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- OptionOfT 10mo agoI thought this was Advent of Code! Merry Christmas!
- kylecazar 10mo agoThat jgs is killing me
- opello 10mo agoJust because old ASCII and ANSI art is often signed by the author, which is something fun I appreciate, see also: https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewithbunn https://oldcompcz.github.io/jgs/joan_stark/xmas.html#treewit... And of course, the BBS Documentary: Artscene episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv2G6Gp6NvN1kUtQuW8QshBWE&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrBbm5ZMlo&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv...
- Grosvenor 10mo agoWoah. I didn't know about that. I found it from asciiart.eu. This stuff makes me wish HN supported ANSI. We could have so much fun. (Also PRE or preformatted text would be useful). Merry Christmas and happy new years everyone!
- opello 10mo agoGlad I could share it! https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc says: > Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.) I assume that's how the top level comment posted the tree which is in a <pre><code> structure.
- Grosvenor 10mo agoBut we still miss out on the great ANSI colors. I kinda do want to go back to oldschool bbses, with cool text-mode lightbar interfaces.
- robobro 10mo ago> Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.) .-"```"-. /_\ _ _ __\ | /{` ` ` `} {} {_,_,_,_,} )/ a a \( _(<o_()_o>)_ __ { | /_)(_\ | } _/ \ /`{ \ / }`\ _| ` | / { '.____.' } \ {_`-._/ / {_, ,_} \/ `-._} | `{--}` \ / / | / { } | ` / ; | { } |\ / \ \ {__} | '..' \_.-'}==//\\====/ {_.-'\==\\//====\ | ,) `` | \__| | | __ | | _ /\ _ | | || | \ _ _ || _ _ / {` ` `}{` ` `} {_,_,_}{_,_,_} | || | /-. _||_ .-\ jgs / / \ \ |___ / \ ___| `"""` `"""`
- blinding-streak 10mo agoThis guy was prolific! Wow
- Abstract_Typist 10mo agoNot a guy ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Stark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Stark
- blinding-streak 10mo agoTIL! Thanks! :)
- kylecazar 10mo agoAhhh of course it's a signature. Makes total sense now. I thought it was just a straggler.
- e-dant 10mo agoThought it was obfuscated C code, then I realized it’s a tree or something
- devsda 10mo agoChallenge issued. I wouldn't be surprised if someone comes up with obfuscated C code that looks like a christmas tree and prints out wishes by the end of the day/season. Merry Christmas!
- DrewADesign 10mo agoPerl time
- Jnr 10mo agoExactly, looks like Perl code to me. :)
- DrewADesign 10mo agoIt’s tragic that having a language as flexible and unopinionated as Perl is admittedly terrible for novice programmers because Learning Perl is easily one of the greatest introductory programming books.
- epicureanideal 10mo agoLet's ask an LLM as a test!
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- mckn1ght 10mo agoI did recently try to use an LLM to make a twinkling christmas tree quine in the style of qlobe. It didn’t get close, maybe next year!
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- gbraad 10mo agoLots of great ASCII art by jgs
- Grosvenor 10mo agoSince I might have peoples' attention for a moment (Can no longer edit my original post). Might I suggest the King William's college quiz this Christmas? https://kwc.im/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GKP_2025_26.pdf https://kwc.im/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GKP_2025_26.pdf
- bornabox 10mo agoThanks for posting. This was fun! Towards the end it gets really hard. Merry Christmas!
- OrangeMusic 10mo agoTowards the end?! I can't answer ANY of the questions!
- Spare_account 10mo agoYou're not expected to know the answers without doing research. https://britbrief.co.uk/education/schools/king-williams-college-quiz-2025-the-ultimate-test.html https://britbrief.co.uk/education/schools/king-williams-coll... >The paper carries a telling Latin motto: "Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est" – "To know where you can find something is, after all, the greatest part of learning." In the modern era it is acknowledged that people will use online search engines to find the answers but hopefully we all learn something on the way
- tralarpa 10mo agoI know the answer to 1.5. And I know the story behind 1.6, but not the name of the town... That's it :)
- elestor 10mo agoHow do you even know ANY of that??
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- wildpeaks 10mo agoMerry Christmas ! May your glühwein be hot and your cats purring :)
- dachris 10mo agoVery nice, the introduction to recursion in university (which was around that time of the year) was drawing a fractal Christmas tree
- dbacar 10mo agoThese ascii art remind me the good old days of internet where we would celebrate holidays and special days sending these little marvels thru our mail client, pine under ibm aix unix terminals.