Hacker News Way Back Machine

• How Wall Street is making its billions · 86 points · by soundsop · 56 comments
• Design Lessons & Advice from Building Large Scale Distributed Systems at Google · 83 points · by paulsb · 15 comments
• CD Baby’s Shipment Confirmation Email · 82 points · by pchristensen · 19 comments
• Math Overflow (A StackExchange site for Maths) · 60 points · by swaroop · 17 comments
• Scheme illustrated · 56 points · by yannis · 13 comments
• Shady Microsoft Plugin Pokes "Critical" Hole In Firefox Security · 56 points · by tvon · 27 comments
• Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple monitoring · 46 points · by uggedal · 71 comments
• MIT helicopter uses lasers to navigate indoors · 46 points · by prat · 3 comments
• Why there aren't more software startups in India · 42 points · by ujjwalg · 14 comments
• JOP: A Tiny Java Processor Core for FPGA · 41 points · by jacquesm · 16 comments
• Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China · 41 points · by edw519 · 24 comments
• IMDb Turns 19. Yes, 19. Older Than The Web Browser. · 34 points · by jmonegro · 13 comments
• Geography of Jobs (2004-2009) · 33 points · by brg · 5 comments
• PG: The hundred-year language · 31 points · by alrex021 · 24 comments
• Wt: A C++ web toolkit · 31 points · by silkodyssey · 26 comments
• Showcase of Web Design in Russia · 30 points · by yannis · 4 comments
• Hole for light created on Earth · 28 points · by dc2k08 · 7 comments
• 52 percent of all money transfers in Kenya now done through Cell Phones · 27 points · by cwan · 8 comments
• Spud, potato powered web server · 27 points · by jacquesm · 6 comments
• Commuter Railroads Build a Secret Minute Into Train Departures · 26 points · by prakash · 4 comments
• Germany's Coming Energy Revolution · 26 points · by newacc · 36 comments
• Ask HN: what's a good pet for the working programmer? · 25 points · by seldo · 85 comments
• Ask HN: why are domain names reversely ordered? · 25 points · by riobard · 45 comments
• Best Programming Language for Startups · 25 points · by marcofloriano · 31 comments
• Working without distraction : my minimalist Macintosh experience · 25 points · by atestu · 19 comments
• Building Parser Combinators in Scheme · 24 points · by fogus · no comments
• Ask HN: Learning Javascript & AJAX · 22 points · by bgnm2000 · 23 comments
• Is Functional Abstraction Too Clever? · 22 points · by Confusion · 29 comments
• Numbers Everyone Should Know · 22 points · by neilc · 10 comments
• Education Inflation · 18 points · by pjw1187 · 30 comments
• MIT Press Bookstore: Loading Dock Sale · 18 points · by dantheman · 8 comments
• ORMs are a thing of the past · 18 points · by alrex021 · 22 comments
• Halloween Hack: programming a "haunted" Jack-O-Lantern · 18 points · by compumike · 4 comments
• 24 years of Windows package design · 17 points · by zeynel1 · 6 comments
• Ask HN: Are there any very long term genetic programming experiments? · 17 points · by amichail · 26 comments
• The Song Decoders at Pandora · 16 points · by jwt · no comments
• Kathy Sierra on Feeling Better is Better [video]. · 15 points · by chanux · 8 comments
• The New California Gold Rush · 14 points · by alexandros · 5 comments
• ‘Known Software Bug’ Disrupts Brain-Tumor Zapping · 14 points · by RK · 20 comments
• Systems programming in "scripting" languages · 14 points · by adamsmith · 10 comments
• Databases Should be Dynamically Typed · 14 points · by sharksandwich · 30 comments
• IRobot Unveils Morphing Blob Robot · 13 points · by karthikm · no comments
• HTPC – Intel Atom Media Center Inside a CD Player [DIY] · 13 points · by chanux · 1 comment
• The Book That Contains All Books · 13 points · by grellas · 22 comments
• BFS vs. Mainline Scheduler: Discussion · 12 points · by bwag · 4 comments
• Introduction to Clojure · 12 points · by jacquesm · 20 comments
• Write Yourself a Scheme in 48 Hours · 11 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Setting up OS X as a scientific programming environment · 11 points · by henning · 5 comments
• Github has an apps platform · 11 points · by _pius · no comments
• Becoming a Happier Hacker: Actively Strive to Work with Other Hackers · 11 points · by abyx · no comments
• The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? · 11 points · by araneae · 5 comments
• What Moves Markets: The Seven Hundred Million Dollar Man · 9 points · by slam · 2 comments
• Distributed Hash Tables and the Postage Stamp Problem · 9 points · by MaysonL · 2 comments
• Behold the jot of evidence · 8 points · by baha_man · 1 comment
• Gary Burd Exits Facebook Two Months After FriendFeed Acquisition · 8 points · by prakash · no comments
• Hacked Facebook Apps used IFrames to Force Malicious Software on Users · 7 points · by suprgeek · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Guiding Novice Programmers · 6 points · by mscarborough · 4 comments
• JQuery Browser Rejection · 6 points · by jmonegro · 10 comments
• The Perils of Transparency in Government · 6 points · by mhb · 4 comments
• Ask HN: How do Dave&Buster's and Chuck-E-Cheese avoid anti-gambling laws? · 5 points · by sourcerer · 4 comments
• A Plan For The Hamster Wheel · 5 points · by jhg · no comments
• How to hire the best people you've ever worked with · 5 points · by dwynings · no comments
• Is the Pill giving geeks an unfair chance? · 5 points · by IsaacSchlueter · 2 comments
• Newly Discovered Natural Gas Deposits Change the Energy Map · 5 points · by cwan · 1 comment
• Freebase Parallax · 4 points · by matt1 · no comments
• Going Green at Google: Data Center Efficiency Measurements · 4 points · by jacquesm · 3 comments
• Business Model Jujutsu · 4 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Thinking Functionally in Ruby [video] · 4 points · by tomstuart · 1 comment
• Calculating Pi · 4 points · by prakash · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Perfect budget PC for software developers · 4 points · by Murkin · 8 comments
• The Medical Benefits of Carbon Monoxide · 4 points · by edw519 · no comments
• CappuccinoFlow: A Cappuccino Community Link Blog · 4 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Microsoft Has Horrible Website Design & It’s Hurting The Web. · 4 points · by melvinram · 4 comments
• Richard Swanson: Solar Cells at the Cusp · 4 points · by cwan · 1 comment
• Duck typing in F# · 3 points · by fogus · no comments
• Online papers on consciousness · 3 points · by fogus · no comments
• The Building Block Web · 3 points · by bootload · 1 comment
• Which Technology is Better: GSM or CDMA? · 3 points · by known · 4 comments
• Paragon Partition Manager Professional 9.5 32-bit/64-bit Free until 10-18-2009 · 3 points · by buckwild · 2 comments
• Sublime-inspired MiniMap for Emacs · 3 points · by twampss · no comments
• What “on-demand” media really means and why your cable company should be scared · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Ask YC: Hacker Homes · 3 points · by catch404 · 5 comments
• You-centric: A sketch of the future of browsers · 2 points · by mbrubeck · no comments
• Great Facebook Connect Example: JibJab's Monster Mash · 2 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Economics of p2p: Peer to peer sharing results in "pure public good" · 2 points · by jjguy · no comments
• Small Companies Seeking Mergers, Not IPOs · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• How Microsoft won back the loyalty of a Windows 95 fan · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• DASH Robot Can Fall Off a 28m Building and Keep Running · 2 points · by baran · 1 comment
• Programmer slip-up produces critical bug, Microsoft admits · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• Pocket-Sized Workout Pal Is Data Geek's Dream · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Pack Up Your Data and Leave Whenever You Want, It’s the New Rule of the Cloud · 2 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Google Ready To Open Wallet Again After Q3 Profits · 2 points · by kloncks · no comments
• PHP Certifications. Where, Why And, How To Get Them · 2 points · by basdog22 · 3 comments
• New sensors, signs to smarten up Washington highways · 2 points · by chuck_taylor · no comments
• Copying and Plagiarism · 2 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• Canvas Planetarium · 2 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• Using Ripper - the s-expression based Ruby Parser that comes with Ruby 1.9 · 2 points · by _pius · no comments
• Moscow to Play Weather God to Save Money on Snow Removal · 2 points · by mhb · 1 comment
• Motherboard Chipsets and the Memory Map · 2 points · by weaksauce · no comments
• Different types of Garbage Collectors in the JVM and their combinations · 2 points · by suprgeek · no comments
• The Future of Energy: A Power Station in Your Basement · 2 points · by newacc · no comments
• LocalUp Solutions/YNot Advertising in search of a team leader · 2 points · by cjeffery121 · no comments
• Asian-Americans and Competing Rationales for Affirmative Action in Higher Ed · 2 points · by cwan · 3 comments
• The Non-Tragedy of the Commons · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• Interactive Shader Editing with WebGL and the WebGLU Library · 1 points · by Bjartr · no comments
• FreeSWITCH Caller ID Spoofing (with Python) · 1 points · by chrismoos · no comments
• Angels Are Better For Startups Than VCs · 1 points · by mgcreed · no comments
• Passing encrypted data between C# and JavaScript · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• As Timeless As Infinity · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Commercializing Garbage to Ethanol · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Turner Lost CNN, Fonda, Fortune, Feels ‘Like a Dummy’ · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Biotech industry: innovation falling, costs rising · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Survey: 50% of businesses to deploy Windows 7 in first year · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Microsoft book calls for 'data intensive' scientific discovery · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Where are the high-end restaurants of software development? · 1 points · by epall · 1 comment
• Scientists Write Memories Directly Into Fly Brains · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Thought-experiment mashups · 1 points · by fogus · no comments
• Liquid Metal project, Lime language: Java for FPGA co-processors · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• What’s the relationship between cost and price? · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Candian Computer History: FP-6000 · 1 points · by ilkhd · no comments
• Florence Henderson started a computer tech support service? · 1 points · by rms · no comments
• Google to launch platform for selling books online · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Ask HN: Secure connection failed with Firefox? Just me? · 1 points · by eam · no comments
• (UK's Royal) Navy Nailed By (Windows) Virus · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Microsoft WebsiteSpark · 1 points · by timothychung · no comments
• HN: Strange Loops vs Dualism [of the mind] · 1 points · by RevRal · no comments
• TvOne: TV-Video streaming : TV-Video News : TV-Video Sport (Memang Beda) - HOME · 1 points · by sahil · no comments
• DownloadHelper - Media download Firefox extension · 1 points · by chhivhorng · no comments
• Lifetime's Free WiFi Access for US$35 · 1 points · by yannis · no comments
• Line sharing best solution for slow, expensive US broadband · 1 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Innovation Machine P&G: 1 Billion $ for Consumer Insights · 1 points · by danielhodgins · no comments
• Secret ACTA treaty not shown to public, just 42 lawyers what enforcement will be · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• Google Wave: What is it? Why should you care? · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Hedge fund chatter fingers Big Blue man · 1 points · by wglb · no comments
• Managing your reputation through Search · 1 points · by prabodh · no comments
• Hacker's extradition put on hold (Gary McKinnon) · 1 points · by theklub · no comments
• 12 Cool Ideas from Event Apart Chicago 2009 (Web-Design) · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• 13 Ways Acting Classes Improved My Public Speaking Skillz · 1 points · by dshah · no comments
• 3 Best Ways to Improve Your Online Reputation · 1 points · by newacc · no comments
• An arms race in spamming social software · 1 points · by wheels · no comments
• WebACE Server, the worlds smallest web server · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Augmented Reality Using Google Wave as a Protocol · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Tech Valley Code Camp 2009 · 1 points · by andrewbadera · no comments
• 'Mrs. Brady' turns 'cybermom' to help seniors tackle tech · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• CSScaffold · 1 points · by karthikm · no comments
• Medicine’s Elusive Goal: A Safe Weight-Loss Drug · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• StackOverflow cool Ruby questions part 2 · 1 points · by khelll · no comments
• Gentoo: “We’re Not Dead” · 1 points · by jacquesm · 3 comments
• JsHub - simplifies connecting software services to websites · 1 points · by mshafrir · no comments
• Germany's Green-Energy Gap · 1 points · by catzaa · no comments
• Sri Lanka fines US embassy (for illegal tapping of water) · 1 points · by chanux · no comments
• My Tools of the Trade – 2009 · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• The problem with push notifications and firewalls · 1 points · by mustpax · no comments
• Twitter's Assault on the English Language · 1 points · by Mystitat · no comments
• IBM Blue Gene is the World's Fastest Supercomputer · 1 points · by mavalino · no comments
• Geography of Jobs - Job growth/loss graphic · 1 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• BlackBerry Storm 2 Review · 1 points · by kloncks · 1 comment
• Researchers use nanotech to detect early stage cancer · 1 points · by kloncks · no comments
• SemWeb Installfest · 1 points · by karthikm · no comments
• "I think print magazines as we know them will cease to exist." · 1 points · by echair · 1 comment
• The Death of Traditional Media · 1 points · by cj · no comments
• Review Disclosure: Separate Treatment for Bloggers and Traditional Media · 1 points · by baha_man · no comments
• The Internet is Becoming More Energy Efficient, But Total Energy Use is Climbing · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Twitter Launches Japanese Mobile Site · 1 points · by scapegraced · no comments
• Ask HN: Startups looking for volunteers? · 1 points · by wwsculley · 1 comment
• Startup must haves vs. nice to haves and a particularly harsh lesson learned · 1 points · by malvosenior · no comments
• Verizon starts anti "iDevice" campaign · 1 points · by mjfern · no comments
• Protectionism vs. the Innovation Nation · 1 points · by FraaJad · no comments
• Google Editions aims to bring e-books to all devices · 1 points · by codedivine · no comments
• A comprehensive software development contract might not be worth the expense · 1 points · by dctoedt · no comments