{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Hacker News - Newest: \"Christmas\"","description":"Hacker News RSS","home_page_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/newest","items":[{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595646","title":"Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over\"\u003ehttps://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595646\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595646\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595646","date_published":"2026-01-12T23:35:54Z","author":{"name":"comebhack","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=comebhack"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552311","title":"Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over\"\u003ehttps://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552311\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552311\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 2\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/nintendo-switch-2-sales-stumble-over","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552311","date_published":"2026-01-09T10:35:04Z","author":{"name":"croes","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=croes"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543724","title":"Putin Casts Ukraine War as 'Sacred Mission' in Orthodox Christmas Remarks","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/07/putin-casts-ukraine-war-as-sacred-mission-in-orthodox-christmas-remarks-a91621\"\u003ehttps://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/07/putin-casts-ukraine-war-as-sacred-mission-in-orthodox-christmas-remarks-a91621\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543724\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543724\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/07/putin-casts-ukraine-war-as-sacred-mission-in-orthodox-christmas-remarks-a91621","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543724","date_published":"2026-01-08T17:26:20Z","author":{"name":"janandonly","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=janandonly"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46531159","title":"Merry Christmas Day Have a MongoDB Security Incident","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb\"\u003ehttps://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46531159\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46531159\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 2\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46531159","date_published":"2026-01-07T19:20:21Z","author":{"name":"begueradj","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=begueradj"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499207","title":"Sega's Dave Rosen Passes on Christmas Day in L.A.","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/\"\u003ehttps://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499207\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499207\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499207","date_published":"2026-01-05T14:36:56Z","author":{"name":"wicket","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wicket"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488473","title":"I Built a Transcription App over Christmas PTO","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://alexmason.me/blog/2026-01-04-i-built-a-transcription-app-over-christmas-pto/\"\u003ehttps://alexmason.me/blog/2026-01-04-i-built-a-transcription-app-over-christmas-pto/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488473\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488473\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://alexmason.me/blog/2026-01-04-i-built-a-transcription-app-over-christmas-pto/","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488473","date_published":"2026-01-04T14:49:49Z","author":{"name":"recursivegirth","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=recursivegirth"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483458","title":"And This Was My Christmas and New Year Break","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://auteursoftware.substack.com/p/and-this-was-my-christmas-and-new\"\u003ehttps://auteursoftware.substack.com/p/and-this-was-my-christmas-and-new\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483458\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483458\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://auteursoftware.substack.com/p/and-this-was-my-christmas-and-new","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46483458","date_published":"2026-01-04T00:34:25Z","author":{"name":"eyeplum","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=eyeplum"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443094","title":"Christmas Present Rush – My Game Jam Award Story","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://sublevelgames.github.io/blogs/2025-12-31-playgama-x-mas-game-jam/\"\u003ehttps://sublevelgames.github.io/blogs/2025-12-31-playgama-x-mas-game-jam/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443094\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443094\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://sublevelgames.github.io/blogs/2025-12-31-playgama-x-mas-game-jam/","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443094","date_published":"2025-12-31T10:50:33Z","author":{"name":"greentec","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=greentec"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441974","title":"Germany hunts Christmas thieves after Ocean's Eleven-style bank heist","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/germany-hunts-christmas-thieves-after-oceans-eleven-style-bank-heist\"\u003ehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/germany-hunts-christmas-thieves-after-oceans-eleven-style-bank-heist\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441974\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441974\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 3\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/germany-hunts-christmas-thieves-after-oceans-eleven-style-bank-heist","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441974","date_published":"2025-12-31T06:39:47Z","author":{"name":"sans_souse","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sans_souse"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438865","title":"Christmas 500 years ago was a drunken 6-week feast","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2025/12/25/medieval-peasant-christmas-was-better-than-modern-holidays-historian-says/\"\u003ehttps://fortune.com/2025/12/25/medieval-peasant-christmas-was-better-than-modern-holidays-historian-says/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438865\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438865\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 5\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://fortune.com/2025/12/25/medieval-peasant-christmas-was-better-than-modern-holidays-historian-says/","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438865","date_published":"2025-12-30T22:31:25Z","author":{"name":"Anon84","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Anon84"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437527","title":"Cyberattack disrupts France's postal service and banking during Christmas rush","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/france-postal-service-cyberattack-4ea0c3e3bcb8a87341de8aebc1dfc916\"\u003ehttps://apnews.com/article/france-postal-service-cyberattack-4ea0c3e3bcb8a87341de8aebc1dfc916\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437527\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437527\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 5\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://apnews.com/article/france-postal-service-cyberattack-4ea0c3e3bcb8a87341de8aebc1dfc916","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437527","date_published":"2025-12-30T20:21:17Z","author":{"name":"gnabgib","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gnabgib"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46429953","title":"Glamorous Christmas: Bringing Charm to Ruby","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://marcoroth.dev/posts/glamorous-christmas\"\u003ehttps://marcoroth.dev/posts/glamorous-christmas\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46429953\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46429953\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://marcoroth.dev/posts/glamorous-christmas","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46429953","date_published":"2025-12-30T05:43:57Z","author":{"name":"todsacerdoti","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418226","title":"Show HN: Text-to-Light: Local LLM-Powered Christmas Tree on Raspberry Pi [video]","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eI built a Christmas tree that answers questions using light. It runs locally on a Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB) using WS2812B addressable LEDs and a small interface.\u003cp\u003eI used a single prompt that makes the model return a structured JSON response, which made it easy to map yes/no/maybe and emotions directly to LED colors and patterns.\u003cp\u003eI tested multiple LLMs and eventually settled on Gemma3:1B running locally on the Raspberry Pi. It performed surprisingly well both in terms of reasoning quality and computational efficiency. I would really appreciate any suggestions for improving performance or adding creative features.\u003cp\u003eHappy holidays!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418226\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418226\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 2\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmUWbESvOwA","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418226","date_published":"2025-12-29T07:22:19Z","author":{"name":"eyesim","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=eyesim"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414468","title":"Did Tim Cook post AI slop in his Christmas message promoting 'Pluribus'?","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/28/2048225/did-tim-cook-post-ai-slop-in-his-christmas-message-promoting-pluribus\"\u003ehttps://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/28/2048225/did-tim-cook-post-ai-slop-in-his-christmas-message-promoting-pluribus\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414468\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414468\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/12/28/2048225/did-tim-cook-post-ai-slop-in-his-christmas-message-promoting-pluribus","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414468","date_published":"2025-12-28T21:02:34Z","author":{"name":"MilnerRoute","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=MilnerRoute"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409893","title":"Tim Cook Posts AI Slop in Christmas Message on Twitter","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/27/slopibus\"\u003ehttps://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/27/slopibus\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409893\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409893\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 27\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 6\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/27/slopibus","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409893","date_published":"2025-12-28T09:58:44Z","author":{"name":"latexr","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=latexr"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408477","title":"Merry Christmas Day Have a MongoDB Security Incident","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb\"\u003ehttps://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408477\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408477\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 2\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408477","date_published":"2025-12-28T04:35:12Z","author":{"name":"882542F3884314B","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=882542F3884314B"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403024","title":"Merry Christmas Day Have a MongoDB Security Incident","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb\"\u003ehttps://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403024\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403024\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://doublepulsar.com/merry-christmas-day-have-a-mongodb-security-incident-9537f54289eb","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46403024","date_published":"2025-12-27T16:44:29Z","author":{"name":"taubek","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=taubek"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401435","title":"Late last night, I received a final Christmas gift","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2004638982915981652\"\u003ehttps://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2004638982915981652\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401435\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401435\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 4\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2004638982915981652","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401435","date_published":"2025-12-27T12:39:10Z","author":{"name":"keepamovin","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=keepamovin"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400303","title":"Alternative Christmas Message","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Christmas_message\"\u003ehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Christmas_message\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400303\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400303\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Christmas_message","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400303","date_published":"2025-12-27T08:56:26Z","author":{"name":"dataflow","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dataflow"}},{"id":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398419","title":"Ukraine delivers humiliating Christmas Day blow to Putin by recapturing key city","content_html":"\n\u003cp\u003eArticle URL: \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/world-news/ukraine-delivers-humiliating-christmas-day-blow-to-putin-by-recapturing-key-city/\"\u003ehttps://nypost.com/2025/12/25/world-news/ukraine-delivers-humiliating-christmas-day-blow-to-putin-by-recapturing-key-city/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComments URL: \u003ca href=\"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398419\"\u003ehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398419\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoints: 5\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# Comments: 0\u003c/p\u003e\n","url":"https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/world-news/ukraine-delivers-humiliating-christmas-day-blow-to-putin-by-recapturing-key-city/","external_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398419","date_published":"2025-12-27T02:02:53Z","author":{"name":"MilnerRoute","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=MilnerRoute"}}]}