Hacker News Way Back Machine

• And if only 1% of those people... · 210 points · by sivers · 43 comments
• Working hard is overrated · 160 points · by prakash · 98 comments
• Nate Silver Finds Unusual Patterns in a Polling Firm's Data. Was it fabricated? · 98 points · by gluejar · 25 comments
• PyPy Status Blog: First results of the JIT · 79 points · by iamelgringo · 7 comments
• Apple behind Intel's new 10Gbps Optical Connector Standard · 74 points · by mikedouglas · 26 comments
• Meet the man who sells $89 million of diapers each year online · 66 points · by cwan · 19 comments
• Ask HN: Orange dot? · 63 points · by colbyolson · 58 comments
• Why the Evidence of Water on the Moon is Bad News · 57 points · by pieceofpeace · 61 comments
• GCD libdispatch w/Blocks support working on FreeBSD · 54 points · by pohl · 5 comments
• Review of a Linux laptop: Thinkpad T400. Do not buy it. · 46 points · by old-gregg · 74 comments
• Who need XSS when you can simply ask? · 43 points · by judofyr · 25 comments
• Charming Python: Decorators make magic easy · 42 points · by mace · 5 comments
• Gyroscopic wheel as a replacement for training wheels · 41 points · by e1ven · 16 comments
• Google's first press release · 41 points · by rokhayakebe · 38 comments
• An Introduction to JavaScript's "this" · 39 points · by jmtulloss · 36 comments
• On Elitism · 39 points · by unignorant · 113 comments
• This Is Your Brain on Kafka · 35 points · by Sapient · 8 comments
• How to Respond to Criticism – Learning from Dr. King · 35 points · by jsmoov · 16 comments
• Logicomix - A Comic Book About Logic, Math and Madness - Review · 32 points · by yagibear · 8 comments
• Good bank account for a startup? · 32 points · by forgotmypasswd · 26 comments
• Very fast, scalable mutable maps and hashes for Haskell · 31 points · by dons · 27 comments
• Software patents should be abolished · 30 points · by dwynings · 29 comments
• Duct Tape Programmers and the Culture of Complexity in Software Projects · 28 points · by Anon84 · 12 comments
• Ask HN: The ideal company for programmers, or giving freedom to your programmers · 28 points · by hackoder · 21 comments
• Hazelcast - In-Memory Data Grid for Java · 25 points · by vinutheraj · 7 comments
• Analysis of Nate Silver's Analysis of Oklahoma Student Poll Pollster Fraud · 24 points · by danger · 1 comment
• Free software is dead. Long live open source · 23 points · by e1ven · 14 comments
• Ranking and Mapping scientific Knowledge · 22 points · by prabodh · 7 comments
• Lions: a photo essay by Nathan Myhrvold (2007) · 21 points · by Rod · 1 comment
• Scheme: Developing a Memcached Client · 21 points · by fogus · 2 comments
• Anyone want to help test my Ajax chat (Erlang)? · 20 points · by chrismoos · 10 comments
• The National Parks: America s Best Idea · 19 points · by yu · 6 comments
• Becoming really rich with C# · 18 points · by nathanwdavis · 13 comments
• The Latest From Bug Labs · 18 points · by dwynings · 3 comments
• Distributed computing in Lisp. Again · 18 points · by jast · 2 comments
• Get And Keep Yourself Motivated [list post] · 17 points · by edragonu · 2 comments
• Did Cooking Give Humans An Evolutionary Edge? · 15 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Become A Better Developer By Indexing Your Brain · 15 points · by Adrock · 1 comment
• Intel Research Programming System Seminars (feat. Alan Kay, and many more) · 14 points · by sb · no comments
• A webapp based on a browser bug on visited links color · 12 points · by paraschopra · 4 comments
• Bre Pettis of MakerBot and NYC Resistor · 12 points · by bootload · 1 comment
• Maximize Your Language Learning through TPR · 10 points · by gnosis · 4 comments
• Kahneman Interview - Questioning a Chastened Priesthood · 10 points · by IncidentalEcon · no comments
• Ask HN: Any cool sites that do IP GeoLocation? · 9 points · by quellhorst · 14 comments
• Code tests when hiring engineers · 9 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• Finite Differences of Types · 9 points · by dons · no comments
• Mobile Gmail and async script loading · 9 points · by polvi · no comments
• Integrating Warbler and Buildr into Scala, JRuby, Java and Rails bliss · 8 points · by bensummers · no comments
• Why Concentration in the Banking Industry Threatens Our Economy · 7 points · by Flemlord · 3 comments
• The surprising ways that metaphors shape your world · 7 points · by robg · 1 comment
• Funny Money: Rule Change Makes Apple Revenue Appear Larger · 7 points · by kgermino · no comments
• Great Userscript for HN: HN Toolkit · 6 points · by Rabidmonkey1 · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Great Interview Answers? · 6 points · by CyberFonic · 3 comments
• Challenge-response: the use of incorrect responses in validating identity · 6 points · by amrith · 6 comments
• Showcase of Designs Optimized for iPhone · 6 points · by cwan · no comments
• Tor blocked in China. How to setup a bridge. · 5 points · by jaaron · no comments
• Persuade xor Discover · 5 points · by rsa · 2 comments
• An Uneducated View of Checked vs. Unchecked Exceptions · 5 points · by fogus · 24 comments
• PEP 389: argparse - new command line parsing module for python · 5 points · by j_baker · no comments
• To Explain Longevity Gap, Look Past Health System · 4 points · by jamesbritt · 3 comments
• StrongVPN.com GFW'd as China's 60th anniversary nears · 4 points · by cnanon · 6 comments
• ROFL this you on here? The latest Twitter Worm · 4 points · by Prefect · no comments
• Wolverine’s nemesis: Data Leakage · 4 points · by Prefect · no comments
• X += x++ · 4 points · by mrlebowski · 6 comments
• How to solve 9 sleep problems · 4 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• The role-based favicon, and why Novell patented it · 4 points · by techdog · no comments
• Good hackers seeking ways to stop bad hackers · 4 points · by prabodh · no comments
• Twitter confirms major cash boost · 4 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 7 comments
• The dollar is dead - long live the renminbi · 4 points · by cwan · no comments
• Share the Moment and Spread the Wealth · 3 points · by newacc · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there an app that does the opposite of a dictionary? · 3 points · by quizbiz · 3 comments
• Elastic Python deployment networks · 3 points · by jcsalterego · no comments
• WITN?: In sort-of defence of Britain’s ridiculous libel laws · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Generation Squeezed · 3 points · by malvosenior · 1 comment
• Health care: It’s time for technology · 3 points · by baran · 4 comments
• Hidden Dangers in Creating Public EBS Snapshots on EC2 · 3 points · by spahl · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Link to a site designed using a CSS framework (Blueprint, 960,etc)? · 3 points · by conoryoung · 3 comments
• NSW seeks to build 'unhackable' netbook network · 3 points · by edw519 · 2 comments
• Online advertising is all about purchasing intent · 3 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• From The TC50 DemoPit, Trademarkia (TM) Simplifies Trademark Search · 3 points · by vaksel · no comments
• How to listen to audio books while working without missing anything important? · 3 points · by amichail · 12 comments
• The Distribution of Top Level COM Domains · 3 points · by thesnark · no comments
• Build a wiki with versioning+authand deply on gae in 4 minutes · 3 points · by mdipierro · 1 comment
• A Solar-Powered Home, Without the Bulky Panels · 2 points · by newacc · no comments
• Computer scientists successfully boot one million Linux kernels as VMs · 2 points · by fogus · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Critique my idea for the future of music · 2 points · by jrwoodruff · 3 comments
• Being Interesting is Not Enough: Be Useful · 2 points · by AlleyRow · no comments
• AT&T Launches 3G MicroCell Site · 2 points · by AlleyRow · 1 comment
• Haskell success story · 2 points · by fogus · no comments
• Provocative New Study Warns of Crossing Planetary Boundaries · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Quantum Probability Theory May Explain Failures of Human Logic · 2 points · by baran · no comments
• A lesson in strategy, taught by a Cat (on working hard and direction) · 2 points · by xavi · no comments
• Vannevar Bush - didn't invent the computer but did invent the hyperlink · 2 points · by mikejuk · 1 comment
• On Richard Stallman - Miguel de Icaza · 2 points · by rayvega · 1 comment
• Excellent and Free Image Editor Scripts For Your Sites · 2 points · by basdog22 · no comments
• Dear Apple: Fix the App Store with a Measure of Credibility · 2 points · by andrewljohnson · 3 comments
• 3 ways MySQL uses indexes · 2 points · by pelle · no comments
• HowTo: Implementor's guide to rssCloud · 2 points · by _pius · 1 comment
• Microsoft gets cleverer with multitouch screen keyboard · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Lessons from Lars Rasmussen (with link to PDF) · 1 points · by mark_h · 1 comment
• NYT: How Sharing Links Has Become Big Business · 1 points · by Chrisroad · no comments
• Game Console Makers Feeling the Heat from Apple · 1 points · by katzfilms · 2 comments
• The Health Care Cost Shifting Myth · 1 points · by IncidentalEcon · no comments
• F# adopted by Credit Suisse Global Modelling and Analytics team · 1 points · by nathanwdavis · 3 comments
• Most Crashes Happen On Dry Roads… · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• One Man's Fight for Free Software (1989) · 1 points · by tjr · no comments
• They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science · 1 points · by nkurz · no comments
• Broker vs Brokerless Messaging · 1 points · by mahmud · no comments
• Ask HN: What's your keyboard of choice? · 1 points · by huyegn · 3 comments
• On solving Project Euler - Part 2 (using mathematical software) · 1 points · by gnargeot · no comments
• An Exploration of Random Processes for Engineers (free ebook) · 1 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Communication Network Analysis (free ebook) · 1 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Yahoo should invest in products, not advertising · 1 points · by dwynings · no comments
• Science in song: Monty Python's Song of the Galaxy · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Flex 3 Cookbook (book review) · 1 points · by mikejuk · no comments
• From MIT: Project Gaydar · 1 points · by michael_dorfman · no comments
• Enhanced Vital Energy, doubled edged sword for mind/body · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Franz Kafka Selected Shorter Writings · 1 points · by jimmybot · 2 comments
• Android Open Source Model Has a Short Circuit · 1 points · by Flemlord · no comments
• A hypothetical redesign of a high-profile portal Web site · 1 points · by chickamade · no comments
• Microsoft boffin puts brain into e-coffin · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Who Is The Venture Capitalist's Customer? · 1 points · by lwc123 · no comments
• Much Ado About Lunch: Fast Food a Little Faster · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• High Performance String Split Functions [T-SQL] · 1 points · by dtby · no comments
• British IT workers 'crowded out' · 1 points · by smharris65 · 5 comments
• Google’s 11th Birthday Logo · 1 points · by erdemozkan · no comments
• Free Hyper-V book · 1 points · by ilijabrajkovic · no comments
• Fitbit · 1 points · by mshafrir · no comments
• Reverse Image Search: Who are the Players · 1 points · by tekunik · no comments
• Scientists claim to have mapped unconscious human thought · 1 points · by aridiculous · 1 comment
• Intel LightPeak Demo (video): 10gb/s throughput · 1 points · by johngunderman · no comments
• The Importance of Living Life (On Rajeev Motwani) · 1 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• Ask HN: What would use an automatic print-and-snailmail system for? · 1 points · by m_eiman · 4 comments
• Rethinking Addiction · 1 points · by riffer · no comments
• Integrated circuits working at 125K thanks to excitons · 1 points · by FiReaNG3L · no comments
• Fast mutable collections for Haskell: more benchmarks · 1 points · by dons · no comments
• Facebook VP talk: “Pushing The Digital Envelope” · 1 points · by renaudb · no comments
• AuroraUX · 1 points · by fogus · no comments
• Mozilla coders join Palm, apparently jabbing Apple · 1 points · by aditya · 1 comment
• GeoEye gives look at Iranian Nuclear Site · 1 points · by ritubpant · no comments
• Google Serves a Cease-and-Desist On Android Modder · 1 points · by gasull · no comments
• 'Open internet' rules criticised · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Building to Last to in the Digital Era · 1 points · by rajajasti · no comments
• The Mathematics of Love: A Talk with John Gottman · 1 points · by ALee · no comments
• Cleverbot vs Emacs Psychiatrist · 1 points · by christopherolah · no comments
• Programming Classes (on reddit) · 1 points · by apotheon · no comments
• How to blink an LED over the net using python, and arduino. · 1 points · by bsdpunk · no comments
• Notes on the Four Color Theorem (4CT) · 1 points · by dangoldin · 1 comment