[HN Gopher] Happy New Year 2025
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       Happy New Year 2025
        
       Hey HN, this site always drags me back to visit it everyday. So for
       that Happy New year !
        
       Author : martynvandijke
       Score  : 1127 points
       Date   : 2024-12-31 23:48 UTC (23 hours ago)
        
       | chistev wrote:
       | Yea, I discovered this site late last year (2024) around October,
       | and it's now a site I visit everyday. At least 4 times a day.
        
       | andyjohnson0 wrote:
       | Happy new year from a rainy Manchester, UK!
        
       | bwag wrote:
       | Same. I've been a lurker since 2008. Been hitting this site
       | practically every day since. I've learned so much in the process.
       | Thanks for everything hn, happy new year!
        
         | papichulo4 wrote:
         | Aah. Same class I see :) Hope everything has gone well for you
         | since. Happy new year!
        
         | FlyingSnake wrote:
         | Ditto!
         | 
         | I'm a long time lurker (under old defunct alts) and occasional
         | poster but I've opened HN almost every day since I discovered
         | the site in 2008.
         | 
         | This community has an outsized impact on my career and life and
         | I'm eternally grateful for it. Thank you!
         | 
         | Happy new year and eine Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr.
        
       | senectus1 wrote:
       | this is such old news ;-) (in North Queensland atm, New years was
       | nearly 10 hours ago :-P )
        
       | slyfox125 wrote:
       | One of the best sites, period!
        
       | leptoniscool wrote:
       | Happy New Year from the West coast!
        
         | mistersquid wrote:
         | > Happy New Year from the West coast!
         | 
         | This was around 18:10 PST so the greeting may have introduced a
         | race condition.
         | 
         | Happy New Year anyway, logic be darned!
        
       | bryant wrote:
       | Given all the division and change across the rest of the web (and
       | by extension the world), glad to have a place where I can learn,
       | share, grow, and maintain an open mind.
       | 
       | Happy new year :)
        
         | sebnun wrote:
         | Same, happy new year.
        
       | nioj wrote:
       | Happy New Year from Europe!
        
       | the_arun wrote:
       | HN is our backyard for learning & understanding new perspectives.
       | To all - hos vrssd shubhaashygllu!!
        
         | vikasvm wrote:
         | ellriguu hos vrssd shubhaashygllu
        
       | bovermyer wrote:
       | Happy New Year, whether you celebrated it in the past or the
       | future.
       | 
       | Remember - the new year is not yet written. Amazing and
       | unexpected things are sure to come.
        
       | FrustratedMonky wrote:
       | Shout out. Crossing fingers for 2025.
       | 
       | Reading some Peter Turchin, not looking good.
        
       | benatkin wrote:
       | The days are getting longer in the northern hemisphere and
       | shorter in the southern hemisphere. And the start of the ISO 8601
       | dates is changing!
       | 
       | I also monitor the changes of the hexadecimal unix timestamps.
       | The next time the first of 8 hex digits changes is in 2029.
       | from datetime import datetime
       | '{:02X}'.format(int(datetime.now().timestamp()))
       | datetime.fromtimestamp(0x70000000)
       | 
       | And this spits out the year in Python: 3**2**2*5**2
        
         | _kb wrote:
         | Even better, all of these are also 2025:
         | 
         | (20+25)2
         | 
         | ([?]n)2 and [?]n3 for n 1..9
        
           | benatkin wrote:
           | Nice. A unique year indeed, since the last one was 1936, 89
           | years ago. It's obvious to me now - that's 2025-(45*2-1) and
           | I can picture a row and a column at the edges of a grid being
           | removed, wth one cell being shared between the row and
           | column. I think maybe at some point I saw that. 1600 and 2500
           | are more obvious, and 2050 is the midpoint between them
           | linearly.
           | 
           | The others in Python:                   sum(range(1, 10))**2
           | sum(n**3 for n in range(1, 10))
        
       | ngkw wrote:
       | happy new year from tokyo
        
       | wafflez wrote:
       | Couldn't agree more. Stay classy HN, have a happy & healthy 2025!
        
       | drvladb wrote:
       | To what's to come :)
       | 
       | With a new year / s (nastupaiushchim) novym godom / z novim rokom
        
       | moondistance wrote:
       | Happy New Year!
       | 
       | I know so few of you but feel like you're my best friends. Love
       | to all.
        
       | smrt wrote:
       | Happy new year / Andariki nootana samvatsara subhakanshalu!
        
         | plastic_bag wrote:
         | It would've been better if you had written that in the original
         | script. So, I'll do that for you ;)
         | 
         | aNdrikii nuutn sNvtsr shubhaakaaNksslu!
        
           | devsda wrote:
           | If we are going down this road, let's go all in and be
           | specific :) its
           | 
           | aNdrikii aaNgl nuutn sNvtsr shubhaakaaNksslu!
           | 
           | I'll consider the previous one as advanced wishes for 30'mar
           | 25 ;)
        
       | pseudoeu wrote:
       | Feliz ano novo!
        
       | montyanderson wrote:
       | happy new year!
        
       | codetrotter wrote:
       | Happy New Year / Godt nyttar!
        
       | flaterkk wrote:
       | Logged in just to say happy new year, also a lurker :-)
        
       | vlatoshi wrote:
       | Have a HN Year HN!
        
       | mastry wrote:
       | Happy new year from the US South y'all.
        
         | pryelluw wrote:
         | Python Atlanta organizer here. Come hang out sometime if you're
         | close!
         | 
         | Happy new year!
        
           | themaninthedark wrote:
           | Happy New Year from Acworth!
           | 
           | Hope this is a great year for everyone!
        
             | pryelluw wrote:
             | Hey from there too. HMU!
             | 
             | pryelluw at gmail
        
       | abixb wrote:
       | US Central Time here, so still a couple hours to go, but HAPPY
       | NEW YEAR to y'all fellow HN-ers -- HN is probably the _least_
       | guilt-ridden procrastination I do on the whole wide internet.
       | Thank you to _every one_ of you who has made HN among the most
       | intellectually dense places on the web -- I wouldn 't be where
       | I'm today without reading all the insightful comments, submitted
       | links and perspectives of all the HN-ers over the last 7 years.
       | 
       | My wish for the new year: hopefully, AI singularity is still a
       | few years away and doesn't happen in 2025!
        
         | gabigrin wrote:
         | Amen!
        
         | Cumpiler69 wrote:
         | My wish for the new year is to have a body so jacked and ripped
         | that when I commit a crime the media posts my shirtless
         | pictures everywhere and everyone goes _" wow"_.
        
         | moffkalast wrote:
         | Indeed, happy new year to all the intellectually dense people
         | on HN!
         | 
         | ;P
        
         | andrepd wrote:
         | "Dense" is a curious choice of words, but I agree, it often
         | applies!
        
       | cull wrote:
       | Happy New Year. I hope 2025 brings the best to you and yours!
        
       | davidhariri wrote:
       | Happy new year, HN!
        
       | jpsouth wrote:
       | Happy new year from a torrential north England!
       | 
       | Stay amazing HN, and have a brilliant 2025.
        
       | andrewinardeer wrote:
       | What are the chances of an extinction level event occurring in
       | 2025? By now, that's about the only black swan event left to
       | happen.
        
         | keepamovin wrote:
         | Probably fairly low because the future is still talking to us
         | so there have to be at least some timelines extending from the
         | present that make it
        
           | zappy42 wrote:
           | Other than _Demolition Man_ , what is talking to us?
        
             | keepamovin wrote:
             | Heh, Demolition Man is a great film. I had the fortune to
             | randomly rediscover it before it was recently re-recognized
             | as incredibly prescient. It was a cool experience, made all
             | the better because I was totally surprised by it. I had
             | zero expectations and just thought it was a dumb fun action
             | movie. It was actually great.
             | 
             | But as to your real question: well, tune in, man. :)
        
         | nejsjsjsbsb wrote:
         | 167725-1
        
       | ashafq wrote:
       | ++year;
        
         | bdangubic wrote:
         | don't start the year by mutating state, geeeeeez :)
        
           | User23 wrote:
           | It's not mutating state, it's defining a transition function
           | from one immutable state to another!
        
             | nejsjsjsbsb wrote:
             | [year, setYear] = useState(2024)
             | 
             | Get off my lawn means no libraries, just web api.
        
         | pryelluw wrote:
         | year = year + 1
        
         | insin wrote:
         | setYear(year => year + 1)
         | 
         | For the "get off my lawn" crew:
         | $('#year').text(Number($('#year').text()) + 1)
        
       | deadbabe wrote:
       | 2025 seems pretty cool so far, you 2024 people will like it.
        
       | mrKola wrote:
       | Happy new year everyone.
        
       | kinj28 wrote:
       | Same here. Am a forced lurker here as somehow my posts just never
       | go beyond to anyone like it once used to.
        
       | jasoneckert wrote:
       | Happy Year++
       | 
       | I'm thankful that this site exists to allow me to catch up on the
       | news, events, and perspectives that I'm most interested in. And
       | I'm even more thankful that it uses a simple, functional layout.
       | 
       | Keep rockin' into 2025, HN!
        
         | adzm wrote:
         | > Happy Year++
         | 
         | You mean Happy ++Year of course ;)
        
       | Quizzical4230 wrote:
       | I joined in late 2024, now its my daily!
       | 
       | Happy New Year HN!
       | 
       | Thanks for teaching me so much <3
        
         | booleandilemma wrote:
         | Welcome to the addiction :)
        
           | Quizzical4230 wrote:
           | No regrets :D
        
       | Insanity wrote:
       | Happy New Year everyone! <3
        
       | ivanmontillam wrote:
       | Happy new year 2205 HN community!
       | 
       | I love you, my favorite site ever.
        
         | ivanmontillam wrote:
         | I typo'd the year, but now I cannot change it as I consider my
         | comments immutable.
        
           | smeej wrote:
           | Even a typoed comment is right once every 180 years.
        
       | Hnrobert42 wrote:
       | It warms my heart to see all these New Years wishes. A happy one
       | to you all!
        
       | Phoenix453 wrote:
       | Although this is just the usual digits incrementing periodically,
       | take the opportunity to look back, reflect and hope for a
       | brighter future for you, your friends, family and rest of the
       | world.
        
         | yard2010 wrote:
         | It might be just digits but it stands for a far more complex
         | idea - time! Just because people like discrete things and
         | discrete things never capture the nature of our continuous
         | universe doesn't mean it's less special!
        
       | keyle wrote:
       | Thank you all for the timely information and most importantly
       | useful opinions.
        
       | G1N wrote:
       | happy new year HN :)
        
       | zakokor wrote:
       | Feliz ano 2025! Por mas anos para este sitio!
        
       | jsomedon wrote:
       | Happy New Year to all of you my fellow HN readers!
        
       | WarOnPrivacy wrote:
       | Happy next year. My sincere wish: All 4 horses ride right by us
       | all.
        
       | ceinewydd wrote:
       | Happy New Year, HN!
        
       | reynaldi wrote:
       | Happy New Year HN!
        
       | b8 wrote:
       | Happy New Years from Louisiana! A few hours to go still here. I'm
       | glad that Hanukkah and xmas happened on the same day this year.
       | Hoping for better health, and a new job in 2025. I met a new
       | woman, and I hope that pans out.
        
         | selimthegrim wrote:
         | Just read this, bittersweet now but thank you for posting this
         | as I read it from New Orleans.
        
       | stephenhuey wrote:
       | May you walk into each day of 2025 with joy, courage and
       | creativity!
        
       | TechnicolorByte wrote:
       | Happy New Years, y'all!
       | 
       | Curious to hear if anyone has any specific
       | goals/resolutions/things they're especially looking forward to in
       | 2025.
        
         | gnuly wrote:
         | i prefer a theme[1] over goals. my this year's theme is
         | learning - which i'm starting with learning to cook more novel
         | dishes.
         | 
         | [1]: CGP Grey's video on it:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE
        
       | Donald wrote:
       | 45^2 = 2025
       | 
       | Happy perfect square year, everyone. The previous one was 1936
       | and the next one will be 2116.
        
         | abixb wrote:
         | Totally nothing bad happened in the decade following the last
         | perfect square year in 1936. :')
        
           | anon_cow1111 wrote:
           | Well things have already been a tad rough around this square,
           | so if we follow the trend, the next square might turn bad
           | even sooner. So maybe around, I dunno, 2101?
        
           | frereubu wrote:
           | Unless something equivalent happened in 1849, 1764, 1691... I
           | think we're OK :)
        
             | jostylr wrote:
             | 1225: ten years earlier, Magna Carta starting to limit
             | monarchs and the seed of individual freedom
             | 
             | 1681: eight years later was glorious revolution with a bill
             | of rights, marking individual freedoms
             | 
             | 1764: ten years later, beginning of American Revolution and
             | being free of monarchs
             | 
             | 1849: ten years-ish later, start of US civil war; was the
             | time of an attempt by the British to end slavery around the
             | world
             | 
             | 1936: ten years later, colonial empires were being
             | dismantled, UN established to attempt global cooperation,
             | US in the ascendancy with a seed of ties being established
             | more by economics than military force, great economic
             | upswing lifting people out of poverty (60% in poverty then,
             | 10% now) while the global population blossoms
             | 
             | 2035: Majority of the global population in middle class or
             | better, triumph of individuals over technocrats,
             | bureaucrats, and corporatists :)
        
               | keepamovin wrote:
               | I love this! Haha, I was hoping someone would do that. :)
        
         | jthemenace wrote:
         | This is the most Hacker News comment I've seen today. Well
         | played.
        
           | edoceo wrote:
           | Up there with Putnam and Dropbox.
        
             | LPisGood wrote:
             | Putnam? Of math competition fame?
        
               | edoceo wrote:
               | Yep, specifically this comment:
               | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35083
        
             | chrisvalleybay wrote:
             | Thank you for the Putnam; I did not know about it. For
             | anyone else that did not understand this reference;
             | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015. Legendary.
        
               | fxtentacle wrote:
               | That's an epic thread. Thank you very much for sharing it
               | :)
               | 
               | And now, looking back 17 years later, I'd say he
               | succeeded. It's the tarsnap founder.
        
             | raverbashing wrote:
             | And "Less space than a Nomad"
        
         | keepamovin wrote:
         | 2025 = 515 (palindromic in base 20)
        
         | lxgr wrote:
         | Also, (20 + 25)^2 = 2,025! Happy New Year :)
        
           | User23 wrote:
           | This decomposition is especially fun!
        
           | Bootvis wrote:
           | Python:                   [x**2 for x in range(32,100) if
           | x**2 // 100 + x**2 % 100 == x]         [2025, 3025, 9801]
        
         | devsda wrote:
         | 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.
        
           | gylterud wrote:
           | 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!
        
             | whycome wrote:
             | Also, if you add your ages together... 7^2
             | 
             | If you multiply your ages... 36^2
        
         | umeshunni wrote:
         | 2025:
         | 
         | 1) is a square: 452
         | 
         | 2) is the product of two squares: 92 x 52
         | 
         | 3) is the sum of 3-squares: 402+ 202+52
         | 
         | 4) is the sum of cubes of all the single digits:
         | 13+23+33+43+53+63+73+83+93
        
           | _kb wrote:
           | 5) sum of the single digits squared: (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)2
        
             | umeshunni wrote:
             | 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
        
               | globnomulous wrote:
               | 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.
        
               | xerox13ster wrote:
               | 89 isn't 9^2, 81 is.
        
               | mkl wrote:
               | Huh? 89 is the 45th odd number.
        
               | bonzini wrote:
               | 4 and 5 too
        
               | fifilura wrote:
               | I don't consider it cheating, I bet most of these rules
               | have an internal relation.
        
               | roenxi wrote:
               | 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.
        
               | mr_toad wrote:
               | I guess that means that every number is equivalent to a
               | formula? Is there some sort of metric of how many formula
               | produce the same number?
        
               | layer8 wrote:
               | You'd have to at least exclude subtraction and division
               | (and zero) to not have infinitely many formulas for every
               | number.
        
               | kdmccormick wrote:
               | I would say that a rule is "cheating" iff it is implied
               | by another rule for any arbitrary N.
        
               | bratwurst3000 wrote:
               | 8) the sum of 2024 + 1 also
        
               | nhatcher wrote:
               | (just reading wikipedia here, I didn't know about Harshad
               | numbers)
               | 
               | There is no such thing as a Harshad number, there is a
               | _Harshad number in a given base_. All integers between
               | zero and n are n-harshad numbers.
               | 
               | Which is a pity, because apparenty it means the `joy-
               | giver`. I think human kind could use a joy giver year
        
             | keepamovin wrote:
             | Oh I like these two.
        
         | joseangel_sc wrote:
         | here's to all be alive and well floating in amniotic liquid
         | living in VR paradise
        
         | jll29 wrote:
         | Donald = Donald E. Knuth? ;-)
        
         | jostylr wrote:
         | US President number 45 returns, kind of seems like squaring
         | applies.
        
         | throw0101f wrote:
         | * https://www.numbersaplenty.com/2025
        
         | eddyg wrote:
         | And                   (20+25)^(20/(2*5))
         | 
         | as well.
        
       | hugs wrote:
       | Happy 0x37 SE!
       | 
       | Hex 37 (int 55) years Since Epoch (Jan 1 1970)
        
       | booleandilemma wrote:
       | Happy New Year HN!
        
       | gauden wrote:
       | Happy New Year from Malta! Thanks for all you have taught me over
       | the years.
        
       | Frederation wrote:
       | Happy 2025 to all :D
        
       | 3rdworldeng wrote:
       | Happy New Year !!
        
       | __LINE__ wrote:
       | Happy new year
        
       | Arubis wrote:
       | The Orange Site is so easy to poke fun at, but remains the best
       | site on the internet. Happy new year, folks. Hope it's a good one
        
         | jrflowers wrote:
         | > the best site on the internet
         | 
         | You know the internet has porn and discount bulk goods on it
         | right
        
       | mohu21 wrote:
       | For me, HN is the social platform/media I can enjoy for breakfast
       | or breaks. Allways somethibg interesting to read without the
       | temptation of infinite scrolling. I am grateful for that and for
       | the cool articles y'all write. Happy NY!
        
       | irs wrote:
       | Happy New Year y'all !
        
       | Spooky23 wrote:
       | Happy New Year all! You're all wonderful.
        
       | glasshead969 wrote:
       | Happy new year!
        
       | wellthisisgreat wrote:
       | You guys are really great.
       | 
       | Happy New Year to all of us
        
       | keepamovin wrote:
       | For many reasons bigger than this place, Happy New Year!!! You
       | deserve a great 2025 - have a good one!
        
       | neom wrote:
       | tnx mods! https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-
       | valley/th...
        
       | _-_-__-_-_- wrote:
       | I created an account in 2022, but had been a regular reader much
       | earlier. From Slashdot in 2002 to Digg in 2004 to Reddit in 2010
       | and now HN. Happy New Year (+30). Here's to a personally
       | productive 2025!
        
         | mindcrime wrote:
         | I wish you a year covered in hot grits in Soviet Russia, being
         | spied on by old people via email.
        
       | chocks wrote:
       | Happy new year folks!
        
       | jamieplex wrote:
       | Happy Gnu Ears, Y'all!!
        
       | TheAceOfHearts wrote:
       | Merry 2025! My goals for next year are to write more and try to
       | change the world for the better.
       | 
       | Spending the last day of the year without electricity was a huge
       | wakeup call that big changes are needed. It has left me wondering
       | why fusion energy has taken so long to develop, so that's a topic
       | I'm really interested in exploring.
        
         | Bluestein wrote:
         | Many new reactor types coming online 2025. Will be an
         | interesting year ...
        
       | gbarletta wrote:
       | 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!
        
         | nielsbot wrote:
         | Don't forget to enable those anti-procrastination settings in
         | 2025! :-P
        
           | gbarletta wrote:
           | Ha! I'm working on it :>
        
       | FranchuFranchu wrote:
       | Happy new 2025 = (20 + 25)^2 = (2 + 0!)^2*5 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
       | + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)^2 = 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + 4^3 + 5^3 + 6^3 + 7^3 +
       | 8^3 + 9^3
        
         | cobbaut wrote:
         | > = (2 + 0!)^2*5
         | 
         | How?
         | 
         | 0! = 1 so how does 3^2*5 become 2025?
        
           | mkl wrote:
           | It doesn't, you need to square the whole thing.
        
         | kappuchino wrote:
         | (2 + 0!)^2 _5 is only 45 on my account, should be ((2 + 0!)^2_
         | 5)^2 :-/
        
       | tokioyoyo wrote:
       | Happy new year, everyone'
        
       | replwoacause wrote:
       | Happy New Year HN!
        
       | kittikitti wrote:
       | Happy New Year!
        
       | TheKnownSecret wrote:
       | Y'all make me happy. Happy new years!
        
       | reedBu wrote:
       | Happy new year from a Shenzhen China Mainland!
        
       | Gigacore wrote:
       | Happy New Year, HN!
        
       | soulofmischief wrote:
       | Happy New Years, everyone. Let's make this year count for
       | something.
        
       | mihirsahu wrote:
       | Happy new year y'all! I've learned so much here and I appreciate
       | you all.
        
       | mihirsahu wrote:
       | Happy new year everyone! I've learned so much here and I
       | appreciate you all.
        
       | saikatsg wrote:
       | Thanks for everything! Happy new year HN!
        
       | fung wrote:
       | Happy new year!!!
        
       | 01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote:
       | Real
        
       | sudohackthenews wrote:
       | Happy new year from Dallas, everyone! I've been a lurker on this
       | site for years, truly is a fantastic source of knowledge and the
       | breadth of experience among commenters is insane. Here's to a
       | great 2025!
        
       | rishikeshs wrote:
       | Happy New Year everyone! putuvtsraashNsk[?]!
        
       | ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
       | Happy new year everyone. And thanks dang for not banning me. I
       | promise to be better about that topic this year.
        
       | heyitssim wrote:
       | happy new year from Asia!
        
       | cannibalXxx wrote:
       | Happy New Year. May more hacker News users join https://chat-
       | to.dev this year and make it a useful means of communication for
       | all programmers and beyond.
        
       | coldfoundry wrote:
       | Happy new year all! Thanks everyone for helping to uphold the
       | high quality interactions found on here. To a good 2025!
        
       | mettamage wrote:
       | Martyn, same, happy new year to everyone. This year will be the
       | year that I've been visiting this site almost daily for 10 years.
       | 
       | Wow. I can remember the days that I just came for the science and
       | not the technical stuff because I found it too hard. Then quickly
       | later using the technical articles to accelerate my computer
       | science studies and now it just feels like I can dive into
       | anything.
       | 
       | Love this place <3
        
       | gregjw wrote:
       | Happy new year!
        
       | sangeeth96 wrote:
       | Happy new year to all the HN members! Thankful for this site's
       | existence and for all the knowledge and wisdom I gained over the
       | years just by being here almost every single day.
        
       | zoom6628 wrote:
       | Happy new year from a ferry between Zhuhai and home in HongKong.
        
       | Wintereise wrote:
       | Happy new year from Singapore!
        
       | chrisvalleybay wrote:
       | Happy New Year from Oslo! I really appreciate this community; it
       | gives me great peace.
        
       | pstuart wrote:
       | Thanks to all you participants who make this site so valuable.
        
       | alienself wrote:
       | * Happy New Year, Hacker News! *
       | 
       | As the clock ticks into a brand-new year, let's toast to the
       | innovators, the builders, the thinkers, and the dreamers who make
       | this community so vibrant. Here's to:
       | 
       | - Writing elegant code and tackling tough bugs. - Exploring new
       | frontiers in tech and beyond. - Learning, sharing, and leveling
       | up together.
       | 
       | May this year bring you breakthroughs, discoveries, and joy in
       | every pull request and project.
       | 
       | Keep building. Keep dreaming.
       | 
       | Happy New Year, HN!
        
       | shayansm1 wrote:
       | Happy New Year, everyone! I'm incredibly grateful for this
       | amazing community. Your informative posts and insightful comments
       | have taught me so much, and I truly appreciate all of you. Here's
       | to another year of learning and growth together!
        
       | danwills wrote:
       | Happy 2025 all HN'ers! I'm a daily HN'er - It's my only source of
       | news apart from occasional YT vids, but what a brilliant source
       | of news it is!!!
       | 
       | I frequently find myself saying: 'Yeah that was on HN a few weeks
       | ago'! It's so up-to-the-minute and really just wholeheartedly
       | good! Dang is a goddamned legend in my opinion I can hardly
       | believe it works so incredibly well and it's surely mostly from
       | dang's good work! Thankyou dang, so much!!
       | 
       | I think calendars (especially the gregorian) are fairly
       | approximate things so try not to assign too much meaning to the
       | number ticking-over these days.. sun/moon/earth/nature didn't
       | care that our numbers ticked-over very much did they? But still,
       | in order to be able to talk to others we have to try to store our
       | memories using dates as keys (I'm actually really crap at that,
       | but still!), so HOORAY for the next approximate-date-memory-key-
       | era!!
       | 
       | Much love to all teh hackers! You are all awesome! Even the
       | black-hats!! Curiosity FTW!!!!
        
         | georgel wrote:
         | Been here since 2010, worked at multiple YC companies. Shout
         | out to @dang, he has done a great job keeping the community
         | healthy.
        
         | coolcoder613 wrote:
         | Me too! I find myself saying 'that was on HN a while ago' very
         | often, actually.
        
       | glitchc wrote:
       | Happy new year to everyone!
        
       | Sn0wCoder wrote:
       | Happy New Year may the next be the best one yet....
        
       | fabmilo wrote:
       | Happy new year to everyone, hacker news is more than my home
       | page. This community is awesome!
        
       | waldrews wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | xerox13ster wrote:
         | 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...
        
           | moffkalast wrote:
           | https://media.tenor.com/89nJBdQJ8FkAAAAe/crow-approve.png
        
       | sandworm101 wrote:
       | Happy new year to all of you still at work! We are what make
       | holidays possible for everyone else.
        
       | charles_f wrote:
       | I'm grateful for this community. It's good having a place where
       | some reason prevail.
       | 
       | I wish everyone here had a good one and has a good one.
       | 
       | Merry 2025!
        
         | beng-nl wrote:
         | Well said. This is the only quality discussion forum I've ever
         | seen on the internet; in fact given the common trend of other
         | forums I'd given up on it being possible. Then I learned the
         | magic formula: the hard work of smart and active and moderation
         | with empathy. Thank you dang.
         | 
         | And thank you to everyone else for being generous and smart
         | contributors.
        
           | Bluestein wrote:
           | I wanted to humbly second everything said. Honored to be
           | here, and contribute whenever.-
           | 
           | 2025 is going to be an interesting year - and I wish for
           | y'all the best.-
        
       | endorphine wrote:
       | Happy new year fellow humans, wishing for more love and a healthy
       | 2025!
        
       | Dracophoenix wrote:
       | Happy New Year!
        
       | euvin wrote:
       | Discovering this site was one of the better things the internet
       | has given me. Happy new year!
        
       | grigy wrote:
       | In US PST, Happy New Year!
        
       | mindcrime wrote:
       | Happy New Year, all! Here's to a happy, healthy, and productive
       | 2025. I hope you all achieve great things in the year to come!
        
       | Aniket-N wrote:
       | Happy New Year from the Pacific coast!
        
         | all2 wrote:
         | Halt new year! May Good bless you richly in your pursuits and
         | may He bless the work of your hands.
        
       | Simon_O_Rourke wrote:
       | A late night but the most sober New Year's Eve I've had in twenty
       | plus years. A single glass of Ruby Port in the neighbors and that
       | was it, kind of proud of myself on that.
        
         | anal_reactor wrote:
         | At some point I'd drink a lot, but then alcohol stopped being
         | fun. Instead of happy, it just made me tired. Now I drink much
         | less, so that I get a bit of buzz, but not enough to get
         | sleepy. The flipside is that earlier I'd know that I'd get
         | completely wasted on the weekends and stay sober on weekdays,
         | but now there's this voice "you can drink one beer on weekday
         | too", but then I just make myself some tea.
         | 
         | Similar story with weed, except I can't dose it, it's either
         | nothing or completely baked, so I'm switching from "baked from
         | Friday evening to Monday morning" to "one evening per two
         | weeks". The worst part was the brain fog, I could feel myself
         | becoming more and more stupid.
         | 
         | Probably I'd enjoy a lot some stimulants, but virtually all of
         | them are highly addictive, so yeah. I do LSD every now and
         | then, which is super fun because it does have a stimulating
         | effect, but it's something you can only do every few months, so
         | yeah.
        
         | floydian10 wrote:
         | Same, just a couple of small beers and a glass of champagne.
         | 
         | I feel much better today than a year ago, where I was hangover
         | most of the day
        
       | pauletienney wrote:
       | Happy new year to all of you, fellow visitors of Internet best
       | website.
        
       | maxcruer wrote:
       | Happy new year 2025!
        
       | maxcruer wrote:
       | loop { year += 1; live_on(); }
        
       | optymizer wrote:
       | Happy New Year to all the hackers!
        
       | 256_ wrote:
       | 2025 will be the year in which a certain operating system is used
       | on desktop machines.
        
         | raegis wrote:
         | Indeed, I just upgraded to kernel 6.13rc5, and now everything
         | works perfectly! Just in time for New Years!
        
         | coolcoder613 wrote:
         | Yes, 2025 will be the year of the Haiku desktop!
        
       | thehappyfellow wrote:
       | Happy New Year everyone! I hope this coming year you'll find the
       | meaning you're yearning for, spend it with people who deeply care
       | for you, love and be loved. That you'll flourish, feel content
       | and happy. That you'll experience more good than evil.
       | 
       | Learn OCaml in 2025
        
       | misonic wrote:
       | Happy New Year to All.
        
       | lukan wrote:
       | 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)
        
         | grumpy-de-sre wrote:
         | Definitely a fan of non-religious winter solstice celebrations
         | (good occasion to combine elements of Christmas and new years).
         | My wife is Chinese and loves dumplings so we pretty much
         | celebrate Dongzhi. Always goes down well with our western
         | friends.
        
         | parski wrote:
         | I live near the arctic circle so the bit of sunshine we gain
         | every day makes a real difference. I'm also in complete denial
         | on June 21st, absolutely refusing to acknowledge that the days
         | get shorter.
        
         | whycome wrote:
         | How can I be where you are
        
       | tmountain wrote:
       | Happy new year from Amsterdam. Thanks to everyone for the good
       | times all these years!
        
       | amelius wrote:
       | It's almost like an echo chamber now, but Happy New Year HN! :)
        
       | jll29 wrote:
       | 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!
        
       | dorianniemiec wrote:
       | Happy new year too, from Poland!
        
       | preommr wrote:
       | Happy New Year to you HN, this year feels like it's going to be
       | more important than usual.
        
         | Bluestein wrote:
         | Seconded, somehow it does.-
        
       | koevet wrote:
       | Happy new 2025 from Berlin, proud to be a long time HN'er. Peace!
        
       | william_stokes wrote:
       | Happy New Year!
        
       | vednig wrote:
       | Here's to new beginnings in 2025
       | https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExeGlzenc3eHdkZHh...
        
       | ctenb wrote:
       | HN!
        
       | lolu_plan wrote:
       | Happy New Year!
        
       | nurkhz wrote:
       | Happy Hacking!
        
       | robblbobbl wrote:
       | How do I delete my account here
        
         | eps wrote:
         | Email the mods - hn@ycombinator.com
        
       | shahzaibmushtaq wrote:
       | Thank you all who are reading this for a wonderful 2024.
       | 
       | I hope 2025 is a year of real changes in terms of progress, peace
       | and less polarized world.
       | 
       | For the record, I'll try my best for personal and professional
       | growth.
        
       | attentionmech wrote:
       | I don't know you all but know that I love to read your thoughts
       | on HN. I open it like 20 times a day. I enjoy that I am here with
       | all of you to witness our existence together. and that includes
       | AI bots. You are also part of our shared world now. I hope we
       | will be kind to each other as far as it matters.
        
       | gboss wrote:
       | Happy new year everyone!
        
       | enc0d3r wrote:
       | Hey HN, Im recently create my account in this forum, and I just
       | really want to enjoy new friends, with the same objectivies than
       | me. Im just really enjoy algoritms, I have five years of
       | experiencie, but my anxiety and my burnouts doenst allow me to
       | level up, but now I believe I have all necessary to just be
       | pacient. To 2025 Happy New Year, to us, ping me, Im be happy if I
       | get new friends. BTW: My english is horrible, Im from Brazil with
       | accent of Indian guy mix with a lot of sheet.
        
       | openrisk wrote:
       | Meaningful communication between real people, a interesting mix
       | of experts and learners. This should be so much easier with all
       | the fancy digital tools we have now available. Yet HN is nowhere
       | near the norm but rather a rare exception.
       | 
       | Lets hope its a pattern that spreads more broadly in 2025. We are
       | already getting past the first quarter into the 21st century
       | after all.
        
       | BimJeam wrote:
       | Happy new year, brothers in code! :-)
        
       | bennathanson wrote:
       | Happy new year HN!
        
       | nonrandomstring wrote:
       | Wish you all a prosperous 2025 filled with kindness and love.
        
       | financeinnolab wrote:
       | Happy New Year to one of the most informative and interesting
       | communities on the interwebs!
        
       | pedroigor91 wrote:
       | Happy new year everyone!
        
       | husamia wrote:
       | 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 learn from one
       | another. Whether it's through elegant code, groundbreaking
       | research, or thought-provoking discussions, I believe this
       | community has the power to make a lasting impact on the world.
       | 
       | As we reflect on the past and look towards the future, let's
       | remember the values that have made Hacker News so special - a
       | relentless pursuit of truth, a commitment to intellectual
       | honesty, and a genuine desire to uplift and support one another.
       | These qualities have been the bedrock of this community, and I'm
       | confident they will continue to guide us in the years to come.
       | 
       | Here's to a new year filled with breakthroughs, discoveries, and
       | the joy of creating. May 2025 bring us closer together, sharpen
       | our minds, and inspire us to reach new heights. Happy New Year,
       | Hacker News!
        
         | bartekpacia wrote:
         | Hah, I knew at the beginning of the second sentence that it's
         | AI-generated.
        
       | treebeard901 wrote:
       | 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.
        
       | thr0waway001 wrote:
       | Happy New Years!
        
       | hackernj wrote:
       | Happy 10 + 9 - 8 + 7! / 6 / 5 * 4 * 3 - 2 * 1!
        
       | reconnecting wrote:
       | Happy 201/4!
        
       | domador wrote:
       | Happy 2025!
       | 
       | Only 13 more years now 'til 2038! Maybe we can still fix that
       | problem! But feel free to take today off, hackers.
        
       | omnee wrote:
       | HN has, within a few years, become one of my primary sources of
       | information for all things related to technology and many other
       | intellectual topics. Not least because of the many knowledgable
       | commentators. Happy (20+25)2 to all!
        
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