Hacker News Way Back Machine

• How to Write Clearly, Think Clearly, and Learn Easily · 241 points · by ZLOB-o-ZLOB · 110 comments
• Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux · 90 points · by spudlyo · 16 comments
• Advanced SSH Techniques · 89 points · by dunk010 · 19 comments
• Bullet Impacts at 1,000,000 fps · 81 points · by ax0n · 19 comments
• Rupert Murdoch Says Google Is Stealing His Content. So Why Doesn't He Stop Them? · 59 points · by mjfern · 40 comments
• The illusion of gender · 59 points · by robg · 47 comments
• Logicomix - Cal prof Papadimitriou's comic book about Bertrand Russell and logic · 51 points · by throw_away · 10 comments
• Ask HN: I've tried lots of things but haven't finished any. · 49 points · by anewkid · 86 comments
• Illegal Downloads 150x More Profitable Than Legal Sales · 47 points · by vaksel · 23 comments
• Ask HN: What are your failures? · 46 points · by jeromec · 44 comments
• $35 Airbnb Gift Card for Startup School · 42 points · by brianchesky · 1 comment
• A VC's take on Paying to Pitch · 42 points · by cwan · 11 comments
• Nontrepreneurs · 42 points · by bearwithclaws · 17 comments
• ASK HN: I'm lost -- need direction · 40 points · by selfemploy · 44 comments
• The Economist reviews Michael Moore's new film · 39 points · by MikeCapone · 52 comments
• Game programming patterns · 38 points · by FraaJad · 8 comments
• Fugitive.vim: a Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal · 38 points · by mickeyben · 13 comments
• Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community] · 38 points · by zackattack · 97 comments
• Chinese Twitter users live in a density 2x to 8x their English counterparts. · 35 points · by audreyt · 12 comments
• The Uneducated American · 32 points · by robg · 30 comments
• Facebook facelift · 27 points · by prabodh · 14 comments
• Websites Built with Kohana PHP · 25 points · by neovive · 16 comments
• The 'Democratization of Credit' Is Over -- Now It's Payback Time · 23 points · by cwan · 10 comments
• Ask HN: Name for people who study without getting around to doing · 23 points · by billswift · 53 comments
• Consciousness, Dune and Abu Ghraib · 22 points · by petewarden · 7 comments
• Am I Being Boring? · 21 points · by llimllib · 1 comment
• Sauce Labs · 21 points · by chanux · 12 comments
• Self-optimizing data structures: using types to make lists faster · 21 points · by dons · 7 comments
• What happened to global warming? · 20 points · by petewarden · 18 comments
• Jaw bone created from stem cells · 20 points · by JCThoughtscream · 10 comments
• Learning Scala in small bites · 20 points · by r11t · 3 comments
• Don't Pay Your VC "Closing" Fees · 17 points · by wheels · 1 comment
• Couchdproxy: simple proxy to ease hosting of multiple couchdb behind one IP · 17 points · by barredo · 2 comments
• A stackoverflow clone for User eXperience · 16 points · by fun2have · 7 comments
• Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 · 15 points · by nreece · 16 comments
• Route of GFW on Twitpic · 15 points · by juvenn · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Why cloud computing? · 14 points · by quizbiz · 18 comments
• A Chink In Android’s Armor · 14 points · by rnicholson · 11 comments
• Is it possible to write c...r in lisp, for any combination of letters a and d? · 13 points · by DaveKruglinsky · 18 comments
• 10 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read · 13 points · by dcancel · 16 comments
• Looking at Life as One Big Subscription · 13 points · by robg · no comments
• The psychology of Google Wave · 11 points · by robg · 6 comments
• How To Decide: The Best Story You’ve Never Heard · 11 points · by byrneseyeview · no comments
• Massive data failure leads to loss of Sidekick users' personal data · 11 points · by pmikal · 2 comments
• Soros to Invest $1 Billion in Clean Energy · 11 points · by mjfern · 9 comments
• Cleaning up erlang_markdown · 10 points · by twampss · no comments
• Seeking Energy Savings at the Heart of the Internet · 10 points · by hko · no comments
• Photoshop comes to the iPhone · 9 points · by balend · 5 comments
• Good news: Venture investment is back · 9 points · by adw · 3 comments
• How To Be Awesome · 8 points · by yarapavan · 4 comments
• The leader board now shows average karma. · 8 points · by jacquesm · 21 comments
• Gladwell: How different are dogfighting and football? · 8 points · by prat · 1 comment
• OpenPDC - Open Source Data Router of the Smartgrid · 8 points · by jpatanooga · 3 comments
• The Pomodoro Technique of Time Management · 7 points · by cwan · no comments
• The unsolved Macbook Melted Key Mystery · 7 points · by mrspin · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Joining a team later as a co-founder · 7 points · by kineticac · 12 comments
• The 90-minute Scheme to C compiler: code and presentation · 7 points · by mbrubeck · no comments
• Linux Kernel Modules in Haskell - Ubuntu 9.04 Details · 6 points · by MaysonL · 1 comment
• Looming Disruptions to the Software Industry · 6 points · by babyshake · 2 comments
• "I make my living off Facebook Apps, ask me anything" · 6 points · by chaosmachine · no comments
• What does Ruby have that Python doesn't, and vice versa? · 6 points · by vijaydev · 1 comment
• Reading DNA with Nanomachines · 5 points · by leecho0 · 3 comments
• The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer · 5 points · by ca98am79 · no comments
• Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm · 5 points · by dentonbros · 14 comments
• Elastic lists · 5 points · by fogus · no comments
• Optimising compilers are there so that you can be a better programmer · 4 points · by kingkilr · no comments
• Query Wikipedia via console over DNS · 4 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• Adaptive games promise high scores for everyone · 4 points · by prat · no comments
• Understanding your market · 4 points · by prakash · no comments
• Remind HN: Boston / Cambridge HN meetup, 20+ attending, tonight · 4 points · by JayNeely · no comments
• Mass Customization Can Create Value & Profit · 4 points · by acgourley · no comments
• Specifying Systems [book] · 4 points · by adamo · no comments
• Why not turn twitter into a massive brain for problem solving / brainstorming? · 4 points · by amichail · 5 comments
• CCNx: Content-Centric Networking protocol, from PARC · 4 points · by bkudria · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How to deal with a niche idea, that can be part of an existing service? · 3 points · by eam · 3 comments
• Simple Rules for Choosing between Industry and Academia · 3 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Respectfully Letting Data Die A Natural Death · 3 points · by cwan · no comments
• More Vaccine-Autism Nonsense · 3 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• Foursquare Announces All Star Line up of Angel Investors · 3 points · by diablo_r · no comments
• Design Patterns Library & Code Standards · 3 points · by cwan · no comments
• Art of Manliness: A Great Blog for the Man in You · 3 points · by insomniamedia · 2 comments
• Money or Meaning: Spending Our Wealth of Time · 3 points · by twampss · no comments
• Squeak Smalltalk · 3 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Video: The Art of Building a Startup From Nothing · 3 points · by erdemozkan · no comments
• Zaemis: Currying in PHP · 3 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Empirical Study of Data Sharing by Authors Publishing in PLoS Journals · 2 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Internet Archaeology: sordid past preserved and curated · 2 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Why Cloud Storage Use Could Be Limited in Enterprises · 2 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Steady Advances in Tissue Engineering · 2 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• Where’s the Old Media Accountability? · 2 points · by rizzn · no comments
• SDL + Game Development in Perl · 2 points · by kthakore · no comments
• Central dogma of self discipline · 2 points · by jal278 · no comments
• "Traction and friction" - Seth Godin · 2 points · by jnaut · 3 comments
• Learn Shavian · 2 points · by fogus · no comments
• Swarm-dpl: A transparently scalable distributed programming language · 2 points · by jcwentz · 1 comment
• What Caused the Sidekick Failure? · 2 points · by hko · 2 comments
• Emacs with Wanderlust and GMail · 2 points · by surki · no comments
• US facing dearth of skilled workforce · 2 points · by newacc · no comments
• After the Sidekick fiasco, should we be afraid to store data in the cloud? · 2 points · by monitron · 2 comments
• Ask HN: getting content for online jobsearch · 2 points · by kamme · 2 comments
• The Genius of Play · 2 points · by tyn · no comments
• Proprietary trading firms & financial software houses in Sweden · 2 points · by george13p · no comments
• BMW’s Hybrid Trike Gets 120 MPG · 2 points · by alexandros · 1 comment
• Government Lotteries: Like Rats in a Cage? · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• The Cause of Bubbles = Financial Engineering vs Investing · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Unboxed - I.B.M Tries to Help Cities Work Smarter · 1 points · by newacc · no comments
• Ask HN/PG: What does the name Y Combinator mean? · 1 points · by quizbiz · 2 comments
• Fast Cars and Mullet Wigs: How I Won The Maverick Business Adventure · 1 points · by jasonlbaptiste · no comments
• Is software design a luxury? · 1 points · by russwilson · no comments
• What is your exit strategy? · 1 points · by rayvega · no comments
• Patch-Tag Weekly News and Features Recap · 1 points · by tphyahoo · no comments
• Wealth-production mechanisms: a followup · 1 points · by lisper · 1 comment
• T-Mobile and Microsoft lose all of their customers SideKick Phone Data · 1 points · by forsaken · no comments
• Chinese dissidents let down by Obama Nobel · 1 points · by miked · no comments
• Western Digital My Book Studio your best choice for your personal library · 1 points · by foxycoder · no comments
• Confessions of a homeschooler · 1 points · by boredguy8 · no comments
• Where to place backend administration tools? · 1 points · by pplante · 2 comments
• Norway is the Most Desirable Place to Live, According to UN · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Design as a Differentiator · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Creating A Google Wave Extension In 5 Steps · 1 points · by basdog22 · no comments
• Linux Baby Rocker · 1 points · by alexandros · 1 comment
• Yahoo didnt sentence Iranians to death, other misadventures in online journalism · 1 points · by alexandros · no comments
• We are still a society of nature-worshippers · 1 points · by ivank · no comments
• Insert your compulsion here · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Seattle Woodland Park Zoo Now Have Their Own iPhone and iPod Touch Application · 1 points · by insomniamedia · no comments
• Being A Start-Up: Basic Guide For A Start-Up[video] · 1 points · by mayank25may · no comments
• The Zombie Game Experiment - New Concept Art, New Game Story and Zombie Clothing · 1 points · by zombiesandbacon · no comments
• Ask HN: Tool to Evaluate Web App Services? · 1 points · by jpcx01 · no comments
• Success of AIDS Vaccine Trial Is at Issue · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Rosetta@home (distributed computing project) · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• How do you find your first customer? · 1 points · by rmason · no comments
• The Other Economic Crisis · 1 points · by limist · no comments
• Ask HN: Name for Biological Buildings · 1 points · by kiba · 2 comments
• Building your own scanning-tunneling microscope · 1 points · by gnosis · no comments
• The Forbes 400 Richest Americans · 1 points · by tomh · no comments
• A Justification For Short Variable Names · 1 points · by tetha · no comments
• How to get more screen space with Chrome Browser · 1 points · by tekunik · no comments
• A simple way that Apple can improve iPhone battery life and user experience · 1 points · by mwsherman · no comments
• SIAI Interview Series: Peter Thiel · 1 points · by n-named · no comments
• Ask HN: Are you working on a Location based application? · 1 points · by rokhayakebe · 3 comments
• What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts? · 1 points · by hko · 1 comment
• Low Cost Product Feature Information · 1 points · by gbiss · 2 comments
• Stresstesting IMAP clients · 1 points · by r11t · no comments
• Sex Lines Bring Google, FCC, AT&T In A Love Triangle · 1 points · by mayank25may · no comments
• PHP Podcasts · 1 points · by superberliner · no comments
• Hey Media Company, Buy BNO News. Now. Really. · 1 points · by jasonlbaptiste · no comments
• Article that coined the term AJAX · 1 points · by prabodh · no comments
• Swap values in 2 rows SQL · 1 points · by toni · no comments
• Defending Fluff · 1 points · by harpastum · no comments
• How to beat information overload · 1 points · by lucifer · no comments
• Google Juice - Now With Artificial Flavor · 1 points · by dmoney · no comments
• Graphic design to programming. The Ruby on Rails way. · 1 points · by MichaelTroy · no comments
• The Red Queen problem in global oil production: Running to stand still · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• OPEC’s Oil Quota Compliance Falls to 62%, IEA Says · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Merger Boom Will Be Next Bubble to Shake Markets · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Failures of Small Banks Grow, Straining F.D.I.C. · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• The Real Estate Technology Battle · 1 points · by cwan · no comments