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It is definitely colloquial and not a word you’d use everyday, but it is in Duden:

https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Kummerspeck


I love how I just automatically accept the German cookie banner without reading it (but understanding exactly what it says). Modern internet ist scheisse.


The title has been editorialized, the study comes to a different conclusion:

> Mechanical compression alone did not explain the rise in serum testosterone, although it may have a contributory role.


I followed the link before I read your comment. On mobile, I did not notice that there is any scarring or thought it was just rendering artifacts. I would expect your results to be skewed toward the more symmetrical images. Also, is there any reason why the survey takes five minutes? Why not limit it to 10 images, with the option to keep going? I really like the idea, I hope this feedback is valuable.


Thank you very much for your time and feedback! The scars are indeed not too prominent. In fact we had ours of discussions about the intensity of the scars - in the end we decided to go for a scar intensity that equals the average scar after about 2 years (so they wouldn't be too obvious in reality either).

The survey has 88 picture pairs that are mixed randomly. These 88 pairs are the absolute minimum to cover all relevant breast conditions in a way that allows us to get good statistical data. We calculated the average decision time per picture pair with 3 seconds - hence the 5 minutes. However the survey is structured in a way that if a participant only clicks 10 pictures, we can still use the data from those 10 clicks. So every click counts - and if someone is kind enough to click all 88 pictures, we get a full set of data.

Thank you very much for your interest and support!


I'm pretty sure I've been having the same few (dozen or so) pictures in a loop. Maybe the differences are too subtle to notice to the non-professional eye. Also I feel the resolution is a bit too low to really tell, the scars are barely visible in the images, not sure if that would also be the case in real life.


Thank you very much for your support! In fact now picture pair is equal - although some may look very similar. Some pictures may loop - but that is because we need to compare some conditions to the same "base" condition (e.g. size asymmetry from a C-Cup breast compared to an A-Cup and a B-Cup breast...so those two pairs are different, but the "base" of a C-Cup appears twice. The study is designed that way so that we are able to cover every important breast condition in one survey. I hope that explanation helps - thank you very much again for your support!


According to the about page, "the employees" consist of one guy working on it in his spare time.


I'm not a financial expert, but I think "börsennotiert" (listed on the stock exchange) is much more common than "kotiert", at least in Germany.


I'm German, and I literally just saw the word "kotiert" for the first time. Definitely use "börsennotiert" instead.


I believe "kotiert" is a charming Swiss-German word (one of many, like "Velo" instead of "Fahrrad" for bike).



kotiert seems surprisingly like "cotée" for "société cotée en Bourse" in French so I wouldn't be surprised if it were the Swiss that used that term.


That "kotiert" may be literally translated into "excrementized" or "fecesized" certainly doesn't help in making it more popular.


Yep, never heard of "kotiert" before.


Assuming immunity, you could take care of your parents, grandparents and other high-risk people. You’d have to balance the risk of a false-positive test and wrong assumptions about immunity against the risk of someone from a high risk group running errands.


The difference is that a phone might get hot when the camera is running 24/7 and CPU load is high, e.g. due to motion detection.

To add some anecdata: I had an old iPhone (IIRC a 4s) running as security cam for about 6 weeks. When I returned, the case was cracked due to a swollen battery.


....and? I imagine the phone shut down and literally nothing happened? Batteries are kind of designed to do that in case of cell failure, actual fires are incredibly rare.


Care to elaborate your software setup?


Elon Musk claimed in a tweet that the roadster can beat a time of 6:44 min on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, which is (currently) 20.832 km long.

The current lap record for street legal cars is 6:40 set by a Porsche GT2RS MR.

The overall record is 5:19.55 set by a Porsche 919 Evo.

F1 last raced the Nordschleife in the 70s. The lap record is 7:06.4, but the track was 22.835 km long back then.

The Roadster might have a chance at beating the lap record for street-legal cars, but physic will make sure that it will not come even close to an overall lap record.


Based on what we know of physics, weight, and grip, elon is, as usual, full of it.


Don't forget the 2020 roadster will actually have rocket boosters. (Elon has given his word on this more than once)


Elon also gave me his word that Vernon Unsworth is a peadophile, so maybe not.


According to the technical specifications, the security rating is:

    IWA 14: V/2,500(N1G)/48/90:4.5
    IWA 14: V/7,200(N3C)/32/90:4.8
I interpret that like this:

2,500 kg vehicle traveling at 48 km/h penetrates 4.5 metres

7,200 kg vehicle traveling at 32 km/h penetrates 4.8 metres

The article describes one part of the specification and links to a video demonstrating the other part.


Yup. The pickup truck shown in the video most certainly does not mass 7,200 kg.


> The pickup truck shown in the video most certainly does not mass 7,200 kg.

Exactly, as the video title is "2,500 kg @ 30 mph"


Most of the discussions focus on end-users, here is an anecdote how this affects businesses: my current client recently moved to Cologne, the 4th largest city in Germany. They ordered a broadband connection from Deutsche Telekom three months before the move. As it turns out, Telekom needs SIX months to provide service. This is in one of the top-tier business centers, which was built in 2009.

Depending on your mobile provider, you also only have edge connectivity in most of the building.


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