Hacker News Way Back Machine

• How to Pick a Language · 123 points · by jimbokun · 71 comments
• Javascript that auto-fills captchas · 82 points · by soundsop · 30 comments
• How we roll in Amsterdam - A method of transportation you should use too · 80 points · by eisokant · 94 comments
• Employees working on their own business · 74 points · by mattjung · 91 comments
• Ask HN: What do you want to be able to customize? · 70 points · by pg · 103 comments
• Ask HN: How do you get new freelance jobs/contracts? · 61 points · by hotshothenry · 32 comments
• How the fuck is trim in Python? · 57 points · by inerte · 71 comments
• Monty Python Puts Free Videos Online, Sells 23,000% More DVDs · 56 points · by nickb · 43 comments
• Twitter is not public infrastructure · 55 points · by pclark · 29 comments
• Building a Web App in 1 Hour For Promotional Purposes (IsHilarySwankHot.com) · 51 points · by markbao · 51 comments
• Hacker news directory - find hackers at your school · 49 points · by jmtame · 51 comments
• Wufoo Doubled this guy's number of RFP(Request For Proposal)s · 48 points · by auston · 21 comments
• Beautiful zip code visualisation · 48 points · by iamelgringo · 8 comments
• My real-time operating system · 44 points · by eworoshow · 26 comments
• Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use? · 43 points · by skanev · 141 comments
• Ask HN: anyone in SF need a kickass frontend developer? · 42 points · by geuis · 37 comments
• Identity and Authentication are Separate Things: Why Fingerprints Shouldn't be Passwords · 40 points · by mdasen · 27 comments
• Ask HN: Is Hacker News a Waste of Time? · 38 points · by Ardit20 · 69 comments
• Ask HN: Why hasn't anyone launched a Feedburner competitor since their collapse? · 35 points · by brandnewlow · 15 comments
• Beautiful Web UI libraries · 35 points · by nreece · 9 comments
• Rainbow (Arc implementation in Java) · 35 points · by revorad · 8 comments
• France's birthday gift to 18y-olds: A subscription to the newspaper of their choice · 35 points · by daviday · 52 comments
• One last chance to save mankind · 33 points · by nickb · 25 comments
• Ask HN: CSS vs table based layouts · 32 points · by iamelgringo · 50 comments
• Unthinkable Futures · 31 points · by Rod · 19 comments
• Laid-off Microsofties in Seattle offered free office space, Linux servers · 30 points · by bfioca · 5 comments
• Writing Linux Programs in Raw Binary · 28 points · by kqr2 · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Building a trust system into a social app · 26 points · by mshafrir · 18 comments
• Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps · 25 points · by peter123 · 10 comments
• Google shuts down Austin office, just months after splashy opening · 24 points · by nickb · 1 comment
• The Little Book of Semaphores · 24 points · by tsally · 2 comments
• Transfer Jet: 375 Mb/s wireless connection · 23 points · by tsally · 8 comments
• What can be done with a Wii remote · 23 points · by ballpark · 2 comments
• Original implementation of Javascript · 22 points · by ken · 5 comments
• Ask HN: Review my site - thefabulicious.com · 20 points · by wushupork · 30 comments
• NSA Whistleblower: Wiretaps Were Combined with Credit Card Records of U.S. Citizens · 19 points · by alecco · 2 comments
• Welcome You Fine Google Notebook Users · 18 points · by Anon84 · 8 comments
• Worm infects millions of computers worldwide · 17 points · by mhb · 2 comments
• Amazon offers way to keep track of things you want to buy at other stores · 16 points · by mhb · 9 comments
• WebKit == Mobile · 16 points · by mdasen · 7 comments
• Startup Goals for 2009 · 15 points · by twampss · 10 comments
• This is probably the most creative use of youtube ever · 14 points · by vaksel · 2 comments
• Has There Ever Been a Default on U.S. Treasury Debt? · 14 points · by robg · 16 comments
• Cringely suggests job losses at Microsoft should be ten times greater · 14 points · by naish · 12 comments
• Ask HN: What is the impact of Twitter's API Limit? · 13 points · by mootymoots · 9 comments
• Wall Street Journal: Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust · 13 points · by jseliger · 5 comments
• Obama Is “Failure” At Google, “Miserable Failure” At Yahoo · 13 points · by dangoldin · 8 comments
• Adam Bosworth's classic talk on the Web as the "simple and sloppy" · 13 points · by gruseom · no comments
• Twitter API: Call for OAuth beta participants · 13 points · by pmjordan · 9 comments
• Ask HN: Best Places to Raise Kids? · 12 points · by yef · 3 comments
• If Microsoft is killing Flight Simulator, it's killing its 2nd oldest product (1980-2009) · 12 points · by technologizer · 12 comments
• Scientists solve `The Italian Job' cliffhanger · 12 points · by gscott · no comments
• Ask HN: Startups' wishlist? · 12 points · by rguzman · 1 comment
• Why use garbage collection · 11 points · by soundsop · 17 comments
• Speed up your JavaScript, Part 2 · 11 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Php Symfony - Who wants a new free web app · 11 points · by dreur · 6 comments
• Ask HN: review our startup - jobbountyhunter.com · 10 points · by andrewstuart · 9 comments
• Ask HN: Does clicking voting arrows *sometimes* take you to a blank page? · 10 points · by tlrobinson · 14 comments
• Why you can't find a library book in your search engine · 10 points · by peter123 · 4 comments
• USPTO overturns patent for virtual subdomains · 9 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Interest Rates: When Zero Is Way Too High · 9 points · by soundsop · 40 comments
• Dark flow: Proof of another universe? · 9 points · by robg · no comments
• Ask HN: Resume Video · 8 points · by tsally · 6 comments
• A Peek Inside Apple's Design Studio · 8 points · by naish · no comments
• Windows 7 put up against Vista and XP in hardcore multicore benchmarks, XP wins - Engadget · 8 points · by tsally · 1 comment
• Creating A 1,474-Megapixel Photo · 8 points · by humanlever · no comments
• How much do startups pay their developers? · 8 points · by syalam · 8 comments
• Keynesian Beauty Contest · 7 points · by fallentimes · no comments
• New Screenshot of Jolicloud Netbook Operating System · 7 points · by transburgh · no comments
• "\n" - One of the Web's Tough Problems · 7 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Sony has lost what made it special · 7 points · by nickb · 2 comments
• The key to Apple's success? A simple product line · 7 points · by vaksel · 11 comments
• Ask HN: Your job Removes your access to new.ycombinator.com, but not YCombinator.com? · 7 points · by spoiledtechie · 8 comments
• Feedsqueezer the Upcoming Alternative to FeedBurner · 7 points · by pclark · 2 comments
• SUMO Paint: Online Image Editor (Photoshop-like) · 7 points · by staunch · no comments
• Will President Obama have a computer in the Oval Office? · 6 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Ask HN: Is this (S3 on GAE) something people want? · 6 points · by mwerty · 2 comments
• And It Begins...iWork '09 Trojan · 6 points · by wizlb · 1 comment
• I beat rubywarrior · 6 points · by xenophanes · no comments
• The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time · 6 points · by tsally · 6 comments
• "Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money" · 6 points · by bd · 1 comment
• Curbing Info Porn with Batched Reading · 6 points · by timf · no comments
• Ask HN: What are your criteria for hiring? · 6 points · by physcab · 3 comments
• Last.fm launches Android player · 6 points · by dunk010 · no comments
• GitLondon - Git Workshop by GitHub and Codebase · 6 points · by schacon · 1 comment
• 2/3 of Americans Without Broadband Don't Want It · 6 points · by mdasen · 2 comments
• Browsable Geneaology of the Obama Family · 6 points · by colinhevans · 2 comments
• HN Suggestion: Make domains clickable · 6 points · by trickjarrett · no comments
• Google & the Future of Books - The New York Review of Books · 6 points · by jeeringmole · no comments
• Ask HN: HN blocked today by a major .gov; your thoughts? · 5 points · by kmt · 4 comments
• Google's Profit Falls For The First Time · 5 points · by nreece · no comments
• How To Create A Colorful Sitemap With jQuery · 5 points · by twampss · no comments
• The First Windows Review Ever · 5 points · by troystribling · no comments
• The Importance of Following Through · 5 points · by matt1 · no comments
• Top New Zealand Start-ups for 2008 · 5 points · by startupnz · no comments
• Riskmasters Know How to Prioritize · 5 points · by jasonlbaptiste · no comments
• Ask HN: Question about Heroku · 5 points · by jreilly · 5 comments
• An Analysis of the 2008 financial crisis, written in 2006 · 5 points · by bokonist · no comments
• Nuclear Apocalypse and the Letter of Last Resort · 5 points · by thinkzig · 3 comments
• Bob the Impaler · 5 points · by astrec · no comments
• Obama on how to create a team and lead it · 5 points · by mathoda · 1 comment
• An Early Review of Windows (1983) · 5 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Will Britain Default? · 5 points · by drusenko · 1 comment
• Advanced Formset Usage In Django · 5 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Ask HN: Kiwi programmer keen to work in the U.S. for 1-2 years. Bad idea? Any advice? · 5 points · by benhoyt · 3 comments
• HN Bug?: Submit broken on Android G1 browser · 5 points · by iamelgringo · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Is this idea any good? · 5 points · by sam_in_nyc · 15 comments
• Thoughts on Google and Apple's Earnings · 5 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Smash Lab Sucks: An Open Letter to the Discovery Channel · 5 points · by karjaluoto · 9 comments
• Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life · 5 points · by robg · 3 comments
• Most Successful U.S. Startups 2008: Cuil is number 8?... · 5 points · by tsally · 1 comment
• Wikipedia May Restrict Public’s Ability to Change Entries · 5 points · by robg · no comments
• A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods · 5 points · by makimaki · no comments
• Lean hiring tips · 4 points · by tristian · 1 comment
• The Wired White House--A Pictorial Evolution of the POTUS Web Site · 4 points · by tfincannon · 1 comment
• The genius behind the Google 20% time; It isn’t the time · 4 points · by signa11 · no comments
• Solid quarter for Google · 4 points · by jeremyw · no comments
• Jinni: Wants to be Pandora for Movies · 4 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Genetic Algorithms · 4 points · by Shamiq · 3 comments
• Will VCs Continue to Suspend Disbelief · 4 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Confirmed: Obama gets his BlackBerry, no Sectera Edge in sight · 4 points · by frisco · 1 comment
• John Gruber on the future of Macworld without Apple · 4 points · by noahlt · no comments
• How oAuth Support Can Help Build a Better Politicial Transparency Movement · 4 points · by babyshake · 1 comment
• Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio · 4 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• The Apple Macintosh turns 25 · 4 points · by rogercosseboom · no comments
• A Quarter of Americans Aren't on the Web · 4 points · by makaimc · 7 comments
• MystOnline: UruLive to be Open Source soon. · 4 points · by azharcs · no comments
• Ext4 to be the Default File System for Fedora 11; Btrfs to be choosable · 4 points · by mdasen · no comments
• The physics arXiv blog: Black holes from the LHC could survive for minutes · 4 points · by mad44 · no comments
• Git allows my workflow to be "stateless" (or more advanced features of git) · 4 points · by jazzapple · no comments
• Slate throws Apple a $100B idea, suggests iBank · 4 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Where to form an LLC · 4 points · by gamache · 6 comments
• Beautiful Accidents · 4 points · by tortilla · 1 comment
• FeedBurner sucks - But what options do you have ? · 4 points · by unohoo · 1 comment
• Police Could Soon Control Stolen Cars Using Text Messages · 4 points · by vaksel · 2 comments
• Collaboration: What does it mean to collaborate on a document? · 3 points · by vbkimber07 · no comments
• Will Apple Sue Palm Over the Pre? · 3 points · by nreece · no comments
• Boxee adds ABC programming to its cool media center software · 3 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur? · 3 points · by startupnz · no comments
• People Who Digg This Also Dugg · 3 points · by burento · 1 comment
• Best Business Books 2008 · 3 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• Turning blogs into newspapers is the new counterintuitive thing · 3 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Encouraging Web Interaction for University Students · 3 points · by forsaken · no comments
• Ask HN: Feedback on an idea for a service · 3 points · by joshsharp · 7 comments
• What will change everything? · 3 points · by rms · 1 comment
• Are we the first document aggregation site? · 3 points · by edocr · 1 comment
• Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake · 3 points · by mridulkhan · no comments
• Digg Making Huge Changes and Maybe Finally Heading Towards Profit · 3 points · by insomniamg · no comments
• Making Wait Times Feel Shorter · 3 points · by pclark · no comments
• 'hacker' extradition due from the UK · 3 points · by inovica · no comments
• Open Source Software, Self Service Software · 3 points · by pwim · no comments
• Calls for open source government · 3 points · by nice1 · no comments
• The Upside of Hiring Now · 3 points · by twampss · 1 comment
• Obama plan calls cyber infrastructure a 'strategic asset' · 3 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• "Good Enough": A Case Study (Ticketstumbler) · 3 points · by gwc · no comments
• The House approved rules for 6 billion in gov't funds to spur high-speed internet networks · 3 points · by vaksel · no comments
• How to Implement Landing Page Hit Tracking in ASP.NET · 3 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Best Practices for CSS Style Sheets · 3 points · by spoiledtechie · no comments
• Tech Layoffs Come Back With a Vengeance: 80,000 In January, Approaching 200,000 Total · 3 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• R2-D2 robots with frikkin lasers on them in development · 3 points · by twampss · no comments
• “Physicalized” servers may offer virtualization alternative · 3 points · by soundsop · 1 comment
• 30 seconds that changed the world: how Apple's Macintosh changed computer screens forever · 3 points · by twampss · no comments
• Intel chairman Craig Barrett to resign in May · 3 points · by erickhill · no comments
• I Am Here: One Man's Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle · 3 points · by mad44 · no comments
• HN Toolkit: Several bug fixes and improvements · 3 points · by Xichekolas · 1 comment
• Anyone using Grails ? · 3 points · by dreur · 3 comments
• Microsoft could face $8.5 billion in damages for "Vista Capable" case · 3 points · by nickb · no comments
• Fujitsu's Esprimo Green PC First to be Zero-Watt · 3 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• It’s official, print is dead · 3 points · by transburgh · no comments
• In this economy, we're all entrepreneurs · 3 points · by astrec · no comments
• Rare VC Internship Opportunity For the Right Student(s) · 3 points · by adammichaelc · no comments
• ActionScript Reference for Rich Internet Application Development · 2 points · by chennis · no comments
• Bizchat Case Study · 2 points · by startupnz · no comments
• Microsoft sparks New Zealand start-ups · 2 points · by startupnz · no comments
• To sell or not to sell? · 2 points · by startupnz · no comments
• IAnesthesia, Case log tracking for iPhone · 2 points · by yvesrn · no comments
• Progress report - the Top NZ online start-ups of 2007 · 2 points · by startupnz · no comments
• Ask HN: Review my Forum - The Cal Forum · 2 points · by dkhan · 2 comments
• IPhoneLinux: Get Tux on iPhone · 2 points · by mcxx · no comments
• Job search app iJobs rises to Top amidst Job Cut news · 2 points · by kanny96 · no comments
• Heterogeneous vs. Homogeneous System Architectures · 2 points · by herewego · no comments
• Apple’s App Store: 15,000 apps. Google’s Android Marketplace: 800 apps · 2 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Does your Representative have an RSS Feed? · 2 points · by cjoh · no comments
• Kickfire: Data Analytics for the Masses · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Online Web Notes - UberNote: Google Notebook Import Tool Complete · 2 points · by wumi · no comments
• Tech network targets start-ups · 2 points · by Mrinal · no comments
• Superstar Team To Launch Flash MMOG Called Ohai · 2 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 2 comments
• With JSLint Multi you can monitor multiple javascript files · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Fighting malware with the experts · 2 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Program Tracks the Elusive Metaphor · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Fortune names NetApp best place to work · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Citigroup, Bank of America ‘Nationalized’ as U.S. Calls Shots · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Radically Reinventing Venture Capital · 2 points · by bizbizbiz · no comments
• The six worst Apple products of all time · 2 points · by naish · no comments
• VixML: new platform for iPhone dev (video) · 2 points · by seanlindsay · no comments
• For Pirates: Torrented Copies of iWork '09 Come Laced With a Nasty OS X Trojan · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• PowerShell ABC's - V is for Voidable Statements · 2 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• When can the long tail be leveraged? · 2 points · by michael_nielsen · no comments
• Connecting Apple's iPhone to Google's cloud computing offerings · 2 points · by anuraggoel · no comments
• How The Computer Gets The Answer · 2 points · by edu · no comments
• Management/Career Lessons Learned from People Who've Quit Google · 2 points · by estherschindler · no comments
• If you can't out-Google them... (ideas for Yahoo) · 2 points · by dotcoma · no comments
• Engineers develop world’s smallest fuel cell · 2 points · by ph0rque · 1 comment
• Seagate starts releasing new firmware updates · 2 points · by pmjordan · no comments
• Palm reponds to Apple iPhone patent warnings · 2 points · by technologizer · no comments
• IPhone and Blackberry battle heats up · 2 points · by yvesrn · no comments
• Global is the new private · 2 points · by eds · 1 comment
• One theory why eBay's profits are falling · 2 points · by Danmatt · 1 comment
• Internet population passes one billion · 2 points · by vaksel · 1 comment
• Infrastructure · 2 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• Plinky · 2 points · by dkhan · no comments
• UK Car Production Down 48.7% in December, Japan Expected to Go Down 40% this Quarter · 2 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• Holographic Discs to Store 20 Times More Than Blu-Ray · 2 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Ad Agreements, Strategic Partners and Business Development? · 2 points · by migpwr · no comments
• Apple Settles for $22 Million in Longtime iPod Nano Lawsuit · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Zune Death Watch: Microsoft Zune Revenues Plummet · 2 points · by nickb · no comments
• In the "Vista Capable" class-action suit, Microsoft is Wile E. Coyote · 2 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there "security issue notification for dummies?" (I discovered a hole...now what?) · 2 points · by dchest · 3 comments
• PBS interview with Warren Buffett · 2 points · by mhb · no comments
• Don't game the algorithm, game the social · 2 points · by mootymoots · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Should Python be named Monty? · 2 points · by jessep · no comments
• Twitter API: Call for OAuth private beta · 2 points · by markup · 2 comments
• Bing Gordon foresees games replacing textbooks at schools · 2 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Zune sales plummet. Is it time to kill the player and roll the platform into Xbox? · 2 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Against All TOS: Guy Tries To Sell His “YouTube” Digg Account On Craigslist For Rent Money · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition to make $$ on YouTube · 2 points · by makimaki · no comments
• College Students Drink, Eat Ramen Noodles… and Freelance? · 2 points · by rickharrison · no comments
• Rethinking USA.gov · 2 points · by cjoh · no comments
• Profiling the powers that be · 2 points · by diN0bot · no comments
• Mechanical Computing: Thinking with Balls · 2 points · by Rod · no comments
• What's Microsoft's Next Move In Netbook Game? · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Ask HN: Does Depakote fuck you up? · 1 points · by helveticaman · 2 comments
• Linus shaving Bdale Garbee's beard: Photos · 1 points · by renai42 · no comments
• 2009 The Year of the Largest Security Incidents Since the Beginning of Forever · 1 points · by humanlever · no comments
• Extremophile · 1 points · by rms · no comments
• Android Cupcake Update Information & Screenshots · 1 points · by mridulkhan · no comments
• Auryn's animated non-photorealistic videos based on classic painting styles · 1 points · by bd · no comments
• Anyone Got Any Good Tips? · 1 points · by buckpost · no comments
• Heterogeneous vs. Homogeneous System Architectures · 1 points · by twampss · no comments
• Load balancing is key to successful cloud-based (dynamic) architectures · 1 points · by lmacvittie · no comments
• Roaming initiative could make WiMax a true rival to cellular networks · 1 points · by ccraigIW · no comments
• Publish job postings on your facebook profile · 1 points · by guybrush0 · 2 comments
• Mobile Computing is Killing the Desktop PC · 1 points · by physcab · no comments
• 2008: Rearden Commerce Has A Heck Of A Year · 1 points · by jkopelman · no comments
• The first epistle of St Bill · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Romanticizing cloud computing will destroy it · 1 points · by snydeq · 1 comment
• Google Announces Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2008 Results · 1 points · by rogercosseboom · no comments
• CSS Browser Selector · 1 points · by elgrillo · no comments
• Voting Machine Audit Logs Raise More Questions about Lost Votes in CA Election · 1 points · by pmjordan · no comments
• Easiest cheap way to dramatically increase sales · 1 points · by terpua · no comments
• Cellular Senescence: Hayflick's Limit and Aging Cells · 1 points · by iamwil · no comments
• Power Of Idea (is it a YC Clone with a twist?) · 1 points · by dreamz · 1 comment
• Begley: Was Darwin Wrong About Evolution? | Newsweek Voices - Sharon Begley | Newsweek.com · 1 points · by mad44 · 1 comment
• Buzzup Docs is Digg for Documents · 1 points · by etcera · 2 comments
• The browser is the Operating System · 1 points · by dabeeeenster · no comments
• Is EA Sims-ifying Spore? Is that such a good idea? · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• From the Entrepreneurs Roundtable to Modular Innovation · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments
• Pope launches YouTube channel · 1 points · by dreamz · 2 comments
• The Top Videogames Set To Take Off In 2009 · 1 points · by escapade · no comments
• Will someone please invent the germometer? · 1 points · by randomwalker · no comments
• Notes from CTO January Lunch with Sanjiv Bhargava · 1 points · by wastedbrains · no comments
• Youtube enables high quality in embedded videos · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Google and Semantic Web - Google CEO Hints at Semantic, Contextual Search · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Winners of the College Mogul - Vator.tv Pitch Competition · 1 points · by CollegeMogul · no comments
• Is Twitter a Viable Conversation Platform? · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Will the Barack Obama Administration be Good for Entrepreneurs? · 1 points · by CollegeMogul · no comments
• Microsoft contributes code to Apache interoperability effort · 1 points · by pclark · no comments
• Leadership, NBA All-Stars, and lessons through self-employment · 1 points · by aak · no comments
• Why web standards are good for you and your business · 1 points · by newmediaclay · no comments
• Double click/tap detection on android's MapView · 1 points · by nocivus · no comments
• Open source and Java feel first Sun cuts · 1 points · by nickb · no comments
• Interactive News Team -- Talk to the Newsroom - Reader Questions and Answers · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• New Advances in GeoTemporal & Social Reasoning with AllegroGraph · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · 1 comment