Hacker News Way Back Machine

• The Boy Who Heard Too Much · 106 points · by acangiano · 36 comments
• The Two-Hour Rule · 102 points · by baha_man · 31 comments
• Mexico Decriminalizes Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin and Other Drugs · 99 points · by ojbyrne · 51 comments
• Tips for Startup Companies (2006) · 98 points · by vinutheraj · 7 comments
• "Unholy Rage": Eve Online bans 2% of accounts, sees 30% drop in CPU use · 92 points · by alex_c · 31 comments
• The number one reason my startup failed · 89 points · by fjabre · 28 comments
• Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes · 80 points · by vaksel · 92 comments
• Never Criticize Your Competitors · 78 points · by sgrove · 29 comments
• XSS is not a feature · 72 points · by acangiano · 25 comments
• Robot hand ties knots, dribbles a ball, and uses tweezers (video) · 67 points · by byrneseyeview · 7 comments
• How To Publish a Scientific Comment in 123 Easy Steps · 65 points · by smokinn · 46 comments
• How to find per-process I/O statistics on Linux · 49 points · by jawngee · 17 comments
• VideoTrace – 3D modelling using real video · 47 points · by iamelgringo · 4 comments
• BrainPort allows people to "see" via their tongues · 47 points · by viraptor · 9 comments
• Networks are Killing Science · 47 points · by Anon84 · 33 comments
• OpenCourseWare - to access MIT courses over the Internet for free · 44 points · by makecheck · 16 comments
• A Collaborative Browser Based Raytracer · 41 points · by peterbraden · 22 comments
• Ask HN: Haiku? · 40 points · by PebblesRox · 58 comments
• SIGGRAPH 2009 Realtime GPU Raytracing Demo · 38 points · by jawngee · 7 comments
• Automatic Proxy Creation in Clojure · 33 points · by alrex021 · 1 comment
• Hacker Dojo open house right now in Mountain View · 33 points · by Sam_Odio · no comments
• How to make your first game for less than $1,000 · 31 points · by gcheong · 9 comments
• Early Copy Protection on the Apple II · 30 points · by _pius · 10 comments
• Reversible Markov Chains and Random Walks on Graphs (free ebook) · 29 points · by TriinT · 1 comment
• How Much of Your Memory Is True? · 29 points · by robg · 14 comments
• Using The DMCA To Stop Patients From Rating Their Doctors · 28 points · by gasull · 6 comments
• Can you recommend some good RoR books? · 28 points · by luminary · 27 comments
• Big list of database software · 27 points · by bhseo · 8 comments
• How Many People Are In Space Right Now? · 26 points · by scapegraced · 12 comments
• Google brings SVG support to IE · 23 points · by andreyf · 6 comments
• The accidental entrepreneur.. how some are handling the recession · 23 points · by yanowitz · 7 comments
• D. Crockford on JSON: "An influence was Rebol, a shame it’s not more popular" · 23 points · by rebtut · 19 comments
• Persi Diaconis - magician-turned-mathematician (2004) · 21 points · by TriinT · 5 comments
• Firefox 3.5 is "location-aware" · 21 points · by pierrealexandre · 17 comments
• Tell HN: PG revises 3 essays · 19 points · by yagibear · 7 comments
• Where Yahoo Leaves Google in the Dust · 18 points · by robg · 3 comments
• 8-bit trip (LEGO stop-motion video) · 18 points · by jedliu · no comments
• Nemesis: a Rake like task management for Haskell with a nice DSL (BSD3 license) · 16 points · by henning · 7 comments
• UBC Researchers: why the brain loses capacity to re-grow connections · 16 points · by r7000 · 16 comments
• Ask HN: How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference? · 16 points · by DanielBMarkham · 12 comments
• SEOMoz's Search Engine Ranking Factors 2009 · 16 points · by epi0Bauqu · 9 comments
• What does HN think of the show Shark Tank? · 15 points · by lennysan · 21 comments
• Object-Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science · 15 points · by wyw · 27 comments
• LangId Tells You The Language of Your Text · 13 points · by fogus · 23 comments
• Ask HN: What would Your_Favorite_Compiler do? · 12 points · by 3ds · 26 comments
• How to unit-test asynchronous operations? · 12 points · by blumenkraft · 6 comments
• Ask HN: How to estimate (best case) early user growth? · 11 points · by smanek · 18 comments
• I Just Bought Storage at $500/GB and Other Musings · 10 points · by mblakele · 9 comments
• Ask HN: Best plugin for Jquery edit-in-place · 10 points · by anibal · 6 comments
• Skip the Books. Find A Mentor and Build a Network Early in Your Career · 10 points · by wheels · 12 comments
• Nick Campbell Presenting Server JS Platform · 10 points · by voodootikigod · 4 comments
• Is XML bad for Big Data? Mike Driscoll thinks it is · 8 points · by bbgm · no comments
• A Personal History of Compilation Speed · 8 points · by Rexxar · no comments
• KML Factbook: CIA factbook data in Google Earth · 8 points · by th0ma5 · no comments
• Ask HN: Who runs News.YCombinator.net and hackerne.ws? · 7 points · by bowman · 6 comments
• Expandable Ideas · 7 points · by irrelative · no comments
• Game theory and ad-hoc networks · 7 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Dunbar’s Number and the Future of Communications · 7 points · by mspeiser · no comments
• Ask HN/PG: Have startups here sponsored H1B visas? · 7 points · by shafqat · 4 comments
• Hiding data, content and technology in real world games · 7 points · by danw · no comments
• Apple worried for getting sued for 3rd party app content · 7 points · by newacc · 5 comments
• The Irony of the Video Business · 6 points · by terpua · no comments
• Ask HN: What's the best way to retrieve educational data? · 5 points · by vital101 · 4 comments
• Bringing web applications to your Desktop with Prism · 5 points · by khelll · 1 comment
• Dividing equity between founders · 5 points · by Laurentvw · no comments
• Ask HN: Teaching others to code · 5 points · by 3dFlatLander · 4 comments
• Visualization tools heating up · 5 points · by teeja · 2 comments
• Living Root Bridges · 4 points · by gnosis · no comments
• Does any animal besides humans commit suicide? (2001) · 4 points · by vinutheraj · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Independent Web Developer, Seeking to Establish Working Relationships · 4 points · by sev · 4 comments
• Free book/lecture notes on AI metaheuristics algorithms · 4 points · by finin · 1 comment
• Adventures in Shell Scripting · 4 points · by billswift · 10 comments
• Run Linux or DOS in a web browser · 4 points · by tectonic · no comments
• OuterEmpire MMO - Browser version requires no flash. All JS. · 3 points · by khangtoh · no comments
• Man-made organisms will be here in four months · 3 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Learn Icon · 3 points · by uninverted · 2 comments
• Purchase Complete (But There's More) · 3 points · by ojbyrne · 2 comments
• The Mediocre Returns of Extraordinary Technologies · 3 points · by skmurphy · 4 comments
• CodeProject: How to estimate a software project. · 3 points · by jacquesm · 1 comment
• Sneak peak on multitouch events (Firefox) · 3 points · by Nervetattoo · no comments
• Twitter's bid to trademark 'tweet' fails · 3 points · by davecardwell · no comments
• The end of clicks for free · 3 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 1 comment
• Mozilla Jetpack Update · 3 points · by techdog · no comments
• Cable Vs. Wireless: Guess Which Is Growing Faster? · 3 points · by ryanb · no comments
• The wrong way to search Google in Firefox · 3 points · by jsomers · 1 comment
• Geeking with Greg: The culture at Netflix · 3 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Adding a second hard drive to a Macbook pro · 3 points · by profquail · 2 comments
• Inside a Predator Strike [video] · 3 points · by TriinT · 1 comment
• Why can't I down mod? · 3 points · by doki_pen · 13 comments
• What Do Urban Sounds Do to Your Brain? · 2 points · by bazookaaa · no comments
• EEG (Brainwave) Controlled RC Helicopter · 2 points · by figital · no comments
• Xplico – Network Forensic Analysis Tool · 2 points · by ijoo · no comments
• Local exploit sendpage() · 2 points · by ijoo · no comments
• Ask HN: Three ways to make money from the web ? · 2 points · by kasperasky · 5 comments
• Who Are US Policy Elites? · 2 points · by barry-cotter · no comments
• Ultrathin LEDs Create New Classes Of Lighting · 2 points · by newacc · no comments
• Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food · 2 points · by bearwithclaws · no comments
• Learning to Love the Semicolon · 2 points · by Jebdm · no comments
• Libertarian paternalism and tool design · 2 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• 17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System · 2 points · by lkmkld · 1 comment
• Is the fantasy genre chronically misunderstood? · 2 points · by renai42 · no comments
• A Brief History of Photo Fakery · 2 points · by mhb · no comments
• Lockbox: secure secrets for your rails model using public key crypto. · 2 points · by jamesotron · 1 comment
• Apple TV Set by 2011? · 1 points · by profquail · no comments
• Hijack Any Ruby Process with IRB · 1 points · by mingyeow · no comments
• Tell HN: SHDH34 going on now, hacker heaven. · 1 points · by frisco · no comments
• Little David got high [video] · 1 points · by tsenart · no comments
• What's in a Name? · 1 points · by VladVuki · no comments
• Yahoo finance expert : Why I canned my cable. · 1 points · by anirudh · 1 comment
• Programming Clojure Book Review · 1 points · by mahmud · no comments
• FFScheduler: Schedule Your FriendFeed Posts · 1 points · by idriscin · no comments
• Ask YC: Why can't my iPod headphones retract into the iPod? · 1 points · by Flemlord · 20 comments
• Bonush answers questions about SEO and Twitter · 1 points · by DesignVisa · no comments
• Video: Ten years of test-driven development · 1 points · by henning · no comments
• Bonush.com: Radio Station - Coming Soon · 1 points · by DesignVisa · no comments
• Venture capital helps everything this administration wants to accomplish · 1 points · by mingyeow · no comments
• IBM and the New American Multinational | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com · 1 points · by bitdiddle · no comments
• Algorithm to predict future changes in plant populations ... · 1 points · by newacc · no comments
• Wireless Electricity that can charge up devices from a metre away · 1 points · by newacc · no comments
• Optimal Design Performance Under Stress · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Why Steal Music When You Can Stream It? · 1 points · by physcab · no comments
• Please review my Numbrosia 3 puzzle for the iPhone and iPod touch. · 1 points · by amichail · 3 comments
• Twitter to Introduce Pro Accounts? · 1 points · by plainspace · no comments
• A-Line Collection · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• Most Exciting Web Apps or Services (What else should be on the list?) · 1 points · by plainspace · no comments
• Tasting the Light: Device Lets the Blind "See" with Their Tongues · 1 points · by naish · 1 comment
• Electron Transistors Turn Up the Heat · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Start-ups must focus on innovation even when their founders leave · 1 points · by davecardwell · no comments
• Write in serial, not parallel. · 1 points · by jseliger · 1 comment
• AVG Antivirus and Security Software - AVG Security Toolbar · 1 points · by salemsabry · no comments
• Principles of social agitation · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• China: Exactly Where Japan Was in the 1980s · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• The illustrious history of faked photographs · 1 points · by akkartik · no comments
• Goodbye Customer · 1 points · by shmula · no comments
• Creately for best RIA of 2009 · 1 points · by charanjit · 1 comment
• How Advertising on the Web Should Be · 1 points · by dstik · no comments
• Which letters are best to guess on Wheel of Fortune? · 1 points · by presidentender · 2 comments
• The typewriter-keyboard conversion · 1 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• A Privileged World Begins to Give Up Its Secrets · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• FOSS and the Digital Divide - Reducing it one phrase a time · 1 points · by ideamonk · no comments
• My #blogpostfriday post · 1 points · by EastSmith · no comments
• Why Big Data Geeks Should Stop Using XML · 1 points · by miked98 · 1 comment
• Congressmen Asked Apple About iPhone Exclusivity and the Tablet · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic? · 1 points · by edavis · no comments
• Collaborative Network Forensics · 1 points · by kowsik · no comments
• Hal Abelson: The Creation of OpenCourseWare at MIT [pdf] · 1 points · by b-man · no comments
• E3 2009: Project Natal Xbox 360 Announcement · 1 points · by matt1 · no comments
• Add-ons Gallery · 1 points · by znned · no comments