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Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by burke »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #5

I had an HN-Christmas. I got stuff that I saw other HN'ers recommended over the last year. First was the CDs. Arvo Part Fratres. Arvo Part Tabula Rasa, Gorecki' Symphony #3, and Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians (These are REALLY GOOD) I am enjoying the heck of of them so far this morning. Then, from another HN thread, the ultimate nerd game, Settlers of Catan. Can't wait to try it out later today. Finally some cust…

If anyone else is wondering, I think http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913946 was the thread the music is from.

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by yread »

RevRal wrote: post #109

Andrey Tarkovsky's Sculpting in Time Milorad Pavic's Landscape Painted With Tea A signed and framed picture by Will Cullen Hart Herzog Zwei for my Sega Genesis Planescape Torment for PC Leadbelly collection A brick of soft lead (I need this for swaging).Someone found it and thought of me :) Just the coolest stuff this year. Enjoy your day :)

+1 for the tarkovsky. and the landscape. and the torment. Damn I want your presents!

To stay on topic I got a Michal Palin book signed by himself! :)

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by yread »

bradbeattie wrote: post #29
charliepark wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Settlers is great. It has a bit of a learning curve, though, so if you have any friends who know how to play (and who would be okay with a few "open hand" rounds), you might invite them over. Have fun!

If you find yourself enjoying Settlers, take a look at BoardGameGeek's top 20 list of games: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame While Settlers is a nice gateway game, there's a fair amount of chance involved that can be frustrating. I'd highly recommend Puerto Rico, Tigris & Euphrates, and Caylus. Good games, although they're a bit more involved than Settlers.

Puerto Rico is indeed amazingly chess-like; deterministic to a point where you start to pull your hair out because you didn't take the corn field in the beginning when you could. It also has the nice point that the situation can turn extremely quickly and your opponents start pulling their hair :)

I would also add Agricola which is similarly deterministic but notoriously diffucult to develop a strategy for!

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by dtby »

SwellJoe wrote: post #102

Rejection letters from several banks for a small RV loan, even with a co-signer. So my Christmas gift to myself, an RV, will have to be paid for with cash, and will be a few years older than the one I thought I was getting. I'm also wondering where my tax dollars are going, if they aren't going into consumer loans for people with great credit and reasonable income. (Note to other startup founders: Getting a loan as a…

I'm also wondering where my tax dollars are going, if they aren't going into consumer loans [...]

Is this some young geeks joke that old geeks don't get?

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by b3b0p »

callmeed wrote: post #36

Magic Mouse, an AeroPress and some cigars

Me too. It's my second one now. I already had one, so I'll use this one at the office. I think the Magic Mouse is the best mouse I have ever used. I love it!

Also got Fire Emblem DS and $100 check from my Grandpa.

I got my dad the Star Trek Blu-ray set.

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Post by zackattack »

maxklein wrote: post #87
maxklein wrote: post #16

I got the skin of a leopard. Completely unasked for, totally illegal and now I'm feeling very guilty, but unsure what to do. It's not good to have naive family members go on safari.

Okay, on further research and a bit of help from Wikipedia - I believe it's not leopard fur, but rather 'serval' fur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serval_in_Tanzania.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval Servals are not endangered, does not mean I'll be making myself a cape out of it though!

Awwww. I made a serval ethogram in my animal behavior class. =(

Re: Ask HN: So HNers, whatd'ya get for Christmas?

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Post by callmeed »

wfarr wrote: post #75
callmeed wrote: post #36

Magic Mouse, an AeroPress and some cigars

How's the mouse?

Great, so far. I haven't used it much as I promised the wife I wouldnt get on the computer today :)

But so far, it seems like a keeper. And this comes from a guy who has never liked any of Apple's previous mice. (using a logitech until now)

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