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New comment by morsch in "Taylor Farms has rewritten its cyclospora statement four times in sixteen days"

morsch — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:13:39 +0000

Yes it is

> For non-prepacked foods – such as those sold in restaurants, cafés or deli counters – allergen information must be provided.

New comment by morsch in "Kill The Cookie Banner"

morsch — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:32:53 +0000

But I don't want to delete cookies? I want websites to use cookies that are technically necessary e.g. for keeping me logged in. I just don't want them to use it to track my behavior especially inter-website.

New comment by morsch in "German AI consortium releases Soofi S, an open 30B model that tops benchmarks"

morsch — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:07:35 +0000

That is funny because Germany did in fact use the process ("waste") heat from steel mills for district heating on a large scale. The steel was then used by the automotive industry, among other things. We're talking 50+ years ago.

New comment by morsch in "I'm a USB-C Maximalist"

morsch — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:56:28 +0000

I know, right. And the other manufacturers are the same, razors/grooming tools that just have a USB C plug are rare to nonexistent. My assumption is that it's down to some regulation regarding waterproofing somewhere. Though of course USB C plugs can be waterproof.

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

morsch — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:02:16 +0000

You can also get jiaozi and tempura shrimp at the Oktoberfest, that doesn't make them traditional Alpine food.

> Directly at the German-Polish border, you'll enter Eastern Europe, then when you arrive in the mentioned cities, you're suddenly back in Central Europe.

I mean I get that impression even before crossing the border to Poland. It's just very rural and not exactly wealthy on either side of the border.

Charlie Kirk's legacy is a 30-year sentence for moving zines

morsch — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:52:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/policy/956404/prairieland-sentencing-zines-trump-antifa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669062

Points: 20

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New comment by morsch in "FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model"

morsch — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:37:07 +0000

What'd be nice for compound words particularly in German is a way to enter them separately and have them merge either automatically or as an option above the keyboard.

Eg enter Bürger Dienste and have it autocorrect to Bürgerdienste. Or even Führung Kraft and turn it into Führungskraft (inserting an s).

New comment by morsch in "Waymo Premier"

morsch — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:48:54 +0000

Officially allowed in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and UK, from what I can tell. Interesting though, I'd have assumed it's permitted nowhere in the EU.

New comment by morsch in "The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid"

morsch — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:18:16 +0000

Probably because the Spanish track isn't delivered in surround...

New comment by morsch in "Letter from the Duke of Wellington to the British Foreign Office (1809)"

morsch — Fri, 29 May 2026 20:55:27 +0000

Thanks, I read through a few pages and found it a more interesting read than the original link.

E.g. here he's complaining to the undersecretary of state:

https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/...

Here (and a few lines on the page before) is a long letter with his advice on how to reconstitute the (allied) government of Spain:

https://archive.org/details/dispatchesoffiel10welluoft/page/...

New comment by morsch in "Googlebook"

morsch — Wed, 13 May 2026 05:15:57 +0000

Interesting. If Motorola gets away with that, loopholes can be closed.

New comment by morsch in "Googlebook"

morsch — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:20:13 +0000

The increased update timelines by Google, Samsung and others roughly coincided with EU legislation coming into effect that mandates 5 years of updates after end of sales. We'll see.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/From-June-20-EU-gives-smartphon...

New comment by morsch in "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2026"

morsch — Tue, 05 May 2026 05:23:18 +0000

> WAPO's entire nominated work is about Epstein Files

No, it's not. But it is about Trump: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/washington-post-4

New comment by morsch in "The X-Files has made me nostalgic for a time I never experienced"

morsch — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:18:16 +0000

Endtroducing.... (1996)

Second Toughest in the Infants (1996)

In Sides (1996)

Homework (1997)

To name a few. The 90s were great for electronic music.

New comment by morsch in "The Joy of Folding Bikes"

morsch — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:29:26 +0000

Yeah it's ridiculous.

Boomers legislating away a method of transportation they have no use for, combined with a few people using it with little regard or civility, and rental operators so focused on competition that they're unwilling to enforce the rules.

But really, mostly it's the first of the three factors. Thank god they're avid adoptors of ebikes, making those safe for now.

New comment by morsch in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

morsch — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:51:01 +0000

Well, a lot of people got killed this way, too.

New comment by morsch in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

morsch — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:27:56 +0000

The YKK zipper on my North Face hard shell broke. Got it replaced under warranty. Half a year later, it broke again. Anecdotes, sure, but I'm now buying cheap jackets instead.

New comment by morsch in "40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 cal of feed per 1 cal"

morsch — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:56:12 +0000

The data doesn't prove either point. For all we know, a very low number of cattle are being grazed on those 29%. Or a lot of them. We don't know.

New comment by morsch in "US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional"

morsch — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:40:28 +0000

> From what I understood ethanol and methanol form an azeotrope

I don't think so https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope_tables

New comment by morsch in "Hacking old hardware by renaming to .zip [video]"

morsch — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:24:22 +0000

What a coincidence, I just got an email announcing that Breville intend to orphan my Joule sous vide stick: the existing app will stop working, the new app is only available the US and Canada and in parts of Europe.

Live in another country? You're s.o.l., it wasn't officially sold there. You need a new account as well, hope you like the TOS.

All of this for a device whose core functionality -- setting a target temperature, getting the current temperature and checking for error states -- is both trivial and has no inherent need for internet connectivity.

I suppose I should be grateful they're still supporting a device that's like 10 years old. Caveat emptor (I got it as a gift).

https://community.chefsteps.com/discussion/78615/joule-sous-...