Christmas magic and gifts (version 2018)

Ho ho ho, as Santa would say! Habr, Happy New Year! It is time for magic, nostalgia, promises to become even better next year, and, of course, gifts. This article will be special: we will revive the picture (yes, AR wonders) in it, remember New Year's greetings over the past years and, for the first time in history, play out unique New Year's gifts (you can be sure that there are no more than 200 of them all over the world, I checked ).


Let's agree "ashore" that today we will leave all the details of the development outside the article. Only New Year's magic!

Magic lessons

And what if I tell you that the picture below can come to life?
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In order to see it you need to download the application to your phone and point it at the image (the link can be obtained via QR, or found here ).

New Year's adventures are just beginning!

4 New Year Cards for Microsoft Developers

This year we decided to recall the New Year cards, which were made especially for you in recent years and, of course, to congratulate you with the new postcard 2018!

Happy New Year! (2015 version)

Three years ago we congratulated you with a New Year's card, in which there was a subtle hint that in the new year we wish you to distribute your forces and find time for work and leisure. Look at these cute hamsters!

Happy New Year! (version 2016)

Ready to train your fingers? In this congratulation, you have to help the monkey to climb on a tall building and deliver the Christmas tree to the New Year corporate party. To do this, just press 2 buttons on the keyboard ... 2 different buttons that change every 5 seconds.

Happy New Year! (version 2017)

Last year, we offered you to go back to 2086 and find out how technology has changed life by then. To do this, we composed several futuristic stories together with science fiction writer Tim Skorenko.

Happy New Year! (Version 2018)

New Year's Eve is not only the time for the fulfillment of desires, but also the moment when we promise ourselves to become better. Therefore, in this new year we invite you to find out with us what exactly you are capable of and pass the test .

First you have to answer a few questions about technologies that were popular last year, so that we can see if you are ready for a new mission. Then you can choose the level of difficulty and get your mission. Let's conquer 2018 together!

Gift time!

At this adventure does not end there. This year, together with the Typical Programmer community, we are playing out unique Christmas gifts: a hoody + a set of wooden icons.



To get a prize, you will need to correctly answer 8 simple (and not so) questions and interpret the result.

Questions consist of 2 parts. The second part is below, the first part is here .

Question 1. What is the length of the smallest functioning gun? (In millimeters)
Variants of answers:
3) 96.26;
1) 6.88;
8) 25.34;
5) 70.92.

Question 2. How much was the robot able to assemble a 9x9x9 rubik's cube?
Variants of answers:
2) 84.12 seconds;
5) 7 minutes 32.54 seconds;
6) 22 minutes 38 seconds;
9) 34 min. 25.89 sec.

Question 3. What is the length of the record selfie stick? (meters)
Variants of answers:
7) 8.56;
2) 11.4;
0) 7.99;
9) 9.64.

Question 4. How much does the biggest boat printed on a 3D printer weigh? (in kilograms)
Variants of answers:
9) 12;
4) 22;
1) 28;
5) 18.

The prizes will be received by the first 10 people who will send the correct answer to the messages of the Microsoft Developer community until 12:00 on December 30. The next day, December 31, we will announce them!

Ps Full contest rules can be found here .