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inthaiguyon Electric vehicle sales are booming in South America – without Tesla

I wonder how many clicks Reuters get on "Electric vehicle sales are booming in South America - without Tesla" vs "Electric vehicle sales are booming in South America"

inthaiguyon Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and WhatsApp’s Founders

Whatsapp is kind of a competitive failure.

Successful social media platforms launched after Facebook: -

Successful video platforms after YouTube: -

Successful Mobile chat platforms after Whatsapp: - Viber - Line - Wechat - Telegram - Snapchat

inthaiguyon Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and WhatsApp’s Founders

Telegram is the natural replacement for WhatsApp - very similar, but so much nicer.

I also use Signal ( and about 10 other messaging apps ) and while good, it’s a little rough around the edges and needs improvement.

inthaiguyon Spiders eat astronomical numbers of insects

I got one of those new LED flashlights and went to test it out at night. I used the trick my dad taught me of putting the light at my temple, so the light would be eye level. This way animals with reflective eyes would be visible if they are looking in your direction. Checked the dogs and sure enough a couple of glowing eyes.

Next I walked into the lawn and saw that dew drops covered the grass. A nice sparkling effect. After a bit of walking around a bit more and investigating some other areas, I noticed the grass was not really wet - the sparkle was spider eyes reflecting the flashlight! Must be 5 - 10 spiders per sq foot, everywhere I looked. Very small with no webs, but easily believe these numbers.

inthaiguyon Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

I used it but wasn't too impressed with the quality of the results. Squarespace logo builder is still better. The good news is that that lots of people now know there's a market for this and we should see some impressive products in the pipeline.

inthaiguyon Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest tech IPO

Line ID + FB page and now more often Instagram.

inthaiguyon Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest tech IPO

Meh, I have all those and more, and I don't really feel it's painful switching between them.

inthaiguyon Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest tech IPO

Am in Thailand and everyone has Line. I have all the relevant messengers and really not much pain switching between them. What I can't understand is how WhatsApp squandered its early lead. This IPO represents their failure capturing the market. Had they really executed, they could have owned mobile chat.