Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas?
What should be on the Christmas list of geeks everywhere?
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.
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.
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.
Seems like a fun toy, and I really enjoyed the "write bubble sort on a PIC" project I had in college.
On a more hazy level, the motivation to get all this stuff I've accumulated sold or given away!
Hrm, oh wait, you're asking two completely different questions here.
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.
@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.
- Ask HN: Which Apple product do you desire the most?
- Answer: Not all geeks desire an Apple product.
EDIT: I didn't down vote, just wanted to comment