Hacker News with Generative AI: Germany

John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change (spectator.co.uk)
In the year 2000, in a small east German town, work began on the construction of an organ that had one purpose: to perform John Cage’s ORGAN2/ASLSP (1987) for precisely 639 years.

Music, Performance Art, John Cage, Germany, Art Installations

172 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 203 comments

Isar Aerospace launches Spectrum, fails early in first stage flight (nasaspaceflight.com)
Isar Aerospace, based near Munich, Germany, made the first-ever launch attempt of its Spectrum two-stage rocket on Sunday, March 30, at 10:30 UTC from the Orbital Launch Pad at the Andøya Space Center in Norway.

Spaceflight, Germany, Startups, Rocket Launches

95 points by tretiy3 4 days ago | 57 comments

Isar aerospace first test-flight (live) (isaraerospace.com)
Satellite launch service company Isar Aerospace has become the first European commercial space company to launch an orbital rocket from Continental Europe.

Space Exploration, Aerospace, Germany, Europe, Startups

20 points by amelius 5 days ago | 5 comments

MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway (Jan'24) (tomshardware.com)

Technology, Operating Systems, Germany, Railways

49 points by wojtczyk 5 days ago | 14 comments

Show HN: A web app that shows toilets near you (toilette-in-der-naehe.de)
Dringend eine Toilette in der Nähe gesucht? Mit unserer Karte finden Sie sofort öffentliche WCs in Ihrer Umgebung. Egal ob Sie eine barrierefreie Toilette, ein kostenloses WC oder eine nachts geöffnete Toilette suchen – wir zeigen Ihnen den schnellsten Weg dorthin. Bei uns finden Sie Toiletten in ganz Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.

Web Development, Location-Based Services, Germany, Austria, Switzerland

7 points by jandr00id 6 days ago | 2 comments

Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident (1943) (wikipedia.org)
The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20 December 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown's B-17F Flying Fortress Ye Olde Pub of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was severely damaged by German fighters. Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had the opportunity to shoot down the crippled bomber but did not do so, and instead escorted it over and past German-occupied territory so as to protect it.

Aviation, Military History, Germany, United States

66 points by smitty1e 7 days ago | 7 comments

A Special Year at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (computer.org)

Museums, History, Technology, Germany

10 points by rbanffy 8 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Do US engineering skills translate well to European companies? (ycombinator.com)
I currently reside in the US and am looking to move to Europe (most likely Germany) some time in the next three years. Has anybody made this journey and have some insights to share?

Software Engineering, Job Market, Europe, Germany

10 points by dandrew5 8 days ago | 20 comments

Tesla Is Allegedly Withholding Wages of German Employees on Sick Leave (carbuzz.com)

Tesla, Germany, Labor Practices, Wages, Sick Leave

11 points by doener 8 days ago | 4 comments

Europe's Largest Makerspace (berlin-partner.de)

Europe, Makerspaces, Germany

129 points by doener 9 days ago | 138 comments

German electrical engineer with green card stripped and 'violently interrogated' (theguardian.com)
Berlin is investigating whether US immigration policy has changed, after a German national who is a permanent US resident was detained and “violently interrogated” by US border officials.

Immigration, Germany, United States, Politics, Law Enforcement

94 points by KnuthIsGod 9 days ago | 66 comments

German parliament votes as a Git contribution graph (abstimmung.eu)
Namentliche Abstimmungen im Bundestag

Germany, Politics, Software, Data Visualization

630 points by mxschll 10 days ago | 169 comments

Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military at a seismic moment (cnn.com)

Germany, Military, Politics, International Relations, Economics

93 points by rustoo 11 days ago | 268 comments

100,000 Germans Surveyed, 94% Said No to Tesla Cars (forbes.com)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces a brand implosion in More Germany.

Tesla, Germany, Consumer Survey, Electric Vehicles, Brand Perception

15 points by belter 12 days ago | 5 comments

What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler (theatlantic.com)
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.

History, Journalism, Germany

46 points by cyberlurker 12 days ago | 32 comments

German company set for first commercial rocket launch from Europe (msn.com)
Preparations are under way for a rocket test flight in Norway that could make history and give Europe greater independence from the market leader in orbital launches, the United States.

Space Exploration, Europe, Germany, Commercial Spaceflight

98 points by mpweiher 13 days ago | 29 comments

Germany tightens travel advice to US after three citizens detained (euronews.com)
The German foreign ministry has updated its travel advice for Germans travelling to the US after three German nationals were denied entry and detained as they tried to enter.

Germany, Travel Advice, US, Detainment, Foreign Relations

183 points by belter 14 days ago | 166 comments

German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported from U.S. (nytimes.com)
Chained, detained for weeks and eventually deported, two German tourists trying to enter the United States were recently tangled in a system responding to President Trump’s push to sharply restrict entry and deport people en masse.

Immigration, Travel, Politics, USA, Germany

8 points by Aldipower 14 days ago | 1 comments

Bending Spoons acquires komoot (yahoo.com)
Technology company Bending Spoons today announced that it has closed the acquisition of komoot, the Germany-based route-planning platform for adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts worldwide.

Technology, Acquisitions, Outdoor Recreation, Germany, Route Planning

10 points by pil0u 14 days ago | 3 comments

Germany tightens travel advice to US after three citizens detained (euronews.com)
The German foreign ministry has updated its travel advice for Germans travelling to the US after three German nationals were denied entry and detained as they tried to enter.

Germany, Travel, US, Detainment, Foreign Policy

16 points by tmountain 15 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Loses Top Court Fight Over German Antitrust Crackdown (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. lost its fight at Germany’s top civil court to overturn a regulator’s decision to put it under tighter antitrust scrutiny alongside other US tech giants.

Antitrust, Germany, Apple, Law, Technology

139 points by jocaal 16 days ago | 47 comments

Filen – Encrypted cloud storage hosted in Germany (filen.io)

Cloud Storage, Privacy, Germany

4 points by Mossy9 17 days ago | 0 comments

Abuse of power at Germany's elite research institution [video] (dw.com)
The Max Planck Society is a figurehead of scientific research in Germany: a big name, a stellar reputation, and top-notch facilities. Anyone who makes it to one of its 84 institutes belongs to the elite: an organization that counts 31 Nobel Prize laureates among its ranks.

Science, Germany, Research, Institutions, Power

81 points by Koaisu 18 days ago | 11 comments

German spy agency believed Covid escaped from lab (rvmnews.com)
Germany’s top foreign intelligence agency has determined with 80% to 95% certainty that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan, according to new reports from German news outlets Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Germany, COVID-19, Intelligence Agencies, China

10 points by misja111 19 days ago | 2 comments

Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla car (electrek.co)
A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle.

Tesla, Germany, Automotive Industry, Consumer Sentiment, Surveys

96 points by madspindel 20 days ago | 71 comments

Abuse at the Max-Planck Institutes in Germany (dw.com)
The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves international scientists exposed to abuse and the whims of the institutes' directors.

Science, Germany, Abuse, Research

29 points by lentoutcry 20 days ago | 6 comments

Updates on Schleswig-Holstein Moving to LibreOffice (documentfoundation.org)
Nearly a year ago, we posted about the German state of Schleswig-Holstein’s plan to move 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice.

Open Source, Software, Germany, Government, LibreOffice

4 points by newaccountlol 21 days ago | 0 comments

German Intelligence Agency Concluded COVID19 Likely Originated from Lab Accident (dw.com)
Germany's spy agency thinks an accident in a Chinese lab likely led to the COVID-19 pandemic, media say. Evidence it collected allegedly indicates negligence at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Germany, COVID-19, Intelligence, Science, China

7 points by _tk_ 22 days ago | 1 comments

Volkswagen enjoys surprise bestseller amid financial woes: the VW currywurst (theguardian.com)
In recent years, Volkswagen’s financial woes may have become emblematic of Germany’s economic downturn. But, amid a slump in car sales, one of its more obscure products that has nothing to do with automobiles is experiencing a boom: the VW currywurst.

Food, Germany, Business, Automobiles

6 points by weinzierl 23 days ago | 1 comments

Germany concerned over F-35 'kill switch' amid US policy shifts (eutoday.net)
Germany’s planned acquisition of 35 American F-35 fighter jets has come under scrutiny following concerns that the United States, under President Donald Trump, could disable the aircraft remotely.

Germany, F-35, Military, Politics, International Relations

51 points by pseudolus 24 days ago | 37 comments