Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Flipping is Good. (aka Memo to Jason Fried: Sorry, You're Fucking Wrong.) · 127 points · by prakash · 79 comments
• Work Less, Get More Done: Analytics For Maximizing Productivity · 109 points · by patio11 · 39 comments
• Why dumb toys make kids smarter · 91 points · by bootload · 33 comments
• There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History · 87 points · by rms · 46 comments
• You Can't Do What You Want By Doing Something Else · 86 points · by saurabh · 31 comments
• Bitbucket: On our extended downtime with Amazon · 86 points · by brodie · 36 comments
• The Bipolar Lisp Programmer (an oldie but a goodie) · 82 points · by acangiano · 22 comments
• Drupal Sucks · 81 points · by edw519 · 94 comments
• SQL Databases Don't Scale · 78 points · by DavidSJ · 41 comments
• Will California become America's first failed state? · 53 points · by sdave · 86 comments
• The Burger That Shattered Her Life · 51 points · by peter123 · 40 comments
• The original IBM Thinkpad · 50 points · by ritubpant · 5 comments
• Entire Cities Recreated Using Thousands of Flickr Photos · 49 points · by mgcreed · 10 comments
• Matt Cutts 30 day challenge for October: No Microsoft Software · 46 points · by tshtf · 38 comments
• Google Ajax API Code Playground · 44 points · by tzury · 3 comments
• Xkcd blog: Physics for Entertainment book · 43 points · by falava · 2 comments
• HN top-100 sorted by karma per day · 40 points · by matthodan · 50 comments
• PyBrain -- the Python Machine Learning Library · 39 points · by jnaut · 11 comments
• Cheat sheets for front end web developers · 38 points · by Zenbach · 1 comment
• Rupert to Internet: It's War · 38 points · by kevinheisler · 31 comments
• Version control of really huge files · 35 points · by soundsop · 8 comments
• A graphical breakdown of the death of newspapers · 34 points · by JCThoughtscream · 12 comments
• US Navy awards funds for Polywell Fusion reactor experiment · 31 points · by cwan · 9 comments
• C−−: a portable assembly language designed by Simon Peyton Jones et al. · 30 points · by alexkon · 9 comments
• Confessions of an IT pro: My biggest professional blunders · 29 points · by edw519 · 17 comments
• Startup Bootcamp: October 12th at MIT with many YC speakers · 29 points · by rms · 14 comments
• John Cleese divorce tour: the first review · 28 points · by rglovejoy · 7 comments
• Video: Paul Graham at Startup School 08 · 25 points · by matthodan · 11 comments
• How to access iPhone/iPod Touch from Ubuntu · 25 points · by falava · 3 comments
• Software Patents: A Personal Story · 24 points · by zjj · 16 comments
• Series E Terms for Twitter · 23 points · by vcexperts · 14 comments
• Advice & Tips · 21 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 1 comment
• Unicode Security Considerations · 20 points · by alexkon · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Where do you go for adhoc/freelance design resource? · 18 points · by britman · 15 comments
• MIT shortens application essays · 16 points · by nobody_nowhere · 22 comments
• If you're in Melbourne Australia, you should come join us at today's YC meetup · 15 points · by tomhoward · 3 comments
• How many Mexicans does it take to drill an oil well? · 15 points · by cwan · 5 comments
• The audacity of free · 14 points · by fjabre · 3 comments
• Ask HN: what's up with New Mogul? · 14 points · by bayareaguy · 1 comment
• Thin vs. Unicorn · 13 points · by cmelbye · 2 comments
• US govt IT spending dashboard · 12 points · by vijayr · 4 comments
• Knight Foundation rethinks its stance on for-profit deals · 11 points · by chuck_taylor · no comments
• Ask HN: Monitoring historical server resource usage on linux? · 11 points · by apollo · 20 comments
• Ask HN: Legality of hosting a subtitles site · 11 points · by bogdan2412 · 10 comments
• The Dream Stack - Is This A Joke? · 10 points · by mattking · 34 comments
• Why Google Isn't Evil · 10 points · by ritubpant · 1 comment
• Hollywood Hotels Like Sunset Tower Are Hub for Deal Making · 8 points · by peter123 · 1 comment
• Digital Domain - Will Piracy Become a Problem for E-Books? · 8 points · by newacc · 22 comments
• Ask HN: Tips on starting a tiny business? · 8 points · by sli · 4 comments
• Boston software startups snap up discount office space · 7 points · by nobody_nowhere · no comments
• Book recommendation: Ignore Everybody · 6 points · by sabon · no comments
• Google's Scott Huffman: Many More Search Features Coming · 6 points · by prabodh · no comments
• Radicals and Visionaries: Chris Anderson vs. 37Signals · 6 points · by danielzarick · 10 comments
• Real Usability · 5 points · by flapjack · no comments
• Ask HN: Hackers that perform/love stand-up comedy? · 5 points · by danielzarick · 11 comments
• Concur.next — Crosstalk · 4 points · by fogus · no comments
• Ask HN: Awesome/neat/favourite Eclipse techniques? · 4 points · by abalashov · 20 comments
• Twitter Should Decentralize (And Make Money) Via Twitter Server · 4 points · by mgcreed · 2 comments
• Morpheus: Y Combinator-Like Incubator in India · 3 points · by senthil_rajasek · 1 comment
• Where do you sell your textbooks? · 3 points · by obaid · 5 comments
• A Start-Up's Tale, Tweet by Tweet · 3 points · by prabodh · no comments
• In Los Angeles Fire Aftermath, Scientists Study What Remains · 3 points · by cwan · no comments
• Google Search's Singhal. Google algorythm changes on average every 20 hours. · 3 points · by rokhayakebe · no comments
• Wheel of Stars: A music box made from 118,218 stars · 3 points · by jbum · 2 comments
• History of Django's Popularity w/ responses from Alex Martelli and James Bennet · 3 points · by mnemonik · no comments
• Twitter may come and go, but newspapers are here to stay · 3 points · by danielzarick · 2 comments
• Facebook Prototype Measures Gross National Happiness · 2 points · by cwan · 2 comments
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers and Journalism · 2 points · by chuck_taylor · no comments
• Cushing Academy eliminates library and sells books · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• On Complexity, Complication, Surgery and Software · 2 points · by KevBurnsJr · no comments
• The Cybersecurity Myth · 2 points · by naish · no comments
• Indonesia earthquake: 'my room has just dropped one floor' · 2 points · by hwijaya · no comments
• Hackers and Founders Meetup this Tuesday in Mountain View · 2 points · by iamelgringo · no comments
• AB Principle: Quick way to check if what you are doing is worth it · 2 points · by kgopal · 2 comments
• AskHN: ideas on final year project related to networking security ? · 2 points · by kasper · 4 comments
• Make it work. Make it pretty. Make it fast. · 2 points · by erikstarck · 2 comments
• Interview with Bill Joy 84' · 2 points · by juvenn · no comments
• The Iceberg Secret, Revealed · 2 points · by bootload · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Does MySql/Postgresql + Ruby/Python/Groovy solve 80% of IT problems? · 2 points · by va_coder · 3 comments
• Consumers Like New Products With a Familiar Ring · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Interesting things that you learn about computers in the movies... · 2 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Gmail Messages with Enhanced Content · 2 points · by prakash · no comments
• Tips For Wordpress Secure Blogs · 2 points · by basdog22 · 1 comment
• Introducing the bra that is meant to be taken off · 2 points · by matthodan · 1 comment
• Supreme Mathematics of Gods and Earths · 2 points · by fmendez · no comments
• Revealing the People Defining Social Networks · 2 points · by transatlantic · no comments
• Ditching iPhone? What's next? · 2 points · by wla · 3 comments
• A sprinkling of nanotubes makes plants shoot up · 2 points · by prat · no comments
• Bayesian methods for adaptive models (1992) · 1 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Igor's Guide to find the perfect name for your product · 1 points · by Zenbach · 1 comment
• "Gravity Tractor" Could Deflect Earth-Bound Asteroids (2005) · 1 points · by amichail · no comments
• Perfectly N*Sync. Or when the celebrities turn geek, the going gets weird · 1 points · by dwynings · no comments
• The power of mobile money · 1 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• Knoyce, a 'meta' social network · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Why Don’t We Apply What We Know About Twins to Everybody Else? · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• JSFUCK Esoteric Programming Language · 1 points · by flapjack · no comments
• Home Automation 101 · 1 points · by ehsanul · no comments
• Google Websearch Parameters · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• The Meritocracy Myth · 1 points · by n-named · no comments
• Instrument Landing System · 1 points · by TriinT · no comments
• Ars reader gets free Windows 7 after complaint to Ballmer · 1 points · by AjJi · no comments
• Adam Osborne - publishing, portables and paperback software · 1 points · by suejee · no comments
• Ask HN: How much of your personal life did you have to give up for your startup? · 1 points · by zasz · 1 comment
• How do you (personally) pronounce sudo? · 1 points · by jibiki · 7 comments
• Mb.ideas.repositoru, jQuery components · 1 points · by pupunzi · no comments
• JOnAS 5.1 (JEE Application Server) released · 1 points · by systems · no comments
• Search Is About People, Not Just Data: Google's Udi Manber · 1 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• How Do You Learn How? · 1 points · by yarapavan · 1 comment
• Sony shows off 3D TV technology · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Babelgum’s Multimillion-Dollar Original Content Push · 1 points · by newacc · no comments
• Teacher switches off class wi-fi · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 1 comment
• There’s No Task Easier Than No Task · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 1 comment
• Arch Linux Forums / GUI Pacman front ends · 1 points · by Burning_aces · no comments
• Here's the Skinny on Why Wal-Mart Is So Evil · 1 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Images Can Be Deceptive, Life Never Stands Still · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Soon-Shiong believes he's found an on/off switch that makes cancer spread · 1 points · by TheElder · no comments
• Two New Apps Superimpose Wikipedia Over Your iPhone Camera View of the World · 1 points · by wallflower · no comments
• Seasonal Flu Shots Double Risk of Getting Swine Flu, Says New Study · 1 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Virtual Goods For Good Causes · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• There Is A Difference Between Evil And Just Absurdly Profitable · 1 points · by cwan · 3 comments
• Ask HN: iPhone optimized HN site? · 1 points · by fjabre · 3 comments
• Internet Archive: Universal Library · 1 points · by falava · no comments
• Back from the suburbs to run a patch of Somalia · 1 points · by brandnewlow · no comments
• Out of the Darkness Community Walks · 1 points · by araneae · no comments
• The synchronous lateral excitation of markets (or pseudo-wobbles) · 1 points · by envitar · no comments
• Emulating Smalltalk’s Conditionals in Ruby · 1 points · by mickeyben · no comments
• The Silicon Valley of South America · 1 points · by madmotive · no comments
• Understanding the code inside Tornado · 1 points · by tudorg · no comments
• Why Consumers Like New Products With a Familiar Ring · 1 points · by Chrisroad · no comments
• The Duplicates Paradox · 1 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• Obits and Subscribers · 1 points · by kevinheisler · no comments
• Drama 2 Where R U? · 1 points · by TomOfTTB · no comments
• Writing a BuildBot Latent Build Slave · 1 points · by abyx · no comments
• Google Injects Ads And User-Generated Content Into iPhone Maps · 1 points · by credo · 1 comment
• "Dropico": Lets You Drag And Drop Pictures Across Social Networks · 1 points · by jnaut · no comments
• Masters of the financial universe back to old tricks · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• University Funds Report Steep Investment Losses · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Can India's economy overtake China? · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• We have the First Game Play Concepts and our First Game Build · 1 points · by zombiesandbacon · no comments
• Banking: Where transparency is the best policy · 1 points · by audeamus · no comments
• Startups flock to Twitter · 1 points · by nobody_nowhere · no comments
• Native Client in Chrome: Google flexes Web muscle · 1 points · by snewe · no comments
• Vreebit: social networking, by no toad · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• IEEE Spectrum: How to Beat Information Overload · 1 points · by ochiba · no comments
• The Secret to Github at work · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Introducing iMessenger. The first real iPhone to iPhone messaging client. · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Why women dominate social networking · 1 points · by edw519 · 1 comment