Hacker News Way Back Machine

• In the Basement of the Ivory Tower · 170 points · by crocus · 127 comments
• Things I learnt during, and about, my PhD · 63 points · by hopeless · 14 comments
• Lessons of Y Combinator: Things I’d do differently after 2 startups · 61 points · by babul · 27 comments
• Y Combinator’s Slinkset Launches Hosted Reddits For The Masses · 60 points · by nickb · 36 comments
• Lucky to be a Programmer · 60 points · by edw519 · 13 comments
• It Takes a School, Not Missiles · 57 points · by robg · 61 comments
• Defender of the Favicon - Playable Defender Clone in a Favicon · 51 points · by superchink · 9 comments
• 5 questions for Y Combinator's Paul Graham · 48 points · by babul · 2 comments
• How to make a font of your handwriting with free software · 32 points · by silentbicycle · 9 comments
• How Many Silicon Valley Startup Executives Are Hopped Up On Provigil? · 29 points · by jmorin007 · 50 comments
• WordPress 2.6 released: "a more powerful CMS" · 29 points · by echair · 7 comments
• Chatterous (YC winter '08) raises angel round to integrate email, IM and SMS · 26 points · by rokhayakebe · 1 comment
• Interview With Evan Williams: Summize Acquisition, API Issues And Their Revenue Model · 26 points · by procyon · 1 comment
• Scribd and Lulu Join Forces · 25 points · by trip · 3 comments
• Termite - Erlang-style concurrency for Gambit Scheme · 24 points · by luckystrike · no comments
• I Finally Understand Closures · 24 points · by kirubakaran · 21 comments
• Interview About Web 2.0 · 22 points · by babul · 4 comments
• Go Games, Go Information and Go Study Tools · 22 points · by mk · 4 comments
• Normalize First · 22 points · by edw519 · 21 comments
• Canada does Y Combinator - An Interview with Christopher Golda and Michael Montano · 21 points · by drm237 · 1 comment
• Maybe Normalizing Isn't Normal · 17 points · by bdfh42 · 15 comments
• Ask HN: What are some important "failure" lessons learned while doing your startup? · 17 points · by fiaz · 12 comments
• My trip to Boston: The 7 tips from Y Combinator · 17 points · by drm237 · 4 comments
• Nontechnical 17 year old startup founder with chutzpah is asking for advice · 16 points · by abiek · 61 comments
• Ask HN: Is there a NYC AI startup job list anywhere? · 15 points · by time_management · 17 comments
• Google's "Edit Search results" experiment · 15 points · by msg · 10 comments
• What if I don't want to "join the conversation?" · 14 points · by henning · 3 comments
• An Attempt to Explain iPhone's Missing Copy/Paste · 14 points · by superchink · 3 comments
• A supercomputer at home · 13 points · by theoneill · 22 comments
• Car Sales at 10-Year Low · 13 points · by robg · 23 comments
• Confirmed: Twitter Acquires Summize Search Engine · 13 points · by nickb · 7 comments
• Python isn't just Java without the compile · 12 points · by rams · 5 comments
• Picture This: Where does Google's revenue come from? · 12 points · by procyon · 4 comments
• Amsterdam startup is looking for a Front-end all-rounder · 10 points · by spif · 3 comments
• 8 Reasons why XML Sucks · 10 points · by arthurk · 7 comments
• Feedback on our new site (users bid to put one of ten messages a day on the front page) · 10 points · by karzeem · 18 comments
• "Novels and history...produce insights...that science can’t match." · 10 points · by aggieben · 1 comment
• Google Bucket Testing New Digg-Like Search Interface · 9 points · by nickb · 5 comments
• Paint Servers: SVG and Canvas · 9 points · by bdfh42 · 2 comments
• Cacheline splits, aka Intel Hell · 9 points · by DarkShikari · 3 comments
• Amazon invests in Engine Yard's cloud computing · 9 points · by troystribling · no comments
• Digg Is Pushing More Traffic To Traditional News Sites · 8 points · by nickb · 4 comments
• 3G iPhone Jailbroken: Live Chat with Pytey · 8 points · by superchink · no comments
• Crunchbase now has an API · 8 points · by auston · 1 comment
• Why Microblogging Is Dumbing Us Down · 8 points · by buckpost · 2 comments
• Perfection is Possible (in Cambridge) · 7 points · by smanek · no comments
• Next-next-gen DNA sequencing company raises $100M (zero-mode waveguide technology) · 7 points · by rms · no comments
• How to generate font of handwriting · 7 points · by vikashnsingh · 3 comments
• Filtrbox Dials the Noise Way Down · 7 points · by ajbatac · 3 comments
• Viral Marketing Review: Using and Identifying Design Patterns · 7 points · by revorad · no comments
• Sun lays off 1000 emplyees · 6 points · by andreyf · 2 comments
• Venture capitalists retain their allure · 6 points · by gscott · no comments
• IBM's eight-core Power7 chip to clock in at 4.0GHz · 6 points · by nickb · 3 comments
• Everything is Miscellaneous ... · 6 points · by senthil_rajasek · 1 comment
• Ask HN: A stealth project disrupted · 6 points · by khangtoh · 10 comments
• S.F. officials locked out of computer network · 6 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Are Your "Invite A Friend" Emails Ending Up In The Junk Folder? · 6 points · by nickb · 2 comments
• Bleezer coder: 1/3 of his time spent evaluating incorrect APIs or fixing open source code · 6 points · by ilamont · 2 comments
• A Socialist CEO Grows Up · 6 points · by anthonyrubin · no comments
• The Prime Database: the prime spot for prime numbers · 6 points · by wafflesrevenge · no comments
• The World’s Oldest Blogger passes away · 5 points · by luciodribeiro · no comments
• Tear down the broadcast towers · 5 points · by raghus · no comments
• MIT-led team finds language without numbers (update to earlier studies on the Piraha) · 5 points · by rms · 2 comments
• Full-Text Search on SQLite · 5 points · by ra · 2 comments
• Simple Top-Down Parsing in Python · 5 points · by d0mine · no comments
• Confirmed: Apple files suit against Psystar · 5 points · by wave · 2 comments
• Seven tech CEOs who used to be lawyers · 5 points · by socalsamba · no comments
• Google pushes towards 70 percent of all U.S. searches; Yahoo, Microsoft push towards zero · 5 points · by procyon · no comments
• Eat, Sleep and Drink Software Development: Finding The Zone · 5 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Ask HN: What are some good iPhone app developer blogs or forums · 5 points · by tocomment · 5 comments
• Ten iPhone Programs to Check Out · 4 points · by senthil_rajasek · no comments
• Take your Rails application offline with the Gears on Rails project · 4 points · by nickb · no comments
• Simple jQuery With Rails, Part Two: Project Website · 4 points · by nickb · no comments
• Google, Potential Monopolist · 4 points · by yangyang42 · no comments
• Why aren't more books written like this? · 4 points · by char_pointer · 1 comment
• Developer Interest in the iPhone, Android, and Symbian · 4 points · by procyon · no comments
• 3 Awesome Django Tips · 4 points · by avner · no comments
• Beijing = New York in 1900 · 4 points · by lurkage · no comments
• Walking the Line When You Work from Home · 4 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• $8.59 per gallon of gas - is this math right? · 4 points · by mdog · 1 comment
• On Uselessness of VCs and Consultants (part of the article) · 4 points · by bigbang · 1 comment
• Twitter-Summize Deal Confirmed · 4 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• SandstoneDb, Simple ActiveRecord Style Persistence in Squeak · 4 points · by icey · no comments
• Who'll win the election in November? A baseball stats technique may predict the answer. · 4 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Apple sells one million iPhones 3Gs · 3 points · by nreece · no comments
• App Store is Like a Sweet, Sweet Drug: Five IPhone Applications Reviewed · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• The suit is back, July 2008 edition · 3 points · by henning · no comments
• RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS [google code and data] · 3 points · by sarosh · no comments
• Sometimes "Launch Early" is a tad *too* early · 3 points · by raganwald · no comments
• Neo-Amish Drop Outs · 3 points · by jlhamilton · no comments
• Apple says turn-by-turn GPS coming to iPhone, copy / paste not a high priority · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Rummaging through the internet · 3 points · by bootload · no comments
• Salesforce.com pulls plug on Sun's flagship Unix servers · 3 points · by echair · no comments
• Should small businesses whine? · 3 points · by brianlash · 1 comment
• Facebook Platform: The Fanfare Revisited · 3 points · by terpua · no comments
• Books for Entrepreneurs: Bargaining for Advantage · 3 points · by terpua · no comments
• IPhone Web: Multitouch JavaScript “Virtual Light Table” · 3 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Boston-based startup VideoIQ Raises $10 Million in Second Round of VC · 3 points · by ckopec · no comments
• Disgruntled engineer locks S.F. officials out of computer network · 3 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Google: The Only One Who Won’t Like Our Yahoo Deal Is MS · 3 points · by nickb · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How do you run code reviews? · 3 points · by haasted · no comments
• Ask YC: Best Local Conferences to Hire Lead Developers? · 3 points · by kimboslice · 1 comment
• Delver’s Social Graph Search Engine Now Open to All · 3 points · by ideas101 · no comments
• Intel says first quad-core mobile chips on the horizon · 3 points · by Alex3917 · 3 comments
• Obfuscated JavaScript Redux - Malware's new tricks · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Pandora Usage Stats Prove It’s iPhone’s Killer App · 3 points · by procyon · no comments
• Search Twitter in Real Time · 3 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Seven Reasons Why the New iPhone Sucks · 3 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Finding A Perfect Match: Twitter & Summize · 3 points · by kyro · no comments
• Turn Your Servers Off at Night · 3 points · by t0pj · 1 comment
• Myths & Realities of Power Management · 3 points · by t0pj · no comments
• Revisiting History (How Silicon Valley Grew, Thru 1997) · 3 points · by procyon · no comments
• Steve Jobs on Microsoft: No Taste (00:54 video) · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Your Design Is Good Enough · 3 points · by procyon · 1 comment
• Gunning for Google - on the wall of an ambitious startup · 3 points · by spencerfry · no comments
• Prototype UI autocomplete Using Ruby on Rails · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Running a Startup in NYC and Need Feedback? The Feedback Forum is Looking for Companies · 2 points · by procyon · no comments
• AppLogic - Grid Operating System for Web Applications · 2 points · by babul · 1 comment
• A Guide to Micro Seed Funding · 2 points · by babul · no comments
• Monema - VOIP hosted PBX Virtual office phone system · 2 points · by eurostartups · no comments
• "An ancient philosophic truth - there are severe limits to what we know and can know" · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• How to stay awake when coding all night? · 2 points · by ajbatac · 1 comment
• Voting Begins For The 2008 Open Source CMS Award · 2 points · by pjackson · no comments
• Was Cube Runner Pulled from iPhone App Store? · 2 points · by tocomment1 · 2 comments
• Domize: Visualize your domains · 2 points · by ajbatac · 1 comment
• The World As I See It · 2 points · by andreyf · no comments
• The letters of Stanley Kubrick · 2 points · by tortilla · no comments
• Why Felix Dennis thinks now is a good time to start a business · 2 points · by dominik · no comments
• Being a Better Programmer #2: Don't Be a Missionary · 2 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Saving Strategy From the Strategists · 2 points · by wave · no comments
• Sojern gives airlines a new way to make money .. your boarding pass · 2 points · by procyon · no comments
• Why it's time for Blockbuster to give up · 2 points · by procyon · no comments
• Revenue from App Store Activity… · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Twitter-Summize deal with $15 million, cash and stock · 2 points · by fromedome · no comments
• A New Frontier for Title IX: Science · 2 points · by donna · no comments
• What We Say Without Words · 2 points · by dpapathanasiou · no comments
• New Social Graph Engine · 2 points · by code_devil · no comments
• I am Hyper Connected · 2 points · by eisokant · no comments
• Google brings speech-to-text to political videos — what’s next? · 2 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• New library to help building spam filters in haskell (parallel DNSRBL lookup) · 2 points · by holdenk · 1 comment
• Good Android Book from CommonsWare · 2 points · by screamingdigg · no comments
• Game interface infringes copyright · 2 points · by boredguy8 · 1 comment
• Brain Cell / The Universe · 2 points · by kleevr · 1 comment
• 20 Asian and European Management Principles That Americans Might Learn From · 2 points · by psogle · no comments
• Intro to OCaml (a little old but a great quick overview) · 2 points · by silentbicycle · no comments
• Scientists: Humans and machines will merge in future - CNN.com · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• Free Apps No Longer Dominating iPhone App Store. · 2 points · by sant0sk1 · 2 comments
• Advanced obfuscated JavaScript analysis · 2 points · by IsaacSchlueter · no comments
• HN not finding already submitted stories? · 2 points · by kyro · no comments
• Hydrogen - Without The Nasty Carbon Footprint · 2 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• It's not the client's job to know what he needs - It's our job to find out · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Qualities of An Ideal Opportunity · 2 points · by bincsearch · 1 comment
• Looking to hire an intern · 1 points · by yrashk · 4 comments
• Ask HN: How many Tabs/Windows open on average? · 1 points · by rokhayakebe · 1 comment
• Beginning My Second Life (with Google) · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• Ask YC: Develop for iPhone or Android? · 1 points · by neovive · 3 comments
• Golfers, Guns and Money: Wartime Entrepreneurs in Afganistan · 1 points · by falsestprophet · 1 comment
• A Principled Approach to Version Control · 1 points · by william42 · no comments
• Google/Viacom Agree To Preserve User Anonymity In Data Shakedown · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• How Carl Icahn Screwed Up a Perfectly Good Search Deal · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Just because it’s “simple” doesn’t mean it won’t take work. · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• World's best selling phone handset · 1 points · by techack · no comments
• How to be an instant Web me-2.0 developer · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Getting IronRuby Up and Running · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Will a Twitter clone or microblogging create headlines · 1 points · by 7media · 1 comment
• Google plays Hide and Seek with Android SDK · 1 points · by davidw · no comments
• Judge: Copying a game to RAM violates copyright · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• An Erlang style actor library for Objective-C · 1 points · by cram · no comments
• Being the Boss - an incomplete opinion on managing teams from the intern in the group · 1 points · by njoubert · no comments
• Real-Time Shared Editing - Google Tech Talk · 1 points · by codesurgeon · 1 comment
• Government sponsored enterprise · 1 points · by rms · no comments
• Condor: Building a Linux cluster on a budget · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• My First Microsoft Interview · 1 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Lost techno: wifi cracking box · 1 points · by alx · no comments
• The Way to Save Internet Video · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Fedora 9 · 1 points · by joschi · no comments
• Recession Proofing your Application Infrastructure · 1 points · by lmacvittie · no comments
• The Depressive Realism Economy: America's economic self-esteem suffers three major blows · 1 points · by dpapathanasiou · no comments
• A Programming Job Interview Challenge #12 - Managed and Unmanaged · 1 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Multi-Touch Capability Availablefor Dell Latitude XT · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• Xbox 360 Getting More Games, More HD, and Netflix · 1 points · by brk · no comments
• Wordpress 2.6 and live/working revisions · 1 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Yuma: New scripting tool for web developers · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Bankrupt at 20, proves useful in my 30's · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• RAILS SUMMIT LATIN AMERICA 2008 · 1 points · by akitaonrails · no comments
• Interface Design Principle: Let people learn more - Bokardo · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Walking the Line When You Work from Home · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Apple's MobileMe problem child · 1 points · by naish · no comments
• Creating a Client-Side Search Engine With Gears · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Fannie and Freddy get an exlplicit life line · 1 points · by newt0311 · no comments
• NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data · 1 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• Minda ICT: How to Auto shutdown in Ubuntu · 1 points · by farimi · no comments
• Put your city on the 3D map · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• ZooKeeper - A Reliable, Scalable Distributed Coordination System · 1 points · by pbnaidu · no comments
• The Wall Street Journal Lesson · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Alpha DNSRBL module for haskell released · 1 points · by honeybrownbeer · no comments
• Why You Should Use 'Cache-Control: public' for Caching to Work with SSL · 1 points · by gleb · no comments
• Bloatware is a Business Opportunity · 1 points · by Maro · no comments
• The backstory on Senate's Google-Yahoo hearing · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Emacs' "old" regexp syntax · 1 points · by mtoledo · 2 comments
• Should the Empire strike back? · 1 points · by easyfrag · no comments
• When Lighting Your Water on Fire Isn't a Magic Trick: Alberta Oil & Gas · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• How to Find the Right VC for Your Company · 1 points · by zen53 · no comments
• New Tutorial - Getting started with Android SDK and tools · 1 points · by screamingdigg · no comments
• Technical Due Diligence - Biotech · 1 points · by shandley · no comments
• Ask HN: What work have you done with stable distributions? · 1 points · by brentr · no comments
• Centostrano 0.1 - deprec 2 port to CentOS released · 1 points · by luccastera · no comments
• On a Small Screen, Just the Salient Stuff (Web Surfing on the iPhone) · 1 points · by auston · no comments
• Working longer hours does not equal greater productivity · 1 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Suggested Introductory Go Resources · 1 points · by DavidSJ · no comments
• A multi-touch Google Earth · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments