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Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights [pdf]

0bytes — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:11:47 +0000

Article URL: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi290/seminars/revolution/lowenstein_militant_democracy_i.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693996

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by 0bytes in "Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)"

0bytes — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:14:19 +0000

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Children of Time” is net optimistic.

Germany Power Grid Sabotage: Launch Devices Found Near Weisweiler Plant

0bytes — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:57:23 +0000

Article URL: https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/970710/germany-power-grid-sabotage-launch-devices-found/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49602320

Points: 20

# Comments: 15

New comment by 0bytes in "Alzheimer's treatment is advancing rapidly"

0bytes — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:59:56 +0000

https://archive.is/LFv9p

New comment by 0bytes in "Upcoming election could produce modern Germany's first far-right state governor"

0bytes — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:36:44 +0000

They will blame it on somebody else, federal government, the “old parties”, the “lying press”, immigrants, the “eco fascists”, the EU, … They found their niche being the victims

New comment by 0bytes in "Germany's far-right AfD projected to win"

0bytes — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:08:16 +0000

I fully agree, but I think you forgot social media as a catalyst. People being trapped in echo chambers. AfD (and all the associated conspiracy theorists) are classical con men.

New comment by 0bytes in "Germany's far-right AfD projected to win"

0bytes — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:04:11 +0000

Merz is von Papen 2.0. The same arrogance and overestimation of himself, a textbook old white man.

New comment by 0bytes in "Germany's far-right AfD projected to win"

0bytes — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:02:07 +0000

Calling it a cult fits quite well. Like Trump supporters, AfD can do anything. They do a different style of politics? Sure, they aren’t like the “old parties”, their budget is projected to have a 2 billion deficit? But the “old parties” are increasing the debt as well. Arguments are bent beyond recognition. Facts don’t matter. The term “pigeon chess” was coined for taking with AfD: while you comply to the strict rules of the game, the pigeon just randomly moves pieces, throwing some off, and shits on the board.

New comment by 0bytes in "Burnt out on a three-day week"

0bytes — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:39:26 +0000

Not hard data: ChatGPT and Gemini both say that the article sounds like written by a human most likely with AI assistance.

Doesn’t mean it’s not an ad for coaching. I share your sentiment. (So do ChatGPT and Gemini, they also agree that the article sounds like an ad)

New comment by 0bytes in "Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)"

0bytes — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:12:20 +0000

The power plant is in a very rural area with estimations of 100 people per square kilometer. Tokai Daini is in an area with approx 10 times the people compared to Fukushima. It’s only 8 meters above sea level and it’s also in risk of a tsunami in general. From my point of view that’s not an argument for the safety of nuclear power but more a “it didn’t happen this time”

New comment by 0bytes in "Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)"

0bytes — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:35:02 +0000

And the waste, and the environmental impact on fuel mining, and the deconstruction, and the inherent risks, but otherwise yes, it’s great!

New comment by 0bytes in "Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)"

0bytes — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:27:22 +0000

And yet there are still occasional accidents. 51 in 2025. Which end tragic in aviation but are so much more severe for nuclear power plants.

New comment by 0bytes in "Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)"

0bytes — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:24:41 +0000

How much wiser do we need to be to build a large number of nuclear reactors? How much safer is each one compared to a larger one to justify the risk of building more items that can end in a disaster? And aren’t large reactors quite uneconomical already? How much worse do small ones operate, given the economy of scale. Nuclear power just didn’t deliver what it promised.

The uranium mines of the GDR resulted in 311 million cubic meters of mine waste. In 2005 for the the remediation 13.75 million liters of Diesel fuel were used. The costs so far have been 7.4 billion €. About 20 Billion € were invested in nuclear plants that never produced any power (or in one case was shut down after 100 days) in Germany. Add the costs of deconstruction of the existing plants. The whole narrative of cheap power is nothing but a house of cards.

New comment by 0bytes in "Saab has unveiled its A3 collaborative combat aircraft concept"

0bytes — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:51:52 +0000

You could argue that the “Swedish Airplane Inc.” (Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, SAAB) also does cars.

New comment by 0bytes in "Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat"

0bytes — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:46:05 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin...

See “stability” section

New comment by 0bytes in "Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'"

0bytes — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:58:26 +0000

If you go to a Malaria zone, talk to your doctor to get Malarone and use it prophylactic (depending on the region)

New comment by 0bytes in "A single underscore led to an innocent Halifax man's conviction"

0bytes — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:12:58 +0000

They caught Archibald Buttle

New comment by 0bytes in "The curious case of the disappearing Polish S (2015)"

0bytes — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:14:34 +0000

“Polish uses the English/Latin alphabet” - was it developed back when the US and Italy were allies in ancient Roman times?

New comment by 0bytes in "Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro?"

0bytes — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:12:09 +0000

The Newton team might disagree.

New comment by 0bytes in "Trump's Endgame Is Surrender"

0bytes — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:29:01 +0000

Distraction from the Epstein files Which supposedly were a distraction for high inflation and the tariff disaster.