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Happy New Year 2025

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Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by xerox13ster »

waldrews wrote: post #141

Happy new year to readers who are fellow humans, to any bots who, unbeknownst to us, can already experience happiness, and I guess if any gorilla, parrot, elephant, or dolphin is having this message communicated to them, happy new year to you too. Let's hope all our respective species keep existing.

I told my crow friends happy new year and I'm reasonably certain they know today is special even if they don't get why. [0][1] (this is just one and I offered peanuts first but it stared me down and did not budge until I put out beef)

[0]: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/433008121234063360/...

[1]: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/434337586182619136/13...

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by gylterud »

devsda wrote: post #111
Donald wrote: post #61

45^2 = 2025 Happy perfect square year, everyone. The previous one was 1936 and the next one will be 2116.

Great to know that someone else too keeps track of squares. At the ages of perfect squares is when we all cross or achieve significant milestones in our lives as children, students, (young)adults, spouses, parents, grandparents, senior citizens of society and so on. This year being a perfect square, I wish that it will be as much or more special as it was for everyone at those ages.

My youngest is fascinated by squares at the moment. Luckily for him, he is 4 years old, his older brother is 9, while I just turned 36. He will be delighted when I tell him that we are entering 45 squared!

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by bonzini »

globnomulous wrote: post #164
umeshunni wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some more (thanks to chatgpt-o1) 6) sum of the first 45 odd numbers: 1+3+5+...+89 7) is a Harshad number: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harshad_number

6 is kind of cheating. It's a restatement of 45^2. 3^2 is the sum of the first three odd numbers. 4^2 is the sum of the first four odd numbers. 5^2 is the sum of the first five odd numbers. Edit: sorry, don't mean to be a pill.

4 and 5 too

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by lukan »

Happy new year as well, even though it already started for me on the 21. of December on Solstice, when the days were starting to get longer. That is a real turning point in the natural cycle and I like to follow natural cycles where possible. 1.1. is just arbitary numbers changing to me, but for the majority it means something, which also makes it real and I can appreciate the intent and celebrate anyway..

(And I did had an awesome drug and alcohol free party with self made music and wild dancing)

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by jll29 »

Happy New Year!

Besides family breakfast, brushing teeth/shower, opening HN makes a good morning better, and an okay start into what will hopefully be a great year.

Here's wishing everyone out there: 1. happiness, 2. purpose, 3. love, 4. health, 5. peace, 6. good flow, 7. clean code ;-).

Happy Hacking!

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