Yes, absolutely, I want to say this also. Hacker News / Ycombinator is very fine and excellent. Thanx for running this site. It is unique, the format is genius simple, and I learn and discover things here I would otherwise have no knowledge of. We are in rural location in Canada, coming in via Starlink now. The internet is critical for us. It is our economic, social and scientific link to the world. Sites of the quality of Hacker News are rare now. If we ever manage to get to and live on Mars, I hope we can have satellite relay link to HN. Happy Thanxgiving to everyone. And best of luck for everyone's future projects!
Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
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I agree on everything, but the moderation. Personally, I have seen very few times where their assistance is even needed. I have seen them squash interesting debates. I had one guy email me, and tell me at home to stop commenting so much. (Never forgot that one, and there are no TOS. I will probally pay for those last two sentences? Then again if HN is what it claims, maybe not?) What makes this place special is there…
Didn’t really read you post but this jumped out at me, “Hacker News is by far the best site for technical discussion.” Indubitably true. Frankly, even if I’m forever shadowbanned, I can’t think of a better place on the net. It reminds me of the old net, the best parts. The current fashion and culture change a bit over the years but not too much. It’s hard to not mess up a good thing but they do well to do that here,…
You’re not shadowbanned yet. Unless we both are together…
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> It is Christian in origin, albeit a minor local Christian tradition (developed in the US) rather than a major near-universal one. It is Christian only in the sense that the people who celebrated it were Christian. The events that led to the festival were purely political in nature, and not necessarily wholesome either. 1. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgivi... 2. https://www.salon.com/2016/…
Thanksgiving, as a consistent national holiday formally observed every year, was established by Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation in 1863, which declared it a day for “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens”. Clearly religious in nature, although no doubt Lincoln had political motivations as well - the two are not mutually exclusive. 1621 was in itself a one-off event; the fact that…
Interesting. Money in the US has "In God We Trust," and it's not inherently religious. So I'm not sure the proclamation makes Thanksgiving religious. The origins might, though. I don't know enough about it to tell, and I'm not sure I care enough to research it. I don't really celebrate it as other than a day off from work though. Travel is a nightmare at that time, and, although this may sound like humblebragging, I try to be grateful at all times anyway.
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#244This is a great time to be thankful for what make HN great for me. Thanks Dang!
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#245Happy Thanksgiving all. I'm from Kathmandu, Nepal we celebrate something similar around October, called Dashain, the spirit is the same. Family time, good food and being thankful for what we have.
What is the appropriate way to wish somebody a happy Dashain?
Simply say Happy Dashain!
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Agreed. I can think of a few words off hand I learned here. Rejoinder has probably been my favorite.
Can often learn the most words from the magniloquence of cantankerous rejoinders. I’m actually just as thankful for all the words I don’t have to learn here. This is often the first place I go to when I want to look for a distilled, “real” take on something by people capable of communicating with a lot of jargon but generally choose to speak simply and succinctly.
This resonates for me.
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In the same boat myself. I immigrated from india to Canada many years ago and since then, Christmas is the only one I can actually remember and usually celebrate. The other traditional ones like Diwali, Durga Puja, Holi, Eid etc are all forgotten to me unless my family reminds me of it.
UK immigrant to the USA here. I heard about and celebrated Diwali for the first time this year (by going out for Indian food). I'm up for any and all holidays. Especially ones that involve food and no other commitments :) Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Hello fellow expat. The American holiday that amuses me is July 4th as that is basically "Fuck The British" day.
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#248I've been a HN member for 11 years and 11 months to this exact day (I joined Christmas 2009). Since then, I've lived in 6 different cities, 5 different timezones and worked on countless side projects. But all this time, HN has always been my most visited month after month. I can always count on this place to keep me up to date with the latest tech trends and read discussions between reasonable people. Thank you all a…
Same here! My account is about the same age, and I've lived abroad all over the world. Hackernews always helped me feel grounded and connected to the tech world and community at large.
Same for me, most probably this account is about 10 years old or so, but I’ve been lurking for even longer.
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853 + 960Hz? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbegB49B1TY (If you do check, maybe turn it down to be nice to your nerves :D)
Oh, I don't need to check, I looked it up ages ago while I was implementing my SAME encoder. It's definitely that frequency pair, and they're deliberately chosen to be exactly as unpleasant when mixed as they are.
Ah, https://github.com/aaron-em/same-encoder :P
Wow, SAME is very interesting. (I live in Australia and have never been exposed to a comparable system. I think the closest we have is an SMS-based thing.)
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#250I have read and learned a lot of things throughout my stay here in HN. I am hoping to learn more things in the future. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!