Tell HN: Merry Christmas

Post by snarf21 » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 2:02 PM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #299

e-dant wrote: post #201

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Thought it was obfuscated C code, then I realized it’s a tree or something

Pretty sure it's a regex to match email address strings.

Post by kylecazar » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 2:14 PM UTC

opello wrote: post #188

kylecazar wrote: post #170

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That jgs is killing me

Just because old ASCII and ANSI art is often signed by the author, which is something fun I appreciate, see also: https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewit... And of course, the BBS Documentary: Artscene episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv...

Post by thepaulthomson » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 2:26 PM UTC

Post by thepaulthomson » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 2:31 PM UTC

thepaulthomson wrote: post #376

Merry Christmas

Post by throw48k76e » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 2:54 PM UTC

a022311 wrote: post #289

KellyCriterion wrote: post #267

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Weeks ago a local newspaper had the headline: "keep the big bang until later for your children, the bible is really a great set of fairy tales" Im not religious at all, actually "implicitly fighting against it", though I have to admit: This sentence made sense and Im thinking still until today about it, because actually I think its quite true - for smaller children, the storylines in the bible are much more "real" an…

The Bible and the Big Bang theory are not mutually exclusive. The Old Testament is a very symbolic book and gives no specific details on how exactly the world was created, other than the seven days of creation. We know that the 7 days weren't referring to our current concept of a day. There's also no water above the sky. It was written like that, because it would be easier for people to understand. Science wasn't a t…