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Thank you all for posting and upvoting the interesting stories. Thank you for replying to my comments. Thank you for upvoting them. Thank you for downvoting them, too. I come here to learn and be amazed at knowledge, creativity, and kindness.
Hackernews is simultaneously the most cantankerous and, imho, highest quality response on average public forum on the net. I absolutely love it here and sincerely appreciate this place. I feel like I’ve grown up on this site in so many ways. I am continually humbled by not just the consistent quality of content but also the comments. It’s a testament to the moderators that this site has maintained this level of quali…
Happy Thanksgiving!
1) I'm thankful my elderly parents and in-laws are healthy and survived the worst of the pandemic.
2) I'm thankful new relatives are healthy and thriving (who doesn't adore babies?)
3) I'm thankful my immediate family is OK. Zoom-schooling and masking is not ideal but we adjusted and adapted.
4) I'm in awe of the medical professionals who withstood the brunt of the pandemic and continue to provide for our well-being.
5) And the technologists that support the medical professionals -- the those who build the tools, design the scientific instruments, operate the equipment, push the tech to incrementally do more -- all this seems like magic but is comprised of late night debugging, inspired insight, that blood-sweat-beers workpersonship that keeps society chugging along.
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I appreciate your comment. I guess I am frustrated because I grew up with the colonizer mindset, that the Europeans who came here were nice people that did nice things and everyone had a big party together. I did a school play when I was a kid about making friends with the Natives. It wasn't until after school that I learned what was really going on, and now when I see celebration for this day I really do just think…
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Eat some food, love your fellow humans but most importantly.
Thank you to all the Opensource Devs
Thank you Dan Gackle for making this site my happy place, the only place on the internet that I read every day. Thank you all for posting and upvoting the interesting stories. Thank you for replying to my comments. Thank you for upvoting them. Thank you for downvoting them, too. I come here to learn and be amazed at knowledge, creativity, and kindness.
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!