Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Genius hack by PhD candidate (with source code): Turn any monitor into a 3D display using a Wiimote · 142 points · by thorax · 26 comments
• Ask News.YC: How to re-motivate yourself? · 75 points · by qwestion · 42 comments
• Do it Fucking Now. · 68 points · by ajbatac · 30 comments
• How about this idea to save Hacker News from fluff? · 52 points · by kirubakaran · 65 comments
• Javascript null surprise · 35 points · by gruseom · 20 comments
• Rush is a replacement for the Unix shell (bash, zsh, etc) which uses pure Ruby syntax · 34 points · by pius · 7 comments
• Learning to Smoke · 33 points · by imgabe · 17 comments
• One Day Compilers (Graydon Hoare) · 30 points · by dmuino · 4 comments
• Zero Sign On - 1 better or Infinitely better than Single Sign On? · 26 points · by pius · 4 comments
• Programming as Theory Building (by Naur of BNF) · 26 points · by gruseom · 2 comments
• Electron Caught On Film For The First Time · 26 points · by nickb · 6 comments
• Ask HN: The Arc Effect · 25 points · by tel · 16 comments
• Things for sale that I will mail you · 25 points · by rms · 9 comments
• This isn’t a zero-sum game · 20 points · by jmorin007 · 33 comments
• Rise of the Machines (Anybots) · 18 points · by auferstehung · 6 comments
• You gave $1000 through Tipjoy. Thanks. · 18 points · by ivankirigin · 17 comments
• Cringely: Sometimes going green hurts more than it helps · 17 points · by ph0rque · 12 comments
• Launchbox, a YC clone, is now ready to take applications · 16 points · by alaskamiller · 9 comments
• Switching editors is just as hard as switching languages · 16 points · by iamelgringo · 6 comments
• Does Fatherhood Make You Happy? · 16 points · by raju · 17 comments
• Steve Wozniak on Apple, Steve Jobs and the Value of a Good Prank [Interview] · 15 points · by apgwoz · no comments
• Ask News.YC: Any other hackers out there amateur lockpickers? · 14 points · by ghiotion · 18 comments
• An elegant mathematical solution against fluff on News.YC · 14 points · by andreyf · 29 comments
• Deploying Rails Applications book by Ezra is finished and available · 12 points · by pius · 8 comments
• Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of web 2.0 democracy · 12 points · by sethjohn · 2 comments
• Ask YC: To open source or not, that is the question · 11 points · by shabda · 12 comments
• Hollywood and the Internet: There will be blood · 11 points · by davidw · 10 comments
• Is Google's Enterprise Software Too Cheap? · 11 points · by brlittle · 15 comments
• U.S. Post Office to Enable Wholesale Surveillance of Mail · 11 points · by brlittle · 2 comments
• Temporal map of the movie "Primer" · 11 points · by wmf · 3 comments
• Why smart people defend bad ideas (old essay, but good read) · 10 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Hacker News's RSS feed is broken again · 10 points · by inklesspen · 8 comments
• Biggest Success of Y Combinator? Scribd · 10 points · by zurla · 6 comments
• SQL is the assembly language of the modern world · 10 points · by muriithi · 8 comments
• Pentaho (Open source BI) Takes $12 Million Series C · 10 points · by mattculbreth · 4 comments
• Silicon Valley versus Seattle (and Everywhere Else) · 9 points · by jyu · 6 comments
• Looking for feedback on our new startup. Built in 24 hours on top of tipjoy. · 9 points · by tipjoy · 8 comments
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss leaving World Online to hack Django full time · 8 points · by naish · no comments
• Ask YC: Linux C/C++ programming workflow? · 8 points · by tx · 13 comments
• Legacies undermine merit-based admissions · 8 points · by dstowell · 2 comments
• Cloudo - The Pretty WebOS · 8 points · by Readmore · 4 comments
• News.YC leaders board now shows top 100 · 8 points · by jmorin007 · 3 comments
• Kanji backspace seen in the wild. · 7 points · by tjic · 2 comments
• The top 10 lies of entrepreneurs · 7 points · by brlittle · 2 comments
• Programmers vs the Apostrophes · 6 points · by iamelgringo · 1 comment
• Can I beat the Xerox 6130 for a cheap color laser printer with linux/postscript support? · 6 points · by rms · 4 comments
• Click Fraud Keeps Rising, Up 15 percent in 2007 · 6 points · by davidw · no comments
• Powerful CSS-Techniques For Effective Coding · 5 points · by german · no comments
• Programmers at Work 1986: Where are they now? · 5 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Dangerous Knowledge - Four brilliant mathematicians whose genius tragically drove them insane · 5 points · by nreece · 6 comments
• Good security advice, or FUD? Web 2.0 startups "need to police usage and actively scan content" · 5 points · by ilamont · no comments
• iPhone LoJack - Track your [stolen] iPhone with Twitter · 5 points · by joshwa · no comments
• Code CAN be beautiful · 5 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe · 5 points · by mnemonicsloth · 3 comments
• 500 Million Downloads of Firefox (almost) · 4 points · by transburgh · no comments
• My Case Against Venture Capital · 4 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Facebook Is So 2007 · 4 points · by buckpost · no comments
• what do VCs think? · 4 points · by ubudesign · 3 comments
• Who makes good office seating · 4 points · by thomas · 11 comments
• Extend Your Brain With Evernote (Private Beta Invites) · 3 points · by terpua · no comments
• How hard is it to use Snipshot from ourdoings.com? · 3 points · by brlewis · 5 comments
• Better finance for more enterprise growth in Europe · 3 points · by davidw · 1 comment
• Seth Godin’s New Standard: Does your product lower stress? « FoundRead · 3 points · by brk · no comments
• WTF Dept: DataPortability Project Sued By RedHat · 3 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• TinyML - Lexer, Parser, Interpreter, and Polymorphic Type Checker in Under 700 Lines of SML · 3 points · by mk · no comments
• Fixing Technology "Meetups" (Chicago and Elsewhere) · 3 points · by bmaier · 3 comments
• Facebook sees decline in users · 3 points · by jordanfulghum · no comments
• The Airbag guide to SXSW for newbs and veterans · 3 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• LISP:ASDF for the slightly confused · 3 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Top Health 2.0 Web Apps · 2 points · by getp · no comments
• The Chumby Is Open, but Not for Business · 2 points · by terpua · 2 comments
• Meet the Teams | X PRIZE Foundation · 2 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• So THATs what Y Combinator is · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• When it comes to tech, simplicity sells · 2 points · by jyu · no comments
• Code isn't beautiful · 2 points · by brlittle · no comments
• 50 Questions to Evaluate the Quality of Your Website · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• xkcd parody + Fourier transform explanation · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Gdc08: PlayStation Eye Tank War Demo Is "Next Gen" Tech · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Blocks Third Party Apps · 2 points · by gscott · no comments
• Google Vulnerable, But Not From Lack of Features · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Researchers: Disk Encryption Not Secure · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Tool Turns Google into Vulnerability Scanner · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• The history of Hello World on the web · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• 10 teams in Google's $30 million race to moon · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Some corrections · 2 points · by drm237 · no comments
• A correction to the correction - Joel on Software · 2 points · by pius · no comments
• Web 2.0 in South America: Palermo Valley is real · 2 points · by hhm · no comments
• SWFIntruder - Analysis and Security Testing of Flash Applications · 2 points · by cstejerean · no comments
• Effortlessly farm work (using Ruby) to an EC2 instance without batting an eye · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Why Google finds a Microsoft-Yahoo combination "unnerving" · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• CSS from the Ground Up · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• $10 chip puts Australia on the fast track · 2 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Optimus Maximus: at long last, we bring one home to test - Engadget · 2 points · by chaostheory · 1 comment
• The $60 Million Missile · 2 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Microsoft Email To Employees: Really, The Yahoo Deal is Perfect For Us · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Get Your Boss to Let You Blog at Work · 2 points · by eastsidegringo · no comments
• Neural Network on a Commodore 64 (by the founder of Autodesk) · 2 points · by comatose_kid · no comments
• Why software development is hard · 2 points · by eVizitei · 3 comments
• All entrepreneurs should read this. · 2 points · by comatose_kid · 1 comment
• Radar Networks receives new funding for Twine · 1 points · by cawel · no comments
• What to Expect When You're Computing for Speed · 1 points · by mk · no comments
• Google eyes Cleveland medical records · 1 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• Brain-Reading Headset to Sell for $299 · 1 points · by gscott · no comments
• IPython: an Enhanced Python Shell · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• Shoes - A Tiny Toolkit; Easy windowed Ruby apps · 1 points · by Readmore · no comments
• Making Money from Your Web Site · 1 points · by daniel-cussen · no comments
• Q&A with Tesla’s Car Guy · 1 points · by auferstehung · no comments
• DDOS Danger For Online Gambling Sites · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Making Fake Deadlines Real: Completing Projects with Self-Assigned Deadlines · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Redhat send Data Portability group Cease and Desist letter · 1 points · by cbetta · 1 comment
• Google floating wireless baloon idea? · 1 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• The rise of the genre e-zine: Will it ever find a profitable model? · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Ask YC: Know of a good online flowcharting app? · 1 points · by jraines · 2 comments
• Steve Wozniak on Apple, Steve Jobs and the Value of a Good Prank · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Evernote Screencast · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Rearden Commerce (Click "see how" for very cool flash promo) · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• How to come up with Breakthrough Ideas · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• IPython's enhanced Python shell · 1 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Hackonomics and tech adoption cycle · 1 points · by matstc · no comments
• The CRV QuickStart Seed Funding Program · 1 points · by pius · no comments
• A History of Hacking Culture · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Research Team Finds Security Flaw in Popular Disk Encryption Technologies · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Now that News.Yc has grown: Hackers in SoCal? · 1 points · by kyro · 1 comment
• Help me get in touch with e1ven. · 1 points · by myoung8 · 2 comments
• Moveable Interactive Projected Displays · 1 points · by aquarin · no comments
• Cell Phone Encryption Exploit Demonstrated · 1 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Study: More US broadband has $134 billion economic impact · 1 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Microsoft to Open Source: You Win · 1 points · by tomh · 1 comment
• Google’s Flawed MSFT/YHOO Strategy · 1 points · by buckpost · no comments
• Rails Messaging Tutorial · 1 points · by pius · no comments
• Black Hat: Attacks and wireless security · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Ascribe - A Case Study on View Specs · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Top Health Apps · 1 points · by jbrun · no comments
• The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally: US $134 Billion Annually · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Happy Birthday, RDF · 1 points · by pius · no comments
• A way to decide which political candidate has the most grassroots support · 1 points · by pg · 3 comments
• Winners of the What is Graphic design poster competition · 1 points · by getp · no comments
• Some PHP guy trolls Rails, but it's funny. · 1 points · by pius · no comments
• Five steps to enlightened expectations (for an IT consultant but can apply to startups as well) · 1 points · by cstejerean · no comments
• 17 Unbeatable Ways to Create a Peaceful, Relaxed Workday · 1 points · by cstejerean · no comments
• Five Tips for Overcoming Burnout · 1 points · by ctingom · no comments
• AOL Is Really, For Real Ending Netscape Navigator · 1 points · by german · no comments
• Zuckerberg looking for a #2 · 1 points · by manvsmachine · 1 comment
• How Much Capital You Should Raise: VC’s Perspective · 1 points · by markpeterdavis · no comments
• Do Not Read From A Script · 1 points · by markpeterdavis · no comments
• Rails acts_as_conference Slides · 1 points · by luccastera · no comments
• Ecommerce Affiliate Programs: A new funding model for a development focused organization · 1 points · by vertigo · no comments
• Patent Troll Tracker · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The Current State of BlackBerry Addiction: BlackBerry-Less In Chicago · 1 points · by AZA43 · no comments
• A regex search engine for what? · 1 points · by vertigo · 1 comment
• When Good Isn't Good Enough · 1 points · by dannymo2 · no comments
• Do your validations let these names through? · 1 points · by wavesplash · no comments
• 6 Reasons Why Hiring Good Developers Is So Hard... · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• Looking for a start-up opportunity? at Chicago Beta · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• TECH cocktail Remixes With TECH CONFERENCE · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• How to decide if you should start a company · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Wii Headtracking in Boom Blox coming this May · 1 points · by Readmore · no comments
• Escaping from sql-reader-syntax in CL-SQL · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• No More Tasting: It’s a Bad Year To Be a Registrar · 1 points · by brlittle · no comments
• Ask YC: Has anyone here deployed Mod_mono in a production enviroment? · 1 points · by gregp · no comments
• Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data · 1 points · by imgabe · no comments
• Will security become Facebook's Achilles' heel? · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Virgin Galactic orders more spaceships · 1 points · by gscott · no comments
• Robots that are "self-aware" (video) · 1 points · by dskhatri · no comments
• Giant real-world game of Risk played on college campuses · 1 points · by ivankirigin · no comments
• Adobe looking for AIR pre-beta Linux users / devs · 1 points · by manvsmachine · no comments
• Twine Raises Millions More for Semantic Web · 1 points · by cawel · no comments
• Arrington threatens us with twice as much startup blogging · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments
• The communist smear against open source · 1 points · by muriithi · no comments
• How to Identify Bad CIOs in Their Natural Habitat · 1 points · by estherschindler · no comments
• X Prize, Google set on 10 teams in $30 million race to moon · 1 points · by muriithi · no comments
• More On The UADA—Funny Money For a “Virtual” Facebook App Roll-Up Company · 1 points · by aston · no comments
• If you live each day as your last... · 1 points · by inovica · 1 comment
• New Hampshire Startup Makes World’s Largest Sheets of Carbon Nanotubes · 1 points · by drm237 · no comments