alt Hacker News> I wonder what has happened to the German builder/tinkerer culture that made German manufacturing great.
Over engineered stuff which hate the user is staple of German manufacturing. Look on tanks during WW2. Impressive on the surface but unreliable crap for everyone who used it.
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nicbou • yesterday at 10:27 AM
Not just tanks but the entire economy and railways in the same time period.
I've learned my lesson about German engineering after buying one of their vacuum cleaners. The ergonomics of the machine seem bad on purpose.