Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and Good Luck · 158 points · by tortilla · 67 comments
• Warren Buffett editorial in NYT: Buy American. I Am. · 95 points · by kradic · 58 comments
• Do I Look Like a CEO? · 75 points · by epi0Bauqu · 27 comments
• Learn You a Haskell for Great Good · 59 points · by mqt · 11 comments
• YC Winter 2009 application is due today (Friday). · 37 points · by thorax · 24 comments
• MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms, Lecture 12: Skip Lists - good coders code, great reuse · 29 points · by nreece · 4 comments
• Arithmetic Is Hard—To Get Right · 28 points · by nickb · 10 comments
• Why is everyone saying "fail" all of a sudden? · 27 points · by nickb · 23 comments
• Coding Horror: Programming Is Hard, Let's Go Shopping · 26 points · by Anon84 · 15 comments
• Ask HN: What tools and methods do you use for software testing? · 24 points · by anthonyrubin · 26 comments
• "People who don't work with their hands are parasites" and other truisms by Jenny Holzer · 23 points · by psnajder · 13 comments
• Paul Graham, Just Shut Your Face Already · 21 points · by qhoxie · 20 comments
• Unexploded Bombs in Germany: The Lethal Legacy of World War II · 21 points · by ksvs · 8 comments
• Freemium is Not a Business Model · 21 points · by buckpost · 33 comments
• How do I lay people off? · 20 points · by wheels · 33 comments
• Is Math a Young Man's Game? No · 18 points · by hhm · 26 comments
• Alexis Ohanian at Business of Software 2008 [video] · 18 points · by shankys · 2 comments
• 10 Laws of Building a Saas Company - 51 minute webcast · 17 points · by jkopelman · 3 comments
• Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire · 16 points · by echair · 24 comments
• Elements of Ruby Style · 16 points · by qhoxie · 7 comments
• Adobe Drops Licensing Fees, Gives Away Flash For Devices · 15 points · by nickb · 6 comments
• 5 great things in the 2.6.27 linux kernel · 14 points · by nocivus · no comments
• Freemium Isn’t A Business Model, It’s A Marketing And Trust Strategy · 14 points · by pchristensen · 2 comments
• $20 Business Plan wanted. Nice. · 13 points · by goofygrin · 6 comments
• 10 Lessons Startups Can Learn From Superheroes · 12 points · by psogle · 4 comments
• Making transistors on paper · 12 points · by davidw · 5 comments
• An All New Rails Security Guide · 12 points · by brett · 2 comments
• Proggit challenge: Find a number N which, when Googled, yields N results · 11 points · by iamelgringo · 8 comments
• One year of Clojure · 10 points · by prakash · no comments
• Semantic Web: Making Advertising More Relevant to Consumers · 8 points · by qhoxie · 3 comments
• Little Big Planet for the PS3 will be delayed after Qu'ran verses found in music · 8 points · by ilamont · 4 comments
• Core i7: Your essential guide to Intel's new killer · 8 points · by qhoxie · 1 comment
• The gene mutation that made humans smart? · 7 points · by ksvs · 1 comment
• Recession Proof Your Startup · 7 points · by jmorin007 · 4 comments
• Keeping Count: The TechCrunch Layoff Tracker · 7 points · by qhoxie · 2 comments
• How is Freemium different than Crippleware? · 7 points · by sanj · 5 comments
• Free copy of first issue of H+ transhumanist magazine · 7 points · by razorburn · 4 comments
• The Psychology of Success: Obsession · 6 points · by mdolon · 3 comments
• Review roundup: T-Mobile's G1, the first Android-based handset · 6 points · by pistoriusp · no comments
• Ajaxian Featured Tutorial: Building a JavaScript table grid application with TaffyDB · 6 points · by typicaljoe · 1 comment
• 25% Layoffs At Seattle’s Zillow · 6 points · by qhoxie · 1 comment
• Mathematician Solves Problem After 30 Years · 5 points · by nickb · no comments
• A Peek At Brightkite For the iPhone · 5 points · by qhoxie · 1 comment
• Lua in Lightroom · 5 points · by qhoxie · 3 comments
• Startups and Rock Bands · 5 points · by abossy · 4 comments
• Traditional Capitalist Values · 5 points · by JulianMorrison · no comments
• Re-analysis of vials sealed in 1953 shows Miller-Urey more successful than they knew · 5 points · by kradic · 2 comments
• ‘Get in Shape’ #7: Strength & Flexibility - Don’t shirk your core muscles. · 5 points · by wumi · 8 comments
• A ‘Dose of Nature’ for Attention Problems · 5 points · by robg · no comments
• Gigashift - File Sharing With a Business Model · 5 points · by qhoxie · 1 comment
• Low-level MS guy says: Windows 7 is different, better · 5 points · by qhoxie · 8 comments
• Revenues rise as Google says hard times will drive business · 4 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Google 3Q earnings jump 26% · 4 points · by nreece · no comments
• Ask HN: Should I just burn the bridge? · 4 points · by hwijaya · 6 comments
• Traditional Capitalist Values · 4 points · by rms · no comments
• Jason Fried of 37signals speaking at Business of Software 2008 · 4 points · by adityakothadiya · no comments
• JavaScript and Lisp · 4 points · by mailtruck · no comments
• Google Asking Their Advertisers To Publicly Support Yahoo Search Deal · 4 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Shocker: Tribune Co. Gives Notice To Drop AP · 4 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Qwitter: Un-follow notifications for Twitter · 4 points · by wheels · no comments
• PhoneGap on Android · 4 points · by brianleroux · 2 comments
• Tech Start-ups and the Economy's Best Hope · 4 points · by sabat · no comments
• The man who helped set the stage for Nobel-winning work - now driving a courtesy van · 3 points · by mhb · no comments
• Ask HN: How do I profit from my idea? (new tagging system with many benefits) · 3 points · by minibox · 1 comment
• The Story of Alice and her Boss · 3 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• Six questions for Eric Janszen on the economic collapse · 3 points · by bootload · no comments
• The MacBook and MacBook Pro splayed-out revealing intimate details · 3 points · by raju · 1 comment
• Is PopTub a Warning Shot Across the Bow of Content Producers? · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Vinod Khosla: “Big opportunities are changing the structure of society.” · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Amazon EC2: Elastic IP Improvements · 3 points · by PStamatiou · no comments
• Vials From Miller-Urey Experiment Offer New Hints on Origin of Life · 3 points · by robg · no comments
• 21 Most Used Fonts by Professional Designers · 3 points · by jwilliams · 1 comment
• Forgotten Experiment May Explain Origins of Life · 3 points · by nreece · no comments
• Niche Audience: Seize your moment with a Digital Makeover. · 3 points · by manipal · no comments
• My start-up, wyDay (comments wanted) · 3 points · by wyday · 2 comments
• Cheap Surveillance Camera System [DIY] · 3 points · by ionela · 1 comment
• Mindreading Game (based on Information Theory) · 3 points · by paraschopra · 1 comment
• MySpace on target to do $1B in sales this year, defies downturn · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Digital Thinking at Rhode Island School of Design · 3 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• Data Is a Loaded Gun · 3 points · by sant0sk1 · 2 comments
• Zuckerberg flirts with record labels, eyes digital music biz · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• A list of iPhone apps I want, anyone seen any of these? Other Ideas? · 3 points · by wastedbrains · no comments
• Are advertisers rational? · 3 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• In conversation with... a computer program · 3 points · by qhoxie · 2 comments
• MBTA to roll out free wifi on all commuter rail lines (Boston) · 3 points · by brlewis · 2 comments
• Kentucky judge allows case to censor domain names to proceed · 3 points · by noodle · no comments
• RubyCocoa and NSTables De-Mystified · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Kanban Systems (minimal marketable feature scheduling) · 3 points · by soundsop · no comments
• First superconductor operating at 200K · 2 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• Ask HN: Test-driving a Porsche: Arc or Perl 6? · 2 points · by platter32 · 3 comments
• Incorrect small prime numbers algorithm · 2 points · by hhm · no comments
• Why Google’s Partners Should Be Worried · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• AMD’s loss smaller than expected, revenues higher · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Apple SPAM'ed me: 3 Marketing Emails in 2 Hours. · 2 points · by berecruited · no comments
• Google Profit Tops Estimates on Ad Sales; Shares Rise · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Kurzweil's letter to IEEE responding to "The Singularity: A Special Report" · 2 points · by mhb · no comments
• IPhone Now #4 Worldwide Handset, 103mm Ads Served in Sept '08 · 2 points · by berecruited · no comments
• Zipping Through the Treetops · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Lack of complaints does not equal success · 2 points · by markbao · no comments
• Chuck Norris Hunts Down Illegal iPhone Apps · 2 points · by sil3ntmac · no comments
• Computer circuit builds itself · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Why I Abandoned Silverlight for ASP.NET MVC · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Exploring the Deadly Sins of Rich Internet Applications · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Team Dynamics - what to expect and do? · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Vimeo's Newest Feature: More Predictable Revenue Stream · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Carriers Spend Billions on Networks and Millions to Dress Them Up · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• You Techno: LASIK exceeds all today's standards of safety and effectiveness · 2 points · by manipal · no comments
• Will It Go Round in Circles? · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• 5 Ways to Find Entrepreneurs and Increase Your Network (and Your Success Odds) · 2 points · by adammichaelc · no comments
• Ballmer: It's OK to wait for Windows 7 · 2 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• ISS Science Officer Don Pettit: The Smell of Space · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• A Good Time to Start a Company · 2 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• A Javascript modules library that finally conforms to traditional module semantics · 2 points · by jamongkad · no comments
• I Have a New Love, I Hope My Wife Isn't a Jealous Woman · 2 points · by adammichaelc · no comments
• Rewiring the Brain · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• IDEA Conference Sessions · 2 points · by yaj · no comments
• I’ve Got Good News and Bad News · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Google Launches Email Settings API for Hosted Apps · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Microsoft Web Application Installer - Open Source Web Apps Delivered and Installed · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Battlefield: Bad Company, one of the best summer games. · 2 points · by manipal · no comments
• Ubuntu, a powerful and free operating system. · 2 points · by manipal · no comments
• Do you do it for love? · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Infoaxe launches: A Search Engine for your Web Memory · 2 points · by prakash · no comments
• Cloud Computing and Infrastructure 2.0 · 2 points · by lmacvittie · no comments
• Spinning a good tale - Labs on a Chip · 2 points · by davidw · no comments
• Rivals’ Visions Differ on Unleashing Innovation · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• The Hexagonal Wheel Paradox · 2 points · by raganwald · no comments
• Reaching an Autistic Teenager · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs) · 2 points · by silentbicycle · no comments
• Ask YC: What do you think of paying a referal fee per new member? · 2 points · by gommm · 5 comments
• Revenue 2.0 · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Ask HN: Name/address/e-mail/phone parsing? · 2 points · by Flemlord · 5 comments
• Can we please stop talking about monetization? · 2 points · by reazalun · no comments
• The greatest defunct web sites and dotcom disasters · 2 points · by nostrademons · no comments
• Mygazines.com closes shop weeks after settling copyright suit · 2 points · by ilamont · no comments
• More Layoffs: Pandora Cuts 14 Percent of Its Staff · 2 points · by ashishk · 1 comment
• Please Don't Stop Innovating · 2 points · by bincsearch · no comments
• WYSIWYG is a Lie · 2 points · by evdawg · no comments
• Buffett's "buy now" call gets lukewarm reception · 2 points · by tomsaffell · 1 comment
• FireWire Isnt Alone: A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed · 2 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Ask HN: How to offer equity to a marketer? · 2 points · by mstefff · 1 comment
• I2C or SPI Serial Communication, which one to go with? · 2 points · by ionela · 1 comment
• CampusBuddy Hands Over Campus Grading Records To Students · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Cabel Sasser recounts Coda’s development back-story · 2 points · by tortilla · no comments
• Fast Multiplication Algorithm: Toom Cook Multiplication · 2 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• The Spreadsheet Psychic: profile of Nate Silver, the brain behind fivethirtyeight.com · 2 points · by gabrielroth · no comments
• Why is everyone saying "fail" all of a sudden? · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Michael Koziarsky (rails core team) interview · 1 points · by Qedanne · no comments
• The anchoring effect is about the brain's inability to dismiss irrelevant information. · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Robot Conference List · 1 points · by hhm · no comments
• A Million-user Comet Application with Mochiweb · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Agile Solutions To Future Recessions · 1 points · by Neoryder · no comments
• Analysis confirms Buffett's conclusion that stocks are now cheap · 1 points · by ksvs · 1 comment
• Facebook Music: It’s Back · 1 points · by martinsz · no comments
• Benchmarking Flash Player 10 · 1 points · by mqt · no comments
• G1 gives iPhone some competition · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• For Oxford's earliest students, graduation could be a bloody affair. · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• PG was right about how spam will look... · 1 points · by schtog · no comments
• Some Buddhist ideas about peace. « IG’s Peace Blog · 1 points · by IGbarb19 · no comments
• Prices Falling for Online Ads - Bits Blog · 1 points · by ashishk · no comments
• Facebook Music Is Coming · 1 points · by ashishk · no comments
• Social Media ABC's - W is for Walled Garden · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• Students Best Bill Gates in Solving an Equation · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Coffee With An Expert - meet skilled experts over coffee to solve startup problems · 1 points · by tomh · no comments
• Trying to create a better kind of company. · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Google Chrome Will Make You Smarter · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• Benefits of Blogging for Scrapbookers · 1 points · by manipal · no comments
• Can you manage without having to borrow? · 1 points · by manipal · 1 comment
• Why Boston's high-priced Macallen condos are a sorry example of "green" building · 1 points · by waderoush · no comments
• Is it Time to Switch to an Apple Laptop? · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Extended Gmail outage hits Apps admins · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Alerting webmasters to webserver vulnerabilities · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Reason and WSJ's Solution to the Health Insurance Crisis (Video) · 1 points · by dpatru · no comments
• Maximum Business Profit - Marketing, Money and Social Web at BiztechDay.com · 1 points · by rstan251 · no comments
• What Will Wright Thinks About Spore's DRM · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Developing entrepreneurs whilst at university / school · 1 points · by danw · no comments
• YC applicants: Today is the last day to submit your application. · 1 points · by rokhayakebe · no comments
• Working With Video From Ruby · 1 points · by caveman82 · no comments
• MAMA: Key findings · 1 points · by d0mine · 1 comment
• The Blogging Scholarship - $10k to be won · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Placing bets on the mobile web · 1 points · by brfox · no comments
• Ask HN: Are you Autistic? · 1 points · by known · 4 comments
• Barduino - A drink dispensing robot built with Ruby and an Arduino · 1 points · by mdweezer · no comments
• Introducing “M” The New Programming Language from Microsoft. · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• The Market Was 2.0 Long Before the Web · 1 points · by Readmore · no comments
• B-Hive, F5, And Bluelock Make Cloud Computing A Reality · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• From Designing Alltop to Modular Innovation Micro-trends · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments
• Google Apps portal pages wreaking havoc · 1 points · by snydeq · no comments
• Rails TakeFive: Five Questions with James Elwood · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Why start a startup now? Because that's how it works · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Sequoia Capital's Advice on Avoiding the Death Spiral · 1 points · by bincsearch · no comments
• Notes on Introduction To Algorithms · 1 points · by baha_man · no comments
• Fractal Art · 1 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• Consumers Want to Use Mobile Banking, But Few Actually Do · 1 points · by noodle · no comments
• Confidence on amounts matters · 1 points · by manipal · no comments
• Men call Mars, Women call Venus · 1 points · by manipal · no comments
• FBI nets 56 in Darkmarket Sting · 1 points · by Wesmax27 · no comments
• Google hedges against foreign currency swings · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Can we trust the authorities to use deep packet inspection appropriately? · 1 points · by qhoxie · 1 comment
• Adura Brightens With $5M for Lighting Management · 1 points · by ashishk · no comments
• What Happens to Our Social Profiles After We Die? · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Gawker's Example Of A Good Layoff Post · 1 points · by tptacek · 1 comment
• Shake, Dictate and Scroll Your Way Through Mobile Menus · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• CEO & Director · 1 points · by jabraham · no comments
• Using Partitioning to Manage Satellite Networks · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Repurposing Dead Trees · 1 points · by TobiasCassell · no comments
• 13 Employees Laid Off At VoIP Startup Jaxtr · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Tracking the Silicon Valley Shake-Ups · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• The Visual Design of Wordpress 2.7 · 1 points · by azharcs · no comments
• Economy Woes Hit Tech Industry - Software Companies Get Scared · 1 points · by bincsearch · no comments
• Crazy Singleton Methods · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Webbr Launches a Very Visual Social Network · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Amazon Discount Finder · 1 points · by ciscopower · no comments
• Enterprise Software: Focus on User Adoption, Not Features · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• TV Guide Sold for a Buck · 1 points · by azharcs · no comments
• Categories vs Tags · 1 points · by puns · no comments
• Rolling with the punches · 1 points · by ez · no comments