[$] A 2024 retrospective

It is often said that the definition of insanity is repeating the same
action and expecting different results. Be that as it may, LWN has
repeatedly started a new year with a set of predictions, only to have to
review how badly they went at the end. There was no break in that pattern
this year, so there is no help for it; the time has come to review
our 2024 predictions in the hope that they
came out better this time around.