GFischer

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by GFischer 3mo ago
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 great for the daily commute: https://bawauto.
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by GFischer 3mo ago
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 adoption, and some small EVs are absolutely selli
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by GFischer 3mo ago
My grandparents were German and they always said all of that, TIL not all of it might be correct.
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by GFischer 3mo ago
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 feels hot and oppressive (it's always humid, too).
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by GFischer 5mo ago
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 also revolving about the photo frame idea.
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by GFischer 9mo ago
Discord feels like this generation's forums (and Reddit).
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by GFischer 9mo ago
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 much care. Now, it seems he'll be vindicated once
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by GFischer 9mo ago
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.
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by GFischer 9mo ago
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 into a co-op or something). Owners of capital
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by GFischer 9mo ago
This is great.
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by GFischer 1y ago
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 cancellations), I had to take awful detours, had paid for 1st cl
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by GFischer 1y ago
The used car pricing in the USA used to be bizarrely cheap, it's now corrected or overcorrected.
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by GFischer 1y ago
Why? Isn't it a closed, non interoperable platform? Android has 88% market share in Brazil, so it sounds like terrible advice.
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by GFischer 1y ago
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.
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by GFischer 1y ago
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.
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by GFischer 2y ago
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, which is the best Latin American country, so YMMV, if I was f
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by GFischer 2y ago
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 ended up moving back to my home country Uruguay even though sh
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by GFischer 2y ago
You have somehow reinvented the USENET organization method :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#Organization
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by GFischer 2y ago
A family member has a Toughbook for sailing. There are no repair shops at sea.
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by GFischer 2y ago
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 do complain a lot about the heat+humidity com
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by GFischer 2y ago
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 and I use A/C several mo
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by GFischer 2y ago
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 monopoly maneuver.
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by GFischer 3y ago
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 completely remote team (the office was basic
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by GFischer 3y ago
I heard of someone well off being a part-time Uber driver in SF because he got to interact with interesting people...
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by GFischer 3y ago
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 policies/hour by user, then they "upgraded"
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by GFischer 3y ago
They're gambling, because there are actually fines for those sorts of behaviors if they don't clear the unused bookings in a reasonable time or if ARC (the Airlines Reporting Corporation) or the distribution systems detect a fraud
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by GFischer 4y ago
Anecdotal evidence, I have paid tourism taxes on both hotels and AirBnBs.
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by GFischer 4y ago
I loved milk but it didn't counteract Italian genes, I'm 5 foot 6 which is fortunately normal in my country (Uruguay) but would be short-ish in the USA.
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by GFischer 4y ago
Second the advice for Cognitive Behavorial Therapy, looks like the best fit in this case.
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by GFischer 4y ago
I heard a story about this happening at an Indian subsidiary of an American company, the person interviewed by the US manager was not the person that actually took the role ! It was discovered a few months in as the quality was not as expec

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