Das hat auch einen kulturellen Aspekt. Zahnärzte waren traditionell ziemlich gut bezahlt, und haben im Laufe der Gesundheitsreformen ziemliche Einbußen hinnehmen müssen. Und da vielen das dankbare Lächeln ihrer Patienten als Kompensation für die Verluste nicht reicht, versuchen sie, ds Geld anderswoher zu bekommen.

You do not use the PIN to log into your account, but to unlock the passkey that is used to log into your account.

A PIN + the need to physically access a device capable of logging into your acount is safer than a password, which is safer than a PIN.

On the other hand, a compulsory 2FA bound to a physical device will create lots of problems when you loose access to your device.

Within a couple moves, this knight can land on all squares of this board?

Tbf, that was not only smoke from cigarettes. Combustion engines and furnaces used to add a lot of smoke, too, before the use of catalysators and filters became compulsory.

Maybe the glycoalkaloid content differs between potatoe sorts? I have used sprouted potatoes my whole life without any issues whatsoever. Might have been just lucky that our potatoes are low on glycoalkakoids?

Ok – this is the official statement of the German Federal Agency for Risk Assessment.

TL;DR

• there have been only a couple of reports of glycoalkaloid poisoning through potatoe consumption during the last 100 years.
• sprouts, green parts and the skin of potatoes contain glycoalcaloids.
• cooking reduces glycoalcaloids.
• peeled and cooked potatoes are safe to eat.

Culinary preferences might make the difference: in Germany potatoes are eaten peeled = very low risk of poisoning, while my Canadian host family ate potatoes with their skin = slightly higher risk of poisoning, especially if you cut out sprouts but leave the skin.

It’s not a meme.