Hacker News Way Back Machine

• The dark side of Dubai · 174 points · by fiaz · 66 comments
• YC Rejected: Please read. · 171 points · by kyro · 31 comments
• Paul Graham: The 10 Secrets of Selling Online (1997) · 82 points · by jackchristopher · 51 comments
• Hack Your Speaking Skills · 72 points · by ziadbc · 28 comments
• I Want You to Apologize · 65 points · by peter123 · 22 comments
• FriendFeed Is In Danger Of Becoming The Coolest App No One Uses · 63 points · by ericbieller · 55 comments
• The YC Rejection thread · 61 points · by nanexcool · 137 comments
• 50 mb Linux livecd distro with a XUL interface and 10 second boot · 61 points · by sandGorgon · 24 comments
• Ask HN: Got rejected by YC 6-12 months ago? Where are you now? · 61 points · by vaksel · 56 comments
• JamLegend is hiring interns this summer · 55 points · by sharpshoot · 27 comments
• Lisp's reputation is so bad that many people don't even take a look at Lisp · 52 points · by iamelgringo · 68 comments
• Twi.bz: the transparent URL shortener · 50 points · by jgrahamc · 72 comments
• Ben Heck's C64 Laptop · 49 points · by kqr2 · no comments
• More than 20% of self-made billionaires never completed college · 46 points · by oz · 73 comments
• The “Good” Student · 44 points · by _pius · 23 comments
• YC is Wrong About You · 43 points · by jeremynolan · 25 comments
• Apply to AlphaLab: $25K and 5mo free office space · 40 points · by thejash · 34 comments
• Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available? · 39 points · by ryanwaggoner · 189 comments
• Disk IO Performance: EC2 vs Mosso vs Linode · 39 points · by wmf · 10 comments
• Checks Before Launching Your Website · 39 points · by yaj · 11 comments
• Experiences deploying a large-scale infrastructure in Amazon EC2 · 37 points · by davidw · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Obsessive Asian Parents · 36 points · by buggy_code · 34 comments
• How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet · 35 points · by prateekdayal · 9 comments
• The end of Philosophy · 35 points · by knieveltech · 37 comments
• Where have all the graduate students gone? (2002) · 34 points · by physcab · 27 comments
• Ask HN: What Programming Book would you buy right now (if it existed) · 32 points · by plinkplonk · 52 comments
• The Science of When to Get Married · 31 points · by peter123 · 9 comments
• GM and Segway announce two-wheeled urban transport vehicle · 29 points · by vaksel · 8 comments
• How the Internet Got Its Rules · 27 points · by pj · 2 comments
• The Rapid Release Tautology · 26 points · by swombat · 9 comments
• Daniel Weinreb: Fundamental problems with the Common Lisp language · 26 points · by parenthesis · 12 comments
• Video: Django’s Adrian Holovaty Shows Off EveryBlock’s Guts · 25 points · by iamelgringo · 2 comments
• Tips for Difficult Conversations · 25 points · by alrex021 · 4 comments
• What interview questions did D. E. Shaw ask Larry Summers? · 24 points · by gabrielroth · 22 comments
• The YC Passed Phase 1 thread · 23 points · by vaksel · 12 comments
• So you think there's been progress in GUIs since 1981. · 23 points · by asciilifeform · 5 comments
• Update on the FBI datacenter raid · 22 points · by vaksel · 6 comments
• Secrets of TV Pitchmen Billy Mays and Anthony Sullivan · 21 points · by stevenjames · 3 comments
• GM and Segway create new vehicle · 20 points · by fiaz · 33 comments
• Meeting Japan's cyber homeless · 20 points · by ionfish · 13 comments
• The importance of having a plan · 19 points · by mathoda · 12 comments
• Reznor's Innovative Run Continues With Nine Inch Nails iPhone App · 18 points · by chaostheory · 3 comments
• Startup Marketing: Tactical Tips From The Trenches · 18 points · by yaj · 1 comment
• Turn Off Your Step-Thru Debugger · 17 points · by techdog · 26 comments
• Man Finds Card Skimmer On Bank ATM · 17 points · by shard · 11 comments
• Introducing the Boxee API · 16 points · by clofresh · 7 comments
• Xcode Objective-C Macros Cheatsheet · 16 points · by twampss · no comments
• Tools for Analysing and Tracking Your Competitors · 15 points · by collistaeed · 7 comments
• Venkman: JavaScript Debugger from Mozilla · 15 points · by mcxx · 10 comments
• What we did to (not) get into Techstars - Part 2 · 15 points · by MicahWedemeyer · 15 comments
• The Four Color Theorem And Algorithm · 15 points · by cjg · 14 comments
• Object-Oriented Database Management Systems Succeeded · 15 points · by neilc · 37 comments
• Mosso Cloud Servers vs. EC2: Persistent vs. Ephemeral Storage · 15 points · by wmf · 5 comments
• Community Building 101 for the Bootstrapped Startup · 14 points · by Anon84 · 6 comments
• Remember the Skittles.com Experiment? Here are the results. · 13 points · by breck · 12 comments
• Extensibility in Vim vs. Emacs · 13 points · by sjbach · 3 comments
• The Business of Software 2009 speaker lineup · 13 points · by spydez · 5 comments
• Ask HN: How can I tell if I'm working with a savvy business person? · 11 points · by crystalarchives · 23 comments
• That Whining Sound You Hear Is The Death Wheeze Of Newspapers · 10 points · by vaksel · 5 comments
• Google Container Data Center Tour · 10 points · by ojbyrne · no comments
• Is Transparency Always the Best Policy? · 9 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Ask HN: What are Wall Street programmers up to? · 9 points · by jhereg · 4 comments
• Rhomobile - crossplatform smartphone dev - anyone tried this? · 9 points · by utnick · 11 comments
• Engine Yard Hiring to help build the cloud · 9 points · by ezmobius · 5 comments
• Public Policy That Makes Test Subjects of Us All · 8 points · by ojbyrne · 9 comments
• Choose Your Own Best Gov-Sunshine App · 8 points · by peter123 · 2 comments
• Ask YC: What Non Web Application Startups have been picked? · 8 points · by xenoterracide · 7 comments
• You Didn’t Make It to Y Combinator or TechStars, Now What? · 8 points · by alain94040 · 12 comments
• The “Sexy Sells” Debate - Ultimate Proof · 8 points · by mootymoots · 2 comments
• The Growing Complexity Of Facebook Is Confusing Your Mom · 7 points · by vaksel · 2 comments
• Come on out: Toronto Lisp meet-up this Tuesday, 6PM at the Linux Caffe · 7 points · by vsingh · no comments
• Ask HN: Invite-only beta test management platform? · 7 points · by catone · 3 comments
• The secret of great online customer service is speed · 7 points · by pclark · 2 comments
• How Apple should have implemented the controls on the new iPod Shuffle · 6 points · by dawson · 10 comments
• Please Feel Free to Take Our Content · 6 points · by byrneseyeview · 1 comment
• The (Manual) Netflix Process · 6 points · by mauricio · no comments
• Twitter Gets A TV Ad For Free As New Users Get Their First Taste Of Fail Whale · 6 points · by vaksel · 3 comments
• The Harsh Realities of Energy · 6 points · by peter123 · 12 comments
• Entrepreneur discusses the difference between ambiguity and risk · 6 points · by tmarman · 1 comment
• DDoS Attacks on Web Hosts Continue · 6 points · by 1SockChuck · 1 comment
• Spotify opens its doors to developers · 6 points · by noss · 2 comments
• The Good Old Days Are Back: Twitter Succumbs To A Day Of Glitches · 5 points · by Mazy · 4 comments
• How do you manage your 30" Monitor on a Macintosh · 5 points · by ghshephard · 1 comment
• [Read/Write Web] Sense Networks: 4 Million Sensors to Help You Find ... · 5 points · by noaharc · no comments
• Reverse a 100 GB file · 5 points · by nreece · 5 comments
• Ant inspired Hexapod robot · 5 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• When All You Have Left Is Your Pride · 4 points · by amichail · no comments
• How they do auto bailouts in Russia · 4 points · by rglovejoy · no comments
• My trip report for Day 1 of the Computer Human Interaction 2009 conference · 4 points · by shalmanese · 3 comments
• Valve Source - Multiplayer Networking · 4 points · by sr3d · no comments
• Ask HN: Using Scalr · 4 points · by terpua · 1 comment
• Rudy Rucker Interviews Stephen Wolfram : Searching for Truth · 4 points · by kqr2 · 1 comment
• An introduction to global warming impacts: Hell and High Water · 4 points · by zzkt · 3 comments
• Greenspunning · 4 points · by jimbojw · no comments
• Google's Love For Newspapers & How Little They Appreciate It · 4 points · by makimaki · no comments
• JQuery tips and tricks · 4 points · by smwhreyebelong · no comments
• If TV science was more like real science · 4 points · by yummyfajitas · no comments
• Why Newspaper and Music Comparisons are No Longer Relevant · 4 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Podcast with Timothy Fitz(IMVU) on Continuous Deployment · 4 points · by geuis · no comments
• Marketing Your App is More Important than You Think · 4 points · by msanchez · no comments
• Mobile Gmail Becomes More Like Its Desktop Father · 4 points · by coglethorpe · no comments
• Efficient Vehicle Startups Vie For $10m Automotive X-Prize · 4 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Truth in Metaprogramming · 4 points · by raju · no comments
• Ask HN: How worried do you get over bugs in your code? Is this a mental health issue? · 3 points · by amichail · 6 comments
• Ride shotgun in the Tesla Model S with Elon · 3 points · by jmtame · no comments
• Why play is vital -- no matter your age · 3 points · by fiaz · no comments
• Vote in the Webware 100 · 3 points · by gscott · 3 comments
• Wolfram Alpha Podcast · 3 points · by amichail · 1 comment
• Examples of Coming Soon Page Designs - Part II · 3 points · by nate · 2 comments
• Try our latest updated online Remote Desktop Screen sharing software. · 3 points · by braincrother · 1 comment
• BakerTweet: Tweet What's Fresh · 3 points · by wyclif · no comments
• Begging and Choosing · 3 points · by babyshake · no comments
• On becoming proactive · 3 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Climate Change, Argumentative Fallacies, and One-Way Hashes · 3 points · by blasdel · no comments
• Inside a University (GA Tech) Nanotech Center · 3 points · by coglethorpe · no comments
• Readable: JS app to make web articles readable. · 3 points · by ekpyrotic · 3 comments
• Scribnia hiring for the summer · 3 points · by jack7890 · no comments
• A Day in the Penalty Box · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Sega shows off next big Olympics game, targets Wii and DSi · 2 points · by winanga · no comments
• Legal and Tax Implications of Founders' Equity Splits · 2 points · by fnazeeri · 1 comment
• Researchers develop new way to see single RNA molecules inside living cells · 2 points · by FiReaNG3L · no comments
• Where the iTunes Store Fails: Community · 2 points · by cohomology · no comments
• Jim Collins: How to thrive in 2009 · 2 points · by hwijaya · no comments
• Lifehacker - Is Thunderbird, Desktop Email Dying Out? · 2 points · by Flemlord · no comments
• DIYcity: How do you want to reinvent your city? · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• XDomainRequest is no longer IE-only · 2 points · by Sephr · no comments
• 10 Top Earners in each Segment will Fuel the Rally · 2 points · by gne1963 · no comments
• Allaire Vet Simeonov Leaves Polaris, Forms Advisory Firm, While Looking for Next Big Thing · 2 points · by bobbud · no comments
• Why SaaS will prevail by 2015 · 2 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Practical web programming with PLT Scheme - Serving XHTML · 2 points · by geon · 1 comment
• Practical web programming with PLT Scheme - Custom dispatchers · 2 points · by geon · no comments
• 97 of the top 100 classified sites are just localized versions of Craigslist · 2 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Skywrite.me · 2 points · by ohneworte · no comments
• What Is New in MySQL 5.1 · 2 points · by abcphp_com · no comments
• Mixpanel: Analytics for startups · 2 points · by madh · no comments
• Top Ruby blogs by engagement · 2 points · by igrigorik · 2 comments
• Behold, marketers: Some iPhone numbers you can finally work with · 2 points · by makimaki · no comments
• Open source books worth downloading · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Startup Marketing: Tactical Tips From The Trenches · 2 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• Invite Boston HN: Startup party on April 15 · 2 points · by jmcannon · no comments
• Twitter makes its commercial debut thanks to Sprint · 2 points · by coglethorpe · no comments
• Hiring: Front End Engineer, Ruby on Rails Developer · 2 points · by bkbleikamp · no comments
• Tonido Thots - Your personal Wordpress · 2 points · by codemechanic · no comments
• Twitter and Facebook Post Huge Growth Numbers in March · 2 points · by swombat · no comments
• Student Protests Are Turning Into A Twitter Revolution In Moldova · 2 points · by vaksel · no comments
• AntiSocial Networking · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Brain Stimulant: Visual Working Memory Computer Model · 1 points · by malvosenior · no comments
• ITunes boosts price on some songs, lowers it on others - and no-one Cares · 1 points · by dawie · no comments
• The Unhealthiest Restaurants in America · 1 points · by pavel · no comments
• Useful Javascript, jQuery, and AJAX Tutorials and Resources -Massive Link Collection · 1 points · by jorenrapini · no comments
• A Cloudy Future · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• One in 10 Americans on food stamps · 1 points · by winanga · no comments
• Scientists 'discover' source of wisdom in the human brain · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Cydia opens an unofficial App Store for iPhones · 1 points · by abl · no comments
• Adgregate Markets Scores Distribution Deal With Google’s DoubleClick · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• The most important company you never heard of · 1 points · by dhbradshaw · no comments
• Ask HN: I'd like to get a telescope for my kids. What do I need to know? · 1 points · by cubicle67 · 4 comments
• Australia commits $43b to network that will be redundant before it’s finished · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Picporta - Automatic Image Understanding · 1 points · by paraschopra · no comments
• Flixster And iLike Run Out Of Ideas, Rip Off LivingSocial · 1 points · by boundlessdreamz · no comments
• Startups in 14 sentences: +1 to PG's 13 · 1 points · by amitshah · no comments
• Why Monetizing Social Media Through Advertising Is Doomed To Failure · 1 points · by cos · no comments
• A Tour of Broken Wall Street: A displaced banker guides tourists through the carnage. · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Time, Not Money, Needed for Money-Makers · 1 points · by jmtame · no comments
• Fox News Columnist Fired for Reviewing Leaked Wolverine Movie · 1 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Can Google queries help predict economic activity? [pdf] · 1 points · by wyclif · no comments
• Garbage collection · 1 points · by didiergrossemy · no comments
• Garbage collection · 1 points · by didiergrossemy · no comments
• DoThisNow 1.0 Beta for Linux · 1 points · by wyclif · no comments
• Skype for iPhone limitation, Free Press to rescue · 1 points · by omfut · no comments
• Michael Tamblyn - 6 Projects That Could Change Publishing for the Better (video) · 1 points · by kqr2 · no comments
• Netscape alums tackle cloud storage · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• A 'tsunami' of Boomer teacher retirements is on the horizon · 1 points · by babyshake · no comments
• Openmoko Steps Back, Re-evaluates Road Ahead · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• China and Russia want a new global reserve currency. What would it look like? · 1 points · by babyshake · no comments
• SOA Announces Comeback Tour · 1 points · by lmacvittie · no comments
• Got Poetry? · 1 points · by geeko · no comments
• The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 8.10 [ISPConfig 3] · 1 points · by joschi · no comments
• Smartphone Appstores compared · 1 points · by brkumar · no comments
• You Pay, Computer Prays for You · 1 points · by mhb · no comments
• The Geithner-Summers Plan is Even Worse Than We Thought · 1 points · by mhb · no comments
• Ask HN : How does time synchronization works? · 1 points · by theone · 3 comments
• Alternatives to Microsoft Office · 1 points · by dreamz · no comments
• VOIPSCANNER.com - SaaS VoIP security scanner in beta · 1 points · by sandro · no comments
• How to Earn Links and Tweets to Your Blog Post · 1 points · by chriscind · no comments
• NK fails to put satellite in orbit - again. · 1 points · by Tangurena · 2 comments
• Hey AP How About Running A Real News Web Site? · 1 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Sun's Six Biggest Mistakes · 1 points · by tokenadult · 1 comment
• Billionaire Attributes Quicklist · 1 points · by jackchristopher · no comments
• Fashion Your Firefox · 1 points · by mynonama · no comments
• Feynman on the Arrow of Time · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• ITunes variable pricing nothing to do with “supply and demand”, just greed and stupidity · 1 points · by mrspin · no comments
• 2008 Finalists: America's Best Young Entrepreneurs · 1 points · by nopinsight · no comments
• Monetize The Long Tail of Search · 1 points · by senthil_rajasek · no comments
• AP Becomes “Bad Cop” To “Protect” Newspaper Content Against “Misappropriation” · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009 · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Artists visit virtual Second Life for real-world cash · 1 points · by makimaki · no comments
• 1819: America's First Housing Bubble · 1 points · by nebula · no comments
• The world in nuclear weapons · 1 points · by arthurk · no comments
• I think I saw this on southpark · 1 points · by blang · 2 comments
• Mac Heist 2009, cheap Mac apps, support charity. · 1 points · by coglethorpe · no comments
• For The YC & Techstars Rejects · 1 points · by mauricio · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Is the HN source code available? · 1 points · by arunj · 2 comments
• Australia announces a new national broadband network · 1 points · by Technophilis · no comments
• Early Twitter Buzz: Star Trek Has Secret Premiere in Austin · 1 points · by cubicle67 · no comments
• Basic Happstack Blog App · 1 points · by mightybyte · no comments
• Windows Mobile 6.5 designer themes showcased · 1 points · by Boogyu · no comments
• One cut line in London affects thousands · 1 points · by ensignavenger · no comments
• Ask HN: Paywalls · 1 points · by jon82 · 2 comments
• Smart way to share PSD files using diff and patch · 1 points · by BjornW · 1 comment
• Observing the Earth - How does Earth Observation work? · 1 points · by habs · no comments
• Australia Moves to Build High-Speed Network · 1 points · by asnyder · no comments
• Elevated Pricing Arrives at the iTunes Store... · 1 points · by ALee · no comments
• Reinventing the conference call · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Google Voice for iPhone coming soon · 1 points · by smwhreyebelong · no comments
• Ruby developers ignore security risks, claim X-JSON header 'nothing serious' · 1 points · by lmacvittie · no comments
• Simplicity delimited · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• PostRank delivers the best blog discovery engine · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Social production and demographic changes · 1 points · by gabrielroth · no comments
• Interesting business model: Ulitzer to Pay 200% AdSense Revenue to Its Authors · 1 points · by Alex3917 · no comments
• It's not so easy to predict murder - do the maths · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America · 1 points · by Boogyu · no comments
• AP May Now Mean “All Paid” · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Social Media is taking you and your company hostage · 1 points · by fromedome · no comments
• Android’s biggest Netbook challenge (Hint: Windows) · 1 points · by mrspin · no comments
• Enhanced Gmail and Calendar web app for iPhone and Android · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Market for whole-disk encryption Mac software · 1 points · by wagerlabs · 3 comments
• A new mobile Gmail experience for iPhone and Android · 1 points · by nebula · no comments
• Gmail for iPhone and Android Gets Slicker, Adds Offline Capabilities · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Smellr: It's like Flickr, but for your nose · 1 points · by brm · 1 comment
• SlickEdit 2009 released. Adds Python, Perl, and PHP debugging · 1 points · by jsj1971 · no comments
• Second Life's Second Act: Business Teleconferencing? · 1 points · by escapade · no comments
• Immersive Education London Summit Free For Students · 1 points · by jpirkola · no comments
• DRM Ends, Variable Pricing Begins for iTunes Music · 1 points · by physcab · no comments
• Twitter should give you tinyurl previews · 1 points · by thinksketch · no comments
• Cocoa with Love: 8 Confusing Objective-C Warnings and Errors · 1 points · by twampss · no comments
• 3 Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup Out of School · 1 points · by CollegeMogul · no comments
• The Mobile Web: Echoes of Web 1.0? · 1 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• Australia to build $43b FTTH broadband network · 1 points · by sho · 1 comment
• My trip report for Day 2 of the Computer Human Interaction 2009 conference · 1 points · by shalmanese · no comments
• Introducing one company ideally suited not to prosper in the Obama era. · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Moldova's Twitter Revolution · 1 points · by cos · no comments
• Ask HN: Feedback on our iPhone app Radio One Llama? [itunes link] · 1 points · by jmtame · no comments
• RFC: Three Letter Acronym (TLA) exhaustion: enjoy · 1 points · by boredguy8 · no comments
• The Problem With Rails, Restful Auth And OpenID · 1 points · by ossreleasefeed · no comments
• Famous puzzles that are easy to solve but hard to do so using close to minimal moves? · 1 points · by amichail · no comments
• Survey for Business Idea. Help us with our Idea · 1 points · by cgherb911 · 3 comments
• One Time Opportunity To Own The DNA of the Internet · 1 points · by melito · no comments
• Scaling Facebook Live Feed for the Inauguration · 1 points · by arjunb · no comments