Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore · 261 points · by jseliger · 175 comments
• Just Ask HN (or more precisely, url-less) posts · 209 points · by pg · 46 comments
• Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's Creed 2 unplayable · 195 points · by protomyth · 99 comments
• The Beauty of LaTex · 148 points · by mapleoin · 102 comments
• How to convince any C developer to dump gcc and use clang · 143 points · by fseek · 89 comments
• Shit I Learned Burning through My Family's Life Savings on a Failed Startup · 111 points · by MediaSquirrel · 33 comments
• Gendercide: The worldwide war on baby girls · 91 points · by tokenadult · 94 comments
• Why Ad Blockers Work · 83 points · by sayrer · 31 comments
• Six Months of HackerNews Front Page Data · 80 points · by matt1 · 16 comments
• Sugru: a silicone molding compound for hacking around the house · 64 points · by audionerd · 18 comments
• Warning: Your reality is out of date · 55 points · by jamesbritt · 19 comments
• James Watt: Monopolist · 53 points · by kiba · 11 comments
• Your international web app gets ethnicity wrong · 52 points · by maxklein · 39 comments
• Proofs without words · 50 points · by cruise02 · 25 comments
• How I got my leg tied to the radiator because of Facebook · 50 points · by Murkin · 22 comments
• Advertising is mind pollution · 49 points · by comice · 29 comments
• Stop Reading "Clients from Hell" · 47 points · by cruise02 · 33 comments
• Why it's so hard for Toyota to find out what's wrong · 45 points · by senthil_rajasek · 50 comments
• Advice for new writers: Live somewhere cheap · 43 points · by petewarden · 23 comments
• Lessons Learned Building Reddit - Steve Huffman at FOWA Miami · 42 points · by zaveri · 4 comments
• The Porn Identity (2006) · 39 points · by yannis · 23 comments
• What Is It About Restaurant Websites? · 39 points · by josh_blogs · 36 comments
• Microsoft Small Basic · 38 points · by Flemlord · 26 comments
• Inverse graphing calculator · 38 points · by anigbrowl · 16 comments
• Why Super Nintendos Lose Their Color: Plastic Discoloration in Classic Machines · 35 points · by chaosmachine · 4 comments
• Sites built using the StackOverflow platform · 35 points · by 10ren · 14 comments
• FreeBSD kernel stack overflow exploit development · 31 points · by pwnwaffe · no comments
• Jeff Bridges' totally different website · 31 points · by Maro · 17 comments
• Mixpanel (YC S09) New Feature - Funnel Trend Analysis · 30 points · by suhail · 1 comment
• Algebra in Wonderland · 28 points · by robg · 20 comments
• Most Painful Toy Hack Ever · 28 points · by NIL8 · 11 comments
• Ask HN: Should I be told a startup's present valuation when given stock options? · 27 points · by quickpost · 33 comments
• A (multicore) render farm in Haskell · 27 points · by dons · no comments
• Bing censors sexual & LGBT content in Arab nations · 26 points · by nir · 14 comments
• The Power of 5 Sentences · 26 points · by bmcmanus · 10 comments
• People 55 and Older Start Own Businesses in Growing Numbers · 25 points · by timr · 11 comments
• I Hate Ad Networks · 23 points · by jfarmer · 6 comments
• Introducing jrclj: Easily call Clojure from JRuby · 23 points · by kyleburton · 8 comments
• DIY Pixel Qi Kits · 23 points · by ph0rque · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Functional Programming Differences · 22 points · by DanielBMarkham · 29 comments
• RIAA Claims File Sharers Are 'Undermining Humanitarian Efforts In Haiti' · 21 points · by philf · 10 comments
• Mailplane preview integrates Rapportive · 21 points · by rahulvohra · 22 comments
• Ask PG/HN: Is there something changed in the rank/sorting algorithm of HN? · 21 points · by jrnkntl · 21 comments
• Nigerian scammer nets $40.5 million in 15 months · 21 points · by tshtf · 8 comments
• How Facebook can take over the Internet (part 1) · 20 points · by omergetrel · 3 comments
• Boiling Frog · 19 points · by blogimus · 14 comments
• MixergyNotes on Gurbaksh Chahal, founder of gWallet and self-made millionaire. · 18 points · by mixergyNOTES · 14 comments
• HackerNews Trends · 18 points · by matt1 · 18 comments
• Candid Camera · 17 points · by cwan · 8 comments
• Bay Area Overcoming Bias / Less Wrong Meet Up: March 7th, 7PM · 16 points · by rms · 2 comments
• Android app killed by its author due to incompatible phones · 15 points · by riobard · 20 comments
• The ‘Final’ Frontier of Algorithmic Trading · 15 points · by yannis · 15 comments
• Dot-com bust ripples still felt 10 years later · 14 points · by timr · 12 comments
• Ask HN: Are there any tests I can run on a network to simulate 100 heavy users? · 14 points · by marcamillion · 6 comments
• Random YC application videos · 14 points · by coryl · 5 comments
• Why PuSH (or PubSubHubbub) Could Threaten Twitter · 14 points · by cmelbye · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Writing for Americans · 13 points · by neiljohnson · 16 comments
• Startup Visa update · 13 points · by alrex021 · no comments
• Leksah: the Haskell IDE. V0.8 now available · 13 points · by dons · 3 comments
• The Reddit problem: Learning from mistakes · 12 points · by simonreed · 2 comments
• Ask HN: an ad blocking compromise? · 11 points · by ErrantX · 10 comments
• Scala: Post-Functional, Post-Modern, or Just Perl++? · 11 points · by Confusion · no comments
• Show HN: My blooper reel tribute to other YC S10 applicants · 11 points · by follower · 1 comment
• The 2-Minute Opportunity Checklist for Entrepreneurs · 10 points · by xel02 · no comments
• Breaking With Scientology · 10 points · by asnyder · no comments
• Scientist 'Dream Team' Agrees Huge Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs · 10 points · by cwan · 4 comments
• Hiring technical people - what HR are doing wrong and how to fix it. · 10 points · by markdennehy · 1 comment
• When Startups Should Hire a Dev Shop (other than "never") · 10 points · by thesyndicate · 7 comments
• Ask HN: Best Ad Network for Tech Blog? · 9 points · by dell9000 · 6 comments
• Ask YC: Free / Open Source Solution for online meetings · 9 points · by igorhvr · 6 comments
• Apache.org defaced - Security archive case study · 9 points · by j_lagof · 5 comments
• Ask HN: ad server recommendation? · 9 points · by mwsherman · 7 comments
• Advertising isn't the only business model for websites · 8 points · by bretpiatt · 4 comments
• Adblocking is Missing the Point · 7 points · by alanthonyc · 8 comments
• Is it okay to ignore results from people you don’t trust? · 7 points · by mhb · 1 comment
• Procrasdonate - pay websites by marking them TimeWellSpent · 7 points · by fragmede · 2 comments
• In Defence of 'Scrum but...' · 7 points · by neiljohnson · no comments
• What you need to know about disk latent sector errors · 7 points · by andrewvc · 7 comments
• You should block your competitors from seeing your AdWords ads · 6 points · by keltex · 2 comments
• Connect the dots for something good · 6 points · by niyazpk · no comments
• And BitTorrent’s Oscar Goes To... District 9 · 6 points · by Flemlord · 3 comments
• Can we fix online advertising? · 6 points · by helium · 1 comment
• Test-Driven Development: I Finally Get It · 5 points · by skorks · 1 comment
• Idle chit chat can make you unhappy · 5 points · by d0mine · 1 comment
• The Most Common Things You Do To A Large Data File With Bash · 5 points · by skorks · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Mario AI, Google AI like contests ? · 5 points · by skant · 3 comments
• IPhone lessons from Google's Nexus One | Phones | iPhone Central | Macworld · 5 points · by niqolas · no comments
• Lessons from Amazon's Success · 5 points · by techdog · 2 comments
• On the joys of creativity as a software developer. · 5 points · by Eddk · 1 comment
• Sensible "Cyber War" Preparation, Or Just More Government Snooping? · 5 points · by cwan · 4 comments
• Three Personality Traits of The Ideal Co-founder · 4 points · by dlevine · 1 comment
• All Google Logos up until March 2010 · 4 points · by ashishbharthi · no comments
• The Last of the Golden Swindlers · 4 points · by grellas · no comments
• Developer Certification WTF · 4 points · by spuz · no comments
• Why Be an Ethical Company? They're Stronger and Last Longer · 4 points · by nreece · no comments
• Ask HN: How will we be looking for jobs in 20 years? · 4 points · by luis_ca · no comments
• CouchDB 'joins'. Some NoSQL design considerations · 3 points · by andrewvc · no comments
• Automated deployment systems: push vs. pull · 3 points · by skorks · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Partners and Expenses · 3 points · by jeff925 · 2 comments
• The Mars Robotic Tumbleweed · 3 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Fractal Trip FROM e214 · 3 points · by teamfresh · no comments
• Having a Hard Time Finishing? -- Less Everything Blog · 3 points · by GVRV · no comments
• Mini-Shifts · 3 points · by tomerico · no comments
• Google Robots vs. Humanity · 3 points · by benatlas · 1 comment
• Nokia Gets Patent For Self Charging Phone · 3 points · by chanux · no comments
• MongoDB, High-Performance SQL-Free Database [video] · 3 points · by vladocar · no comments
• Django deployment with uWSGI and nginx · 3 points · by zacharyvoase · no comments
• Microsoft Gives Rival Browsers a Lift · 3 points · by wicknicks · 2 comments
• John Paton to News Industry: "Learn One New (tech) Thing" · 3 points · by shafqat · 1 comment
• JavaScript Modules, Proxies, and Ephemeron Tables, Oh My‼ · 2 points · by tlrobinson · no comments
• Dan Ariely's take on the NY Times Pay Wall · 2 points · by b-man · no comments
• Microsoft's open source authenticated anonymity and pseudonymity SDK (U-Prove) · 2 points · by pwnwaffe · no comments
• Clementine-player - the real amarok · 2 points · by nice1 · no comments
• Bottle: Python Web Framework · 2 points · by VeXocide · no comments
• Courts Cracking Down on Texting Jurors · 2 points · by markbnine · no comments
• It's time for Microsoft to turn itself upside down · 2 points · by tomh- · no comments
• Poker Bot Command Line Tool - AllHandsDesc · 2 points · by matt1 · no comments
• Why You Should Take on More than 1 Project At a Time · 2 points · by ruang · no comments
• Lua on iPhone for rapid development · 2 points · by presto10 · 1 comment
• List of StackExchange sites · 2 points · by 10ren · 2 comments
• Littlest station gives us the 'sound' of Mars Express · 2 points · by wglb · no comments
• Choosing a price for your webapp or startup using multivariate testing · 2 points · by dmytton · no comments
• Bugging bugs: Learning to speak microbe · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• Having Ideas Versus Having a Vision · 2 points · by thiele · no comments
• Knowing the mind of God: Seven theories of everything · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Why online news is ad-based and not subscription-based · 2 points · by mixmax · no comments
• Dot-com bust ripples still felt 10 years later · 2 points · by cwan · 1 comment
• Video: Computer Scientist David Gelernter · 2 points · by beeker · no comments
• Pushy: Send github notifications to Google Wave · 2 points · by chrismdp · no comments
• Choogle Search Uses People Powered Advertising · 1 points · by the_decider · no comments
• Who is code wanderer? · 1 points · by gpeipman · no comments
• Microsoft Courier's Devolution [video] · 1 points · by ashishbharthi · no comments
• Myths About Raising Capital · 1 points · by davidblerner · no comments
• Empathizing with Customers [pdf] · 1 points · by iamwil · no comments
• Microsoft shows off single game running on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The "X" Factor in Business · 1 points · by davidblerner · no comments
• Jonathan Coulton performs Code Monkey · 1 points · by skorks · no comments
• Mercurial 1.5 · 1 points · by skorks · no comments
• Gabriel G's Ruby music projects [livecoding] · 1 points · by pook · no comments
• YC.lt domain available · 1 points · by danicgross · no comments
• Buffett 20% annualized gains over 45 years · 1 points · by known · no comments
• A Very Brief History of the Pocket · 1 points · by geekpressrepost · no comments
• THE BILLIONAIRE BOYS' CLUB (1996) · 1 points · by aditya · no comments
• On Software vs Architecture · 1 points · by littleiffel · no comments
• Any Other MFI developers? · 1 points · by cgherb911 · no comments
• MailCheck: Test your Mail-server and find errors · 1 points · by m_eiman · no comments
• Oscar Predictions Guide · 1 points · by tomh · no comments
• Fixed Monospace Sizing · 1 points · by niyazpk · no comments
• Republicans rule Twitter · 1 points · by markbnine · no comments
• The Beast File: Google · 1 points · by hungrybeast · no comments
• 5 Things Every PHP Developer Should Know About MongoDB · 1 points · by vladocar · no comments
• Candid Camera: Reputation concerns with posted video · 1 points · by tbgvi · 1 comment
• The problem with laptops · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Google buys startup company DocVerse · 1 points · by yannis · no comments
• Afterbytes with Marcus Ranum - Data Leakage · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• Afterbytes with Marcus Ranum - Using A Dedicated PC For Online Banking · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• Lean Startup Geek Smackdown In DC (video) · 1 points · by _pius · no comments
• AfterBites: Expanding Consumer Protection Laws to Software · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• Scrappywise Poundfoolish · 1 points · by jonsteinberg · no comments
• The Adaptive Augmented Reality Web · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Lean Startup: David McClure interviews Eric Reis · 1 points · by bigsassy · no comments
• Enums are Brittle · 1 points · by Tarski · no comments
• Amb.itio.us Co-Founder Finder · 1 points · by njl · no comments
• Flash MiniBuilder is an IDE for writing AS3 written in AS3 · 1 points · by superduper · no comments
• It's a Knockout: Granny vs. Shark Edition · 1 points · by muimui · no comments
• Bing Search Bans All Sex-Related Terms In Middle East · 1 points · by kloncks · no comments
• Donation Networks to fight Advertising. · 1 points · by chanux · no comments
• Ask HN: Want to create $5 Excel add-in for charity, help with ideas · 1 points · by samh · no comments
• England trying to top DMCA, Big Content trumps Economics · 1 points · by CoryOndrejka · no comments
• 3 What-Ifs to justify Apple's stock price · 1 points · by philipkd · no comments
• Why can't I watch web-based video in Canada? · 1 points · by brandon272 · 1 comment
• Sophisticated Mission Impossible Heist of 20 Apple Laptop · 1 points · by anderzole · no comments
• EXelate Panel Brings Doomsday Prediction From NY Times' Nisenholtz · 1 points · by newval · no comments
• How A Man With No Business Background “Lucked” into a $25 Mil/Yr Company · 1 points · by anderzole · 1 comment
• SF Chronicle accused of SEO spamming by sex columnist (site NSFW) · 1 points · by hga · no comments
• Ask HN: Sports footwear - distribution, shipping etc. · 1 points · by philjr · no comments
• Ask HN: Anyone interested to work on a project basis as a graphic artist? · 1 points · by sev · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Has anyone used the Yelp API? · 1 points · by krisneuharth · no comments
• The PC will Die · 1 points · by beeker · no comments
• Foursquare Just Made Your Location History A Lot More Interesting · 1 points · by j_lagof · no comments
• New Sony Gadgets Take Aim at Apple · 0 points · by dirtbox · 1 comment