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Happy Holidays HN. I’ve spent Christmas alone more than I care to admit over the last decade but this community never fails to offer insight, inspiration, and

Happy Holidays HN. I’ve spent Christmas alone more than I care to admit over the last decade but this community never fails to offer insight, inspiration, and compassion. This is a great community and I look forward to another decade of being privileged to be a member of it.

phkahler 4y ago
>> I’ve spent Christmas alone more than I care to admit over the last decade but this community never fails to offer insight, inspiration, and compassion. This is my first ever Christmas eve alone. I'll see my family tomorrow, but no more inlaws, and my kid is with her mom tonight. Divorce is.... different. I've got wine and a blanket. I'm getting back to FLOSS. Dropped a PR on OBS Studio yesterday. I hope it gets accepted as my Christmas present to the Free Software community. Take care peeps!
- highwaylights 4y ago
  Just checking in to say you take care too and it’ll be tomorrow before you know it. Your kid will get to be super excited a second time tomorrow when he sees you at the front door! Congrats on getting back to floss. I keep trying to but it’s been hard to make the time this year. Hopefully 2023 will give me a little extra time for it! Happy Christmas mate :-)
  - phkahler 4y ago
    >> Congrats on getting back to floss. I keep trying to but it’s been hard to make the time this year. One thing I see clearly in open source is that people have lives. Participation varies a lot even among great contributors. Some very active people disappear for months only to return later. When you realize it's because everyone has a life outside where we see them, it makes them seem much more human than say coworkers in an office where we show up regardless of other things. Get back to it when you can, or when it's good for you.
- rubicon33 4y ago
  What's FLOSS?
  - orobinson 4y ago
    Free/Libre Open Source Software. “Libre” is French for free as in freedom so it’s sometimes added to emphasise the “free” means freedom of use not necessarily free in price.
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2kwatts 4y ago
I like to think of HN as a family of its own. Sure, we're all different and we come from all sorts of different backgrounds, but we all come together and get along. It's really amazing, and it's hard to find in other places online.
- inezk 4y ago
  I so agree. I also love how it's content vs form focused.
tg180 4y ago
Christmas is one of the most difficult holidays for all the people who are different, or grew up in a emotionally/physically abusive family. No one is alone! Merry Xmas HN!

phkahler 4y ago

>> I’ve spent Christmas alone more than I care to admit over the last decade but this community never fails to offer insight, inspiration, and compassion. This is my first ever Christmas eve alone. I'll see my family tomorrow, but no more inlaws, and my kid is with her mom tonight. Divorce is.... different. I've got wine and a blanket. I'm getting back to FLOSS. Dropped a PR on OBS Studio yesterday. I hope it gets accepted as my Christmas present to the Free Software community. Take care peeps!

highwaylights 4y ago
Just checking in to say you take care too and it’ll be tomorrow before you know it. Your kid will get to be super excited a second time tomorrow when he sees you at the front door! Congrats on getting back to floss. I keep trying to but it’s been hard to make the time this year. Hopefully 2023 will give me a little extra time for it! Happy Christmas mate :-)
- phkahler 4y ago
  >> Congrats on getting back to floss. I keep trying to but it’s been hard to make the time this year. One thing I see clearly in open source is that people have lives. Participation varies a lot even among great contributors. Some very active people disappear for months only to return later. When you realize it's because everyone has a life outside where we see them, it makes them seem much more human than say coworkers in an office where we show up regardless of other things. Get back to it when you can, or when it's good for you.
rubicon33 4y ago
What's FLOSS?
- orobinson 4y ago
  Free/Libre Open Source Software. “Libre” is French for free as in freedom so it’s sometimes added to emphasise the “free” means freedom of use not necessarily free in price.
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2kwatts 4y ago

I like to think of HN as a family of its own. Sure, we're all different and we come from all sorts of different backgrounds, but we all come together and get along. It's really amazing, and it's hard to find in other places online.

inezk 4y ago
I so agree. I also love how it's content vs form focused.

tg180 4y ago

Christmas is one of the most difficult holidays for all the people who are different, or grew up in a emotionally/physically abusive family. No one is alone! Merry Xmas HN!