Tell HN: Merry Christmas • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by gbraad » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:10 AM UTC

A bit Christmessy (Santa and a snow storm), but created a very simple preset for my VJ tool: https://music.gbraad.nl/revision/?program=threejs:christmas This is a reactive visualization, so it expects audio to play. Normally I feed a stream or MIDI, but a mic will also work

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:11 AM UTC

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Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by throwpoaster » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:14 AM UTC

Merry Christmas, HN. Thanks for a lovely daily read!

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by gbraad » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:17 AM UTC

Grosvenor wrote: post #50

* , _/^\_ * /.-.\ * * `/&\` * ,@.*;@, /_o.I %_\ * * (`'--:o(_@; /`;--.,__ `') * ;@`o % O,*`'`&\ * (`'--)_@ ;o %'()\ * /`;--._`''--._O'@; /&*,()~o`;-.,_ `""`) * /`,@ ;+& () o*`;-';\ (`""--.,_0 +% @' &()\ /-.,_ ``''--....-'`) * * /@%;o`:;'--,.__ __.'\ ;*,&(); @ % &^;~`"`o;@(); * /(); o^~; & ().o@*&`;&%O\ jgs `"="==""==,,,.,="=="==="` __.----.(\-''#####---...___...-----._ '` \)_`"""""` .--' ') o( )_-\ `"""` `

Lots of great ASCII art by jgs

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by The_President » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:24 AM UTC

tekacs wrote: post #6

Fun seeing HN restart to switch to the Christmas theme, in three steps: https://share.cleanshot.com/vJZv6k03 (restarting the server) https://share.cleanshot.com/qFyM347P (online but temporarily readonly) https://share.cleanshot.com/kW8kY7mp (back online!)

Dear Santa, for Christmas can we get a prefers-color-scheme: dark mode for HN, thank you and Merry Christmas

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by stack_framer » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

Merry Christmas, hackers!

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by Grosvenor » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:33 AM UTC

Grosvenor wrote: post #50

* , _/^\_ * /.-.\ * * `/&\` * ,@.*;@, /_o.I %_\ * * (`'--:o(_@; /`;--.,__ `') * ;@`o % O,*`'`&\ * (`'--)_@ ;o %'()\ * /`;--._`''--._O'@; /&*,()~o`;-.,_ `""`) * /`,@ ;+& () o*`;-';\ (`""--.,_0 +% @' &()\ /-.,_ ``''--....-'`) * * /@%;o`:;'--,.__ __.'\ ;*,&(); @ % &^;~`"`o;@(); * /(); o^~; & ().o@*&`;&%O\ jgs `"="==""==,,,.,="=="==="` __.----.(\-''#####---...___...-----._ '` \)_`"""""` .--' ') o( )_-\ `"""` `

Since I might have peoples' attention for a moment (Can no longer edit my original post). Might I suggest the King William's college quiz this Christmas?

https://kwc.im/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GKP_2025_26.pdf

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by devsda » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:36 AM UTC

e-dant wrote: post #201

Grosvenor wrote: post #50

* , _/^\_ * /.-.\ * * `/&\` * ,@.*;@, /_o.I %_\ * * (`'--:o(_@; /`;--.,__ `') * ;@`o % O,*`'`&\ * (`'--)_@ ;o %'()\ * /`;--._`''--._O'@; /&*,()~o`;-.,_ `""`) * /`,@ ;+& () o*`;-';\ (`""--.,_0 +% @' &()\ /-.,_ ``''--....-'`) * * /@%;o`:;'--,.__ __.'\ ;*,&(); @ % &^;~`"`o;@(); * /(); o^~; & ().o@*&`;&%O\ jgs `"="==""==,,,.,="=="==="` __.----.(\-''#####---...___...-----._ '` \)_`"""""` .--' ') o( )_-\ `"""` `

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

Challenge issued.

I wouldn't be surprised if someone comes up with obfuscated C code that looks like a christmas tree and prints out wishes by the end of the day/season.

Merry Christmas!

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by armeet » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:38 AM UTC

♥

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by theophrastus » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 4:39 AM UTC

Merry Christmas!! you gentle nerds you! Peace to us all.