Hacker News Way Back Machine

• If you had 5 dollars and 2 hours, how would you make as much money as possible? · 321 points · by bhousel · 185 comments
• Tools we use for running our startup · 198 points · by BvS · 31 comments
• Why is e^(pi i) = -1? · 114 points · by ulvund · 47 comments
• Logo Design from Start to Finish · 92 points · by theandym · 21 comments
• Ask HN: How have you dealt with corruption? · 91 points · by puppetaccount · 69 comments
• The most important question to ask before taking seed money (from VCs) · 75 points · by epi0Bauqu · 5 comments
• Google Wave's 'Fail Whale' · 70 points · by shaddi · 39 comments
• Why every country has a different electrical plug - awesome graphic · 68 points · by suprgeek · 22 comments
• Equity investing in superstar individuals (not their companies, them) · 60 points · by rafefurst · 47 comments
• The Case for D · 56 points · by signa11 · 47 comments
• Technology reduces the value of old people · 52 points · by soundsop · 58 comments
• Compleat: Programmable bash completion for human beings · 52 points · by mbrubeck · 7 comments
• Xerox develops breakthrough in printable circuits · 48 points · by monological · 3 comments
• Traffic Server is finally here (Y's http proxy/cache server) · 43 points · by sstrudeau · 11 comments
• The Prime Lexicon: A list of English words that are prime in base 36 · 42 points · by nrr · 27 comments
• Google Wave's Phased Beta is Disappointing · 40 points · by amitu · 33 comments
• How To Hold Your Breath Like David Blaine · 38 points · by rjshade · 19 comments
• Why I'm Leaving Twitter and Returning to Blogging · 36 points · by astartupaday · 20 comments
• Natural Selection 2 - Pre-Sales Completely Changed Our Financial Picture · 35 points · by 3pt14159 · 8 comments
• Gambit Co-Founder Reveals His Biggest Startp Mistakes · 33 points · by waleedka · 5 comments
• Charging from Day 1: Genius or Deathknell? · 32 points · by bradleyjoyce · 16 comments
• Make Yourself Uncomfortable · 32 points · by stanleydrew · 27 comments
• Ask HN: How do you evaluate a web site? · 31 points · by jmtame · 23 comments
• Ad man behind '1984,' 'Think Different,' and 'I'm a Mac' stepping down · 31 points · by briansykora · 18 comments
• Scoopler (YC S08) Digs Up Some Funding, New Features · 30 points · by dilanj · 4 comments
• Ask HN: What's the deal with mailing lists? · 29 points · by cool-RR · 34 comments
• Simplicity is Complicated · 28 points · by laktek · 10 comments
• Heroku vs EngineYard Cloud vs Joyent · 28 points · by r11t · 10 comments
• NoSQL East 2009 - Summary of Talks from Day 1 · 27 points · by uggedal · 9 comments
• How to Redis — Part #3 of the paperplanes.de Redis Saga · 27 points · by janl · 3 comments
• Handling out of memory conditions in C · 25 points · by yan · 12 comments
• Find a co-founder with this new MeetUp · 25 points · by alain94040 · 36 comments
• Script to get emails when someone unfollows you on twitter · 23 points · by andrewpbrett · 22 comments
• The Dystonia Flu-Shot Case · 22 points · by MikeCapone · 21 comments
• Ask HN: Good feature, minimal product. Go forward or move on to something else? · 21 points · by transatlantic · 11 comments
• Interactive Maps of the Accents and Dialects of the UK · 21 points · by fogus · 6 comments
• Distributed FS: MogileFS · 20 points · by astine · 5 comments
• Revisiting "The Fold" · 19 points · by bdfh42 · 9 comments
• What CouchDB brings to HTML5 · 19 points · by swannodette · 4 comments
• How Sanjay Jha Overhauled Motorola’s Culture · 18 points · by newacc · 3 comments
• Ask Startups: Is Employee Retention Overrated? · 18 points · by tiffanychan · 19 comments
• Python for Astronomers · 18 points · by fogus · 1 comment
• Hiring Hacks for Founders · 18 points · by LukeG · 10 comments
• Slow capital by Fred Wilson · 17 points · by stakent · 5 comments
• How should I monetize this post? 16,000 views a month. · 16 points · by kadavy · 37 comments
• Boarduino + LCD + Ethernet + Temp monitoring · 15 points · by monological · 3 comments
• Rocking out with JamLegend · 14 points · by luccastera · 1 comment
• ASK PG/HN: Do you have a video of the talk that Paul Buchheit gave at SS09? · 13 points · by weaksauce · 2 comments
• Best US students opt-out of sci/tech as ranks swell · 13 points · by teeja · 4 comments
• Where do ghosts come from? · 13 points · by dimas · 4 comments
• Seattle company allows you to rent goat herds to clear brush · 13 points · by MikeCapone · 10 comments
• Ustream Pairs Live Video With Simultaneous Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace Chat · 12 points · by markbao · no comments
• Facebook is TIVO for friendships · 12 points · by mark_skaggs · 7 comments
• Fast Bytecodes for Funny Languages (JVM) (Cliff Click) (Video) · 12 points · by glymor · 2 comments
• Educating yourself on youtube · 12 points · by morphir · no comments
• Facebook Wins $711M Anti-Spam Lawsuit · 12 points · by drp · 9 comments
• Why Don't Babies Talk Like Adults? · 11 points · by amichail · 8 comments
• Music in Pubs: Introspections on what annoys customers. · 11 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 3 comments
• Feeback on my new site, please... · 10 points · by jamesvito · 20 comments
• EnterpriseDB, Postgres Plus Maker, Raises $19 Million · 10 points · by mcxx · 3 comments
• Let a human test your app, not (just) unit tests · 10 points · by jon_dahl · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there any excuse not to know Java? · 10 points · by tokenadult · 22 comments
• Big Ball of Mud · 9 points · by nreece · 2 comments
• Traffic Server is now Open Source · 9 points · by gthank · no comments
• If We Upvote Everything, We're a Dumb Pipe · 9 points · by messel · 5 comments
• Being a Man in the 21st Century (Part 2) · 9 points · by bhousel · 17 comments
• Ask HN: Rate our Twitter game, Atlibs · 8 points · by rriepe · 6 comments
• Functional Programming with a Mainstream Language · 8 points · by silkodyssey · no comments
• Jeannette M. Wing - Computational Thinking · 8 points · by middus · 2 comments
• Benioff's pivotal moment, pre-Salesforce: Taking Oracle customer service job · 8 points · by ilamont · no comments
• Ask HN: How to create a successful Hackathon? · 7 points · by andyangelos · 4 comments
• Fast Food Is Why You’re Fat · 7 points · by theoneill · 19 comments
• Solving a Sudoku using SQL · 7 points · by silkodyssey · 1 comment
• Ask HN: If you are international what merchant do you use? · 6 points · by marcamillion · no comments
• Are Single Founder Startups that Bad? · 6 points · by DJN · 9 comments
• Liskov's list of recommended papers · 6 points · by fogus · no comments
• Stanford videos on Entrepreneurship · 6 points · by weaksauce · 1 comment
• Markov Text Analysis for Fun and Profit · 5 points · by prakash · no comments
• Ask HN: Start-up friendly banks in San Francisco? · 5 points · by dnsworks · 4 comments
• IPhone app translates between English and Spanish, and vice-versa · 5 points · by ca98am79 · 1 comment
• Superfreakonomics: elementary climate change errors illustrated · 5 points · by chrisb · no comments
• Tell HN: How to do research on a new idea/target industry using Twitter · 5 points · by paraschopra · no comments
• New music search engine on the way · 5 points · by molecularhack · no comments
• Software That Fixes Itself · 5 points · by Sandman · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Alternatives to Facebook Translation for crowd-sourcing localization? · 5 points · by jeff18 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Best eCommerce Platform · 5 points · by Davertron · 5 comments
• Google talent search: error 502? · 5 points · by kqr2 · 4 comments
• Google Wave to be opened for federation today. Yes, for you to host. · 4 points · by jnaut · 1 comment
• Facebook Rings · 4 points · by nishantmodak · 5 comments
• Reflections of a Newsosaur: Wild guesses won’t solve journalism crisis · 4 points · by chuck_taylor · no comments
• The List Of jQuery Plugins · 4 points · by basdog22 · no comments
• Fail Manifesto · 4 points · by r11t · no comments
• Tangible Functional Programming · 4 points · by r11t · no comments
• Ask HN: Handling NoScript on Your Web Site · 4 points · by Freebytes · 1 comment
• Ron Paul: Let the dollar prove itself · 4 points · by lbrdn · 2 comments
• An evaluation of Major Lisp Compilers · 4 points · by fogus · no comments
• How we ran a micro-lab course at our University · 4 points · by kylemathews · no comments
• Git and Microsoft Development: A Success Story · 4 points · by thinkzig · no comments
• Ask HN: What do you wish you were better at? · 4 points · by aduric · 17 comments
• StartupSchool: My experience with a good co-founder · 4 points · by jollyjerry · no comments
• RFC 1925 - The Twelve Networking Truths · 4 points · by blasdel · no comments
• Sir, the floor wishes to hear no more about your colon · 4 points · by Prefect · no comments
• Guys pitching PG in Palo Alto - How'd it go? · 3 points · by dozba · no comments
• 4th Amendment does Not apply to data stored with third-party providers. · 3 points · by olefoo · 1 comment
• Facebook Rewrites Privacy Policy, Foreshadows Location Based Services · 3 points · by kakooljay · no comments
• Amazon's PayPal-Killer Is Impressive, But Small Time · 3 points · by ciscoriordan · no comments
• Outsourced organic gardens with a web interface · 3 points · by bhseo · no comments
• Willing to give up blue skies for climate fix? · 3 points · by prat · 11 comments
• Ask HN: Launch without paid plans or wait until payment is integrated? · 3 points · by Jim_Neath · 4 comments
• Ask HN: What's your "setup?" · 3 points · by mcantor · 4 comments
• Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking That IQ Tests Miss · 3 points · by prat · no comments
• ICANN approves non-Latin domain names · 3 points · by ryanwaggoner · 2 comments
• Droid Shatters the Competitive Landscape · 3 points · by smharris65 · 2 comments
• Eclipse Color Themes · 3 points · by cj_basu · no comments
• Superstitious Beliefs Cemented Before Birth · 3 points · by Alex3917 · 7 comments
• Lean & Mean Tokyo Cabinet Recipes · 3 points · by r11t · no comments
• Proposal for reify, deftype, and defclass in Clojure · 3 points · by liebke · no comments
• Ask HN: Where to Meet Entrepenurial Developers · 3 points · by EinhornIsFinkle · 2 comments
• Wonderful infographics on all sorts of stuff, with comments. · 2 points · by labria · no comments
• Switching Government Service Providers · 2 points · by rafefurst · no comments
• Alternatives to Facebook Translations for crowd-sourcing internationalization? · 2 points · by jeff18 · no comments
• Why open source election software doesn't matter · 2 points · by whirlycott1 · no comments
• How to deploy Windows XP Mode · 2 points · by ilijabrajkovic · 1 comment
• Unity Releases New & Free Versions of Web/Mobile Dev Platform · 2 points · by jolie · no comments
• Tell HN: Rochester, NY Meetup · 2 points · by wooby · 1 comment
• Is your company worth anything? · 2 points · by dabent · 3 comments
• Stickyness and success: Techcrunch has it backwards · 2 points · by langer · no comments
• Intel's Larrabee: The CPU and GPU, Together at Last · 2 points · by ypavan · no comments
• Compilers and More: A Computing Larrabee · 2 points · by ypk · no comments
• Mostrame la Guita! Adventures in Buying Vulnerabilities · 2 points · by rms · no comments
• New suitors sought for Pirate Bay Booty · 2 points · by jacquesm · 1 comment
• Mobile App Stores: The Next Two Years · 2 points · by gtzi · no comments
• Internet addresses set for change (DNS) · 2 points · by surki · no comments
• Harvard Project Tests Your Racial Preferences · 2 points · by shrikant · no comments
• D&D on Microsoft Surface multi-touch table · 2 points · by iamelgringo · 2 comments
• Why Analytics Is an Essential Aid in Improving your websites ROI. · 2 points · by samqam · no comments
• WebSync: Comet for IIS · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Honda UX-3: "the unicycle segway" · 2 points · by theblackbox · no comments
• Be more productive using Eclipse · 2 points · by TurnleafDesign · no comments
• Start Your New Business In Just 30 Minutes · 2 points · by delputnam · 2 comments
• Quick Hiring Tip for Founders/HR -- Reverse Captchas ;) · 2 points · by ttol · 1 comment
• Math, Physics, and Engineering Applets · 2 points · by dimm · no comments
• MongoDB Webinar - learn about this NoSQL database · 2 points · by chadr · no comments
• Evangelist: beware · 2 points · by bensummers · no comments
• Metadata In State Documents Are Public Record, Court Rules · 2 points · by phsr · no comments
• On The Wisdom of Elders and [Its] Decline · 2 points · by jseliger · no comments
• Hindi Arabic Chinese characters in your domain name registration · 2 points · by ruchika_mk · no comments
• Github's postmortem on today's outage · 2 points · by iamwil · no comments
• Launch of the Ares I-X · 2 points · by dangoldin · 1 comment
• For Facebook And Zappos, Two Divergent Views Of Its Employees · 2 points · by alexandros · no comments
• The Case for Aspects · 2 points · by b-man · no comments
• The visual works of David Pache (making of Directed Edge logo) · 2 points · by n-named · no comments
• Ford skeptical about battery-swapping stations for electric cars · 2 points · by MikeCapone · 1 comment
• Banner Ads on Flies · 2 points · by ojbyrne · 1 comment
• The App Store will nail you for pre-existing conditions too · 2 points · by andrewljohnson · no comments
• A very lucky universe · 2 points · by ca98am79 · 2 comments
• Horror Movie Titles So Bad You Just Have To Rent Them · 2 points · by DanielBMarkham · no comments
• Software recalls and quick fixes to safety-critical computers in robocars · 2 points · by mblakele · no comments
• Strunk and White - 50 Years of Simplicity as Style · 2 points · by grellas · 2 comments
• Getting it out of your system - A Case study on Over-Designing your solution · 1 points · by goodgord · no comments
• MonitoringForge.org Launched · 1 points · by NetDiva · no comments
• A Theory of Scalability · 1 points · by rafefurst · no comments
• [Ponoko] interlock · 1 points · by sallywu · no comments
• Real Time Discovery Engine - YourVersion · 1 points · by code_devil · no comments
• How to predict the success of a product on FB: stickiness · 1 points · by nabeelo · no comments
• Digital Gear: Webcam, handheld video camera go HD · 1 points · by abennett · no comments
• Google Music: What Were Ticketmaster And Facebook Thinking? · 1 points · by kakooljay · no comments
• Activating Browser Modes with Doctype · 1 points · by vijaydev · no comments
• Create a "Related Twitter Posts" widget Flex · 1 points · by phyxx · no comments
• PuSH Bot Marries PubSubHubbub with XMPP · 1 points · by lmohdlp · no comments
• Valve's Published Papers · 1 points · by abraham · no comments
• When will then be now? · 1 points · by clawrencewenham · no comments
• The devil's in the details · 1 points · by j_baker · no comments
• Voting/rating system without logins? · 1 points · by barmstrong · 4 comments
• Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• Petman, Slightly freaky walking robot prototype · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Financial failure? Firms to pay, not taxpayers · 1 points · by known · no comments
• Richard Lewontin--Genetic Determination and Adaptation: Two Bad Metaphors · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• From Older Entrepreneurs to the Do's and Don'ts of Effective Web Design · 1 points · by theproductguy · no comments
• Same URL Listed 10 Times in Google Results · 1 points · by vijaydev · no comments
• Create a stylised video player with LCDBitmap · 1 points · by phyxx · no comments
• Secure online payment systems open doors · 1 points · by awk · no comments
• How Far in Front of the Curve is Too Far? · 1 points · by dnewcome · no comments
• Automated, Open Source Performance Regression Testing · 1 points · by nitrogen · no comments
• SequenceL - Automatic Parallelization · 1 points · by davidkellis · no comments
• POSS: Model for self-sustaining web services · 1 points · by progrium · no comments
• How IE 8 decides which standards mode to use? · 1 points · by vijaydev · no comments
• After net neutrality, will we need "search neutrality?" · 1 points · by shrikant · no comments
• PyHP - Apache module which embeds the Python language inside web pages · 1 points · by jenningsjason · no comments
• Woes for the Angel Investors of Sherwood Forest · 1 points · by mgcreed · no comments
• Oracle sees future in Sun's GlassFish · 1 points · by blazzerbg · no comments
• Intel's SSD firmware brings speed boost, mass death (again) · 1 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Tweetcetera is now live · 1 points · by Spyou · no comments
• Simultaneous Discovery and its impact on stealth mode · 1 points · by shorbaji · no comments
• UK Wi-fi hot spots are not secure · 1 points · by Nekojoe · no comments
• The Droid vs. the iPhone: Let's count the apps · 1 points · by theandym · no comments
• Bill Slawski: The Importance of Listening. · 1 points · by stakent · no comments
• Another Wiki in Google’s Kitty · 1 points · by kneoteric · no comments
• Plans approved to allow non-Latin-script web addresses · 1 points · by movix · no comments
• Arizona judge rules public record metadata is also public record · 1 points · by shrikant · no comments
• Meetings as flattery · 1 points · by yan · no comments
• Virtual Goods: It’s all about the context · 1 points · by mark_skaggs · no comments
• Compiling Erlang - A “personal” experience · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• From C# to F# · 1 points · by Flemlord · no comments
• Django + facebook connect · 1 points · by jnaut · no comments
• Autistic artist draws 18ft picture of New York skyline from memory · 1 points · by theandym · no comments
• Rejection Gone Digital? · 1 points · by JLaramie · no comments
• Scaling Galaxy Zoo with SQS · 1 points · by ypavan · no comments
• Over the Air hackathon · 1 points · by Nekojoe · no comments
• "Always-on" benefits in debugging · 1 points · by abennett · no comments
• State control of the Internet via three strikes copyright laws · 1 points · by gnosis · no comments
• 5 ways to connect to the Internet while on holiday abroad · 1 points · by erlik · 1 comment
• Fish out of Water: Promoting Entrepreneurship by the Govt · 1 points · by dangoldin · no comments
• Twitter Lists roll out to the rest of us · 1 points · by abennett · no comments
• Seven actionable ideas to optimize website conversions for the holiday season · 1 points · by paraschopra · no comments
• IPhone Synchronization with Linux · 1 points · by insomniamedia · no comments
• Harvest FarmVille Crops from Your Phone? · 1 points · by mark_skaggs · no comments
• What happended to the punchcard operators? · 1 points · by scscsc · no comments
• Apple:Sprint::Google:Verizon · 1 points · by TetOn · 1 comment
• Non-ASCII domain names are coming · 1 points · by paulsmith · 1 comment
• Content Isn’t King. Relevant Content is King · 1 points · by ypk · no comments
• Make the Mobile Web Faster · 1 points · by drp · no comments
• Yahoo's humongous new HQ -- images and video · 1 points · by Hunchr · no comments
• A Remarkable Comparison: Affordable Student Loans vs. Affordable Housing · 1 points · by tortilla · no comments
• Week in Review: Smart Grid, Nuclear Energy and Nukes in space · 1 points · by nbautista · no comments
• Migrating from happstack 0.1 to happstack 0.3 · 1 points · by tphyahoo · no comments
• Bottle Bank Arcade Machine · 1 points · by oneplusone · no comments
• The "screwed-up" free Web claims its next casualty: online security · 1 points · by ilamont · no comments
• The Power of Being Personal on Your Blo · 1 points · by fjabre · no comments
• "Check this out": A defense of marketing and advertising · 1 points · by unalone · no comments
• Adobe opens up · 1 points · by vijaydev · no comments
• Github down (http://github.com/) · 1 points · by jnaut · no comments
• Spooky tech tales to make your computer crawl · 1 points · by ritubpant · no comments
• "Frames per second" is not that relevant · 1 points · by groby_b · no comments
• Google Introduces ‘Comparison Ads’ Aimed At Mortgage Market · 1 points · by lzimm · no comments
• Rule the Web with Four Firefox Add-ons · 1 points · by linuxmag · no comments
• One Truth About Technology Architecture: Loose Coupling - Continuations · 1 points · by wheels · no comments
• Where the Wild Things Are II: Max Goes Into IT · 1 points · by abennett · no comments
• Things You Learn From Bootstrapping · 1 points · by Freebytes · no comments
• God Will Help You Prosper If You Ask Nicely · 1 points · by nice1 · no comments
• MIT researchers develop Affective Intelligent Driving Agent · 1 points · by Flemlord · no comments
• Don’t Tell Geico: You May Be a Natural Born Bad Driver · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Never underestimate the power of customer testimonials · 1 points · by rishi · no comments
• Send the GNU GPL to the Amazonia (MySQL, Oracle, licensing) · 1 points · by bensummers · no comments
• There is no comparison chart for user experience · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• Social Media Marketing for car dealers · 1 points · by greengirl512 · no comments
• Musing about downloads in the UK · 1 points · by bensummers · no comments
• Steps to fixing any bug · 1 points · by TurnleafDesign · no comments
• Generators in Objective C · 1 points · by yan · no comments
• The New York Times Blunders Into Linked Data, Pillages Freebase and DBPedia · 1 points · by gluejar · no comments
• Improved AbiCollab, collaborative document editing using AbiWord · 1 points · by sandaru1 · no comments
• Faith, Terror and Response · 1 points · by amit_pradhan · no comments
• Google’s GPS Move May Not Be Fair, But That’s Business · 1 points · by rizzn · no comments
• The Cloud Performance Catch-22: CPU-I/O Balance · 1 points · by wmf · no comments
• In the White House, before Drupal there was "the Tool" · 1 points · by ams1 · no comments
• E Pluribus Unum · 1 points · by scapegraced · no comments
• Google Atmosphere Conference on Cloud Computing - Videos · 1 points · by shorbaji · no comments
• Scientifically Haunted House Suggests You’re a Sucker · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• 2009 jQuery Halloween Pumpkin · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · no comments
• Optimizing homepage for returning and first-time visitors · 1 points · by Everest · 1 comment
• SirsiDynix OSS FUD Report · 1 points · by wardin · no comments
• This is what starting a company feels like. · 1 points · by marklittlewood · no comments
• Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics · 1 points · by ca98am79 · 1 comment
• Secure computers aren’t so secure · 1 points · by theandym · no comments
• Guy makes a vacuum tube by hand in his workshop, with video. · 1 points · by alaskamiller · no comments
• [video] 'startup sessions' featuring JamLegend, the Guitar Hero of the Web · 1 points · by chris_caceres · no comments
• Zkatter To Launch Real-Time Broadcasting Site To Capture "Live Moments" · 1 points · by mikek · no comments
• Sony Ericsson - Products - Mobile phones - Overview - W508a · 1 points · by facundo · no comments
• There’s An iPhone Business App Store Coming; Bet On It · 1 points · by yvesrn · no comments
• 4 Steps To An iPhone Supercharged Online Marketing Strategy · 1 points · by yvesrn · no comments
• Google Comparison Ads: Mortgages · 1 points · by condor · 1 comment
• 10 Years of Apache · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Towards a Permission-based Web. Wherefore Net Neutrality? · 1 points · by iamwil · 1 comment
• Build your own Google Street View for $300 with open source software · 1 points · by henning · no comments