Happy New Year HN!

Re:Happy New Year HN! by diggan on Sunday December 31, 2023 @02:34PM (#38826826)

I'm fairly confident that yes, this will be the year of the Linux desktop:

2024 = 20 | 24

20 x 3 + 16 = 76, which is the ASCII value of 'L'.

24 x 3 + 12 = 84, which is the ASCII value of 'T'.

= LT = Linux Torvalds

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Re:Happy New Year HN! by seanthemon on Sunday December 31, 2023 @02:38PM (#38826855)

I'm so thankful for the mathematicians of HN! Hear hear! Year of Linux!

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Re:Happy New Year HN! by quickthrower2 on Monday January 01, 2024 @04:21AM (#38830652)

Always has been (the linux desktop is the terminal!)

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Re:Happy New Year HN! by abhinavstarts on Sunday December 31, 2023 @09:30PM (#38829300)

It's fun I know. I want to know why you multiplied them with 3 and then added by 16 & 12 respectively. Any relation

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Re:Happy New Year HN! by zdc1 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @10:30PM (#38829545)

I assume its because using 16 & 15 hasn't worked since 2023, and likewise only 16 & 9 will work for 2025

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Re:Happy New Year HN! by diggan on Monday January 01, 2024 @07:28AM (#38831371)

A mathematicians never reveals their secrets! Good thing for you I ain't a mathematician and barely finished high school!

I started out with wanting to get 76 and 84 by multiplying with 3 (because 3 is a magic number), then just adding whatever to get the number I wanted.

Yes, it's all a sham and a bamboozle. I'm sorry to let you down.

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