Hacker News Way Back Machine

• How To Be Creative · 85 points · by rms · 19 comments
• How to roll your own Mac for under $240 · 50 points · by makimaki · 35 comments
• Are all the MS Zunes dying? · 47 points · by bdfh42 · 58 comments
• Living on the edge of academia · 45 points · by hhm · 34 comments
• Microsoft getting ready to lay off 17% of staff · 44 points · by noor420 · 27 comments
• Self Awareness, the Last Frontier. By V. S. Ramachandran · 41 points · by DaniFong · 35 comments
• Scribd Had A Blowout Year, And So Did the Web Document · 38 points · by trip · 50 comments
• John Carmack's Tesla Review at End of Latest Armadillo Update · 37 points · by JabavuAdams · 26 comments
• Tell HN: Happy New Year · 37 points · by cubicle67 · 21 comments
• Are mutts like me welcome on HN? · 35 points · by fnazeeri · 37 comments
• Faster sites mean users do more stuff · 34 points · by herdrick · 7 comments
• Clear cookies/reset browser doesn't delete your Flash cookies · 23 points · by wayne · 11 comments
• Massive Aircraft Carrier made of Lego, 200,000 bricks, 350LB · 21 points · by epi0Bauqu · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Notice a jump in Page Rank today? · 21 points · by newmediaclay · 27 comments
• Small surprises while grading programming languages exams · 21 points · by lincolnq · 7 comments
• Remember the guy who built a game while working, and then got sued? He won · 20 points · by vaksel · 16 comments
• Google Reader API · 17 points · by peter123 · 4 comments
• Venture Capital's Coming Collapse · 17 points · by jaydub · 10 comments
• Researchers say mankind is to blame for The Little Ice Age, too · 17 points · by gibsonf1 · 11 comments
• Communication and Collaboration -- The Big Upgrade · 16 points · by DaniFong · 11 comments
• Billionaire Blowups of 2008 · 16 points · by noor420 · 9 comments
• The Ultimate Bubble? · 15 points · by navanit · 5 comments
• Poker, Business, and Life: It's Never Too Late to Change Tables · 14 points · by peter123 · 3 comments
• It's Baaaack. Oregon, Once Again, Pursuing GPS Driving Tax · 14 points · by mattmcknight · 17 comments
• Simple Python code for Amazon EC2 · 14 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• UniversalComet: Make any web page a Comet end point · 13 points · by bdfh42 · 2 comments
• Ask YC: With startups starting to implode what happens to the user data? · 13 points · by zitterbewegung · 18 comments
• Coding Horror: The Problem of the Unfinished Game · 12 points · by twampss · 31 comments
• Now you can choose which SATs you want colleges to see and which you don't · 11 points · by robg · 7 comments
• Google’s Top Ten Products (More Or Less) · 8 points · by prakash · 2 comments
• Ask HN: New Years Resolutions? · 8 points · by sjs382 · 10 comments
• Books That Have Shaped How I Think · 8 points · by antiform · no comments
• Comparing and Contrasting the Great Depression With the Current US Economic Crisis · 7 points · by simitpatel · 8 comments
• Priced Android Applications Coming Within Weeks · 7 points · by martythemaniak · 2 comments
• Neo4j: open source graph database · 7 points · by arjunb · no comments
• Google: Firefox and Chrome run twice as fast as IE · 7 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Ask HN: Favorite Books or Articles about Economics? · 7 points · by tokenadult · 8 comments
• Top Social Media Sites of 2008 (Facebook Still Rising) · 7 points · by makimaki · 2 comments
• A New Day: Don't reread old books, play familiar games, rehearse worn thoughts... · 7 points · by Eliezer · 1 comment
• Are Programmers Spoiled? · 7 points · by raju · no comments
• Writing the Web’s Future in Many Languages · 6 points · by robg · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How to upload lots of data? · 6 points · by ggruschow · 6 comments
• 2009 Prediction: Microsoft buys 37signals for $300 million · 6 points · by fnazeeri · 12 comments
• 10 Technology Predictions From The Startup Whisperer · 6 points · by flashinfremont · 2 comments
• What Rent Control Does (from Economics in One Lesson) · 5 points · by mhartl · no comments
• Breadcrumbs as a Design Cop-Out · 5 points · by astrec · no comments
• Configuring Your Machine For Testing With A Screen Reader · 5 points · by toni · no comments
• RubyConf 2008 Keynote - Fuck Ruby · 5 points · by pwim · 1 comment
• The Air Force’s Rules of Engagement for Blogging · 5 points · by Flemlord · no comments
• Is this iTunes app spam or smart marketing? · 5 points · by AndrewWarner · 7 comments
• Microsoft plague threatens 30GB Zune extinction · 5 points · by twampss · no comments
• iPhone dev team's secret message: 2.2 may have been cracked · 5 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Cost Innovation vs. Product Innovation · 5 points · by twampss · 1 comment
• Ten Technology Forecast for year 2009 · 5 points · by john · 1 comment
• Are simple 'net services considered startups? If so, mine launched today. · 5 points · by joe · 6 comments
• Did Digg Really Improve Their Ad Targeting? · 4 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Can the United Auto Workers Survive? · 4 points · by mattmcknight · no comments
• How Markets Clear in Nigeria · 4 points · by ed · no comments
• Consumers Union to Buy Consumerist · 4 points · by robg · no comments
• Malcolm Gladwell on meaningful work and curiosity · 4 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Private firm may track all email and calls in UK · 4 points · by bd · 1 comment
• Why I Don't Work In Information Security · 4 points · by twampss · 1 comment
• Gawker media still shrinking: selling one blog, another one the block · 3 points · by pakafka · no comments
• On The Importance of the Middle Class: Lessons of the Housing Bust · 3 points · by rms · no comments
• Open source programming languages for kids · 3 points · by jwilliams · 1 comment
• Dunbar's Function · 3 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• RSpec: Cutting Edge vs. Fashion · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Ask HN: news.yc without refreshing? · 3 points · by jmtame · 4 comments
• Android Market paid apps are weeks away · 3 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Why Load Testing Ajax is Hard · 3 points · by rickharrison · 2 comments
• My Favorite Strange Number: Ω · 3 points · by hhm · 1 comment
• Who says Java programmers have no humor · 3 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Steganography made simple · 3 points · by makimaki · no comments
• A Case Study of Scalability Related "Out of memory" Crash in Erlang · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Rumor Watch: New Mac mini go for launch · 3 points · by ksvs · no comments
• The Zune Screen Of Death · 3 points · by transburgh · no comments
• How Small Can Computers Get? Computing In A Molecule · 3 points · by reyu · no comments
• New visualization techniques yield star formation insights · 3 points · by FiReaNG3L · no comments
• Tech Predictions from Seattle's Startup Whisperer · 3 points · by gthuang · 1 comment
• Can a profitable business model be applied to podcasting? (research paper) · 2 points · by bloodyawful · no comments
• Top 10 objectively biggest tech stories of 2008 · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• IRS Deadline For Section 409A Compliance is Tomorrow · 2 points · by flashinfremont · no comments
• Optimize your site's images · 2 points · by geuis · 3 comments
• Some of the Worst SQL Ever. · 2 points · by mlLK · 1 comment
• Silicon Valley looks towards 2009 · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• Consumer Reports consumes Consumerist · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• An end to “dupes” on Digg? · 2 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• The Reckoning - On Wall Street, Bonuses, Not Profits, Were Real · 2 points · by bd · 1 comment
• 2009 Predictions for Microsoft · 2 points · by lunchbox · no comments
• Local yogurt store tells blogger that Steve Jobs is “in great health” · 2 points · by transburgh · 2 comments
• Rails and Merb -- Why Merge At All? · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Give Away Free Rive · 2 points · by quizbiz · 1 comment
• Life got bigger in two, million-fold leaps, scientists say · 2 points · by arjunb · 1 comment
• What Is The State Of Solid State LED Lighting? · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• The Value of a Degree · 2 points · by muriithi · no comments
• Logarithmic Scale for Disasters · 2 points · by netcan · no comments
• The trap techies fall into · 2 points · by damir · no comments
• Ask HN: How many of you are 2nd gen Entrepreneurs? · 2 points · by trickjarrett · 4 comments
• Germans create 'future hotel' · 2 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve · 2 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Shameless Plug (my nephew is a cyborg) · 2 points · by Diogenes · no comments
• One World, Many Minds: Intelligence in the Animal Kingdom · 2 points · by dood · no comments
• While everything else is shrinking, US moves to #1 spot in wind power · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• A $3 billion buried treasure found via Google Maps? · 2 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• S&P ending '08 around 900, thus... Summer of '97 Thread · 2 points · by time_management · 5 comments
• Aubrey de Grey: "What will happen if we cure aging?" (video) · 2 points · by MikeCapone · 3 comments
• How to figure out if a job candidate is a good fit for your startup · 2 points · by eries · 3 comments
• An Introduction to Vergangenheitsbewältigung · 2 points · by theoneill · no comments
• Wikipedia's new plea for donations stirs skepticism · 2 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Oy Vey, Israeli VCs Exceptionally Gloomy on 2009 · 2 points · by prakash · no comments
• Is OpenOffice 'profoundly sick'? · 2 points · by ksvs · 1 comment
• Britain to outsource big brother monitoring to private companies · 2 points · by vaksel · no comments
• How to comment on a blog: The US Air Force's step-by-step flowchart · 2 points · by pakafka · no comments
• Craigslist, eBay & Amazon: 2008 Trending & Site Efficiency · 2 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Cringley: In an effort to move forward, Intel dusts off old supercomputing technology. · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Facebook App Revenues to Surpass Facebook.com Revenues in 2009 · 2 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Feynman on Looking at things from a new point of view · 2 points · by jbrun · no comments
• Getting Real and Design · 2 points · by brm · no comments
• Cyn.in Open source Group Collaboration Software · 2 points · by toni · no comments
• Ask HN: eye care.. how long do you wear your contacts, etc · 2 points · by PStamatiou · 1 comment
• Behind Vermont's unlikely ploy to attract online businesses · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Tech predictions for 2009 · 2 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• A Modest Blogging Proposal · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• High income shoppers slashed their spending the most over the holidays · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Techmeme Top 10 Stories Of The Year · 1 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Ben Goertzel: The Structure of the Physical World and Definitions of Intelligence · 1 points · by jonmc12 · no comments
• Microsoft's Metered PC Idea Is Not Greedy. In Fact, It's Almost Brilliant · 1 points · by astrec · no comments
• Please critique "Read My Tweets" -- using CAPTCHAs to increase your followers on twitter. · 1 points · by amichail · 2 comments
• Confusing Domain of GoDaddy · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments
• Information regarding MD5 collisions problem · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Report: Info overload costs $900 billion, blame Mr. Rogers · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• 21 Amazing Firefox Ad-Ons That You Must-Have In 2009 · 1 points · by ajbatac · 1 comment
• The Sequoia Layoff Scorecard · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Gödel universe · 1 points · by jaydub · no comments
• Google's Sneaky Ads for Chrome in Gmail · 1 points · by ajbatac · 2 comments
• Digg Warns of Updates · 1 points · by rstan251 · 1 comment
• Apple's Stock Drops on Rumors of Job's "Rapidly Declining" Health · 1 points · by charlierosefan · no comments
• The Columbia Accident Investigation Report is available. · 1 points · by tom_rath · no comments
• Apple's Jobs is (Still) Fine · 1 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Useless Ivory Towers · 1 points · by hhm · no comments
• 2009 Will Be the Year of the Bootstrapper · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• Disable eBlogger Top Nav Bar · 1 points · by sinu9i · no comments
• Personal Development Posts from ‘08 · 1 points · by justifyleo · no comments
• Chneukirchen's ruby styleguide · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Ask HN: New Year's Resolutions? · 1 points · by thomasmallen · no comments
• Stories That Defined Broadband in 2008 · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• sexwi.se launched · 1 points · by joergbattermann · 1 comment
• Microsoft eyes metered-PC boondoggle · 1 points · by rkowalick · no comments
• Squeejee Adds New Features to Tweet Congress · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• MSDN Magazine free downloads 2000 to 2009 · 1 points · by davo11 · no comments
• A Developers' Guide to Storage. What you need to know but were afraid to ask · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Two Mobile Operating Systems, One Phone · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Best of CSS Design 2008 · 1 points · by darragjm · no comments
• Social Capital + Facebook Photos = Advertising Nirvana? · 1 points · by shuleatt · 1 comment
• A scientific perspective on social networks · 1 points · by demallien · no comments
• Temptations Of Young VCs (Part 1) · 1 points · by daveambrose · no comments
• Startup Interview: ITCONS – Recruitment space solutions · 1 points · by praval · no comments
• Concatenative language/Concatenation is composition · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Angelsoft Gets An Upgrade, Opens Network To Venture Capitalists · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• It is not obvious how to make money online (in India) · 1 points · by ananthrk · no comments
• Twitter Used jQuery plugin:username Availability check and update Screen name. · 1 points · by sinu9i · no comments
• Why Businesses Will Embrace Twitter in ‘09 · 1 points · by buckpost · no comments
• How To Market a Website - Over 100 Articles · 1 points · by iyazam · no comments
• How smart are you really when it comes to tech? · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Predictions 3.0: The biggest headlines of 2009 · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Steve Jobs health rumor resurfaces · 1 points · by ccraigIW · 1 comment
• Reality bites for young workers · 1 points · by pj · no comments
• Why (do) we fear world government(?) · 1 points · by IGbarb19 · no comments
• UK housewives rule in online time · 1 points · by parenthesis · no comments
• Researchers Create Web Skeleton Key With 200 PS3s · 1 points · by mattmichielsen · no comments
• Don't blame Community Reinvestment Act for the subprime mess · 1 points · by sethg · no comments
• Rumor: Marissa Mayer, Google’s 19th Employee, To Leave · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• What document format for resumes do you (demand) from potential employees? · 1 points · by joubert · 5 comments
• The best mind since Einstein - Richard Feynman's biography · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• Interfaces for Staying in the Flow · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Britain to use Windows XP in its nuclear submarines · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Aubrey de Grey: "I'm just a normal guy, I just want to save lives." (video) · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• Online holiday shopping down 3 percent from last year · 1 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Google Reader API is Coming Soon · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• F# News and Resources · 1 points · by typicaljoe · no comments
• Laptop with Three collapsible Screens. · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Is consciousness important for artificial intelligence? · 1 points · by noahlt · no comments
• Wikinvest Stock Charts Find Their Way Onto USAToday.com and Forbes.com · 1 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• 25C3: MD5 collisions crack CA certificate · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Worlds.com patent suit draws widespread anger, examples of earlier virtual worlds · 1 points · by ilamont · no comments
• Social Gaming in 2009: Challenges and Opportunities · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• More Open Source Group Collaboration · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Coal Ash Sludge Covers 400 Acres in Tennessee · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• A Beginner's Guide to Creating a MMORPG · 1 points · by IsaacSchlueter · no comments
• Take a poll on the bizarre Zune death drama · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Empowerment Zone · 1 points · by rokhayakebe · no comments
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to appear at Macworld · 1 points · by twampss · no comments
• Poetically See Through to Opportunity in 2009 · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• Don’t Multitask · 1 points · by ctingom · no comments
• The Best and Worst of 2008 (Dennis Forbes) · 1 points · by tdavis · no comments
• Steve Jobs' Health Is Everyone's Business · 1 points · by dell9000 · 2 comments
• Forecast Survey: Java/JEE not a hot skill for ‘09 · 1 points · by ccpill · no comments
• Most Awkward Consumer Trend of 2008: Feedback Bribery · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Carbon Neutrality Has Limits · 1 points · by physcab · no comments
• A $3 billion buried treasure found via Google Maps? · 1 points · by kleneway · no comments
• Environment minister Sammy Wilson: I still think man-made climate change is a con · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• What's Next After Web 2.0 · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• World's oldest profession, too, feels crisis · 1 points · by bd · no comments
• Public Data Sets on Amazon Web Services · 1 points · by bd · no comments
• The New Pop Music Revolution - Pitching Products · 1 points · by initself · no comments
• MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• How Deal Sites/Forums Got Started, Their Business Models and Why They Are Successful · 1 points · by snowstorm · no comments
• Official Fix for the Zune 30 Fail (aka "Time Heals All Wounds") · 1 points · by aston · no comments
• The Product Guy's Great in '08 · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments