Hacker News Way Back Machine

• What happens when you refuse to answer a passport control officer's questions · 463 points · by abraham · 281 comments
• This is engineering: Army Jeep torn apart and reassembled in 4 minutes · 280 points · by g0atbutt · 103 comments
• Texas Hold'em Experiment · 148 points · by slig · 34 comments
• CPU vs. GPU · 121 points · by Garbage · 22 comments
• HN: Let's Try Something Cool - Add Your Spot On The Hacker News Map · 118 points · by jmarbach · 46 comments
• Drinking the Node.js Kool-Aid · 89 points · by shawndumas · 34 comments
• Google Maps Instant (inspired by Youtube Instant) · 78 points · by vijaydev · 59 comments
• PhD or Not PhD: that is the question · 77 points · by yarapavan · 53 comments
• What problems have you solved using genetic algorithms/genetic programming? · 77 points · by dlowe · 23 comments
• The unlikely life and sudden death of The Exile, Russia’s angriest newspaper. · 75 points · by kitcar · 35 comments
• Structure Synth, an IDE for creating recursive 3D art · 74 points · by rufflelesl · 23 comments
• Google's Colossus Makes Search Real-Time By Dumping MapReduce · 66 points · by brown9-2 · 14 comments
• The YouTube Time Machine · 63 points · by kfarzaneh · 16 comments
• The Psychology of Loners and Introverts · 61 points · by pathik · 23 comments
• A Very Basic Clojure Macro Tutorial · 55 points · by johnaspden · no comments
• Announcing node.ocaml (OCaml + Libevent = Fast Fun) · 51 points · by mathgladiator · 2 comments
• Startup Bootcamp at MIT: streaming live via Justin.TV · 50 points · by grinich · 12 comments
• Ask HN: PHP for Python programmers · 46 points · by reinhardt · 73 comments
• The Single Most Important Secret to Success · 40 points · by avk · 12 comments
• Django 1.2.3 released · 40 points · by bfirsh · 7 comments
• Google Images Instant (inspired by Youtube Instant) · 40 points · by michaelhart · 32 comments
• Phantom Android Apps: they don't copy your ideas, they steal your code · 38 points · by fredliu · 31 comments
• Ask HN: What to do for college? · 38 points · by klbarry · 52 comments
• Ask HN: How do you *use* HN? · 37 points · by oldmanstan · 61 comments
• RepRap repraps RepRap electronics · 36 points · by ph0rque · 7 comments
• What’s Hiding in Demand Media’s Finances? · 34 points · by Cmccann7 · 8 comments
• Adobe: Same code on five screens · 32 points · by Garbage · 31 comments
• Ask HN: Ideas for weekend projects? · 31 points · by CGamesPlay · 12 comments
• Ask HN: when is Google Instant coming to my GMail search? · 31 points · by jfi · 24 comments
• Opt Out (A comic about email lists) · 30 points · by armandososa · 6 comments
• Google Code Project Hosting relaxes license policy · 26 points · by kadhinn · 11 comments
• Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic · 25 points · by kqr2 · 3 comments
• Entrepreneurs Rise in Ashes of India’s Caste System · 24 points · by pavs · 12 comments
• In lawsuit, AT&T blames Cambridge, Mass. for crappy wireless service · 23 points · by ilamont · 8 comments
• Forking is a Feature · 22 points · by itsucharo · 2 comments
• This Week in Startups: Steve Huffman, Co-Founder of Hipmunk (YC S10) · 21 points · by wyday · 5 comments
• Ask HN: Examples of especially well-written C code? · 21 points · by dlowe · 16 comments
• We're entering the decade of the developer · 21 points · by mcantelon · 14 comments
• Why life expectancy in Japan may in fact be a bit lower · 21 points · by cwan · 23 comments
• My version of youtube instant · 20 points · by kqueue · 13 comments
• Large Problems in Django, Mostly Solved · 20 points · by duke_sam · 1 comment
• Scala + JDK6 annotations = Simple Web Service · 20 points · by kings · 5 comments
• Google AI challenge is live (Galcon) · 18 points · by angrycoder · 3 comments
• Family to Receive $1.5M+ in First-Ever Vaccine-Autism Court Award · 17 points · by edw519 · 36 comments
• TechCrunch Teardown: Etsy, It's Crafty · 17 points · by replicatorblog · 6 comments
• Ask HN: We're building a real-life, location-based MMORPG. Will you play? · 16 points · by amithgeorge · 27 comments
• OpenStreetMap - 300 000 users · 15 points · by Uncle_Sam · no comments
• Instant Search in Google Chrome · 15 points · by twapi · no comments
• Ask HN: Please review my language startup · 14 points · by mise · 7 comments
• Engineers: Right Wing Terror; Humanities: Left Wing Terror? · 14 points · by ckuehne · 1 comment
• Japan Inventing Alternatives to Rare Earth Metals · 13 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• "Clojure Programming", the book · 13 points · by duck · no comments
• Patent Office Admits the Truth: Things Are a Disaster · 13 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What were you doing when 9/11 happened? · 13 points · by twidlit · 29 comments
• Time To Lower Our Expectations For Twitter? · 13 points · by jedwhite · no comments
• Save My Life: Hyperparathyroidism? · 12 points · by savemylife · 6 comments
• Ask HN: PayPal Alternatives for Subscriptions* · 11 points · by ubuntuftw · 8 comments
• How much do software engineers make outside of the United States? · 10 points · by kingnothing · 10 comments
• Ask HN: Should I leave university? · 10 points · by Jgeros · 27 comments
• About.me - reserve your name now · 9 points · by alfredp · 6 comments
• Don’t Waste Money on a New Computer for College · 9 points · by cwan · 10 comments
• Where do we stand in space? (1961) · 8 points · by kfarzaneh · no comments
• The Moral of the Kurzweil v. Myers Spat · 8 points · by ewjordan · 2 comments
• How to Become a Programmer - wikiHow · 8 points · by sid02phi · 12 comments
• September 11th · 8 points · by duck · 1 comment
• How hack password on facebook (jpeg) · 8 points · by Uncle_Sam · 3 comments
• The Web is Against the Ropes, But it’s Not Dead · 7 points · by zuzzo · no comments
• Ask HN: Are there are any good alternatives for MS Project? · 7 points · by skowmunk · 4 comments
• Howstuffworks "How Safecracking Works" · 7 points · by Manolis · no comments
• Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. · 7 points · by siculars · 4 comments
• Manton Reece: I hope iAd fails · 6 points · by pietrofmaggi · 6 comments
• Ninth Circuit Sides with Industry in Stopping Software Resales · 6 points · by grellas · no comments
• Ask HN: Book recommendations for GUI development · 6 points · by danibx · 3 comments
• Starting With Search · 6 points · by tortilla · no comments
• Ask HN: Equity Advice, First Employee/Director-of-Eng/Series-A valley startup. · 5 points · by temp4444 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Do I need a mentor or a business partner? · 4 points · by simonasks · 3 comments
• Thank you Steve Jobs · 4 points · by vijaydev · 7 comments
• Because every country is the best at something (Visualisation) · 4 points · by fxj · 2 comments
• Simplify, and Savor Life · 4 points · by v4us · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Adsense earning dissapearing? · 4 points · by Andrew_Quentin · 1 comment
• Technical and cultural changes in chess · 4 points · by soitgoes · no comments
• Following the hype: Twitter Instant · 4 points · by dermatthias · no comments
• The Virtue of a Manager · 4 points · by aycangulez · no comments
• RE: Why Django Sucks · 4 points · by tommynazareth · no comments
• A programmer's modifications for efficiently operating a Mac · 4 points · by tmsh · 3 comments
• Shotlink system has recorded 7 million golf shots since 2003 · 4 points · by ableal · no comments
• Another reason to MAC ciphertext, not plaintext · 3 points · by there · no comments
• Usability Heuristics Mnemonic: "Map and Fetch" · 3 points · by wcarss · no comments
• Architecture of Full Hardware Acceleration of Web Page Content · 3 points · by suprgeek · no comments
• PS3 Plus TI-84+ Equals Jailbreak · 3 points · by brianto2010 · no comments
• Do What You Love - by Tom Kelley · 3 points · by sthomps · 1 comment
• Apple Starts Evicting App Store Name Squatters · 3 points · by credo · no comments
• First Medical Marijuana Ad Airs in California · 3 points · by twink · no comments
• Gartner: Android to be become #2 worldwide mobile OS this year, #1 by 2014? · 3 points · by Garbage · 2 comments
• Foxconn's founder says: "We're making 137,000 iPhones per day" · 3 points · by Mikecsi · no comments
• The moves that make men attractive to women · 3 points · by rblion · no comments
• Wolf3D in 1K javascript · 3 points · by jayeshsalvi · no comments
• Windows Server AppFabric Architecture Guide · 3 points · by brianclintwud · no comments
• Backslashes on the news · 3 points · by kabuks · no comments
• Tell HN: Thank you - votes are still open, but I'm starting work. · 3 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 1 comment
• Startup Bootcamp Streaming Live · 3 points · by jeffd · no comments
• Avoiding Implicit Nothing in Scala · 3 points · by 0x44 · no comments
• Mark Zuckerberg's Interview from 2005 (GigaOM) · 3 points · by pathik · no comments
• 5 Filters I Use to Consider Startup Investments · 3 points · by razin · 1 comment
• Vetting new ideas on a budget of $5 · 3 points · by atomical · no comments
• Why female technology entrepreneurs are so hard to find · 3 points · by jseliger · 2 comments
• Bing in html5 on Safari · 3 points · by yread · 1 comment
• 2 types of happiness, the experienced and the remembered · 3 points · by harscoat · no comments
• What is your academic paper for? · 3 points · by wallflower · no comments
• Swype, text input for screens · 3 points · by VeXocide · 2 comments
• Biz Plan Competitions - 10 tips for success · 3 points · by Entrabanker · no comments
• They Have Money. Can They Spend It? · 3 points · by thesyndicate · no comments
• Use Low Color Contrast for User Interface Constraints · 3 points · by UXMovement · no comments
• The Man Who Makes Your iPhone · 3 points · by danishkhan · no comments
• Groupon for College Students · 3 points · by yonatanblasberg · 2 comments
• Why Foxconn isn't opening factories in the US · 3 points · by cwan · no comments
• Ask HN: References to study marketing? · 3 points · by pascalchristian · 1 comment
• What people don't understand about OAuth · 3 points · by davewiner · 1 comment
• Steve Huffman, Co-Founder of Reddit & Hipmunk, on This Week in Startups · 3 points · by jasonmcalacanis · no comments
• To Generate Jobs, Nurture Start-Ups (Big or Small) · 3 points · by da5e · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Will you use this Google mash up? · 3 points · by maserati · 3 comments
• Object When? Is object oriented the only way to write software · 3 points · by AlfredTwo · no comments
• The Slump Goes On: Why? · 3 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Ask HN: what is the best way to read HN via Twitter? · 3 points · by msort · 6 comments
• Logorama - Massive Creativity (video) · 2 points · by organicgrant · no comments
• OSDI10 program · 2 points · by helwr · no comments
• H.P.'s Board Blunders - again · 2 points · by donohoe · no comments
• License Evolution and Hosting Projects on Code.Google.Com · 2 points · by abraham · no comments
• Ask HN: How does Google back up personal data? · 2 points · by kilomanamolik · 3 comments
• Free household furniture for HN member new to bay area · 2 points · by rach · no comments
• Can Yahoo still be saved? · 2 points · by tengkahwee · 1 comment
• Apple clamping down on App name squatters · 2 points · by ajg1977 · no comments
• Ask HN: Any startups in the N.E. of England? · 2 points · by eddie_catflap · no comments
• This guy is shopping his business around for ~a billion dollars · 2 points · by samh · 2 comments
• ACLU Challenges Laptop Searches and Seizures at the Border · 2 points · by gasull · 1 comment
• The More Important Reason Electronic Books Will Be Great · 2 points · by duck · no comments
• Securing Your Wordpress Plugin: Nonce · 2 points · by vital101 · 1 comment
• Apple Says iPhone 4 Antenna Issue "Even Smaller Than We Originally Thought · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Apple to discontinue free iPhone Bumper Case program on Sept. 30 · 2 points · by MJR · no comments
• HTML5 Canvas Image Effects: Black & White · 2 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Robots taught to deceive · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• I need a co-founder for my startup · 2 points · by kitaka · 4 comments
• Mixed messages from Google: is Android ready for tablets? · 2 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Shodan: Search for servers and filter by software/geo · 2 points · by po · no comments
• Guess What, You Don’t Own That Software You Bought · 2 points · by lotusleaf1987 · 1 comment
• Microsoft To Shut Down Disaster Communication Service Vine · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Frugal Engineering: "Jugaad" is the new "Kaizen" · 2 points · by rushabh · no comments
• Testing API error codes · 2 points · by andrewacove · no comments
• Overlooked Essentials For Optimizing Code · 2 points · by nkurz · no comments
• Ask HN: Which is the best PHP & MySQL CMS out there? · 2 points · by skowmunk · 4 comments
• An interactive map of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth · 2 points · by friism · no comments
• Ask HN: Anyone from HN attending startup bootcamp @ MIT? · 2 points · by eposts · no comments
• Google Chrome and .NET - Almost, But Not Quite · 2 points · by DanielBMarkham · no comments
• Bing's answer to Google's instant search: HTML5 · 2 points · by zmmz · no comments
• Study: High Frequency Trading reduces volatility, enhances price discovery · 2 points · by yummyfajitas · 1 comment
• First DjangoCon videos are up · 2 points · by wkornewald · no comments
• The Thesis Repulsor Field · 2 points · by aycangulez · no comments
• Britain's brainiest cemetery · 2 points · by vColin · no comments
• Tips for working with Lawyers · 2 points · by Trixcomp · no comments
• Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 sent to manufacturing · 2 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Interview with Hipmunk (YC S10) Co-founder Steve Huffman · 2 points · by chr15 · no comments
• Ask HN - are there any good web-based RSS readers apart from Google Reader? · 2 points · by AndrewDucker · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Domain Hosting that 1) is cheap and 2) offers a full-featured API · 2 points · by waxman · 3 comments
• JPMorgan Said to Test IPhone, BlackBerry Alternatives · 2 points · by Element_ · no comments
• The role of definitions in mathematics and theory · 2 points · by Watermelon · no comments
• Four Demons of Search: Part 1 · 2 points · by ashish_0x90 · no comments
• Ask HN: The Latest in (small business) Web Design · 2 points · by pointillistic · 1 comment
• Looking for a CTO co-founder for a new music startup. · 2 points · by vintageredmusic · 8 comments
• Roald Dahl—the Storyteller As Benevolent Sadist · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• On the Insanity of Computer (in)-Security · 2 points · by mbateman · no comments
• All the world is a DOM. The rise of Identity Based Programming. · 2 points · by sz · no comments
• Choosing a new feed reader · 2 points · by bobds · no comments
• The (Power Law) Mathematics of War · 2 points · by ckuehne · no comments
• 8-bit Farm: All Your Farm Are Belong To Us · 2 points · by anandvc · no comments
• Instantise.com: One Service To Rule Them All · 2 points · by andre3k1 · no comments
• Hacker News Instant, Etc · 2 points · by bwaldorf · 1 comment
• Application Prototyping using Keynote - Keynote Wireframe Templates · 2 points · by Sparragus · no comments
• Alliance of the jailbreakers: Cydia acquires Rock · 2 points · by stevederico · no comments
• F#, Putting the Fun into Functional Programming · 1 points · by Rickasaurus · no comments
• Programming in C (online book) · 1 points · by helwr · no comments
• Automatic text translation - Stackoverflow · 1 points · by mite-mitreski · no comments
• Using Twitter @Anywhere Bridge Codes · 1 points · by abraham · no comments
• Levitating nanoparticles may make for better geoengineering · 1 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Dear Apple, Thanks for Ping But We Don't Need More Social Networks · 1 points · by dreambird · no comments
• Adobe to resume work on iPhone Flash tool · 1 points · by j_baker · no comments
• Teleportation Is Real (seriously) · 1 points · by danielodio · no comments
• Apple May Be Planning A Holiday Release For Next iPad · 1 points · by aaronbrethorst · no comments
• The Economics of E-Retail · 1 points · by dkokelley · no comments
• MRI Memory Allocation, A Primer For Developers · 1 points · by moe · no comments
• Entrepreneurs For North Texas Freedom Day 2010 · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• Chrome dev gets click-to-play on unsandboxed plugins · 1 points · by abraham · no comments
• Android 2.2 almost at 30% Android market share · 1 points · by abraham · no comments
• Track Your Website Visitors and Their Behaviors in Real Time · 1 points · by gasull · no comments
• iPod Nano Watchband- Rock Band « iLoveHandles.com · 1 points · by stevederico · no comments
• How Low Color Contrast Can be Used as User Interface Constraints · 1 points · by UXMovement · no comments
• Video: Diggy’s ATT Commercial, iTunes should do this. · 1 points · by ancornwell · no comments
• Should you use a Virtual Office to start-up · 1 points · by Brajeshwar · no comments
• Ask HN: Legality of buy-in, cash-prize contests · 1 points · by dzlobin · no comments
• Cleverbot · 1 points · by dsc · no comments
• Analyst: Five challenges for new Nokia CEO · 1 points · by pietrofmaggi · no comments
• Ask HN: Is the webdevelopment agency anything like the ad agency in Mad Men? · 1 points · by davidchua · 1 comment
• Google Maps, Like YouTube, Get Instantized · 1 points · by bwaldorf · 1 comment
• Microsoft's Stephen Elop takes job as Nokia CEO · 1 points · by brianclintwud · no comments
• UFO that drove woman off road 'was shaped like a Ford station wagon' · 1 points · by keyle · no comments
• Google Chrome 6 is zealous about mixed encrypted/clear pages · 1 points · by leoc · 4 comments
• How to optimize images for website: 6 Tips for Web Developers · 1 points · by B-Scan · no comments
• Ladies, look at your data · 1 points · by goodside · no comments
• Just show me the grades. · 1 points · by cellurl · no comments
• Real life tractor beam closer to reality. · 1 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Eminent Domains: The First Time I Changed History · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• Education in the 21st century - my view · 1 points · by iss · no comments
• Untangling Consumption Value and Investment Value of Higher Education · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Bandcamp starts charging for free downloads · 1 points · by sgibat · 1 comment
• Sir Henry Head's self-experimentation · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Sweatpants In Paradise: The exciting world of immersive retail · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Bloglines will officially shut down on October 1, 2010 · 1 points · by Uncle_Sam · no comments
• Flax html5 game engine dev diary part 4 · 1 points · by hebejebelus · no comments
• The rant to end all rants about the "Ground Zero Mosque" · 1 points · by sudonim · no comments
• Farmville Vs. Real Farms Infographic · 1 points · by nader · no comments
• What problems have you solved using genetic algorithms/genetic programming? · 1 points · by mcav · 1 comment
• Ask HN : Chrome 6 and 7 getComputedStyle(el,prop) is lying, did anyone notice? · 1 points · by chrismeyer_ · 2 comments
• Roundup: Energy Tracking Tools · 1 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• Zipf's law · 1 points · by CaptainMorgan · no comments
• Why I bought a Mac ... And Why I'll always be a Windows guy too · 1 points · by zbruhnke · 2 comments
• Boxplorer: an interactive intro · 1 points · by elblanco · no comments
• Ask HN: Can I create this mobile app with a multiplatform tool? · 1 points · by b3nman · 1 comment
• Technical Lead / Web Developer for Yoopra · 1 points · by yonatanblasberg · 4 comments
• Ask HN: jobs in St. Paul or Minneapolis? · 1 points · by bobmould1974 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Why is iTunes difficult? · 1 points · by jason_slack · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Internet banking in flash · 1 points · by synopsi · no comments
• "Instant" instant search · 1 points · by jfeldstein · 2 comments
• The Edge of Physics · 1 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Becoming an exploit developer/security researcher help? · 1 points · by r00db0y · 2 comments
• Steps to Achievement: The Pitfalls, Costs, Requirements, and Timelines · 1 points · by lionhearted · no comments