Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Creating a rogue CA certificate with MD5 hash collisions · 107 points · by brl · 55 comments
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions · 81 points · by robertk · 23 comments
• How Rent Control Drives Out Affordable Housing · 74 points · by time_management · 174 comments
• The Untold Millions · 71 points · by dcurtis · 39 comments
• Startup lessons from serial entrepreneur Norm Brodsky · 64 points · by prakash · 14 comments
• Tesco: 'Wal-Mart's Worst Nightmare' · 60 points · by epi0Bauqu · 42 comments
• Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09 · 58 points · by transburgh · 28 comments
• SvN: Design Decisions: The new Highrise signup chart · 54 points · by sjs382 · 11 comments
• Developers are blinded by the light · 47 points · by acangiano · 35 comments
• More about Google's commodity servers · 40 points · by wayne · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Do I need T&C for side projects · 40 points · by kevTheDev · 24 comments
• Ask HN: Can Google aggregate everything you've ever posted anonymously online based on writing style? · 36 points · by staunch · 33 comments
• Iphone's Golden Touch (Time to quit your day job?) · 34 points · by physcab · 25 comments
• Iceland after the fall · 34 points · by terpua · 20 comments
• Genesis Of a Web App: 46 Days, 3 Separate Cities, Countless All-Nighters · 32 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 13 comments
• Why we are, as we are · 32 points · by flavio87 · 10 comments
• Comodo will just issue you an SSL cert for anyone · 29 points · by tptacek · 18 comments
• Short tutorial on Haskell for C programmers · 27 points · by socratees · 5 comments
• Verisign/RapidSSL Responds To Certificate Vulnerability · 27 points · by tptacek · 8 comments
• Is your Netflix queue destroying the environment? · 26 points · by terpua · 36 comments
• “You’re Trying to Divide by Zero” · 26 points · by echair · 2 comments
• "I Have a Startup" - Midwest vs Bay Area · 24 points · by garbowza · 28 comments
• Roger Ebert's bleak assessment of the next 100 years · 23 points · by tptacek · 29 comments
• Python Decorators: What they are underneath · 22 points · by dhotson · 5 comments
• Ask HN: What editor do you use? · 21 points · by GrandMasterBirt · 57 comments
• Direct from the streets of Gaza - Demotix is the UGC picture agency · 20 points · by azharcs · 11 comments
• Espresso Public Beta Released - Textmate finally gets some competition · 19 points · by jpcx01 · 26 comments
• Lua Programming Gems (finally) Published · 19 points · by LogicHoleFlaw · 6 comments
• Healthy Foods for Under $1 · 16 points · by robg · 16 comments
• Extraordinary Organizations: $170M company with no titles except “plant” manager · 16 points · by wheels · 17 comments
• SlySoft takes a bite out of DRM again, cracks latest BD+ protection · 15 points · by azharcs · no comments
• Best and worst places to work · 14 points · by vaksel · 5 comments
• What does the "netbook" craze tell us about the future of laptops · 13 points · by raghus · 10 comments
• Ranting Considered Useful · 12 points · by billymeltdown · 2 comments
• Human beings are born with numbers in the brain · 11 points · by makimaki · 10 comments
• A Wish List for the Next Mainstream Programming Language · 10 points · by nreece · no comments
• Ask HN: How do you find the local nerd community? · 10 points · by rogercosseboom · 3 comments
• Paul Buchheit: blog, v2 · 9 points · by johns · 7 comments
• How Buildings Learn and How It Relates to Software · 9 points · by pchristensen · no comments
• MD5 considered harmful as of today · 9 points · by jemmons · 2 comments
• Student loans turn into crushing burden for unwary borrowers · 8 points · by pg · 9 comments
• Ct: C for Throughput Computing · 8 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• Mass produced software components (1968) · 7 points · by nreece · 2 comments
• The Video-Game Programmer Saving Our 21st-Century Souls · 7 points · by pmjordan · 5 comments
• Ask HN: review My 120k flex app done in one month · 7 points · by ktharavaad · 6 comments
• 25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek · 7 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Content Sites Bracing For 50% Revenue Slowdown · 7 points · by qhoxie · 2 comments
• New Twitter Personal Organizer · 7 points · by izak30 · 5 comments
• Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes · 7 points · by epi0Bauqu · 2 comments
• Facebook Balks at the Bosom · 6 points · by charlierosefan · 5 comments
• Experts say that most drugs work for only about half the people who take them · 6 points · by jaydub · 3 comments
• Beyond the API: Why Companies Should Have a Presence on All Major Platforms · 6 points · by qhoxie · 3 comments
• Brighkite Integrates with Facebook · 6 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• Bend Over Shareholders, Here Comes The Dilution · 6 points · by dell9000 · 2 comments
• "The real story is the endless echo chamber of Silicon Valley" · 6 points · by nir · 2 comments
• We are the worst registrar in the world · 5 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there an easy way to work with web services for iPhone dev? · 5 points · by jmtame · 6 comments
• Improve Your Typing For Free · 5 points · by andrewljohnson · 2 comments
• Expertise and passion · 5 points · by bdfh42 · 1 comment
• Prosŏdy, a new XMPP server written in Lua · 4 points · by kseistrup · no comments
• The economics of scientific collaboration · 4 points · by michael_nielsen · no comments
• Ask HN: Best way to see who's linking to a URL? · 4 points · by brandnewlow · 6 comments
• Buyer's market as crunch hits virtual realty · 4 points · by davo11 · no comments
• Doing it right · 4 points · by nicolaslara · 1 comment
• Exploring Programming Language Architecture in Perl · 4 points · by socratees · no comments
• Now that is some creative office space · 4 points · by bemmu · 1 comment
• The 2008 Malware Challenge · 4 points · by tolmasky · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Where are you spending your New Years Eve? · 4 points · by vaksel · 2 comments
• SSL Certificates Browser Compatibility List · 4 points · by staunch · 2 comments
• Where to Find a $99 iPhone · 3 points · by robg · 4 comments
• Online Piracy Menaces Pro Sports · 3 points · by ojbyrne · no comments
• Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic · 3 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Crazy RSpec: One Spec Per File · 3 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Smell That? I Think Its Me Burning Out: The "Other" Startup Facts of Life · 3 points · by ahoyhere · no comments
• Second Life monetizing at 5x higher than other casual MMOGs · 3 points · by sadiq · no comments
• Google Labs Aptitude Test · 3 points · by known · no comments
• Gedit and Erlang. · 3 points · by astrec · no comments
• OpenID Needs to Start Getting Real · 3 points · by astrec · 2 comments
• Lego Engineering: From Kindergarten to College · 3 points · by babyshake · 1 comment
• Ruby 1.9.1 Release Candidate 1 Released · 3 points · by bazookaaa · no comments
• Drama in NanoLand · 3 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• The Year in Tech · 3 points · by sutro · no comments
• It’s a Renter’s Market in Manhattan Office Space · 3 points · by peter123 · no comments
• [video] HD Vid from Hubble of Ganymede going behind Jupiter · 2 points · by jamesjyu · no comments
• Christmas Lights, Controlled by Processing · 2 points · by zen53 · no comments
• Organizations Transformed More Deeply & Continuously by Relentless Pursuit of Small Ideas · 2 points · by skmurphy · no comments
• Kryptos & Overestimating the CIA · 2 points · by MikeCapone · 3 comments
• How To Save The Web · 2 points · by parenthesis · no comments
• Social Psychology of Twitter Groups and Social Networking · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Parity likely between the pound and the euro · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• AxonFlux, a new posterous on Rails, scaling, and software eng. Upgrading to Rails 2.2.2 · 2 points · by dcurtis · no comments
• More Gyms Are Tapping into Pedaling for Power...and also for Profit · 2 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• CodeClimber: Insertion Sort · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• OpenID Foundation Board Election Results Announced · 2 points · by noodle · no comments
• Ask HN: What would you be doing if you weren't a hacker? · 2 points · by josefresco · 8 comments
• Google Solicits User Input On Product Priorities · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Your Google Docs May Be Open to Hijacking · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Microsoft files pay-per-use PC patent · 2 points · by arjungmenon · no comments
• Accidentally Introducing Side Effects into Purely Functional Code · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Yellow pages paid $3.85 million for yp.com domain name · 2 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Make tiny decisions · 2 points · by ctingom · no comments
• The Purchase of Alaska · 2 points · by ctingom · no comments
• Ajax Experience Videos: Performance and Security · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Software Malpractice · 2 points · by gsporar · no comments
• No Titles Except "Plant" Manager · 2 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• Organize Your Company With WizeHive - ca98am79's startup · 2 points · by apgwoz · no comments
• Renormalizing Denormalized Data · 2 points · by brm · no comments
• Excel Financial functions for .NET in F# · 2 points · by mattmcknight · no comments
• Wikirage tracks what's hot on Wikipedia · 2 points · by snoid · no comments
• A Comprehensive Overview of the Video Game Industry in 2008 · 2 points · by makimaki · no comments
• Graphs: A Better Database Abstraction · 2 points · by arjunb · 1 comment
• Ex-KGB General Says Covert Action, Not More Troops, the Key in Afghanistan · 2 points · by prmf · no comments
• Remember, CATO comments on more than rent control or TANF (nuclear indemnity) · 2 points · by anewaccountname · no comments
• Another negative prediction for online ad spending in 2009 · 2 points · by peter123 · no comments
• How to Feel Like the Incredible Hulk in 2009 · 1 points · by zen53 · no comments
• A little more corporate suicide from Eastman Kodak · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• What are the Benefits of Social Media Marketing? · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Modern Scrip - Startups allow you to trade or buy giftcards at reduced prices · 1 points · by replicatorblog · no comments
• Sotirov and Applebaum's (redacted) Internet vulnerability, published tomorrow at CCC · 1 points · by tptacek · 4 comments
• The Perfect 99-Cent iPhone Game · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Are Social Media Users Anti-Social In Real Life? · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Semantic Tagging Service Zigtag (Finally) Launches · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Can You Scale Down? · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Paper: Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion · 1 points · by astrec · no comments
• Grabbing attention or building a reputation? · 1 points · by hhm · no comments
• Detailed stats and demographics for Twitter (2008) · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Gridinator: create custom grid layouts · 1 points · by steffanwilliams · no comments
• Joel knows how to make exciting demos · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• Nobosh's Tag Algorithms & Results Page Gets an Upgrade · 1 points · by nobosh · no comments
• TechMeme: Tech news for everyone? · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• RSS in 2008 and beyond · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• RjDj Continues To Be The Most Trippy App On The iPhone (And I Love It) · 1 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Devlopers Aim for the Sky er, the Cloud (Computing) · 1 points · by kanny96 · no comments
• Ask HN: How many different jobs have you had? · 1 points · by h34t · no comments
• Canadian citizen charged with spying for Iraq · 1 points · by megha · no comments
• Twitter News Stories - Collection · 1 points · by nobosh · no comments
• Tell HN: Term Sheets and Vesting · 1 points · by owkaye · no comments
• Move Your Picasa Photos to Flickr · 1 points · by andrewljohnson · no comments
• Reddit, for music · 1 points · by andrewljohnson · 1 comment
• Things 1.0 Release Candidate · 1 points · by drewr · no comments
• Turing Machine on LittleBigPlanent · 1 points · by dpurp · no comments
• PlanetErlang relaunched · 1 points · by mickael · no comments
• The problem of induction · 1 points · by bootload · no comments
• Using YouTube To Catch A Thief · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Brain regions responsible for choosing words: Study · 1 points · by merinewsindia · no comments
• Britain from Above · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Considering Abstractions · 1 points · by andreyf · no comments
• 25C3 Chaos Communication Congress "Nothing to hide" · 1 points · by fhars · 1 comment
• The Intern's Picks: December 30th · 1 points · by markpeterdavis · no comments
• New Release : Linux Kernel 2.6.28 · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Your guide to the best mobile devices · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Windows 7 takes shape and a better Vista is in store · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• I'll fix your computer, but don't have to be nice about it · 1 points · by ccraigIW · 1 comment
• Hottest Windows Downloads of 2008 · 1 points · by vatu · no comments
• 5 ways to Repair & Recover Damaged CD’s Or DVD’s · 1 points · by vatu · no comments
• Today’s Links That Just Make Me Want to Be Better: 12/30/08 · 1 points · by dkellner · no comments
• Customers give Amazon.com, Netflix top ratings · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Developer: You can't force things on the market · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• FOSS community mourns the loss of Thiemo Seufer [Debian, binutils, MIPS-Linux, and QEMU] · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Klok - Personal Time Tracking Made Easy · 1 points · by rickharrison · no comments
• Open Source Monitoring App.: Pandora FMS · 1 points · by rickharrison · no comments
• Don’t Listen to Me · 1 points · by zaveri · no comments
• Gears Of War Creator On Gaming's Future · 1 points · by josefresco · no comments
• Discovery is the New Cocaine - deck on engagement and content discovery · 1 points · by kynikos · 1 comment
• Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizens · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• A cartography boom offers new ways to see the world · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Rare disease social network claims 35%-50% monthly growth since launch · 1 points · by ilamont · no comments
• Researchers devise undetectable phishing attack · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Microsoft refutes Windows Media Player vulnerability · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Why Ubuntu users should care about Debian · 1 points · by makimaki · no comments
• Erlang Web Development Frameworks · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Bobby Fischer's "Game of the Century" · 1 points · by michael_dorfman · no comments
• YouTube Doesn't Change The Way We Think - It Matches the Way We Think · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Business: The best way to make money? · 1 points · by FreakPerf · no comments
• Documentation is for computers to read (or: Commenting Code is Evil) · 1 points · by kapitti · 5 comments
• Business Technology News · 1 points · by nobosh · no comments
• How To Destroy Page Rendering Performance Using Just Javascript and CSS · 1 points · by hutch · no comments
• Apple prepping a quad-core MacBook Pro? · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Are Romantic Movies Bad For You? · 1 points · by alexandros · no comments
• Most Important Online Political Events of 2008 · 1 points · by newmediaclay · no comments
• Why to Vote for ShopSavvy in the Crunchies · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• Google Maps Image Viewer Module - OpenMRS · 1 points · by mk · no comments
• Dear Twitter: Please Don't Become Palm · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• 17.5% of U.S. homes now have no landline · 1 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Martin drops porn filtering from FCC free wireless broadband plan · 1 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Outdated Security Threatens Web Commerce · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• The Stupidest Moments in Tech for 2008 · 1 points · by makimaki · no comments
• The Dynamics of Full Disclosure · 1 points · by brm · no comments
• PowerShell ABC's - H is for Here-String · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• (MSA Series #3) Work Provisions · 1 points · by mattmcknight · no comments
• 2009: The Year of Reputation Management? · 1 points · by buckpost · no comments
• Ask HN: why doesn't Google use EV certs? · 1 points · by timf · no comments
• Ten15: A Capability-based Operating System. · 1 points · by asciilifeform · no comments
• "Capability-Based Computer Systems" - The definitive book on the subject, now free online. · 1 points · by asciilifeform · no comments
• Do you have an Icelandic startup that needs funding? Talk to Bjork · 1 points · by pakafka · no comments
• Introducing PoshTweet - The PowerShell Twitter Script Library · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• Downloading your games? Get ready for extra fees · 1 points · by pwim · no comments
• Color Codes [Resistors] · 1 points · by ionela · 1 comment
• CIO strategy: 10 qualities of IT greatness · 1 points · by makimaki · no comments
• Convert PX To EM Easily: PXtoEM.com · 1 points · by rickharrison · no comments
• Zend vs. CakePHP · 1 points · by rickharrison · no comments
• Dumbest Studies of 2008 · 1 points · by gruseom · no comments
• 4 Simple Steps to Finding an SEO Friendly Domain Name · 1 points · by adammichaelc · 1 comment
• Physicalising ebooks · 1 points · by dhotson · no comments
• VIDEO: THE ASCENT OF MONEY · 1 points · by prmf · no comments
• New York Times profiles on Twitter · 1 points · by sanj · no comments
• Good news: Consumers Union buying the Consumerist from Gawker · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Top 30 iPhone Apps for Organization and Productivity · 1 points · by rickharrison · no comments