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r3drock··on You can link an OpenPGP key to a German eID
This is in fact not correct. There are two unique identifiers for every german citizen, first the so called "Rentenversicherungsnummer" and the "Steueridentifikationsnummer". Both are assigned at birth.
r3drock··on Millions snap up new Germany-wide public transit ticket
Freenet Funk is offering unlimited data with 4G for 0.99€/day. Speeds are up to 250mbit.
r3drock··on High-intensity exercise, some new news
You could get hungrier because of the exercise and therefore eat more, which would prevent weight loss.
r3drock··on Are Buy Now Pay Laters the Next Bubble?
I am doubting the representativeness of this survey, as it was done on Amazon Mechanical Turk.
r3drock··on In a small trial, drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock’ (2019)
I would not be so sure about that.

If you were expecting to live a much longer life, people might grow more fearful about the consequences of speaking up against a dictator.

r3drock··on The Great Steepening
Consider this example: The Fed has issued $2 worth of treasuries in the past, which mature today. If the Fed then issues only $1 of new treasuries today, the overall amount of treasuries in circulation shrinks.
r3drock··on Intellectuals urge Germany to keep nuclear plants online
Not really incorrect. Both are in a way correct. In 2002 the nuclear power phase-out was written into law. With Merkel in 2010 there was a decision to keep the power plants running for far longer. This extension was retreated because of the Fukushima desaster.
r3drock··on Hydrogen’s moment is here at last?
Oil might last a lot longer than you think at first. Even at the proven oil reserves of 2016 the oil would last for 47 years (https://www.worldometers.info/oil/). Additionally, new reserves could be found. Another potentially very large source of oil is coal. You can make oil from coal via the Fischer-Tropsch technology. As there already are considerably more proven coal reserves than oil reserves, this would probably push out the point of "no oil left" a lot further.
r3drock··on Austin cyclists split on sharing bike lanes with pizza delivery robots
I am curious about your rationale of throwing scooters in the river. Are you not aware that the batteries will leak and pollute the river?
r3drock··on Ask HN: My startup has more annual subscribers than monthly. What to make of it?
In Germany for example, a lot of people have no credit card.
r3drock··on We Expect 300k Fewer Births Than Usual This Year in the US
One explanation is rising amounts of space per person, the apartments are just getting bigger.
r3drock··on Tesla spent $1.5B in clean car credits on Bitcoin
In a way, you can even spend market cap, just issue new shares and raise money for the company. This way you can generate a lot of cash, especially if your market cap is inflated.
r3drock··on The GameStop Story You Think You Know Is Wrong
I think it does not really add up, at least they should have allowed accounts to buy without margin.
r3drock··on Exasperated Exuberance
For people not familiar with the term bps: Basis Points (BPS) are a unit of measurement equal to 1/100th of 1 percent.
r3drock··on Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Quest 2 is anticompetitive
In principle I would say you are right, but it is actually a far greater hassle to make (or keep) a facebook account than some generic account.
r3drock··on Help Take the Fight to COVID-19 with BOINC and Folding@Home
This would probably not work since bitcoin miners are all ASICs these days.
r3drock··on Airlines scour the world for scarce 737 Max simulators
They did not stall because of the engines. The plane would be perfectly flyable without mcas, the plane only behaves differently. But in order to avoid recertification boeing decided to tweak the plane behaviour with mcas so that there is no noticeable difference for the pilots. In hindsight this obviously wasn't done right.
r3drock··on New 10.3″ Waveshare E Ink Monitor
It only uses electricity when it refreshes, so it does not seem that high.
r3drock··on This Page is Designed to Last
I think it has a value for technically less literate people.
r3drock··on PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub
They must give it to you.
r3drock··on Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-source Android app
I think, they are already banning many of the malicious apps. As nobody cares about those apps, these removals don't make any news and therefore it seems google is not punishing malicious apps.
r3drock··on Hong Kong’s protesters use AirDrop to spread information to mainland visitors
There is briar.
r3drock··on Peltier Application Note – Thermoelectric Cooling [pdf]
A neat application with peltiers for CPU cooling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ3SwM2-rD4