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1. Fnoord · 1790863131 · focus · HN ↗

   Thank you, German government:

   > Within the frame of Prototype Fund round 15 (March 2024 to August 2024), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research sponsored Tobias Zwick to work on StreetComplete for iOS (see progress report)

   And NLnet.

   1. Dig1t · 1790886028 · focus · HN ↗

      More like: thank you German taxpayers. You are very generous for funding stuff like this for the benefit of the entire world.

      1. toomuchtodo · 1790891624 · focus · HN ↗

         Just as they did with solar power. Thank you Germany!

         1. wafflemaker · 1790902842 · focus · HN ↗

            Can you explain further? Wasn't China the one to give us cheap solar?

            1. toomuchtodo · 1790903622 · focus · HN ↗

               <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;energytransition.org&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;how-germany-helped-bring-down-the-cost-of-pv&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;energytransition.org&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;how-germany-helped-brin...

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