Hacker News with Generative AI: East Germany

The "Unbreakable" Beer Glasses of East Germany (hackaday.com)
We like drinking out of glass. In many ways, it’s an ideal material for the job. It’s hard-wearing, and inert in most respects. It doesn’t interact with the beverages you put in it, and it’s easy to clean. The only problem is that it’s rather easy to break. Despite its major weakness, glass still reigns supreme over plastic and metal alternatives.
Zersetzung (wikipedia.org)
Zersetzung (pronounced [t͡sɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ, German for "decomposition" and "disruption") was a psychological warfare technique used by the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) to repress political opponents in East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s.
East German culture has been ignored for too long (theguardian.com)
How East Germany invented 'unbreakable' drinking glasses (theguardian.com)
East Germany invented 'unbreakable' drinking glasses (theguardian.com)
The Lives of Others (2006 film) (wikipedia.org)
Superfest – The almost unbreakable East German Glass (2021) (digitalcosmonaut.com)