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Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
What should be on the Christmas list of geeks everywhere?
- theospears 16y agoPersonally, I don't enjoy receiving anything electronic or gadget related as a present - I have a reasonable idea of what is available and if there is something I want I'll buy it for myself. I'd love to be given a voucher paying for me to do some activity that the giver things I will enjoy, but which I would not have thought of doing myself. Bonus points if it has a time limit to give me an incentive to get on and try it straight away.
- clyfe 16y agoAn ebook reader. Advice ? (iPad, Galaxy, Kindle, B&Noble's reader ???)
- wwortiz 16y agoIf you read books buy a Kindle or a Nook (Kindle is great especially when you are buying books, but nook gets wonderful reviews as well and supports quite a bit more). If you are going to be reading pdfs an Ipad is the way to go.
- joelhooks 16y agoI absolutely love my Kindle. Here's a word of warning though, if you like to read books that have code listings you will need the DX. They just don't work on the 6" screen.
- zdw 16y agoReading linear books (novels, etc.), get an e-ink reader like the Kindle, etc. You won't mind the page delay if it's one page at a time. Reading tech books (manuals, reference material, etc.) get an iPad or subnotebook. Much faster to flip rapidly through as there's a much smaller page load delay, better search etc. I'm so thankful for ebooks - there's a line in one of the perl docs that says "You can't grep dead trees", which has always been my beef with paper docs.
- talonx 16y agoPretty narrow question - considering that not all geeks celebrate Christmas.
- ceejayoz 16y agoPeople who don't celebrate Christmas can still answer the question. "Nothing."
- rick_2047 16y agoNo, they can answer the question by stating the gift they would like as a present. It doesn't always have to be Christmas to give presents.
- talonx 16y agoI find it interesting that a perfectly legitimate question got downvoted. @rick_2047 - It does not have to be Christmas to give presents, but the question assumes Christmas first, then presents. @ceejayoz - Answering 'Nothing' would mean you want nothing for Christmas, not that you don't celebrate Christmas.
- talonx 16y agoDownvoters - care to give any reasons?
- gsivil 16y agoI was not a downvoter but I think that your comment is a bit problematic. First of all, saying that not all geeks celebrating Christmas is at least obvious. In addition, think of this hypothetical question and you may understand the downvoters: - Ask HN: Which Apple product do you desire the most? - Answer: Not all geeks desire an Apple product.
- talonx 16y ago
- frou_dh 16y agoI'd like a nice high capacity SSD but it's too much to expect anyone to buy. On a more hazy level, the motivation to get all this stuff I've accumulated sold or given away!
- zacharypinter 16y agoI suppose Christmas lost its excitement for me once I was able to buy just about any gadget I would've wanted as a present.
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- drm237 16y agoI think that's generally the point where it becomes more fun to give than to receive. At least that has been my experience.
- wilhelm 16y agoTime.
- davidj 16y agoold macbook :) I've never had a mac before and I'd figure its time to try one out.
- pfedor 16y agoA book I would really like which I haven't heard of before.
- megamark16 16y agoI'm getting a new Thinkpad. Needless to say I'm pumped!
- daeken 16y agoI've been too broke to do anything Christmas-wise for the past nearly 4 years, so I'm gonna be getting awesome gifts for family and friends, and finally getting myself a toy as well: a chapman stick ( http://stick.com/ http://stick.com/ ). Been wanting one for years, and finally decided I'm just gonna splurge and get it.
- kirpekar 16y agoMore customers for --> http://autolicio.us/ http://autolicio.us/
- eel 16y agoI would like an iron and a small ironing board.
- Luyt 16y agoThis question made me realize again that I pretty much have anything I need already (in a materialistic way). I only want stuff if it replaces some other broken or old stuff. So I'd like to have a few pair of socks, and maybe a SSD to replace the noisy harddisk in my spare PC. Oh, and a kitchen scissors, the one I now have is worn.
- lindvall 16y agoI've been wanting a Jawbone Jambox ever since I saw the video that @lonelysandwich did for them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgC3zjNH1oU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgC3zjNH1oU
- AN447 16y agoSuit, fridge-freezer, macbook
- GeneralMaximus 16y agoI just bought a truckload of books for my birthday, but I wouldn't mind some more ;). Sadly, the amount of free time I have is inversely proportional to the size of my wishlist[1]. Such is life. [1] http://flipkart.com/wishlist/GeneralMaximus http://flipkart.com/wishlist/GeneralMaximus
- randrews 16y agoI've been looking at one of these: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKGK21 http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKGK... Seems like a fun toy, and I really enjoyed the "write bubble sort on a PIC" project I had in college.
- pa7 16y agoA practical use of an iPad, I won one but I really don't have any purpose for it except checking e-Mails/Twitter/any news.
- gst 16y agoNothing. I'm pretty happy with the things that I have and I can't imagine anything that I need (but don't already have). When moving to two different countries in the past I've managed to pack all the things I need into a single backpack. Besides my phone, my laptop, my bicycle, and plenty of clothes I don't really have any use for other things.
- proexploit 16y agoI agree with you. I've got what I need. My family still insists on gift-giving and I'm forced to make a list in an attempt to get something actually useful to me or helpful to someone else.
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- blah123 16y agoI want a Macbook Pro (not McBook Pro) 15 in, 2.8Ghz, with 8GB RAM, Geforce 330GT 512 GDDR3 RAM and 500GB SSD HHD. It ouwld cost only about 4000 including Apple-tax
- whimsy 16y ago>What should be on the Christmas list of geeks everywhere? What should be on the Christmas list of mods everywhere? Of goths? Of clubbers? Of poly people? There are no answers to this type of question that aren't bred of ignorance or absurdity. This second question is silly. The first was sensible. I suppose I could use a sweater.
- geekytenny 16y agoa geeky lady partner that is russian and in her 20s. lol
- clistctrl 16y agoA good Scotch.
- Cafesolo 16y agoMacbook, Kindle, Scotch.
- runjake 16y agoAn FN SCAR .308 Hrm, oh wait, you're asking two completely different questions here.
- djmattyg007 16y agoI'm hoping for a book to help me learn Python!