Happy New Year 2025 • Hacker News Board

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by treebeard901 » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 4:25 PM UTC

About 64 million people die every year, congrats on not being one of the 150,000 that die every day. May your luck extend for another 64 million.

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by kdmccormick » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

roenxi wrote: post #192

fifilura wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't consider it cheating, I bet most of these rules have an internal relation.

They do indeed have an internal relation - they all add up to 2025. Obviously all the formula will be equivalent to each other. They are, by construction, all restatements of each other.

I would say that a rule is "cheating" iff it is implied by another rule for any arbitrary N.

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by bartekpacia » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

husamia wrote: post #239

Happy New Year, fellow Hacker News community members! As we embark on this new chapter, I'm filled with a sense of optimism and excitement for the possibilities that lie ahead. This community has been a constant source of inspiration, knowledge, and camaraderie over the years, and I'm grateful to be a part of it. In 2025, I hope we can continue to push the boundaries of innovation, tackle complex challenges, and lear…

Hah, I knew at the beginning of the second sentence that it’s AI-generated.

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by eddyg » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

Donald wrote: post #61

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

And

    (20+25)^(20/(2*5))

as well.

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by edoceo » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 6:26 PM UTC

LPisGood wrote: post #125

edoceo wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Up there with Putnam and Dropbox.

Putnam? Of math competition fame?

Yep, specifically this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35083

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by thr0waway001 » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 7:59 PM UTC

Happy New Years!

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by hackernj » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 8:55 PM UTC

Happy 10 + 9 - 8 + 7! / 6 / 5 * 4 * 3 - 2 * 1!

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by reconnecting » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 8:56 PM UTC

Happy 20¼!

Re: Happy New Year 2025

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Post by domador » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 9:22 PM UTC

Happy 2025!

Only 13 more years now 'til 2038! Maybe we can still fix that problem! But feel free to take today off, hackers.

Re: Happy New Year 2025

#250

Post by gbarletta » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 9:26 PM UTC

nielsbot wrote: post #156

gbarletta wrote: post #94

I visit HN about 10 times a day. Mostly, I’m a lurker—this site has been an invaluable source of knowledge for me. Thanks to everyone who makes it great :> Happy New Year! Buon anno a tutti!

Don’t forget to enable those anti-procrastination settings in 2025! :-P

Ha! I’m working on it :>