Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Why Programmers Suck at CSS Design · 106 points · by urlwolf · 31 comments
• The Art and Science of Seductive Interactions · 91 points · by replicatorblog · 13 comments
• Round manhole covers, or if Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft · 69 points · by swombat · 33 comments
• Experimenting with the YouTube audio fingerprinting system · 67 points · by BioGeek · 11 comments
• First reprapped circuit · 64 points · by ph0rque · 8 comments
• "Nothing like this will be built again" - A Nuclear Reactor Tour · 60 points · by jseliger · 20 comments
• Hawala: transferring money without actually moving it · 58 points · by Rod · 19 comments
• ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay · 53 points · by vaksel · 9 comments
• The Real Pirate Bay · 48 points · by peter123 · 43 comments
• Thoughts on the Y Combinator interview process · 43 points · by randomwalker · 8 comments
• NYCSeed's summer program: $10k for 5% for 10 groups · 38 points · by aditya · 26 comments
• The Long Road from XHTML to HTML · 36 points · by deepakjois · 6 comments
• The method still works · 34 points · by peter123 · 3 comments
• Erlang: Efficiency Guide · 30 points · by erlanger · 7 comments
• How do kids these days get started in programming? · 27 points · by vaksel · 41 comments
• Ask HN: cloud computing options? · 26 points · by Tichy · 27 comments
• Ask HN: Things They Don't Teach You In Computer Science · 25 points · by wushupork · 27 comments
• Awesome Procedural Terrain Generation · 25 points · by buggy_code · 10 comments
• Ask HN: Open-source project as startup? · 25 points · by cool-RR · 46 comments
• PyPy 1.1.0 beta released · 25 points · by ropiku · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Is there an archive, dataset or RSS feed of all HN posts? · 24 points · by tm · 4 comments
• The Lean Startup Presentation at Web 2.0 (with audio) · 24 points · by wave · 3 comments
• 13 iPhone Apps That Need to be Made -- Add Yours in HN Comments · 21 points · by dell9000 · 24 comments
• Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will · 20 points · by nickb · 4 comments
• How long will it last? Graphic shows number of years left of various materials [pic] · 20 points · by soundsop · 12 comments
• UK startup icons launch fund to bridge Europe’s ‘Equity gap’ · 20 points · by pclark · 1 comment
• Microsoft trashes its brand — with Apple the big winner · 20 points · by zen53 · 31 comments
• First Mac OS X botnet activated · 20 points · by luckystrike · 3 comments
• To help soldiers make sense of data, the US military now issues the iPod Touch. · 20 points · by dannyr · 6 comments
• How to save Sun/Sparc/Solaris, and why · 20 points · by ableal · 28 comments
• Heaviside’s Operator Calculus · 20 points · by Rod · 5 comments
• Ask HN: What upcoming technological development interests you the most? · 19 points · by lunchbox · 41 comments
• What if our tech is good enough? · 16 points · by iamelgringo · 15 comments
• Finished with FaceBook · 16 points · by DanielBMarkham · 15 comments
• Ruby Tips from the creator of Authlogic · 16 points · by wolfish · no comments
• Instead of charging $X, why not charge $2X with prob 1/2 and $0 with prob 1/2? · 16 points · by amichail · 38 comments
• Novell Offers Commercial Support for Mono 2.4 · 14 points · by ossreleasefeed · 4 comments
• Rails and Django · 13 points · by ciscoriordan · no comments
• How Twitter tunes Ruby GC · 13 points · by gleb · no comments
• URLs in books · 13 points · by mariorz · 7 comments
• Hot and Heavy: About NBA Shooting · 13 points · by matt · 13 comments
• Standing Workstation · 12 points · by rarestnews · 6 comments
• Ask HN: 6-char Gmail account flooded by "legit" bot signup spam. Can I retake control? · 12 points · by kalvin · 17 comments
• Ask HN: Recommend a Wiki that isn't MediaWiki? · 11 points · by rms · 18 comments
• Facebook TOS vote a con trick? · 11 points · by knightinblue · 11 comments
• Erlang: Programming Rules and Conventions · 11 points · by erlanger · 1 comment
• Math Books for CS Undergrads · 11 points · by sebkom · 5 comments
• Venture Capital Investing Hits 11-Year Low In 1st Quarter · 10 points · by ashwinl · 2 comments
• Identify: Google People With Two Keystrokes · 10 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• A Deeper Dive Into The First Quarter VC Investment Numbers · 8 points · by lpgauth · 1 comment
• [pdf] Java Structures - Data Structures in Java for the Principled Programmer · 8 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Legitimate speed reading method? · 8 points · by DavidSJ · 5 comments
• Lets Band Together and Stop the Hype Cycle · 8 points · by meterplech · 6 comments
• Mellon Award for Open Source Technology Collaboration · 8 points · by jseliger · no comments
• Switch and Bait — How Apple should respond to Microsoft's laptop shopping ads · 7 points · by blasdel · 4 comments
• Has online piracy reached a tipping point? · 7 points · by peter123 · 14 comments
• When the Real Estate Game Cost $9.95 · 7 points · by peter123 · 5 comments
• Better than AdSense for some? Hosted job boards. · 6 points · by ggruschow · 7 comments
• Ask HN: Moving to Silicon Valley? · 6 points · by quellhorst · 3 comments
• Drop.io's Sam Lessin on Social Media Hostages · 6 points · by byrneseyeview · 1 comment
• Why Your Programming Language Is “Too Academic” · 5 points · by raganwald · no comments
• The Sentence Is a Lonely Place - Creative Writing Lecture by Gary Lutz · 5 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Beautiful Facebook inspired Login Form Panel using Mootools glass box technique · 5 points · by ravindra1982 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Best Info for Running own C Corporation · 5 points · by buggy_code · 7 comments
• Recreating Yesteryear Photographically · 5 points · by ossreleasefeed · no comments
• Why Isn’t the Brain a Green Thinker? · 5 points · by robg · no comments
• Malcom Gladwell on Ecommerce 10 Years Ago · 5 points · by replicatorblog · no comments
• Metaclasses in Python 1.5 · 5 points · by diptanu · 2 comments
• High-Tech Ways To Fight Off Pirates · 5 points · by peter123 · 1 comment
• 6 Types of Mass Customization · 5 points · by replicatorblog · no comments
• An Island Tech / Coworking Hostel: CocoVivo · 5 points · by nav · 3 comments
• Ubunchu The Ubuntu Manga · 4 points · by kiba · no comments
• OLPC XO Laptop Gen 1.5 with VIA C7-M 1GHz Performance Announced · 4 points · by wmf · no comments
• Low carbers: critical thinkers and a bulwark against illiteracy · 4 points · by jlhamilton · 4 comments
• Dailybooth got funded by YC · 4 points · by khangtoh · 1 comment
• The Best U.S. Cities For Jobs · 4 points · by russell · 2 comments
• Code Project Management in Emacs, Part 2 · 4 points · by saikat · no comments
• Two weeks of SIOC wishes · 4 points · by CaptSolo · 1 comment
• Ugly Perl: A Lesson in the importance of API design · 4 points · by DavidMcLaughlin · no comments
• Secure Enough to Sin, Baghdad Is Back to Old Ways · 3 points · by tokenadult · 3 comments
• Who will be The Pirate Bay of the finance industry? · 3 points · by jbischke · no comments
• Innovation: Harnessing spammers to advance AI · 3 points · by amichail · 1 comment
• ISP Speeds Up Customers’ BitTorrent Downloads · 3 points · by holdenpage1 · no comments
• Common blindness to be cured with stem cells · 3 points · by kqr2 · no comments
• Open source support systems · 3 points · by amrangaye · 1 comment
• Visualization of SBCL Development History [video] · 3 points · by mahmud · 1 comment
• Phusion Passenger 2.2.1 released · 2 points · by _pius · no comments
• Jewish legacy inscribed on genes? · 2 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Why Google Is The New Pirate Bay · 2 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Ask HN: Is Silicon Valley really the best place for a startup? · 2 points · by quellhorst · 3 comments
• Cocoa with Love: What does it mean when you assign [super init] to self? · 2 points · by twampss · no comments
• Batteries not included · 2 points · by quizbiz · 1 comment
• Natural Magic saw 50 editions about geology, demonology, magnetism, and invisible writing · 2 points · by sown · 1 comment
• Deformed skull of prehistoric child suggests that early humans cared for disabled children · 2 points · by robg · 1 comment
• Save 20% ink when printing - ecofont · 2 points · by dotcoma · no comments
• How a Personal Finance Columnist Got Caught Up in Fraud · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• What do piracy and porn have in common? · 2 points · by smileplease · 1 comment
• Free CAPTCHA scripts and services for websites · 2 points · by amit1982 · no comments
• The Power of Peer Groups · 2 points · by mjfern · no comments
• Micro- optimization tips to increase performance · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Venture Capital Under Attack · 2 points · by jonmc12 · no comments
• Scribd on your iPhone · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Older generations adopting new technologies faster than young · 2 points · by peter123 · 2 comments
• File sharing sites amplify the market control of big music business · 2 points · by phugoid · no comments
• The Spot Runner Saga Continues: Founders Accused Of A “Pump And Dump” Scheme · 2 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Complete x86/x64 JIT Assembler for C++ · 2 points · by silkodyssey · no comments
• Google avoids £100m UK tax · 1 points · by kqr2 · 1 comment
• Congress may repeal 'Alternative Fuel' subsidy that led to increased diesel use · 1 points · by byrneseyeview · no comments
• Herebeforeoprah.com Asks The Important Question · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• The Year of the Scrappy Start-up (Uservoice blog) · 1 points · by PStamatiou · no comments
• MUH: The Universe is a Mathematical Structure · 1 points · by JabavuAdams · 1 comment
• The PC Doesn’t Have to Be an Anchor · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Research Suggests Growing Antarctic Ice · 1 points · by joetrumpet · no comments
• The Novel is a bit like Google Street View · 1 points · by colins_pride · no comments
• In Grim Job Market, Student Loans Are a Costly Burden · 1 points · by vaksel · 1 comment
• The Mighty Margin · 1 points · by ffernan · no comments
• How a laid off architect built a business on selling architecture advice for 5 cents · 1 points · by curtis · no comments
• The Bank Crisis is Over · 1 points · by gne1963 · no comments
• Hookk - Citizen reactions to the news · 1 points · by maven1000 · no comments
• The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa · 1 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• A Portrait of Doug Engelbart · 1 points · by mlLK · no comments
• One less open source licence to worry about · 1 points · by ossreleasefeed · no comments
• The end of the PC? (2000) · 1 points · by 10ren · no comments
• 10 Great Hidden Things Google Can Do That You Should Know · 1 points · by ravindra1982 · no comments
• 17 simple but useful Gmail tools and tips · 1 points · by ravindra1982 · 1 comment
• Cel-shading · 1 points · by ossreleasefeed · no comments
• Social Graph API - Google Code · 1 points · by theone · no comments
• Xen: How to Convert An Image-Based Guest To An LVM-Based Guest · 1 points · by joschi · no comments
• LastPass - Password Manager + Form Filler, an extremely productive tool · 1 points · by noelsequeira · no comments
• 2D programming via composed code-generating widgets · 1 points · by ilaksh · 1 comment
• Startups, a competition? · 1 points · by danw · no comments
• Breaking the Slave Clock · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• The Big Similarities & Quirky Differences Between Our Left and Right Brains · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• The psychology of coffee · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• No More Free Supports For Windows XP · 1 points · by honeytech · no comments
• Facebook Will Share Details About Facebook Verified Apps · 1 points · by honeytech · no comments
• Has online piracy reached a tipping point? · 1 points · by mjfern · no comments
• Howto Install Opensim locally on Win XP with MySQL · 1 points · by jpirkola · no comments
• 'Instant on' computing - researchers say rebooting soon may be a thing of the past · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• How Charter Communications warns accused file sharers · 1 points · by vaksel · no comments
• What is "powerful" software · 1 points · by Vlasta · no comments
• The media's fake Twitter backlash begins · 1 points · by ilamont · no comments
• Enjoy Youtube Video From Desktop · 1 points · by honeytech · no comments
• Nanogenomic-robot · 1 points · by obxerve · no comments
• Minor Updates for Ruby 1.8.6 and 1.8.7 Released · 1 points · by _pius · no comments
• Creating a World in Holograms · 1 points · by physcab · no comments
• Why Free is Doomed · 1 points · by jsteele · no comments
• Bill Moyers Journal: David Simon: the Charles Dickens of our time. · 1 points · by martythemaniak · no comments
• Sticky legal battles await for captured Somali pirates · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• French Fury: Parisians Hit The Streets In Protest Against Facebook Redesign · 1 points · by vaksel · 2 comments
• Enterprise ready Iphone web applications with icefaces and dash code. · 1 points · by ossreleasefeed · no comments
• Stop the Hype Cycle · 1 points · by dkasper · no comments
• Looking for as much genetics i can find · 1 points · by ingvarkamprad · 2 comments
• US looks to hackers to protect cyber networks · 1 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• Ashton Kutcher wins Twitter battle with CNN · 1 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• Saw these guys on a list of startup accelerators. Anyone heard of them? · 1 points · by rms · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Thoughts on Downloaded Media with Streaming Advertising? · 1 points · by antonber · no comments
• JWZ: the Lemacs/FSFmacs schism · 1 points · by gleb · no comments
• The Planetary Society's Quest to Deploy a Solar Sail · 1 points · by twopoint718 · no comments
• The best of twitter from #the99percent conference, archived & curated. · 1 points · by Alex3917 · no comments
• Tweenbots: human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter · 1 points · by kalvin · no comments
• Share with HN: resourceful sales-building blog for SaaS startups. · 1 points · by rokhayakebe · no comments