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Tell HN: Merry Christmas

linsomniac
19 replies
12h33m

May your pagers be silent.

kyriakos
13 replies
11h36m

Pagers?

locusofself
9 replies
11h32m

I'm not sure how many companies still use "pagers" aka "beepers", but this person is talking about the device you carry that would alert you when there is a problem with one of your systems. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=593535494&q=pager&tbm=...

kyriakos
8 replies
11h30m

Yes I know what a pager is but was surprised the word is still in use.

tarxvf
3 replies
11h23m

The name will live on in "PagerDuty" at a minimum.

erik_seaberg
2 replies
8h45m

Before mobile phones and beepers, institutions would use a public address system to announce “paging dr. whoever.” Makes me wonder whether the word comes from sending a “page” (an errand boy) to go look for dr. whoever and bring him back.

I guess now “carrying the pager” is a metaphor like “copy and paste” (from the glue used in newspaper layout).

chirau
0 replies
8h3m

"paging dr. whoever"

Can't help but think of that epic line in The Hangover

"Paging doctor F.....!" - Phil

binary132
0 replies
5h23m

There’s a website for people like us.

Merry Christmas!

https://www.etymonline.com/word/pager

sneak
2 replies
11h6m

Pagers are still in use. They receive signals much better (UHF) than GSM two-way devices.

https://americanmessaging.net/

dredmorbius
1 replies
10h16m

Amazing range, and battery life (often weeks) as well.

Not to mention being robust against all kinds of physical abuse, which may itself be a useful characteristic for an on-call comms unit.

nightfly
0 replies
8h40m

More months than weeks

nrb
0 replies
4h21m

I think they're still prevalent in hospitals due to their reliability and higher connectivity.

defrost
1 replies
11h31m

They're coming back you know, just ask Dennis Duffy, Beeper King.

logical_ferry
0 replies
9h18m

Well played. Technology is cyclical, after all.

linsomniac
0 replies
4h53m

I will admit that I paused after typing that, but then I figured, as another commenter mentioned, that with PagerDuty being popular, it wasn't too much of a stretch.

Admittedly, I'm someone who has carried an honest-to-god pager, the "start the number with 911 if it's an emergency" sort of 10 digit segmented LCD ones. Even remember enjoying the freedom of getting upgraded to one of the national ones when traveling!

Though I'm currently thinking about switching from PagerDuty to ntfy.sh/pushover, as it's really hard to justify almost $50/mo per person with Pager Duty for the use my small team makes of it.

GVRV
1 replies
4h29m

I work for a globally remote organisation, so I voluntarily took the on-call rota for the last week of the year. This way, my colleagues can enjoy Xmas with their families without any pager anxiety, and they made sure I could have the same experience this past month over Diwali ;)

DistractionRect
0 replies
1h0m

Wholesome <3

So nice to hear you and your colleagues can make the work/life balance out for each other!

sllabres
0 replies
10h30m

Marry Christmas to all HN readers from me too!

Not on rotation, but one never knows how much something escalates, therefor and for the team members silence if of course preferred ;)

palcu
0 replies
9h8m

And the queries flow through.

Uptrenda
0 replies
6h21m

'hi, we're contacting you about a brand new insurance--' AHHHHHH----

geuis
13 replies
9h58m

This has been an awful year for me. Unable to find work, having to sell off important assets. And for some reason iOS autocorrect is still terrible.

Here's to hoping next year will be better.

spacedcowboy
3 replies
1h51m

Take heart.

My wife almost died early this year from a hospital deciding to rush her Sodium level restoration because beds were scarce and profitable. She now suffers from extreme anxiety, her previous life as a happy, well-balanced mom is over, and as I write, she’s in the next room chattering in nonsense to herself because it’s how her brain copes. It’s worse in the mornings, gets better, briefly, in the afternoons as she gains more higher-level function, until her loss and grief for that overwhelm her, and she reverts again.

I won’t go into the litany of pain and suffering she continues to go through, suffice it to say she has had a variety of terrible-to-observe, worse to endure, symptoms throughout the year. Screaming in agony for hours, in first or third person, in hospital or at home, when painkillers just don’t work is not an experience anyone should go through.

The highlight of today is that a friend has invited us around for an Xmas meal. It’ll be our first social engagement since it happened, so there’s some risk. It’s at 4pm, which is usually her best time of the day, so we’re hopeful things can play out “normally”. I guess we’ll see, sometimes you have to risk things, just to make progress. I don’t think my friend actually realises just how much it means to us what his family have done, but I am so grateful that I cried on getting the invite. It can be hard to struggle alone.

So again, take heart. There is always something worse that could have happened, even for us. Don’t let the past dictate the future - you can’t change the past, but you can influence the future.

And I will join you in hoping that next year will be better.

granshaw
1 replies
44m

That sounds awful, I’m so sorry to hear that and do hope that she can make progress.

If I may, this is a point I’ve been thinking a lot of lately though - as in, is the “oh there’s many people out there who have it way worse, so be thankful for what you have” mindset actually healthy?

Of course there will always be others worse off… and the inverse advice is also widely accepted: “never be the smartest person in the room”, “always look up, not down, to grow”, etc

I’ve been processing this in the context that I’m on the cusp of needing to give up on some life dreams, at least for a long while.

I’m glad to be shut down if this isn’t the right place for this discussion

spacedcowboy
0 replies
22m

I’m not going to shut you down. I’m just going to say that when things are truly bad, you need something to cling onto. When hope is crushed, over and over; when the light at the end of the tunnel is in fact an oncoming train that will also kill you if you fail to dodge; when your view on life turns to thoughts like “is it even worth it ?”, in these sorts of situation, realizing that life could in fact be worse, that you have something to be grateful for can be a crucial life-line to someone who thought they had none left.

Is it healthy for a person living under normal circumstance ? Probably not. Is it useful for someone in extremis? From personal anecdote only, I would say so. YMMV.

Utkarsh_Mood
0 replies
1h12m

Praying next year is better for you and your family

JelteF
1 replies
4h12m

SwiftKey is still the only keyboard with an autocorrect that's actually really helpful, instead of actively messing up what I'm writing. But only if you (counterintuitively) turn off the "autocorrect" checkbox in the settings. Because then you will always have 3 distinct options to choose from (instead of middle and left sometimes being the same). Apparently you can install SwiftKey on iOS too (although I've never tried it).

airstrike
0 replies
4h10m

confirming SwiftKey works brilliantly on iOS. have been a user since before it got acquired, then abandoned, and then picked up again

It also lets you pick more than one language at the same time, which is amazingly useful

(sadly "more than one" is strictly 2, but 3-4 would be even better)

tmountain
0 replies
3h55m

I hope things turn around for you. Here are two sayings that I lean on when times are tough:

“Keep your highs low and your lows high.”

“When you’re going through hell, keep going.”

switch007
0 replies
7h43m

Fingers crossed for next year

And totally with you on iOS autocorrect!

sillysaurusx
0 replies
7h29m

Things can turn around. In 2016 I felt the same way as you. It was the nadir of my life, and was interspersed with suicidal thoughts. We barely kept our Chicago apartment.

Don’t give up hope, and keep trying. Also, one key for me was to get properly medicated. Prozac was a turning point, but everyone is different. There was a clear step function from "before Prozac" to "after Prozac". The suicidal ideation stopped, among other things, which let me get my life in order.

Mostly just remember to enjoy each day in small ways. The only thing I regret from 2016 is not taking the time to appreciate the small things. There’s an interesting mental exercise to snap you out of this: pretend you’re on your death bed at 80, and then you were magically transported back in time to the present day. What would you do? Even being able to run is a blessing I don’t remember to appreciate until I can’t.

You’ll figure it out. Or at least, the chances of you figuring things out is much higher than things going downhill forever. It’s the default path, even if it doesn’t feel like it when things are going wrong.

scrapcode
0 replies
3h31m

This, too, shall pass. Finding a calming peace and disconnect from material things in a low period of my life has stuck with me even as things have gotten much better. Not to say I know what you need, but I bet the positives will shine through all of this in the long term. Find a way to smile today - Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!

layer8
0 replies
6h8m

At least one can just turn off iOS autocorrect, if it's more terrible than one's typing ability (which it typically is).

j4yav
0 replies
7h50m

I can't hire you, but I'm in a similar boat. I'm lucky to have a client I'm billing, but other than that the job search has sucked. I can code, and also have product/g2m experience. Happy to collaborate remotely. Want to try to build something together? If interested you can reach me through metaluna.io.

Uptrenda
0 replies
6h26m

I've been there. The biggest struggle I had was with the constant self-doubts and cynicism. Just when you need the most motivation it seems that everything is against you. All I can say is it's normal to feel like trash during the job search and sometimes things aren't as bad as they seem. It can obviously be hard to believe that after spending like 6 - 12 months unemployed but its true. You're not any more or less as a person. The economy is just brutal at the moment.

culebron21
13 replies
11h39m

In ex USSR we celebrate New Year. So the first several years of remote work with Western folks, I was always surprised to see no colleagues some day in December. Only later in the evening, I would remember they had Christmas that day. :)

Merry Christmas!

timeon
6 replies
10h14m

Western folks

I'm from Eastern Europe and we celebrate already on 24th.

culebron21
4 replies
9h56m

I know, it depends on whether the churches are on Gregorian or Julian calendar.

mantas
3 replies
5h29m

And not everybody in ex-USSR were on the old calendar.

rpmisms
2 replies
3h38m

Who wasn't? I guess Cechnya?

mantas
1 replies
3h8m

Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania and other catholic and protestant communities.

throwaw33333434
0 replies
2h30m

Greek Catholic and for the first time Ukraine.

skinkestek
0 replies
1h2m

I understand Ukrainians celebrate Christmas officially now for the first time.

(If I understand correctly last year it was some kind of transition.)

kome
2 replies
6h12m

Almaty is such an incredible city!

culebron21
1 replies
1h39m

Thank you! Have you visited it as a tourist?

plastic_bag
0 replies
45m

Not the original poster, but I visited Almaty and Shymkent in Kazakhstan this summer. I met a lot of nice and warm Kazakh people. Would love to visit Almaty again and explore other parts of the country this time.

underdeserver
0 replies
6h0m

S Novim Godom!

cperciva
0 replies
11h34m

Don't forget Old New Year!

bjord
0 replies
6h17m

oh wow, this is the first time I've seen someone else in almaty on hn

gzer0
7 replies
9h40m

There have been many, many variables in my life. And throughout all of that chaos, the one constant that remains is HN. I appreciate each and everyone single one of you who make this site what it is. Merry Christmas and cheers!

docmars
3 replies
2h20m

Leave it to a member of HN to talk about variables ;)

Merry Christmas!

throw101010
1 replies
1h57m

We are going in loop about them for sure!

Merry Christmas!

whynotmaybe
0 replies
1h25m

Really a constant behaviour around here.

Merry Christmas!

rossriley
0 replies
32m

variables and constants too

kccqzy
2 replies
4h46m

Same! I can't believe I've had my HN account since 2014. Almost ten years!

tmountain
0 replies
3h58m

Been here since 2009. HN has been a comfort during so many times of transition. Merry Xmas!

rco8786
0 replies
39m

2010 here. I’ve even posted one or two love letters to HN on here. What a great community!

rpmisms
3 replies
3h33m

Merry Christmas, thank you all for being a wonderful taste of the old Internet. Let's all turn our engineer brains off and enjoy family and friends.

qup
1 replies
3h7m

Too busy min/maxing oven space and coordinating efficient wrapping paper disposal

Deployed several concurrent Workers

rpmisms
0 replies
2h27m

Dad, is that you?

billylo
0 replies
3h9m

Well said.

OldHunter69X
3 replies
3h35m

I've been a daily lurker since I was 18. And I do 100% mean daily since the time I started. I've never frequented any other URL so consistently.

I have thousands and thousands of screenshots of highlight posts and comments (highlight to me of course), that I dream about organizing with tags for future access, whether I use any of the information or tools, refresh myself on something, or just want to walk down memory lane... A lane that just keeps getting longer and longer. A lane I'm happy to have at least left a bread crumb trail on to retrace in the dark if I feel like it.

In hindsight, screenshotting them has been more of a personal act I do for myself, knowing very well I may never meaningfully do anything with the majority of them. Every screenshot taken was something important or impactful to me in the moment though. The process of screenshotting is just a part of the ritual it seems .

I thank the individuals, and community as a whole, who have been responsible for making my life better, enabling growth I'd have never anticipated or foreseen , enabling countless echoing feelings of comradery and connection that have been hard to find in meat space consistently.

This place was like discovering a magic land when I was 18 given my rather humble background. I still had a lot of learning and growing to do. Hacker News has been invaluable.

Not to get too gushy... But I do love this site, and I love the fact there are people willing to take time out of your days to participate in it. People of all creeds and credentials being civil, yet unafraid to agree to disagree. Willing to have some fun. Willing to be candid. Willing to dive into the deep end depending on the post...

Merry Christmas everyone:)

Always wish I could wave a magic wand, and somehow reciprocate back all the good I feel like I've just freely consumed and co opted from others over the years ... The giants whose shoulders I stand on.

I'll never forget or downplay the people and exposures that are integral to who I am.

Were I born and raised on some far removed island... Id have been grown off of whatever arbitrary cultural and informational scraps that I could gets my mits on from my local hierarchy, and that's about it. I don't like the sounds of that.

Modern life has its downsides and contraindications for sure, but Hacker News is not one of them. Hacker News is one of modern day phenomon that I am thrilled to have been alive for.

Hope you all have a solid day!

taopai
0 replies
38m

Sometimes I hope HN would have a forum, a real old forum, about life itself, not only tech.

It would be amazing to have such a high quality community able to contribute to everlasting threads. About life, decisions, and of course, curiosity.

P.S: Merry Christmas!

doublemint2203
0 replies
2h16m

<3

amin
0 replies
1h40m

You could share them on twitter: @InterstingHNposts

I’ll follow you.

sillysaurusx
2 replies
10h12m

Marry Christmas. At this point I’ve lived longer with HN than without HN.

Let’s see… HN launched in 2006, I was 18, I’ll be 36 next year, so this is actually an off by one error. Oh well, if you squint a little or drink too much eggnog then it’s true.

Remember to focus on yourself this year, and especially to give yourself permission to be selfish. It’s ok not to live your life for others.

pplante
1 replies
9h26m

I hadn't put that idea together until your comment. I'm about the same age and only have a few more years before this "milestone" myself. Thanks for making me feel older hah.

sillysaurusx
0 replies
9h19m

Welcome to the club.

Here’s something depressing, or uplifting. When you ask older people which age they’d most prefer to re-live, the most common answer is 36. So remember to live this year to the fullest, even though it doesn’t feel like you’re in your prime. You actually are.

Kratacoa
2 replies
6h37m

Бажаю вам всім приємного різдва :)

sgt
1 replies
6h35m

Merry xmas. PS Don't they usually celebrate Christmas a bit later in Russia?

rpmisms
0 replies
3h36m

Today is Western Christmas, January 7th is the actual feastday, we call it Nativity.

You can have the festal greeting anyway: Christ is born!

ExploreColorado
2 replies
15h13m

Merry Christmas to all those that celebrate.

smegsicle
1 replies
12h21m

and especially to those who don't

whoknowsidont
0 replies
12h4m

Why especially?

tamimio
1 replies
1h53m

I may be a scrooge, but I hope everyone enjoys whatever they celebrate. There is a lot of suffering in this world, so if any event helps people in any way, even if it’s just emotionally, I’m all for it.

lake-view
0 replies
1h18m

Sounds like you're not a Scrooge after all.

mordechai9000
1 replies
12h3m

"Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight." -The Ramones

briansm
0 replies
7h17m

"I'm waiting Santa Claus You will come on a bison sleigh I'm waiting for Christmas gifts I want to get a space ship"

Space Christmas, Shonen Knife

mikewarot
1 replies
10h19m

Merry Christmas

Happy Movie and Chinese food day to some of you. ;-)

Minor49er
0 replies
9h46m

Many of us celebrate both!

lgkk
1 replies
10h44m

Merry Christmas !!!!!!

I'm taking a break today and playing call of duty all day long. Tomorrow I will go for a hike or a walk, and then 26th is back to the business/grind.

I hope y'all take a good time to rest.

I'm thankful for the folks who are working over the break. Thankful for the gas station attendants, the police officers, healthcare professionals, on-call engineers and customer support, and so many others to whom I am eternally thankful for making our society.

shutupnerd0000
0 replies
9h43m

Happy Thanksgiving

cebert
1 replies
5h25m

Merry Christmas Everyone! Reflecting on the past few years, I've faced some of life's toughest challenges. In 2020, we lost my father-in-law to Multiple Myeloma, a difficult time for our family. The following year, my dad's battle with Pancreatic Cancer came to an end, leaving us with the task of closing his business and resolving financial matters. Then, in November 2022, my mom was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. After enduring multiple rounds of chemotherapy, I'm grateful to say she's doing much better.

Through these hardships, I've learned about strength, resilience, and the importance of true friends who have your back. I also learned that I am strong and can deal with difficult hardships. As I look forward to 2024, I'm hopeful for a return to normalcy and better health. Here's to a year of healing, growth, and brighter days ahead.

0xDEAFBEAD
0 replies
2h47m

That's rough. Best of luck for the new year!

bmikaili
1 replies
3h5m

Merry Christmas! Was wondering what broke my color scheme but then realized what the actual colors were :D

sixthDot
0 replies
2h3m

what the actual colors were

worst ?

batrat
1 replies
11h34m

Merry Christmas!

I'm on call and already had my first intervention. How's your Christmas going?

fancy_pantser
0 replies
10h36m

I hate to be a stick in the mud, but they're right; you shouldn't drink so much when you're on call.

anon115
1 replies
8h4m

<3333333333333333 have good time everyone!!!

sillysaurusx
0 replies
7h34m

iOS is convinced 3333333333333333 is a phone number, but only when it’s prefixed by <3333333333333333. Mildly interesting.

Jelmerta
1 replies
8h41m

Merry Christmas! I have been lurking for years and never contributed myself. Nonetheless, I appreciate all the users and their productive discussions that make this site a joy to browse.

qup
0 replies
2h52m

Merry Christmas, welcome.

Stay with us. We need more joy.

AlbertCory
1 replies
41m

Apologies if this is old stuff for you:

The mystery of Santa's sleigh has been solved. Santa is a quantum phenomenon, meaning that he is in everyone's house at once. BUT if anyone observes him, then the probability function collapses and only one house gets toys.

So have a Merry Christmas, and don't look.

kirubakaran
0 replies
19m

When you observe Santa, you get entangled with that Santa, and others get gifts in the rest of the multiverse. So don't worry, and have a Merry Everettian Christmas!

xtiansimon
0 replies
2h11m

Merry Christmas to all you beautiful people.

And happy 8 year anniversary for my account, made on Christmas Day 2015. LOL

whitewingjek
0 replies
40m

Merry Christmas!

vjulian
0 replies
3h20m

I appreciate this place as a refugee for intelligent people, first and foremost. Most of the world is less intelligent and unable or unwilling to think for themselves. It gets infuriating.

I love the interesting links, articles, discussions; and I very much appreciate the moderation philosophy. Though I work in tech and hold a certain technical literacy, I’m in a management role and don’t have a background in software development. Nonetheless, there’s plenty here for me, and I wind up learning a lot from reading the technical discussions.

vasili111
0 replies
2h16m

Merry Christmas!

:)

turtleyacht
0 replies
15h46m

Merry Christmas

treyd
0 replies
12h31m

Merry Christmas!

torotonnato
0 replies
5h10m

Happy xmas nerds :D

tjr
0 replies
13h29m

Merry Christmas!

tacocataco
0 replies
2h44m

Merry every day, nor just xmas.

t-s
0 replies
54m

Happy holidays in whatever form you all celebrate!

May your bugs be solvable and enlightening.

synthoidzeta
0 replies
13h49m

Aye, merry Christmas!

speedylight
0 replies
10h21m

Merry Christmas to you too. Hope you have a great holiday :)

somid3
0 replies
1h36m

Happy hoolidays!

somedude895
0 replies
6h39m

Merry Christmas! I dropped Reddit and all other social media except for YT a couple years back after I found HN. It's not perfect, but probably the best you can find out there in terms of etiquette, curiosity and interesting and generally respectful and benevolent conversation. So thanks to y'all for making this a corner of the internet that I'm truly grateful for.

sha-3
0 replies
1h36m

Merry Christmas, everyone!

seejayseesjays
0 replies
12h3m

Merriest possible Christmas!!!

sebastian_z
0 replies
8h35m

Merry Christmas! I wish you health and joy in life.

schroeding
0 replies
10h38m

Have a Merry Christmas, too, everyone! :D

rwdf
0 replies
9h1m

God jul!

rrkulkarni
0 replies
6h19m

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

robertwt7
0 replies
7h11m

Merry Christmas everyone! It's still my favourite time of the year despite all of the things that happened throughout the year.

riffruff24
0 replies
11h34m

Merry x-mas, hn.

Some of you might not celebrate it but that just means I'll have to eat your share of cakes \(^_^)/

rgrieselhuber
0 replies
6h25m

Merry Christmas! (And again on January 7).

reqo
0 replies
10h26m

Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks everyone for you great contributions to the community and thanks to the dear moderators for the great job they are doing!

replwoacause
0 replies
12h23m

Merry Christmas all

reactordev
0 replies
5h16m

I don’t celebrate Christmas but Happy Holidays.

quickthrower2
0 replies
9h7m

Jeez. Happy Birthday.

punkspider
0 replies
7h59m

Merry Christmas!

ploppyploppy
0 replies
8h23m

Merry Christmas :)

phtrivier
0 replies
3h56m

May you spend good time with loved ones, be it over a tree, a treat or a tree.

Life being just a ride, may it be pleasant, or at least pass the hardest bump quickly.

photon_collider
0 replies
1h54m

Merry Christmas, everyone!

pclmulqdq
0 replies
11h6m

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all.

patrickwalton
0 replies
11h15m

Merry Christmas!!

orenlindsey
0 replies
4h58m

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!

nixgeek
0 replies
3h1m

Happy Holidays. I’m still finding 3-5 new and really interesting things to read via HN daily, and want to thank everyone for submitting and commenting in 2023.

Wishing you and yours a fantastic holiday season!

nikolay
0 replies
1h7m

Christ is born! Glorify Him!

netule
0 replies
11h19m

Merry Christmas!

mrcwinn
0 replies
1h12m

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone, whatever you celebrate. Nice being on Earth with you all!

mostlysimple
0 replies
5h16m

Here's hoping everyone associated with Hacker News a joyous holiday season. I discovered HN this past year and wonder how I ever lived without it. Merry Christmas mostlysimple

mjgs
0 replies
8h6m

Merry Christmas from Vietnam :)

I read HN most days. It’s great to see people from so many places around the world in this thread.

All the best for 2024!

mindcrime
0 replies
6h37m

Merry Christmas everyone! And here's to an incredibly happy and prosperous 2024 to come! May you all find the things you're looking for, and the peace and happiness you deserve.

mikub
0 replies
11h15m

Merry Christmas und Frohe Weihnachten everyone. :)

michaelaiello
0 replies
5h32m

Merry Christmas HN Community!

metaltyphoon
0 replies
4h15m

Merry Christmas!

mekpro
0 replies
7h8m

Merry Christmas ! Life is hard but HN always felt like home for me.

mbn404
0 replies
12h4m

Merry christmas

manuelmoreale
0 replies
11h10m

Buon Natale everyone. Wish you all the best.

lockie
0 replies
5h10m

Merry Christmas all :)

leto_ii
0 replies
6h9m

Merry Christmas from Romania to the best community on the internet!

langarus
0 replies
9h23m

Merry Christmas to you all.

kylehotchkiss
0 replies
10h28m

Merry Christmas to all! 2023 was a fantastic year, so happy to be over the Covid mountain and over the inflation hills that followed. Wishing everybody here a creative, prosperous, and exciting new year!

ktzar
0 replies
8h25m

Merry Christmas, everyone!!!

kreck
0 replies
5h54m

Merry Christmas everyone!

justhereforthe
0 replies
12h3m

Happy Christmas, everyone!

jusgu
0 replies
6h24m

Merry Christmas! Thanks again everyone on HN for being a great source of inspiration and interest

jumboonsale
0 replies
14h37m

Merry christmas

jrwiegand
0 replies
1h20m

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I appreciate the banner color update as well.

joewhale
0 replies
4h13m

Merry Christmas! Hope you feel valued and loved today.

jbot27
0 replies
5h15m

Merry Christmas. I am very grateful for this community, I hope everyone has an amazing 2024.

jasoneckert
0 replies
2h35m

Merry C:\hristmas (the PC term for Christmas ;-)

ilaksh
0 replies
13h4m

And Happy Holidays!

hsuduebc2
0 replies
5h0m

Happy holidays and better next year fellows.

hammyhavoc
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10h25m

Happy Monday!

grumblepeet
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11h55m

Merry Christmas everyone! Haveagoodun.

gregfjohnson
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1h16m

Merry Christmas all. Thank you for this thread.

gordon_freeman
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12h1m

Merry Christmas to the HN community!

goles
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11h51m

Thank you for your work; Dan, Scott, Paul, anyone who reads, or contributes, or detracts.

forgingahead
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5h31m

Merry Christmas to all!

fatterypt
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9h33m

Merry Christmas!

fairytale
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2h22m

Merry Christmas to everyone on HN! May 2024 be a happy and successful year for all of us and may it also bring us more to read and learn. Reading is fundamental and on HN there is always something to read about. I have been on HN for 2 years, 7 months and 23 days and I look forward to remain a part of this wonderful community :).

ewenjo
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3h4m

Merry Christmas!

egloeda
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5h1m

Merry Christmas to all men of goodwill

downboots
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10h37m

Merry Christmas

doug_durham
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10h28m

Merry Christmas! Thanks for all of the great reading over the last year.

docdeek
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11h31m

Merry Christmas!

dlachausse
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12h0m

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

djohnston
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4h46m

Merry Christmas yall, here's hoping that the HN crowd has an above average 2024.

devgoth
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12h25m

merry christmas!

dev-jayson
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12h9m

And a jolly Christmas to you too, kind stranger!

dc_ist
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10h20m

Merry Christmas HN! Thank you all for inspiring so many of us!

dan_can_code
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8h59m

Merry Christmas HN!

d-z-m
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12h8m

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

curtisblaine
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9h26m

Merry Christmas everyone!

cod1r
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10h15m

Merry Christmas bros

ciroduran
0 replies
7h14m

Barry Crumbus!

charles_f
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10h36m

Merry Christmas! May the code fixing prod compile on the first try

chadpaulson
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11h3m

Merry Christmas!

carlhjerpe
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2h18m

Merry dang Christmas! :)

brian_herman
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13h40m

Merry Christmas!

bradley_taunt
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4h18m

Merry Christmas to a wonderful community!

bpiche
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15h55m

Merry Christmas to you as well

booleandilemma
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2h45m

Merry Christmas HN!

biztos
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10h40m

Merry Christmas, Boldog Karácsonyt, Fröhliche Weihnachten, Feliz Navidad, สวัสดีวันคริสต์มาส, et al!

bequanna
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2h13m

Merry Christmas!!

bayindirh
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11h25m

Merry Christmas HN!

basiskarten
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10h1m

Merry Christmas to everyone here and their families!

autotune
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2h34m

I wish you a merry christmas and a happy new fear.

aunty_helen
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11h32m

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you get some time to reflect on the year that’s been, the crazy change we’re going through and the great community we all work to better.

atonse
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11h59m

Merry Christmas HN!

asimpletune
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1h54m

I remember being a CS student years back and my lab partner told me be about HN. I didn’t know what it was, but since then I basically skimmed every day since. Thanks for all the great memories!

antonoo
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10h20m

Thanks for making me have great news to read every day. And the hours spent here this year. Merry Christmas.

andyjohnson0
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8h8m

Merry Christmas everyone. However you choose to spend this day, and whethet or not you hold it to be special in any way, I hope it is peaceful and good for you.

aikiplayer
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2h9m

Merry Christmas all. Like many of the posters have said, I really treasure this site as this is what I still believe the Internet should be (yep, I’m old). Love all the nuggets I find here and the number of threads and articles I share out. Also, seriously appreciate dang!

Merry Christmas All!

accrual
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12h20m

Happy tree day!

_tk_me
0 replies
12h4m

Merry Christmas

_navierstokes
0 replies
14h29m

Merry Christmas!

_andrei_
0 replies
9h24m

Merry Xmas!

VoodooJuJu
0 replies
4h14m

Merry Christmas

Utkarsh_Mood
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15h4m

Merry christmas HN!

TriangleEdge
0 replies
4h45m

Merry Christmas all <3

Simon_ORourke
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2h54m

Merry Christmas y'all. Dodged two rounds of layoffs in 2023, things seem to have stabilized a bit in tech in 2024, so let's hope everyone gets a new job who's looking for one, or holds onto one they like!

SeanAnderson
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11h49m

bah humbug! /s :)

RickJWagner
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1h20m

Merry Christmas, and a joyous 2024 to all!

Racing0461
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1h18m

Merry chrystler (source: i miss vine)

Mycromanage
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12m

I'm just here for the chaos & disorder.

MilnerRoute
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15h32m

Merry Christmas, my friend

Jfaux
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2h59m

Merry Christmas! This was a tough year for me personally but I’m optimistic for 2024.

Graa
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7h0m

Merry Christmas everybody!

EchoReflection
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1h3m

I don't remember when I first learned about HN, I think maybe when I was in high school(I'm 36 now). I have found an uncountable number of interesting and imo mentally valuable things through here. When I share them (which I often do) my friends always ask "where did you find that?". This is such an awesome group. Merry Christmas!

https://historycooperative.org/pagan-origins-of-christmas/

DrAwesome
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12h25m

Merry Christmas!

DanHulton
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2h27m

Humbug. Humbug, I say!

No, seriously, have you ever tried humbugs? They're a delicious molasses-y mint candy, and I always try to pick some up at this time of year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbug_(sweet)

CrimsonRain
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6h11m

Merry Christmas

ClickedUp
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5h59m

Merry Christmas HN!

AdamJacobMuller
0 replies
12h23m

Merry Christmas!

8n4vidtmkvmk
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9h50m

Merry Christmas with from Bali

29athrowaway
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1h46m

Merry Christmas to everyone, especially to the GOAT of moderators, dang, seen today moderating HN.

0dayz
0 replies
8h36m

Turning 1 year older nearly broke me,

There were lots of important things in life I couldn't see,

But I got a wonderful realization that set me free,

Oh how wonderful it is to let my actions be made by me!

Merry yuletide everyone!