Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34192647 1 day ago
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't want weapons. I want a stop to weapons and a start to peace negotiations.
A stop to weapons means capitulation by Ukraine, rewarding Russian imperialism and brutal aggression, and a repeat of the atrocities in 3-5 years. You are advocating for continuing atrocities, and it is abhorrent.
Peace is atrocities? and abhorrent?
I read Orwell's 1984 in high school, and I never believed that we'd go there until now.
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#123Happy New Year from the Dominican Republic. My New Year's resolution is to drink less frequently, exercise more and learn to surf. How about yours?
I’m 32, took my first surf lesson in November and absolutely loved it, bought a board that weekend. I’ve gone out whenever I can since then, about once a week at the moment and still loving it even though my stand-up count is still not that high. It’s such a unique and challenging sport, I’m so glad I tried it, good luck out there!
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
For Putin I'll make an exception. I've looked at lots of media from Ukraine and I have zero compassion with him, he knows full well what he's doing and not a day goes by or innocent people are murdered in his name.
And yet I still have to believe that, deep down - even if it's a manifestation of a deranged mind, and even if I wish there were people to reason with him - deep down, I hope he's not doing all this purely out of ego, but in _some_ form of twisted "it's what is best for my people" train of thought. I understand that's giving him a lot of credit, but, hey, it's new year's eve, right ? We already got the "tyrant being…
Because mad dogs don't suddenly become good dogs, especially not when they are going to be in the same environment. Mad dogs get taken out back. Obviously that leaves the question who/what will replace him, it may well be worse rather than better. But that chance is one we will have to deal with sooner or later anyway so it might as well be sooner. Putin has done enough damage for one person.
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#125Happy New Year!
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
A stop to weapons means capitulation by Ukraine, rewarding Russian imperialism and brutal aggression, and a repeat of the atrocities in 3-5 years. You are advocating for continuing atrocities, and it is abhorrent.
Peace is atrocities? and abhorrent? I read Orwell's 1984 in high school, and I never believed that we'd go there until now.
Your lack of being informed about the facts on the ground in the Russian occupied territories should not stop you from correcting that and reading up on it, then after you're done you can come back here and apologize to those in this thread that are under attack from Russian rockets as we write this.
You can quote Orwell all day long but if you don't understand that one part of his view was that not standing up to tyranny and playing along with those that will eventually plow you under then you probably should go re-read that book as well.
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#127Happy? New Year. I get to spend NYE removing everything from a flooded basement in preparation for someone to come in and give an estimate on the damage, not until Monday since the holidays. Probably caused by the cold snap recently (got to -33 wind chill here), but it wasn't discovered for a few days, so it's already getting moldy down there, I have to wear a bunch of protection, and I have asthma, so I'm sure this…
Oh that so sucks. One of my colleagues had this happen a few months ago and he spent weeks on the cleanup. Best of luck to you!
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#128Happy New Year from Appalachia. My resolution is to be more diplomatic, and to actually use the domain I bought when I quit drinking 2+ years ago. (My issue was binging, not full blown alcoholism, but I tended to do that around stangers and it's bad to be drinking alone if for no other reason than calories -- same reason I don't keep chips in my house, heh, so why not keep the streak going I figure? But maybe should…
Strength to you, that is a tough one. My dad was a full-on alcoholic and could never kick the habit so I'm all for you managing that particular demon. Best of luck and I hope at the end of 2023 you can look back at a major accomplishment in that domain.
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#129Feliz año nuevo, que tus proyectos se cumplan
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#130Happy New Year from SoCal!
2022 saw my net worth decrease by 90 percent as my newly ipo’d company's stock tumbled.
Hoping the new year brings some better results!