Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Unusual disk latency · 106 points · by there · 22 comments
• Ask HN: Best HN threads in '08? · 104 points · by iloveyouocean · 16 comments
• Richard Feynman Videos (I just collected as many as I could find) · 80 points · by pkrumins · 12 comments
• Philip Greenspun's Economy Recovery Plan · 73 points · by rams · 111 comments
• A gentle reminder that RAID doesn't make offsite backups · 67 points · by there · 50 comments
• Source code of the file with the Zune bug (starts on line 249) · 58 points · by vaksel · 33 comments
• Octo.py: quick and easy MapReduce for Python · 56 points · by snoid · no comments
• If you love Windows XP, you’ll hate Windows 7 · 47 points · by raju · 62 comments
• Enjoying the show, avoiding the flamethrower: life inside Apple · 46 points · by raju · 5 comments
• Is Google App Engine Ready for Prime Time? · 45 points · by sachin · 18 comments
• Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010 · 38 points · by qhoxie · 16 comments
• Start a "hacker house" with two YC founders · 34 points · by Sam_Odio · 10 comments
• Is "look and feel" copyrightable? · 34 points · by raganwald · 22 comments
• Networks Are Smart at the Edges · 33 points · by rglullis · 12 comments
• Math pastebin with LaTeX math equation rendering · 32 points · by mk · 8 comments
• Do You Wanna Hook Up? - example of a facebook connect app · 31 points · by danw · 30 comments
• Ask HN: What's the difference between a Startup and a Small Business? · 29 points · by lionheart · 42 comments
• Darth Vader’s “Management” Secrets · 28 points · by davidw · 8 comments
• Helio Display: Open-air hologram · 25 points · by frisco · 9 comments
• Overcoming Bias: Against Interesting Details · 25 points · by h34t · no comments
• Amazon Web Services Blog: Bits For Sale - The New Amazon S3 Requester Pays Model · 25 points · by Anon84 · 5 comments
• Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says · 24 points · by robg · 9 comments
• Benoit B. Mandelbrot: How Fractals Can Explain What's Wrong with Wall Street · 24 points · by prakash · 12 comments
• Facebook Is No Friend of Power.com · 19 points · by twampss · 10 comments
• Wetware Refactorings · 18 points · by moserware · 1 comment
• JPG Magazine Says Goodbye · 17 points · by smoody · 12 comments
• China’s prosperity will be induced by the state; India's may be despite the state. · 17 points · by robg · 8 comments
• On how to pick goats from cars: The Monty Hall Problem · 17 points · by prakash · 13 comments
• Student's startup promises fast Internet speeds even with dial-up connections · 17 points · by toni · 24 comments
• Writely - The Back Story (2006) · 15 points · by prakash · 2 comments
• Lord Kelvin and Being Usefully Wrong · 15 points · by dood · 2 comments
• Twhoops - Rails app built in 5 hours · 13 points · by danw · 30 comments
• Climate scientists: it's time for 'Plan B' · 12 points · by parenthesis · 13 comments
• Too much thinking 'can make you fat' · 12 points · by peter123 · 7 comments
• Urban Innovation · 12 points · by robg · 13 comments
• Is It Stupid to Trust Twitter Apps With Your Password? · 12 points · by iamdave · 21 comments
• Ask HN: Selling online · 11 points · by huherto · 16 comments
• Llamas Are Cool (API Contest) · 10 points · by jmtame · no comments
• Ask HN: what do you think of my chat app? · 10 points · by th0ma5 · 10 comments
• Amazon Should Acquire Netflix - Here's Why · 9 points · by dell9000 · 21 comments
• Genetic Algorithms: Cool Name & Damn Simple · 9 points · by twampss · no comments
• Ask HN: light mathematical/scientific reading with computer exercises? · 9 points · by henning · 4 comments
• Facebook Defends Its Turf, Sues Power.com · 9 points · by qhoxie · 4 comments
• Time to turn off the lights · 8 points · by nreece · 5 comments
• IE market share drops below 70% for the first time in 8 years · 8 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• How To: Raise Money in a Down Economy · 8 points · by eries · 1 comment
• Don’t overlook the real problems out there · 8 points · by clintjhill · 9 comments
• Apple market share tops 10%, Windows share lowest since tracking began · 8 points · by Anon84 · 19 comments
• Freelancing Tips via Rails Camp 4 · 7 points · by pwim · 1 comment
• Detroit and Silicon Valley don’t hold the keys to the auto’s future; Henry Ford does. · 7 points · by robg · 5 comments
• IE Market Share: Down Nearly 12 Percent in Two Years · 7 points · by peter123 · 2 comments
• Trends in IT for 2009 · 7 points · by fhhacker · 4 comments
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles · 6 points · by mk · no comments
• Financial panics still require that practical men violate their own principles. · 6 points · by robg · 2 comments
• Seth's Blog: Change your pricing · 6 points · by twampss · 2 comments
• Why your web startup will fail · 6 points · by karjaluoto · 1 comment
• Six Reasons Your Web Startup Will Fail (But Don’t Let Them Stop You). · 6 points · by nickb · 12 comments
• The difference between depression and recession · 6 points · by mixmax · 2 comments
• OGDL - an incredibly lightweight markup language · 5 points · by raju · 1 comment
• Ask YC: Gap year ideas? · 5 points · by deltapoint · 4 comments
• Software Transactional Memory: Debunked · 5 points · by orib · 2 comments
• Worlds.com Patent Lawsuit Could Set Off Chain Reaction · 5 points · by jyothi · 3 comments
• The Coming Venture Capital Boom · 5 points · by prakash · no comments
• Computer Programming 101 · 5 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Android installed and running on Eee PC · 5 points · by hbien · no comments
• Beloved Pets Everlasting? · 4 points · by ksvs · 2 comments
• Ask YC: Recommend a good chair? · 4 points · by crystalarchives · 6 comments
• Refactoring Finds Dead Code · 4 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Once global warming ended quickly; why? New Evidence of Meteor Bombardment · 4 points · by linhir · no comments
• THINK: Then and Now · 4 points · by llimllib · no comments
• How to start with testing, instantly · 3 points · by kacer · no comments
• A Web Powered Revolution in Teaching · 3 points · by hansmoleman · 1 comment
• Why IT Managers are Hiring Based on Experience · 3 points · by nsoonhui · 2 comments
• Fixing Bugs · 3 points · by NewWorldOrder · no comments
• Mozilla Ubiquity is the future of web browsers · 3 points · by vorador · no comments
• If You Are Really, Really Desperate For Cash, These Guys Will Give You $3k · 3 points · by mlLK · 1 comment
• The newsstand that spawned Microsoft is set to close · 3 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Manufacturing Reports Show Depth of Global Downturn · 3 points · by tokenadult · 1 comment
• Ask HN: how to build a tech community · 3 points · by tnt100 · 2 comments
• Write your first MapReduce program in 20 minutes · 3 points · by michael_nielsen · 3 comments
• Time for a Mac App Store? · 3 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Can iStanford Take on Facebook Mobile? · 3 points · by kalvin · no comments
• Technology Thresholds · 2 points · by dmoney · no comments
• Review My New Home Page: TrailBehind.com · 2 points · by andrewljohnson · 2 comments
• Why not use Web 2.0 to provide seamless advertising on other people's sites? · 2 points · by amichail · 6 comments
• IDF Now Using Youtube · 2 points · by qqq · no comments
• Things We Should All Say More Often · 2 points · by markbao · no comments
• Twply - From Alleged Spammer to Sold on Sitepoint in Less Than 24 Hours · 2 points · by reyu · 1 comment
• 2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Google Product Ideas: In 2009, You Could Be Working with Google R&D · 2 points · by bootload · 6 comments
• The Problem With Twply · 2 points · by bootload · 1 comment
• I dropped IE6 · 2 points · by lunaru · no comments
• A Non-Blocking HashTable · 2 points · by gus_massa · 1 comment
• See Competing iPhone Apps Coming with One Juicer · 2 points · by twampss · 1 comment
• Popular photo frames carry risk of infection · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• “I won’t support IE 6 in 2009″ · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Steve Jobs' greatest Macworld video hits, 1998-2008 · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• What do Google Android netbooks mean for Apple and Microsoft? · 2 points · by fromedome · no comments
• Internet Explorer's share of the browser market fell below 70% in November · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• Hyperlinking the Real World · 2 points · by rogercosseboom · no comments
• Application autodiscovery via website metadata · 2 points · by seldo · no comments
• Are Default Character Sets Harmful? · 2 points · by gsporar · no comments
• Interview with Alex Payne of Twitter · 2 points · by twampss · no comments
• Perl 6, Python 3 · 2 points · by bdotdub · 1 comment
• Four Threats For '09 That You've Probably Never Heard Of (Or Thought About) · 2 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Internet Tops Newspapers as a Source of News · 2 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• 10 Technology forecast for the year 2009 · 2 points · by ravikhanal · 1 comment
• Twitstat Study: BlackBerry Users Are Totally Addicted To Twitter · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Reasons Tech Products Fail · 2 points · by lunaru · no comments
• Pressure - The Mother Of An Entrepreneur’s Motivation · 2 points · by ucsbrocks · no comments
• Writing An Hadoop MapReduce Program In Python · 2 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• Introducing fiction, both subtle and spectacular, into the doppelganger world of Google Street View. · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Other than office 2007 design, the only good thing to come outa ms in a long time · 1 points · by GrandMasterBirt · no comments
• Disney Vice President provides 114 leadership insights · 1 points · by replicatorblog · no comments
• Could Life Evolve on the Internet? · 1 points · by mnemonik · no comments
• Useful Rails Routing tips · 1 points · by jcapote · no comments
• Taking Children Seriously · 1 points · by qqq · 1 comment
• A Conversation With Elon Musk · 1 points · by jmtame · no comments
• Startup Tips for the Early, Early Days · 1 points · by bootload · 1 comment
• Lockheed, Boeing Tap $11 Billion Cybersecurity Market · 1 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Moto renew shows itself, T-mobile going green · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• With 2008, Let’s Say Good-bye to Mediocrity · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Ask HN: How will web annotation services evolve in 2009 · 1 points · by joel_liu · no comments
• Social Media 2009 · 1 points · by joel_liu · no comments
• Prince of Persia's Game Design and Why the Gaming Market Saturation Should be 90% not 50% · 1 points · by mnemonik · no comments
• VoIP: Dead or Alive? · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Innovating in the Great Disruption · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• The Secret Origins of Clippy: Microsoft's Bizarre Animated Character Patents · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• JPG Magazine Goes Bye-Bye · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Expert's Opinion on Cloud Computing · 1 points · by blackvine · no comments
• How to write a custom form builder in rails? · 1 points · by gorca · no comments
• First Steve Jobs Macworld Keynote in 1997 · 1 points · by DavidSJ · no comments
• 40 Inspirational Speeches/Clips in 2 Minutes · 1 points · by jyothi · no comments
• Everything i needed to know about managing hackers, i learnt from my DVD collection.. · 1 points · by mh_ · 3 comments
• Disputed definitions: In search of the terms that get scientists most worked up. · 1 points · by robg · 1 comment
• From the Final 'Exit' of VC to Modular Innovations on the Horizon · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments
• Monty Hall Problem Explained in Video · 1 points · by vlad · 1 comment
• Forbes: VC's coming collapse · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• JPG: the crowdsourced magazine...has shut down · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Windows 7 Screenshots · 1 points · by twampss · 1 comment
• On perspectives · 1 points · by IGbarb19 · no comments
• Amazing Possibilities · 1 points · by bd · 1 comment
• Patent application filed for software research assistant · 1 points · by queensnake · no comments
• Crude. effective. YouTube doubler · 1 points · by pakafka · no comments
• Twtpoll: Poll your Twitter friends · 1 points · by nirmal · no comments
• CES: A Primer · 1 points · by thomas · no comments
• First impressions of Windows Vista Beta, build 7000 · 1 points · by thomas · no comments
• How To: Simplify · 1 points · by rogercosseboom · no comments
• Live SkyDrive from Microsoft - 25 GB Free Space · 1 points · by functionoid · no comments
• Book details how Sony paid for Xbox 360 dev...acted like a doormat · 1 points · by svjunkie · no comments
• Gameplay: google gadget for true gamers. · 1 points · by vladimir · no comments
• Christmas Eve was Facebook’s busiest day ever · 1 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Google spotlights data center inner workings · 1 points · by frisco · no comments
• Using Git to Update a Personal Website · 1 points · by danielrm26 · no comments
• PowerShell ABC's - J is for JavaScript · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• From geek to online guru · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• $6.2 Million: Wikipedia Reaches Fundraising Goal for 2008 · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• How the Lowly Text Message May Save Languages That Could Otherwise Fade · 1 points · by raju · 1 comment
• Mark Guzdial's Amazon Blog: Problems and Syntax Permalink · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• IPhone 3G unlocking software updated; should work now (hopefully) · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Ask HN: how fast can you create a CMS for the Web? · 1 points · by mlLK · no comments
• Bad News for Workers Is Good News for LinkedIn · 1 points · by timf · 1 comment
• 200 PS3's Break VeriSign's SSL · 1 points · by timtrueman · no comments
• Ask HN: Insurance? · 1 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• 1943 "viral marketing" manual -- OSS -- Development of Psychological Warfare · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Launch: Are My Sites Up? · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Ballmer’s big moment · 1 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Vector Arrow Icons · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy · 1 points · by urlwolf · no comments
• Regulation is everywhere. Let's see who benefits. · 1 points · by quoderat · no comments