all public works" to reduce the deficit to prevent a YOY hyperinflation of 289% from ruining the country and a riesgo pais of 2500 from threatening to plummet the country into a sovereign debt crisis. That's the exact state of the economy Milei inherited from...
  18. LuckyLuke

    I am traumatized every time I go to the supermarket

    The population of Madrid (3.6M) has roughly the same population as CABA (3.48M) Per Bumeran the average salary in CABA per sector is $1.4M to $1.6M (excluding Mineria/Petroleo). CABA has 2,130, 1 bedroom apartments under ARS $600,000 available for rent per Zonaprop. That's less than 50%...
  19. LuckyLuke

    I am traumatized every time I go to the supermarket

    Howdy Ceteris, I apologize for the hostility. It gets the best of me sometimes. You are correct, Argentina has an affordability problem. However, are we certain France doesn't have an affordability problem as well? On the surface it may be puzzling that yogurt in both France and Argentina...
  20. LuckyLuke

    I am traumatized every time I go to the supermarket

    Did anybody look at the receipt? Honestly, I don't see anything particularly shocking. Most of this basket of goods here isn't even raw produce. We hear this all the time on this forum, "Europe is so much cheaper". Well let's put this trite statement to the test, here's a perfect scenario...
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