Tell HN: Merry Christmas • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by Arn_Thor » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 12:43 PM UTC

andy_ppp wrote: post #96

Happy Christmas everyone, I’m at 29000 feet on a flight to Hong Kong after a mini version of planes, trains and automobiles and including cancelled planes and taxis to different airports. I’m struck by honestly what a miracle it is that we can travel thousands of miles at hundreds of MPH and have okay internet access and communicate. I don’t think people quite realise how delicate all of the technology is now and how…

Have a wonderful time! The city changes so fast; make the most of what it is right now

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by flipped » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 12:46 PM UTC

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Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by etrautmann » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 12:50 PM UTC

mh- wrote: post #253

hammock wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try a cruise with at least one sea day

Seconding this. If you're into it, it's pretty awe-inspiring to see open water all the way to the horizon, 360°.

This same experience on an ice sheet is equally surreal and fascinating.

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by cassiepaper » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:15 PM UTC

oguz-ismail2 wrote: post #226

tamimio wrote: post #66

Technically it’s merry Yule and Saturnalia, christ has nothing to do with it.

found the grinch

found a glitch

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Post by agumonkey » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:21 PM UTC

exponentially so https://xcancel.com/IIruoje/status/679604760325033984#m

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by KellyCriterion » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:29 PM UTC

Merry Christmas, dear HN Community!

Being super-lonely this year, I hope all of you are much better off than me - this year contained some catastrophic external events in my life, which led to permanent change on some "layers" of my live (not only material, but also in psy etc.)

I hope the next year will bring the luck to re-align some things and bring them backs on the track, otherwise next year I will write the same post and add that Im in huge (final) trouble...

Enjoy the time with your family if they are near to you!

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Post by ta_le » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:30 PM UTC

I'm a chronic lurker for most of the year but this is a good time to say this. I'm so thankful for this community that provides so much without succumbing to enshitification as some other parts of the Internet. Whether I'm passing time on a train or escaping an annoying group discussion, this is by far my favorite algorithmic feed to do so. Merry Christmas everyone!

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by vjay15 » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:31 PM UTC

Merry Christmas everybody may this day bring you joy and happiness :)

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by stevenfoster » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:36 PM UTC

I became a parent of two this year and my oldest is now 3 years old. One of the greatest things in life has to be a newborn baby. And more than ever for me, it makes sense that the greatest thing would be if God came as a newborn baby.

¡Feliz Navidad!

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Post by BLKNSLVR » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 1:46 PM UTC

stevenfoster wrote: post #369

I became a parent of two this year and my oldest is now 3 years old. One of the greatest things in life has to be a newborn baby. And more than ever for me, it makes sense that the greatest thing would be if God came as a newborn baby. ¡Feliz Navidad!

Enjoy the journey, make the most of as much of it as possible. The present can feel as if it moves very slowly, but the future arrives incredibly quickly. My two are 18 and 16 and it feels like only five minutes has passed (I'm sure this is how you feel about the last 3 years). I miss their unrestricted toddler personalities, but I'm also incredibly happy and proud of who they've both become as, essentially, adults now.