Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Diary of a Failed Startup · 224 points · by nostrademons · 34 comments
• The Disadvantages of an Elite Education · 131 points · by nreece · 69 comments
• George Carlin dies at 71 · 78 points · by andreyf · 35 comments
• An Unusual Paint Program · 63 points · by skenney26 · 42 comments
• The Ultimate Code Kata · 59 points · by bdfh42 · 46 comments
• My Business Magazines Lied to Me · 39 points · by bostonbiz · 8 comments
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor? · 38 points · by robg · 14 comments
• New functional language - C# · 36 points · by nreece · 16 comments
• Y Combinator Diaries: Installment #3 · 33 points · by parker · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Notable People On YC · 28 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 44 comments
• Android Delayed · 28 points · by timr · 7 comments
• Ask HN: Critique my startup · 27 points · by PStamatiou · 30 comments
• Ask YC: what non-top-tier college to apply for? · 27 points · by demaratus · 109 comments
• A review of the D language by someone who has worked in it · 26 points · by sah · 9 comments
• A YC for world-changers · 26 points · by ph0rque · 13 comments
• Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college? · 24 points · by neodude · 92 comments
• NOLOH (not one line of html) Beta Program · 24 points · by asnyder · 55 comments
• Ask YC: How to conduct a meeting? · 23 points · by Stabback · 37 comments
• How UPS Next Day delivers (photos of UPS' gigantic Worldport air facility) · 23 points · by timr · 15 comments
• 30+ CSc Video Lectures · 23 points · by kirubakaran · 3 comments
• The Kernel Boot Process · 21 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• The Mountains of Pi · 21 points · by nadim · 12 comments
• Gmail Vulnerability Reveals Private Info, Emails, Contacts · 20 points · by ComputerGuru · 9 comments
• Ask YC: Could you point to examples of great and terrible code · 20 points · by iamelgringo · 24 comments
• Famous Failures · 19 points · by raju · 6 comments
• Journalist saved by Twitter wants to start a Twitter-driven emergency network · 18 points · by ilamont · 12 comments
• Wikipedia Updater Fired For Scooping NBC on Tim Russert's Death · 17 points · by Mystalic · 3 comments
• Where is your startup located? · 17 points · by tectonic · 13 comments
• Jakob Nielsen: making the 1% of websites that don't suck even better · 17 points · by henning · 1 comment
• American Murder Mystery · 17 points · by defen · 5 comments
• Wordle generates “word clouds” from text - Very Cool Visualization · 15 points · by smanek · 10 comments
• The Microsoft Millionaires Come of Age · 15 points · by timr · 1 comment
• Real Market Value of Social Networks · 15 points · by lakeeffect · 1 comment
• Montalvo Systems post-mortem: "Clever design isn’t enough when it comes to getting a product out." · 15 points · by ilamont · no comments
• Pondering the nature of artistic genius, a social scientist finds that creativity has a bottom line · 15 points · by maurycy · 4 comments
• Top 100 Advertisers Shifted $1 Billion To the Web Last Year At The Expense Of TV And Newspapers · 15 points · by ajbatac · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Avoiding carpal tunnel / repetitive stress injuries · 14 points · by wensing · 43 comments
• Tech Crunch For The Enterprise: TechCrunchIT · 14 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 5 comments
• Charlie Munger: Turning $2 million into $2 trillion · 12 points · by byrneseyeview · 17 comments
• Ask YC: Great software companies to work for in DC? · 12 points · by pgebhard · 12 comments
• Ask HN: How to set up a payment gateway · 11 points · by coglethorpe · 21 comments
• The danger of stories · 11 points · by johns · 8 comments
• Papers Facing Worst Year for Ad Revenue · 9 points · by prakash · 2 comments
• UK High Speed Rail · 9 points · by lakeeffect · 5 comments
• CrunchBase: Now With Maps, Advanced Search, Jobs, And Milestones · 8 points · by auston · 2 comments
• Rethinking the conference · 8 points · by danw · no comments
• Animated Sorting Algorithm Demo · 7 points · by rami · no comments
• Plazes Acquired By Nokia · 7 points · by jasonlbaptiste · no comments
• How Darwin won the evolution race · 7 points · by czik · no comments
• Ask YC: HN submissions feels like submissions on reddit post sale, do you guys feel the same way? · 7 points · by _bdcu · 10 comments
• Building a Rails Development OpenSolaris Container · 7 points · by mattculbreth · no comments
• Mnesia Unlimited · 6 points · by prakash · no comments
• Tips for Learning C++ · 6 points · by jmtame · 5 comments
• Transient controls: a delicate balance between discoverability and visual clutter · 5 points · by johns · no comments
• jQuery plugins: Who needs ‘em? · 5 points · by johns · 1 comment
• Macros, Hygiene, and Call By Name in Ruby · 5 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• 'Shake up' for internet proposed · 5 points · by inovica · no comments
• The Need for a Common Compiler Framework · 5 points · by edw519 · no comments
• AOL wants You. to monetize their IM with ads · 5 points · by olefoo · 3 comments
• A tool to deal with git remote branches · 5 points · by possiblemat · no comments
• Your opinions on startup funding · 5 points · by amrithk · 12 comments
• Posted Yet? Finding cross posted articles · 5 points · by nirmal · 5 comments
• Ruby on Rails: scaling to 1 billion page views per month · 5 points · by icey · no comments
• The New York Times: Big Paycheck or Service? Students Are Put to Test · 4 points · by thinkcomp · no comments
• Combobox Coolness by Giva Labs · 4 points · by bdfh42 · 1 comment
• "The Semantic Web" would be better called "The Graph Web" · 4 points · by bct · 1 comment
• We relaunched similarity-search based on Y Combinator feedback. Thoughts? · 4 points · by eserorg · 5 comments
• The iPhone's Next Frontier: Porn · 4 points · by timr · 1 comment
• Redeye VC: The Big Five for Face Painters and Entrepreneurs · 4 points · by jkopelman · no comments
• Fighting a "War" Against Distraction · 3 points · by r7000 · no comments
• Architects vs. Agilists (1 - 1) · 3 points · by icey · no comments
• Database Performance 1: Huge Inserts · 3 points · by icey · no comments
• Aussies develop world's smallest wire · 3 points · by nreece · no comments
• Dymaxion Man: The visions of Buckminster Fuller · 3 points · by rms · no comments
• Ask HN: What software engineering process for startups? · 3 points · by ntoshev · 3 comments
• Real time virtual ball pit · 3 points · by iamelgringo · 1 comment
• FCC's plan for free, censored wireless broadband · 3 points · by cmcginnis · no comments
• Jiffy Firebug Plugin: Fine grained calculation of performance timings · 3 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Stop coding and travel the world.. like Matt Harding · 3 points · by PStamatiou · no comments
• 5 cognitive abilities you might think only humans have · 3 points · by sah · no comments
• IRobot & Foster Miller briefly interviewed about robotic gun platforms · 3 points · by harry · no comments
• Annotating python scripts with type information · 3 points · by apu · no comments
• Germany's Plazes Acquired By Nokia · 3 points · by LogicHoleFlaw · no comments
• Fundfindr.com - Speed Dating for Entrepreneurs · 3 points · by paulsb · no comments
• Ask YC: cheap, fuel efficient cars I can buy right now. · 3 points · by siculars · 9 comments
• On A Scale of 1 to 5: Rating and Reputation Systems · 3 points · by dbreunig · no comments
• Ask YC: Help regarding catch 22 situation for choosing startup's revenue model? · 3 points · by popat · 6 comments
• What Makes a Cloud Computer? · 3 points · by markbao · no comments
• Austin is getting its first co-working space · 3 points · by pxlpshr · 2 comments
• Bulgaria Applies for .bg TLD in Cyrillic Script · 3 points · by timr · 2 comments
• Sweden: wiretap all internet and telephone traffic · 2 points · by bootload · 3 comments
• Step Away From the Keyboard…and Breath, Think · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Designers who also develop have more power · 2 points · by pbnaidu · no comments
• Where to look for programmer that "will complete me :)" · 2 points · by thepaceclub · 6 comments
• Innovator's Paradox · 2 points · by mspeiser · no comments
• Beyond the Dollar Sign: You. · 2 points · by daveambrose · no comments
• Papers Facing Worst Year for Ad Revenue - SF Chronicle losing $1 million a week · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• An Unlikely Promoter Drives Nokia’s Push in Hollywood · 2 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Once an Internet Giant, InfoSpace Dismantles Itself · 2 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Google and Microsoft want to extend their reach into traditional advertising. · 2 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Turning mobiles into virtual lens · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Beyond CAPTCHA: No Bots Allowed! · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• How the brain works: Illusions · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• BBC Removes hCalendar from /programmes · 2 points · by Stubbs · no comments
• Chinese-language Facebook launches · 2 points · by timr · no comments
• Fighting a Workplace War Against Distraction · 2 points · by cmcginnis · no comments
• EFF attacks foundation of entire RIAA lawsuit campaign · 2 points · by cmcginnis · no comments
• Apple's gift to Google: Hungry Android developers? · 2 points · by fromedome · no comments
• HP Open Sources their Tru64 AdvFS File System · 2 points · by markbao · no comments
• Ruby 1.8.6-p230/1.8.7 broke your app? Ruby Enterprise Edition to the rescue! · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The American Medical System: The Leading Cause Of Death And Injury In The United States · 2 points · by Alex3917 · no comments
• Python Cookbook 2nd Ed · 2 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• IMtrends: Netcraft-like service for instant messaging launched · 2 points · by mickael · no comments
• Dirty Little Secrets - Response to Grady Booch · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Why productivity fades with age: The crime–genius connection · 2 points · by maurycy · no comments
• On the trail of the itinerant computer · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Behold some seriously beautiful graphic design · 2 points · by byrneseyeview · no comments
• YouTube's anti-piracy system takes the weekend off · 2 points · by fromedome · no comments
• Wing IDE Professional 3.1.1: An IDE for Python · 2 points · by LBR9 · no comments
• Why Google's Android delays don't matter · 2 points · by fromedome · 1 comment
• Qik+Twitter+Summize+(Spinvision): We Have Met Big Brother, And He Is Us · 2 points · by sjstearns · no comments
• New internet domain names in 2009: ICANN · 2 points · by lpgauth · 1 comment
• TechCrunch for the Enterprise: TechCrunchIT · 2 points · by dawie · 1 comment
• Cloud Status - Amazon Web Service statistics · 2 points · by st3fan · 1 comment
• Criminals Hire College Kids to Hack under premise of Security · 2 points · by lakeeffect · no comments
• Revisiting Coroutines · 2 points · by johnm · 1 comment
• Moving Documents from Google Docs to InDesign with Perl · 2 points · by timr · no comments
• Generating LaTeX Beamer presentations from YAML files · 2 points · by arthurk · no comments
• YouBorg: Talk to the collective intelligence of the Web · 2 points · by alexwg · no comments
• Marc Benioff's mantra: Anything but Microsoft · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• Is "discrimination" necessary to explain the sex gap in earnings? · 2 points · by maurycy · no comments
• Valuable old iPhones · 2 points · by markbao · no comments
• The harsh reality of suburban broadband · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Researchers spot Mac Trojan in the wild · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Digital and Mobile Media Spending to Double Share by 2012 · 1 points · by daveambrose · no comments
• Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Every thing you need to know about a Programmer ... · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Firefox 3.0 USB Lets You Take Your Browser Everywhere · 1 points · by Mystalic · no comments
• Philosophy of Physics Debate · 1 points · by lg · no comments
• What I Believe: My 10 Web and Blogging Expectations · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Competitive Social Networks · 1 points · by silvia77 · no comments
• How trustworthy can OpenID be if Six Apart doesn't even trust it? · 1 points · by tptacek · no comments
• World Refugee Day · 1 points · by eva · no comments
• PBS NOVA: The Great Robot Race · 1 points · by matth · no comments
• Facebook is beating MySpace worldwide · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Ask HN: Interview with the competition? · 1 points · by wd · 2 comments
• Reddit's Awful "Your Week" TV Pilot · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Copeland’s Colossus · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• TiVo Remote's Untold Past, Present and Future · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Business idea: internet radio search engine · 1 points · by lkozma · no comments
• Endpoint Resolver: JavaScript Library to hunt for Location redirects · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Feeding quasi-"legitimate" trolls in an attention economy · 1 points · by urlwolf · no comments
• Panoramic photo of your PC's Great Grandfather · 1 points · by Stubbs · no comments
• Has Microsoft Sent Yahoo into a Death Spiral? · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• Immunotherapy 'breakthrough' makes big news · 1 points · by riklomas · no comments
• Ask HN: Which is the best prog. laptop (battery, Linux Hardware support etc.)? · 1 points · by dmz · 5 comments
• Why isn't social software spreading like wildfire through business? · 1 points · by wumi · no comments
• Where the hell is matt? · 1 points · by cglee · no comments
• How uncertain are you about your beliefs? · 1 points · by bentoner · no comments
• Mr. Bush, Lead or Leave · 1 points · by wumi · no comments
• Nokia buys social networking site Plazes · 1 points · by adnam · no comments
• Want To Succeed In Retail: Integrate Online Research & Offline Buying · 1 points · by vineet21 · no comments
• How many ways can you design a calendar? · 1 points · by swombat · no comments
• Sun: Java will be free this year · 1 points · by naish · no comments
• UPS and the art of sorting a million packages a day · 1 points · by timr · 1 comment
• Park your page in style with LaunchSplash · 1 points · by danw · no comments
• Researchers spot Mac Trojan in the wild · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• How to Save Twitter · 1 points · by steveplace · no comments
• ABC Moves to Expand Its Reach on Video Web Sites · 1 points · by czik · no comments
• What Privacy Policy? · 1 points · by razorburn · no comments
• Life for Gates without Microsoft · 1 points · by Mystalic · no comments
• NOLOH Launches Beta Program · 1 points · by asnyder · no comments
• Multicore’s Not-So-Secret Problem · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Yahoo to double India headcount · 1 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Rough Ride Ahead: Buckle Up & Get Your Money Now (if you can) · 1 points · by epi0Bauqu · 1 comment
• Sin & Cos: The Programmer's Pals! · 1 points · by icey · no comments
• Android Delays Annoy Google, Crush Sprint · 1 points · by fromedome · no comments
• This day in Tech · 1 points · by lakeeffect · no comments
• Ken Sharpe - Being entrepreneurial inside Corporate America · 1 points · by pxlpshr · no comments
• University Researchers Discover a Flat Earth · 1 points · by techstink · no comments
• Sarcasm is a Survival Skill · 1 points · by mark-t · no comments
• Chat With Facebook Friends and Share Flickr Pics or YouTube Vids On Your Phone With Jibe Mobile · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Media and performance · 1 points · by rob · no comments
• What are social networks really worth? TechCrunch gets it mostly right · 1 points · by fromedome · no comments
• Once an Internet Giant, InfoSpace Dismantles Itself · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• How to raise capital for your startup · 1 points · by OCInnovationVlt · no comments
• Microsoft After Gates · 1 points · by mattculbreth · no comments
• We're all ops people now · 1 points · by rams · no comments
• Employee fired for updating Wikipedia · 1 points · by dbreunig · no comments
• The Future of Programming includes Modeling · 1 points · by LBR9 · no comments
• Salesforce and Google take their partnership a step further with new APIs · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• The best music you’ve probably never heard · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Content MD5 · 1 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• Trust and Credibility - They Go Hand-in-Hand · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments
• Ask YC: Looking for feedback on DuelingMovies · 1 points · by crystalarchives · no comments
• Forget Jaws, Now it's . . . Brains · 1 points · by gw3 · no comments
• BBC show on the financial aspects of running your own business · 1 points · by notauser · no comments
• Setbacks for Google's Android · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Google and Microsoft Putting Your Medical Data Online · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• Scientists Create Direct Electron to Photon Circuitry · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• Subversion 1.5 released (now with merge tracking!) · 1 points · by champion · no comments
• Will Uncle Sam pay you to build a better battery? · 1 points · by siculars · no comments
• Create a To-Do List in Adobe AIR in Five Minutes · 1 points · by markbao · no comments
• When Fandango does not mean Tomfoolery · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• Making Money Isn't Evil · 1 points · by markbao · no comments
• Dare we hope that Obama shares the 'libertarian paternalism' of two of his former University of Chicago colleagues? · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Yahoo and Microsoft: Is it on again? · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• NASA estimates 3,000 to 4,000 shuttle job losses · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• The Last HD-DVD Ever: "Disco Pigs" · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• 75% of U.S. Ethanol Plants At Risk Of Shutting Down · 1 points · by timr · 1 comment
• Salesforce and Google Announcement · 1 points · by dawie · no comments
• What it’s like to write a technical book, continued · 1 points · by luccastera · no comments
• Five undisclosed features of Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard · 1 points · by markbao · 1 comment
• A New Business Model · 1 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• Scaling Facebook [video interview] · 1 points · by lagringa · no comments
• Making Sense of the Semantic Web · 1 points · by stillmotion · no comments