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Re:Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @04:23PM (#30169520)
I always liked Waze but I don't like Google. I've been blocking as many Google domains as possible but still kept some unblocked just to use Waze (and YouTube). Google changed something, Waze stopped working, I switched to Apple Maps. No regrets.
Nice, well done. I'll bookmark that one!

Let us know how much you make with those Amazon ref links while being HN's #1

There are a more than a handful good and active German subreddits. Especially finance-related one like r/finanzen (113,151 readers) and r/mauerstrassenwetten (109,592), or subreddits like r/de (480,614), r/600eur (33,871), and r/germanrap (22,459 readers).

But I agree with you and personally spend most of my time on reddit on international subs. But it doesn't make sense for a German to spend much time on r/personalfinance for example because it's too US-centric. That's where r/finanzen (and r/mauerstrassenwetten (like r/wallstreetbets)) is the better place.

Reddit launched an International Ambassador Program a few months ago[1] and they are paying German power users 20 EUR per hour to create German niche subreddits + 250 EUR bonus for each launched subreddit[2]

[1] https://reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060476592-Intern...

[2] https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/n8g2om/redd...

Re:Crypto Market Tops $1T as Bitcoin Breaches $37,000 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:29AM (#25671393)
I sold at 20k, got back in at 30k, now we’re almost at 40k and that’s where I’m selling again. But I’m actually expecting it to go as high as 50k.
What happens if your protonmail account is gone tomorrow?
Re:Twitter early release v2 API conversation tree example on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:32AM (#24870544)
How do you even bookmark a tweet nowadays? Does this feature still exist? Because I can’t find it.
Re:Halide Mark II on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:50PM (#24862581)
Existing users are getting MKII for free for one year
Re:Apple (Pro) Mouse (2014) on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:59AM (#24382559)
Yeah he’s a fanboy:

> Fun fact: the author of this article now works at Apple in the Design team (@ArmandGrillet, 2 hours ago)

Re:Apple (Pro) Mouse (2014) on Saturday September 05, 2020 @05:56AM (#24382547)
And he unfortunately stopped posting to minimallyminimal. One of my favourite websites of all times.
Re:It’s Time to Get Back to RSS on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:42PM (#23213632)
Apple News is not available in Germany. The only thing we get is the non-customisable News-Widget.
Re:Timeline of the Far Future on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:15PM (#23213414)
I haven’t watched them again now to check if it’s one of them you’re searching for, but these two videos have been posted everywhere last year:

[1] https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA

[2] https://youtu.be/SUelbSa-OkA

Re:iCab: Alternative Browser for macOS on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:21AM (#22921339)
I use Brave but I have completely disabled the Rewards.
> We will openly publish information about our work for others to analyze.

Great!

Re:This Artwork Does Not Exist on Thursday March 05, 2020 @06:12AM (#22492585)
Just forward the domain to the $ 120.000 Banana [1] or something even more ridiculous.

[1] https://www.vogue.com/article/the-120000-art-basel-banana-ex...

Re:How sharing a bed changed my sleep (2017) on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @02:21PM (#22416338)
I’ve always been a pretty good sleeper. I’ve been going to bed at 22:00, fell asleep at 22:05, and woke up at 5:45 after sleeping like a rock.

When my gf and I moved together, this changed.

I still tried to go to bed at 22:00 but sometimes it was an hour later or so. My gf goes to bed between 23:00 and 00:00, which always woke me up. She also needed to go to the toilet once at night, which woke me up again.

But to be fair, when I got up in the morning she was waking up too because she could hear me showering.

When she was working a few hundred kilometres away for a month I noticed how much better my sleep was. That’s when I bought a second bed and moved to our guest room on work-days. Well, sometimes we want to cuddle and fall asleep together, but I’d say 9/10 work-days we’re sleeping in separate beds and it’s g r e a t.

Re:I Learned French in 12 Months on Sunday February 16, 2020 @02:42PM (#22343372)
Interesting! Just today I thought about learning french or spanish with Duolingo. I started with spanish because it seems to be easier to learn. The article was really inspiring tbh, now I really want to stick to it for a year or so.
Re:Apollo: An iOS Reddit app built for power and speed on Sunday February 16, 2020 @11:42AM (#22342329)
You could’ve always copied the URL and just opened Apollo. The app detects the Reddit-Link ask you if you want to open the URL inside Apollo. But I’m using Opener too, it’s a great app not only for Reddit links.
Re:I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit on Thursday February 13, 2020 @03:05PM (#22320960)
They probably wouldn’t because it’s too specific. I’m in Germany and figured I’d just connect to one of the currently most used VPN Servers in New Zealand. Makes my connection slow when I can’t procrastinate or want to reduce screen time without actually blocking apps by enabling iOS Screen Time.
Re:Swiss crypto company backdoored by CIA for decades on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:45AM (#22319138)
Post from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22309478

And the day before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22297963

[Edited to be less annoying and more useful, sorry about that]

Re:Crypto AG on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:35AM (#22309620)
Thank you, I knew I’ve seen this already on HN.
Re:Crypto AG on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:34AM (#22309602)
You’re probably wondering why this is relevant right now.

> In 2020, an investigation carried out by the Washington Post, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), and Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) revealed that Crypto AG was, in fact, entirely controlled by the CIA and the BND. The project, initially known by codename "Thesaurus" and later as "Rubicon" operated from the end of the Second World War until 2018.

Re:N26 will be leaving the UK on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:31PM (#22301797)
Earlier this week I sent money from ING to N26, took them 55 minutes. Then I sent money from Postbank to N26 and it took them 24 hours.

This is not “instant”, but 1 hour is much better than 1 day.

Re:N26 will be leaving the UK on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:26PM (#22301739)
Which is not a hidden charge because they tell you in their app and via email, also when registering an account.

N26 wants you to use their cards (or Apple Pay), and to be honest I have not been withdrawing any money from an ATM for 5+ months. I’m from Hannover, Germany.

Re:Living without a SIM card on Monday February 10, 2020 @11:14AM (#22290372)
Thanks!
Re:Living without a SIM card on Sunday February 09, 2020 @05:37AM (#22281439)
> It worries me to read that the US immigration department are using anonymised cell tower histories to trace people,

It worries me to read you’re still using Facebook even though it looks like you value privacy. Why’s that? (Not trolling, serious question)

How do you format your Apple Note?
I have thought about different apps for this txt-approach for iOS, and you’re right. iA Writer seems to be perfect for this.

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