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!
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".
I think that it is a nice observation. Some people complain that explaining the formation of a rainbow scientifically makes it lose its "aweness" but I think it even deepens it.
Actually, property 5) trivially implies 1) but also 2), as `(1+2+...+n)² = n²(n+1)²/4` and either n or n+1 must be divisible by 2 hence one of the squares divisible by 4 hence it is a product of squares. But also property 4) as `(1+2+...+n)² = 1³+2³+...+n³` (easy to show by induction).
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!
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?
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 :)
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)
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!
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)
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.
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.
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.
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 :>
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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))
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!!!!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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. :)
My wish for the new year: hopefully, AI singularity is still a few years away and doesn't happen in 2025!