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   Stefano Marinelli (stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 00:59:56 JST Stefano Marinelli

   I thought Italy was the land of bureaucracy.

   An overseas company wants a certificate for my company. I need to go to a specific office to get it and then scan it. I could get the same document online, but it wouldn't be signed. However, it’s a certificate where I declare... so I would just sign it digitally anyway. But no, they want the paper version, scanned, and then sent to them.

   It doesn't make any sense.

   #Bureaucracy

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 00:59:54 JST Xenotar

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     @stefano The license for one of the software programs I use must be printed, signed, placed in an envelope, and mailed to the research group at a university in Germany; they don't accept faxes or PDFs, only the original. At least they don't require a seal with a ring stamp.

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     Xenotar (xenotar@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:38:33 JST Xenotar

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     • valhalla

     @valhalla @stefano Yeah, go figure.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:38:35 JST valhalla

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     • Xenotar
     @xenotar @stefano how do they know it's really you if there is no wax seal??!??!?!?!