Happy Father's Day!
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Outside of Towel Day, I'm not sure there is a universally celebrated holiday.
Somewhat apropos today, the solstices/equinoxes are by their nature celebrated at the same time of year universally. Granted, not everyone celebrates them, but you couldn't ever get everybody to celebrate anything.
Though if we're getting pedantic (like the head commenter of this thread), the solstices are opposites in the northern vs southern hemisphere, and on the equator solstices and equinoxes are irrelevant.
I do think New Year's on the Gregorian Calendar is up there, and the soccer World Cup does well, too.
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#44This is my first father's day as a father.
It isn't easy, I have been struggling immensely (plug: I wrote about it at https://asukawang.com/blog/leap-of-faith ), but now she's seven months old and it has been a lot better.
I look forward to all the things I could do for her. A home-made jukebox with NFC tags on cassettes I once saw on HN really interests me, but I reckon a 3D printer would be necessary or at least very handy and there's not a lot of room left in my house. Also I prefer a non-bambu lab option (such as Prusa) but the price gap is kind of significant. Still have time to figure this out I guess.
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#45Thank you! Happy father's day to everyone out there.
If you're not a father and are thinking about it, just jump into it, it's the most phenomenal and rewarding experience!
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#46This is my first father's day as a father. It isn't easy, I have been struggling immensely (plug: I wrote about it at https://asukawang.com/blog/leap-of-faith ), but now she's seven months old and it has been a lot better. I look forward to all the things I could do for her. A home-made jukebox with NFC tags on cassettes I once saw on HN really interests me, but I reckon a 3D printer would be necessary or at least ve…
Congrats! I'm celebrating my 10th now and my son was a hard sleeper until about 7 months. For me, it's just gotten better and better.
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#47Happy father's day! Here's my dad on the front of the very first Dragon User magazine. It's been a bit of a bumpy ride but I loved growing up surrounded by every microcomputer under the sun. https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4201/Dragon-User-May...
Wow! I had a Dragon 32 back in the day :)
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#48This is my 20th Father's Day. I feel truly blessed to have 3 wonderful kids.
We sometimes flirt with the idea of having more, but we are sadly done. The years fly by. It is truly a wonderful experience.
Happy Father's Day to all of you out there!
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#49I'm a first time father of an 80 day old. And I can gladly say, these have been the most incredible days of my life. I want to be more ambitious and more active for my kid, in ways I hadn't thought before. Happy Father's day to all.
You only get about 10 of each day. Obviously not true. But... Children don't make memories before 4 or 5 and start being teenagers around 15-16. So about 10 years. Sounds like a long time. But what is today, the solstice, June 21. You only get ten June 21sts. That's it. You start with a handful and it decreases from there. A 7 year old has 8 or so left. A 12 year old has 3 of each day left. Enjoy your kids, you only…
That is the stats for parents. By age of 6 you will have spent about 50% of your time with them. By age of 12 it is 75% and 20 it is 90%+.
As they gain independence, you have less time with them but it is also considered higher quality time.
And yes, 10 years is short. 2016 feels like no time compared with today.
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#50Thank you! Happy father's day to everyone out there. If you're not a father and are thinking about it, just jump into it, it's the most phenomenal and rewarding experience!
Alas, I sit in the horrible limbo zone. The wife and I have been trying for about 6-7 years now, done all kinds of medical whatnot but still nothing. It just feels like complete defeat some days, this was the last thing on the list of goals and we just cannot get there.
Yeah, these days it kind of just sucks and days like this just makes it so much worse. This is not the fault of anyone here, this is my battle. Absolutely take this day and all the others in your stride.