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It makes 100% sense for a Mexican commute, or in other parts of South America. I live in Uruguay and one of the best selling cars here is pretty similar, a friend has it and it's g…

I wanted to buy a Tata Nano but unfortunately didn't make it to my country at an affordable price. I think the demand was there, the supply wasn't. My country, Uruguay, leads in EV…

My grandparents were German and they always said all of that, TIL not all of it might be correct.

TIL. I see that in my country (Uruguay) the Dew point in summer is usually above 20ºc and some peaks above 26ºc (when temperature is above 30ºc with high humidity), no wonder it fe…

Pretty cool... I dabbled into the idea of having a super simple tablet on a frame with a one-touch call function to family members - obviously with a camera and much different, but…

Discord feels like this generation's forums (and Reddit).

My father lived through the Uruguay dictatorship in the 1970s and avoids all social media whenever possible. I was an infant at the beginning of democracy, so I haven't taken that …

It's thanks to Valve that I'm considering switching to Linux (I'll probably still need a Windows machine around for various reasons). They really did a good job.

I don't understand why socialists or communists don't tax the means of production accordingly, if they don't have money, take partial ownership (or complete ownership and turn it i…

This is great.

Meanwhile I had a terrible experience with DB (Deutsche Bahn) during the European summer two years ago, although it was partly out of their control (weather related delays and canc…

The used car pricing in the USA used to be bizarrely cheap, it's now corrected or overcorrected.

Why? Isn't it a closed, non interoperable platform? Android has 88% market share in Brazil, so it sounds like terrible advice.

But it gained way more traction in other parts of the world, it's the default messaging platform in South America for EVERYTHING. I have never seen an iMessage.

They're selling ridiculous numbers in Brazil and Uruguay and are opening a factory there. I think they're the number one brand by sales some months in Uruguay.

Not everyone, I was given the option to go to the US legally (L1 visa) and passed on it, the person that chose to go instead regretted it and came back. I am from Uruguay though, w…

It was one of the biggest considerations that made me decide against moving to the USA. One of my coworkers took advantage of the L1 Visa (which I can still qualify for) and she en…

You have somehow reinvented the USENET organization method :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#Organization

A family member has a Toughbook for sailing. There are no repair shops at sea.

Humidity is the worst part, when it's hot but not so humid it's OK. And at least here in Montevideo we're literally by the beach. I am two blocks away from being able to swim :) I …

I'm from Montevideo, I wouldn't call it "tropical" but yeah, compared to an US city it's absolutely a million times more walkable. We do have humidity and heat and I don't enjoy it…

The company I work for used Slack, we were happy, but higher ups were looking to cut costs and they noticed they had Teams for free, so guess what... bye bye Slack. Absolutely a mo…

I personally believe some sort of bonding period is great for remote people. I've worked in a kind of "worst of both worlds" setup where I went to an office 8-5 but I worked with a…

I heard of someone well off being a part-time Uber driver in SF because he got to interact with interesting people...

One of the pieces of software I was most proud about was a data entry system for a P&C insurance company, the old policy subscription terminal-based system allowed for about 200 po…