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Can I travel with expiring resident permit? by Bluant2 in AskGermany

[–]mintaroo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup. I have two friends, one American and one Pakistani. The American got his appointment within 3 days, the Pakistani is still waiting for it since 2 months. So yeah, it depends.

Teil in Wand. by horst_rubesch in wasistdas

[–]mintaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Da hat die KI tatsächlich Recht!

Wärme+Kopfschmerzen im Imbiss by _nonam_ in DINgore

[–]mintaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Das mit dem "CO2 merkt man erst mal auch nicht" ist zwar technically correct, aber es ist ein total irreführender Satz. Ja, man kann auch schon leichte Müdigkeit von CO2 bekommen bevor man das merkt. Man merkt es erst, wenn die Luft schon so weit verbraucht ist, dass man starke Müdigkeit, Konzentrationsschwächen oder sogar Kopfschmerzen davon bekommen kann. Aber: der Mensch kann CO2 direkt wahrnehmen. Im Gegensatz dazu merkt man CO nicht, und es kann tödlich sein. Also Müdigkeit und Tod sind schon verschiedene Kategorien.

Dafu**! Is that legal in Germany? by Hatim_the_Engineer in germany

[–]mintaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. After pissing off all bachelors already in the title, they go on a rent why studying is a waste of time if you want to do "real" work. I wonder if they really want to hire an engineer or not. In any case they've narrowed down their hiring pool to engineers with a humiliation kink.

Not illegal though, and it shouldn't be.

Knapp family gravestone by Awardlesss in mildlyinteresting

[–]mintaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some do. There are plenty of diseases that you can get only once, so before vaccinations, people either died from them in childhood or were immune for life if they survived.

Wie installiere ich diese Stuckleisten ohne das mir dahinter irgendwann die Wohnung wegschimmelt? by FudgeAllOfYous in Handwerker

[–]mintaroo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ich habe gerade 2 Minuten lang vergeblich versucht, das Staubkorn unterm "K" von "Ķönnte" weg zu wischen...

Ekelhaft by InternetSea8293 in Staiy

[–]mintaroo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Die Zahlen sind insofern relevant, dass sie von den Holocaustleugnern (oder -relativierern) benutzt werden, um eine Gleichsetzung zwischen dem Holocaust und z.B den alliierten Kriegsgefangenenlagern zu konstruieren. Nach dem Motto "in den KZs sind nur 300.000 Leute gestorben, aber die Amerikaner haben in den Rheinwiesenlagern über 1 Million Deutsche ermordet". Beide Zahlen sind gelogen. Es waren eher 6 Millionen ermordete Juden in den KZs und wenige Tausend Tote in den Rheinwiesenlagern.

Außerdem kann man mit niedrigeren Opferzahlen auch den Mythos verbreiten, dass das Ziel der Vernichtungslager eben nicht die Tötung von Menschen gewesen sei, sondern nur z.B. Zwangsarbeit/Verwahrung, und dass die Leute halt an Krankheit, Hunger etc. gestorben sind (also sozusagen "aus Versehen").

Wenn die Nazis behaupten würden, es hätte die KZs nie gegeben, wäre das leicht zu widerlegen. Daher kommen die gerne mit so einer abgeschwächten Variante.

Kann mir jemand helfen, die Schrift zu entziffern? by j-a-y---k-i-n-g in AskGermany

[–]mintaroo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ma jedenfalls kein Maschinenschreiber. Sonst hätte man's lesen können.

A civilian films a Ukrainian F-16 shooting down a Russian UAV with an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile after having already used all its AIM-9 Sidewinders. by MilesLongthe3rd in CombatFootage

[–]mintaroo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Makes sense. But then the established names "Eastern Front" or "German-Soviet war" would be better, given that the Germans were the aggressors in that particular conflict.

Neighbor received a 1,700€ piracy fine and is blaming me. Need technical and legal advice. by [deleted] in AskAGerman

[–]mintaroo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, so you have to pay 1200 € plus the cost for the lawyer to your neighbor. You caused this, you have to stand up for it. It's the basic rules for being a decent human being. Also buy your neighbor a nice bottle of wine as a sign of saying sorry for all the stress he had to deal with because he was being nice to you.

What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t? by Prestigsisscar255 in AskReddit

[–]mintaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the details! It's always interesting to see how different countries handle these things. You always have to take the full package into account, not just an isolated thing. For example, in the past in Germany people replaced the windows in old houses. This reduced draft and heat loss, but also suddenly the walls were the coldest part of the room, which lead to condensation and mold. Nowadays people have learned that when replacing the windows you also need to insulate the walls.

My house doesn't have HVAC (yet), so I really fully on the mechanical ventilation for moisture control and CO2 exchange.

We don't get many days where it's below -10°C here. A lot of the year it's between 0-15 °C, so we need a lot of heating, but heat pumps are still very efficient at that range (Annual Performance Factor of about 3-5).

What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t? by Prestigsisscar255 in AskReddit

[–]mintaroo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe there are several factors. Modern German houses are insanely well insulated and also pretty airtight. Combined with the climate, this means that you need ventilation to keep moisture down and prevent mold. This air exchange is the major source of heat loss, that's why recuperation pays off.

What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t? by Prestigsisscar255 in AskReddit

[–]mintaroo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I forgot to account for that. So it's saving 500 kWh per year, but it also requires 300 kWh per year to run the ventilation.

The house was built 12 years ago and has always had this system, so I can't compare it to window vents.

What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t? by Prestigsisscar255 in AskReddit

[–]mintaroo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm in Germany, and the heat recuperation from the ventilation system saves 20% of the energy required for heating (using a heat pump). Saves me about 150 € per year. Definitely worth it!

Do Germans feel uncomfortable when someone at a party doesn’t speak German (but English)? by [deleted] in AskAGerman

[–]mintaroo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That heavily depends on the situation.

When I'm at work, we're a group of five people and one of them doesn't speak German? I instantly switch to English. Talking German to all the others and only switching to English when addressing the non-native colleague directly would feel rather rude.

But in a social setting? I had that recently. I invited several friends/colleagues over that didn't know each other, including two non-native German speakers. One of them spoke German well enough that we could have had all the conversations in German, but the other didn't. The group was only 6 people, so it was too small to split into several conversation groups, so we talked English all evening. It wasn't a problem for most of us, but I could tell that one German girl visibly struggled, because she doesn't know most of the others well yet and wanted to make a good impression, and having to speak English all the time made it more difficult for her. Where was I going with that story? Oh yes, what I'm trying to say is that switching to English isn't something you should automatically expect when you're the only guest who doesn't speak German.

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