Hacker News with Generative AI: Germany

Breitspurbahn (wikipedia.org)
The Breitspurbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaɪtʃpuːɐ̯baːn], transl. broad-gauge railway) was a railway system planned and partly surveyed by Nazi Germany.

History, Germany, Railroads, Nazi Germany

8 points by zeristor 7 hours ago | 3 comments

Hitler's Terrible Tariffs (theatlantic.com)
From almost the moment Adolf Hitler took office as chancellor of Germany, tariffs were at the top of his government’s economic agenda.

History, Economics, Germany, Politics

13 points by JumpCrisscross 1 day ago | 1 comments

A Math Lesson From Hitler’s Germany (2017) (undark.org)
In 1934, David Hilbert, by then a grand old man of German mathematics, was dining with Bernhard Rust, the Nazi minister of education. Rust asked, “How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that it is free from the Jewish influence?” Hilbert replied, “There is no mathematics in Göttingen anymore.”

History, Mathematics, Germany

152 points by perihelions 8 days ago | 43 comments

Germany Deserves a New Deal on Nuclear Energy from Merz (bloomberg.com)
Voters opted for change at the ballot box. Now would be a good time for politicians to listen.

Germany, Nuclear Energy, Politics, Elections

5 points by mpweiher 8 days ago | 12 comments

Organ Trafficking: How Germans Buy New Kidneys in Kenya (spiegel.de)
The shock. That is perhaps the best place to start. The realization that time had run out. For her kidney and for life as she had known it. The letter arrived on May 23, 2022, and it marked the end of the almost 30 years she had lived with her first donor kidney. The envelope contained the results of a blood test. Her creatinine value was 3.6, far above the norm of around 1.

Organ Trafficking, Kenya, Germany, Health

50 points by Anon84 11 days ago | 2 comments

Germany suspects Russian cyber attack on research group (dw.com)
German intelligence services have said they are investigating a suspected Russian cyberattack against a Berlin-based research network.

Cybersecurity, Russia, Germany, Intelligence

9 points by _tk_ 13 days ago | 0 comments

Universal basic income: German experiment bring surprising results (ctvnews.ca)
A German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising

Economics, Germany, Social Experiments, Research

54 points by janandonly 13 days ago | 100 comments

Basic Income Pilot Project: Study results (pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de)
The pilot project followed 122 people for three years who received an unconditional sum of €1,200 every month. The control group included a further 1,580 people who did not receive any money.

Social Experiments, Economics, Germany, Basic Income

232 points by 3Vbgx5ro 16 days ago | 298 comments

Germany may look to withdraw its gold from US (mining.com)
Germany may look to repatriate the vast amount of gold it currently stores in New York amid concerns over US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff policies, the Telegraph reported on Friday.

Germany, Gold, International Finance, Economics, Politics

14 points by geox 18 days ago | 0 comments

Germany may pull gold reserves from New York (cnbctv18.com)
Germany is considering the removal of its gold reserves stored in New York due to concerns over US President Donald Trump’s policy unpredictability, Yahoo News reported, citing German publication Bild.

Germany, Gold Reserves, Geopolitics, International Finance

11 points by ArtTimeInvestor 18 days ago | 1 comments

Incompatibility of Membership (ccc.de)
The CCC declares representing racism and fascism, as well as trivialising historical and current violence, to be incompatible with a membership in our ranks.

Politics, Activism, Germany

11 points by doener 19 days ago | 4 comments

Why Germans put up with snail-speed internet (elpais.com)
During the last UEFA European Football Championship, it wasn’t just the trains that were always running late or the fact that many stores only accepted cash that made Germany look bad. Criticism of the country’s terrible wi-fi connections was also shared with the rest of the world.

Germany, Internet Infrastructure, Technology, Europe

10 points by belter 19 days ago | 4 comments

German conservatives sound alarm over gold reserves held in US (politico.eu)
Can the United States be trusted with Germany’s gold?

Germany, Gold, Geopolitics, International Relations, Finance

32 points by anigbrowl 21 days ago | 3 comments

Hyperinflation Heralded the Fall of German Democracy (2023) (smithsonianmag.com)
“Conditions have taken a catastrophic turn here,” wrote Berlin resident Betty Scholem in an October 15, 1923, letter to her son. “This letter cost 15 million” marks to send, she added, and “it will be 30 million beginning the day after tomorrow.” She and her husband estimated their expenses in the billions as the monthly rate of inflation approached 30,000 percent.

History, Germany, Economics, Inflation, Democracy

51 points by joebig 21 days ago | 38 comments

Germany's 'Deutschlandticket' helps environment – study (dw.com)
New research says a discounted public transport subscription in Germany has drastically lowered CO2 emissions in the country. The cost of the subscription is €58 a month, but some are saying it should be cheaper.

Environment, Public Transportation, Germany, Research, Sustainability

77 points by rustoo 21 days ago | 43 comments

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

218 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | 237 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

96 points by tretiy3 27 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 27 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 27 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 28 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 29 days ago | 7 comments

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

Museums, History, Technology, Germany

10 points by rbanffy 30 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 30 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 30 days ago | 4 comments

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

Europe, Makerspaces, Germany

129 points by doener 31 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 31 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 32 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 33 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 34 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 35 days ago | 32 comments