Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too · 137 points · by chaostheory · 37 comments
• You Can't Soak the Rich · 91 points · by epi0Bauqu · 109 comments
• Ask YC: Django vs Ruby on Rails · 70 points · by notdarkyet · 112 comments
• The Pi You Know Is A Lie · 60 points · by eyudkowsky · 29 comments
• Choose Your Manager · 47 points · by pchristensen · 15 comments
• Greasemonkey script to de-scribd HN PDFs · 46 points · by ken · 17 comments
• Programmers At Work - Bill Gates (1986) · 40 points · by prakash · 17 comments
• Computer Random vs. True Random : See the difference in how random numbers are generated. · 39 points · by e1ven · 31 comments
• Building a Poker Bot: Part 2 · 38 points · by dangoldin · 10 comments
• Happy Birthday edw519 · 36 points · by Xichekolas · 23 comments
• Apple's Top Designer Explains Design · 33 points · by paulsb · 12 comments
• Ask YC: Where do you get international startup news? · 32 points · by alex_c · 14 comments
• The Frontal Cortex : The Hidden Cost of Smart Drugs · 32 points · by prakash · 14 comments
• Space To Scale · 27 points · by pbnaidu · 6 comments
• 5 Tips for E-mailing Busy People · 26 points · by breily · 3 comments
• Erlang: "Let It Crash" Programming · 23 points · by foemmel · no comments
• Tipjoy: Rethinking Micropayments · 23 points · by sopu · 12 comments
• Facebook Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit at Harvard · 20 points · by zurla · 3 comments
• Welcome to GitCasts · 20 points · by chaostheory · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Office space - cheap or creative? · 20 points · by mchang16 · 32 comments
• Facebook Traffic Declines 10% in April · 20 points · by rockstar9 · 13 comments
• Why Raising VC Funding Does Not Equal Success · 19 points · by getp · no comments
• Don’t sacrifice your blog in the name of productivity · 18 points · by webwatch · 2 comments
• Andrew Chen: How Web 2.0 startups should think about the Lifetime Value of their audiences · 18 points · by andrew_null · 1 comment
• How to Make Common Lisp go Faster Than C · 18 points · by smanek · 42 comments
• 7 Essential Web Design Principles to Earn Trust · 17 points · by nickb · no comments
• No Deleterious Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide - 31,000 Scientists sign Petition · 17 points · by gibsonf1 · 40 comments
• Ask Your Doctor About mod_rails · 16 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• To Fight Global Warming We Must Tax All Recreational Exercise · 15 points · by getp · 16 comments
• iPhone 3G Launch Date Confirmed · 14 points · by rockstar9 · 3 comments
• NewsCred Launches - would love feedback on my startup · 14 points · by shafqat · 13 comments
• Microsoft Is Moving Towards Checkmate · 12 points · by nickb · 5 comments
• Six Annoyances in Hardy Heron Ubuntu · 12 points · by keener · 8 comments
• Next Gen Apps Won't Be Pushed Around By the Browser · 12 points · by breily · no comments
• Ceiling Height Influences Thinking Patterns · 12 points · by mdakin · 1 comment
• Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain · 11 points · by jamesbritt · 2 comments
• Netflix/Roku box threatens Apple, Microsoft plans for streaming video · 11 points · by ilamont · 6 comments
• Franz Unveils AllegroGraph v3.0 - A Web 3.0 Database · 10 points · by edu · 13 comments
• Twitter: Something Is Technically Wrong · 10 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 15 comments
• The Biggest Tech IPO of 2008 Is Coming Out of Russia: Search Engine Yandex to Raise Up To $2 Billion · 10 points · by nickb · 6 comments
• Review of Condé Nast acquisitions and strategy · 9 points · by robg · 2 comments
• Why Did You Hire Me? · 9 points · by naish · no comments
• Parser Fear (Martin Fowler on Domain Specific Languages) · 9 points · by foemmel · 1 comment
• Alternative Number Formats · 9 points · by kleevr · no comments
• Google Health Goes Live · 8 points · by breily · 1 comment
• Living computer created with DNA and genetically altered bacteria · 8 points · by rms · 3 comments
• Don’t Look For BFFs When Pitching For VC Dollars · 8 points · by johns · no comments
• Teaching, Playing, and Programming: Designing a Data Structure · 8 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• Startup Riot 2008 Atlanta Recap · 8 points · by PStamatiou · no comments
• Why when house prices fall, rent increases. · 7 points · by babul · 5 comments
• Review: Roku Netflix Set Top Box is Just Shy of Totally Amazing · 7 points · by apgwoz · 2 comments
• Choosing Erlang IDE · 7 points · by nickb · 3 comments
• Ask YC:Guidelines for submitting interesting (for HC) articles · 6 points · by pbnaidu · 7 comments
• Negroponte Unveils 2nd Generation OLPC Laptop: It’s an E-Book · 6 points · by nickb · 5 comments
• VW Will Sell a 200 MPG Car in 2010 · 6 points · by lurkage · 4 comments
• Startup Junkies Earth Class Mail on Hulu · 6 points · by mace · no comments
• How to answer 23 of the most common interview questions · 6 points · by nickb · 2 comments
• Is.gd URL Shortener · 6 points · by ivankirigin · 3 comments
• Ask YC: Resources for Writing Business Plans? · 6 points · by sabat · 3 comments
• Google mulls Microsoft response · 5 points · by nickb · no comments
• Department of high irony, Napster edition · 5 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• CERN is the Doomsday Machine · 5 points · by dangoldin · 6 comments
• Job: Backend Hacker at Boston area Startup · 5 points · by faulkner8 · 1 comment
• The Amazing Money Machine · 4 points · by kul · 1 comment
• Facebook In Real Life · 4 points · by nreece · no comments
• Ask YC: How do you discover niche content? · 4 points · by qwestion · 8 comments
• Using Compete.com to ‘Understand’ Techmeme and Its Audience · 4 points · by berecruited · 1 comment
• Google Backers Back Aster Data Systems. It’s All About The Clusters. · 4 points · by nickb · no comments
• High Concept Pitches for Startups · 4 points · by paulsb · no comments
• How is it possible for Visual Basic to be most popular .NET language? Lessons from past? Or? · 4 points · by edw519 · 7 comments
• The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter · 4 points · by edw519 · 4 comments
• Meet the economists who know why we buy what we buy · 4 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Eggs Thrown. Steve Ballmer Scrambles. · 4 points · by kirubakaran · 3 comments
• Value or Viral? · 4 points · by prakash · no comments
• Hacker News Bookmarklet using Yahoo Pipes · 4 points · by getp · no comments
• Fixing Compiler Warnings the Hard Way · 4 points · by breily · no comments
• Choosing between Abstract Type Members and Existentials in Scala · 4 points · by nickb · no comments
• Where's the True 3D Desktop? (And Compiz Fusion doesn't count) · 4 points · by nickb · no comments
• Image Retrieval methods · 4 points · by nickb · 2 comments
• “Tweaking” experimental data · 4 points · by bootload · no comments
• Top 50 Tech Visionaries · 3 points · by edw519 · 7 comments
• Evolutionary algorithms now surpass human designers · 3 points · by dean · 2 comments
• Web monitoring for ads? It may be illegal · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Improving Bug Triage with User Pain · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Procrastination and Perfectionism · 3 points · by robg · no comments
• How to Make Accurate Time Estimates · 3 points · by raju · no comments
• Hackers and Founders Meetup tonight in San Jose · 3 points · by iamelgringo · 1 comment
• Thanks. No. · 3 points · by markbao · 1 comment
• The Catch-22 of Launching an Innovative Product · 3 points · by aj1980 · no comments
• Ruby && DTrace! · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Matching Impedance: When to use HBase / BigTable vs SQL · 3 points · by rantfoil · no comments
• When will machines outthink us? · 2 points · by schtog · 3 comments
• Microsoft proposes to buy Yahoo search: source · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• MSResearch: Digital Photography with Flash and No-Flash Image Pairs · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Is self-employment more secure than a full-time job? · 2 points · by alexwg · no comments
• Not just Free Coffee - How Starbucks funds nearby cafes. · 2 points · by JacobAldridge · no comments
• Turn a mobile phone into a microscope that diagnoses a disease · 2 points · by adammichaelc · no comments
• Zappos CEO: Top 10 lessons learned in e-commerce. · 2 points · by comatose_kid · no comments
• Google Health launches; Read the terms of service · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• US begins to break foreign oil ‘addiction’ · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Cloud may squeeze margins, says Microsoft exec · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Webmonkey relaunches · 2 points · by PrototypeInvest · no comments
• Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not producing 'green' enough consoles, says Greenpeace · 2 points · by PrototypeInvest · no comments
• Yes, FriendFeed Will Be Mainstream (by 2018) and Here’s Why · 2 points · by brlewis · no comments
• How to make Facebook useful again · 2 points · by mattjung · no comments
• Companies that profit from your data. · 2 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• A Tale of Four Kernels · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The Fundraising Process Is Flexible · 2 points · by markpeterdavis · no comments
• Fibonacci Functions in different languages · 2 points · by prakash · no comments
• CNet’s Allure for CBS: Both Are Laggards · 2 points · by initself · no comments
• Anyterm - A terminal anywhere · 2 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• First look at OLPC 2.0 - Dual touchscreens · 2 points · by Readmore · no comments
• Good Development Practices - Basic Reading List · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Competition · 2 points · by getp · 1 comment
• IPhone Windows Vista Skin Makes Steve Jobs Cry Tears of Blood · 2 points · by foemmel · 1 comment
• New OLPC Concept Features Dual Touch Screens · 2 points · by glasner · no comments
• Saying "no" can be hard to do · 2 points · by breily · no comments
• Techmeme listens: 32 months in the making, search arrives! · 2 points · by omfut · no comments
• How to hire like a startup · 2 points · by smanek · no comments
• Understanding HBase and BigTable · 2 points · by rantfoil · no comments
• The Results of Reality Mining at Where 2.0 · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• Magnificent Graffiti Animation Video · 1 points · by babyshake · no comments
• Burrp TV - TV listing site for India · 1 points · by desistartups · no comments
• Debian, OpenSSL, and a lack of cooperation · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Database data models that can use as a starting-point · 1 points · by wave · no comments
• Ask YC: Is google mail down for anyone else? · 1 points · by hafeez-bana · 2 comments
• Why your story does or doesn’t deserve my vote · 1 points · by noname99 · no comments
• Growth, Syntax, Ruby 1.9, and That Bad Smell You Smell · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Self-Healing System Applied to Aviation · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Microsoft Wants the Milk Without Buying the Cow · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Debugging Web Services · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Simon Wardley: Reputation, SaaS and Marketplaces · 1 points · by wmf · no comments
• Jwz's old rant about how the Web should scale down gracefully · 1 points · by serhei · no comments
• Reverend Ted: Is AGPLv3 Too Radioactive? · 1 points · by wmf · no comments
• How tough is your project? 5 leads. · 1 points · by ynd · 2 comments
• BSDCan 2008: Stream Control Transmission Protocol · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Wikis Are Now Serious Business · 1 points · by naish · no comments
• Schools, businesses must adapt to 'thumb generation' · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• 7 Pleasurable Ways to Improve Your Reading Ability · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Steve Ballmer egged in Hungary (not our Startup School) · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• CrowdSound Makes Suggestions a Popularity Contest · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Want success? Tell a good story(Seth Godin). · 1 points · by ynd · no comments
• Designing for the Social Web: The Usage Lifecycle · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Facebook: Not going Microsoft way · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Self Funded ImageShack Rumored To Raise Money From Sequoia · 1 points · by breily · no comments
• Edge Economy Strategy in Action - Microsoft vs. Google · 1 points · by shuleatt · no comments
• Look out, Apple TV: The $100 Netflix Player has arrived · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Facebook Users Just Want Entertainment · 1 points · by shuleatt · no comments
• And the Winner of the Game Console Wars Is... · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Microsoft should buy Yahoo, Facebook for what? · 1 points · by omfut · no comments
• Firefox 3 On Track To Be Speediest Browser · 1 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Microsoft: don't get me started about (South) Africans · 1 points · by TheBigRedDog · no comments
• Ulteo Virtual Desktop: your Linux applications on Windows · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Ask YC: What tools do you use for performance testing your web-application? · 1 points · by mattjung · 1 comment
• I heart Zappos: Customer service 2.0 · 1 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Lieberman Calls On Google To Take Down Terrorist Content · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• State of the Mobile Web: Q1 2008 · 1 points · by marius · no comments
• The startup entrepreneur's best friend - hope you will be our friend too · 1 points · by PrototypeInvest · no comments
• Do you love or hate thefunded.com? · 1 points · by PrototypeInvest · no comments
• Microsoft braces for major customer shift · 1 points · by PrototypeInvest · no comments
• Upgrade Your Desktop From Fedora 8 To Fedora 9 With PreUpgrade · 1 points · by joschi · no comments
• Zuora, The Salesforce for Online Billing, Launches · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Netflix Roku: Free Is Such A Beautiful Word · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• The best Software Developers are in China · 1 points · by Herring · no comments
• Unblock Myspace, Facebook and Youtube Using a Proxy · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Eight face fraud charges over AOL Time Warner · 1 points · by babul · no comments
• America's Best-Paying Jobs · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Open source code examined · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• IBM vs. Tata: Who's More American? · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Why your boss is overpaid? · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Eight ways to hack the web. · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Why Web privacy is impossible. · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Hacking without technology. · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Video: Who's reading your mail? · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Arthur W. Burks, 92, Dies; Early Computer Theorist · 1 points · by jaydub · no comments
• Unlikely millionaires · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Cross Compare of SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL · 1 points · by systems · no comments
• Netflix box streams "the kind of DVDs you would see in the bargain bin at the 99 cent store" · 1 points · by fromedome · no comments
• When to Invest Vs. When to Help. · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Browser cookie restrictions · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• I Hate to be Rude But… · 1 points · by raganwald · no comments
• The Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome · 1 points · by naish · no comments
• New Light Source Lasts 15 Years Without a Recharge · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Flashmint.net - What's The Source of All This? · 1 points · by TrendyFlash · no comments
• Java haters, gtfo · 1 points · by rglullis · 1 comment
• RepStrap Personal Fabricator at tomorrow's Providence Geeks Dinner · 1 points · by NextNetNow · no comments
• Don’t Mess With Facebook And Its Potential Advertisers · 1 points · by shuleatt · no comments
• Taxis in the Sky · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Paper Money Unfair to Blind · 1 points · by dnaquin · no comments
• GWAP: New Games With a Purpose - Making Computers Smarter by Tapping the Crowd · 1 points · by jonnytran · no comments
• Walking, Talking (Bleeping) R2-D2 With Hi-Def Television Projector · 1 points · by socalsamba · no comments
• Alltop now has Ruby covered · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Gearing up for the .car Era · 1 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Worst job title (anything with "Excellence") · 1 points · by aggieben · no comments
• How to Not Meet Girlz · 1 points · by bisceglie · no comments
• The wonderous legs of Oscar Pistorius · 1 points · by ivankirigin · no comments
• Wikipedia on Modafinil / Provigil · 1 points · by ivankirigin · no comments
• Google Health beta launches with security issues looming · 1 points · by muerdeme · no comments
• Google AppEngine Developers Meeting (5/21 @ Stanford) · 1 points · by DocSavage · no comments
• Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) + VMWare Fusion + Mono = Bliss · 1 points · by hollywoodcole · no comments
• 6 Ways to Remind the Mustaches That You’re Important · 1 points · by hollywoodcole · no comments
• Prepping for Warren Buffett: The Art of the Elevator Pitch · 1 points · by humanlever · no comments
• Thoughts of a Teenage Bot Master · 1 points · by geuis · no comments
• TechMeme Finally Adds Search · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Carl Icahn Already Up $120+ Million on Yahoo Bet (YHOO) · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• How Did Honor Evolve? The Biology of Integrity. · 1 points · by lurkage · no comments
• Strategic Imagination: Why Academia Hinders Progress · 1 points · by daveambrose · no comments
• Interview: Coding Competition Becomes Spectator Sport · 1 points · by redfiretrucker · no comments
• Season of Usability · 1 points · by mcxx · no comments
• This Week in Ruby (May 20, 2008) · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• TED Talk "Once Upon A School": amazing work of volunteers making great impact on education · 1 points · by whacked_new · no comments
• Famous Failures · 1 points · by jasonlbaptiste · no comments
• Crazy rasberry ants eating computers in Houston · 1 points · by ujeezy · no comments
• Philip K. Dick's Ubik will be a creepy Art movie · 1 points · by bootload · no comments