Hacker News Way Back Machine

• The sad truth about Facebook · 241 points · by edw519 · 116 comments
• Sept. 26, 1983: The Man Who Saved the World by Doing ... Nothing · 200 points · by VMG · 29 comments
• September 26th is Petrov Day · 156 points · by AngryParsley · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Is being an introvert okay? · 138 points · by finemann · 92 comments
• Students: You Are Probably Not Mark Zuckerberg, So Stay In School · 137 points · by cwan · 112 comments
• How Universities Work, or: What I Wish I’d Known As a Freshman · 127 points · by jseliger · 70 comments
• Promote JS · 100 points · by evilhackerdude · 40 comments
• Rootless Root - The Unix Koans of Master Foo (Eric S. Raymond) · 100 points · by mahipal · 43 comments
• CIA used 'illegal, inaccurate code to target kill drones' · 94 points · by mcantelon · 41 comments
• The tricks behind nature documentaries · 91 points · by ab9 · 31 comments
• Ron Conway Would Like To Clarify His Nuclear Attack On Fellow Angels · 89 points · by ssclafani · 35 comments
• Android security model is inadequate, and it needs a firewall · 77 points · by sswam · 47 comments
• What if everything you needed to survive had to fit through a 3 inch wide hole · 65 points · by bobds · 18 comments
• Ask HN: Any bar owners? · 65 points · by devmonk · 70 comments
• Sammy - jQuery based RESTful evented framework · 64 points · by SingAlong · 15 comments
• The Complete History of Lemmings · 61 points · by bl4k · 10 comments
• Video guides to Akihabara (Tokyo area with tons of computer/electronic shops) · 59 points · by nfriedly · 20 comments
• The Defenders of Free Software · 58 points · by edw519 · 9 comments
• Lift 2.1 ships · 58 points · by d_c · 35 comments
• The Wikipedia Game · 57 points · by najirama · 21 comments
• WSGI is now Python 3-friendly · 53 points · by draegtun · 10 comments
• How Startups Should Pitch Tech Bloggers · 52 points · by pathik · 6 comments
• Robin Hanson's Opinion Warning Signs · 51 points · by tptacek · 20 comments
• Ask HN: SEO checklists and what to do next? · 49 points · by oldmanstan · 16 comments
• Co-founder search · 48 points · by oceanician · 51 comments
• No expectation of privacy on public transit · 47 points · by mayank · 47 comments
• Chrome OS Looks to Refresh Standard Fonts · 45 points · by dcawrey · 27 comments
• David Foster Wallace’s struggle to surpass “Infinite Jest.” · 45 points · by tshtf · 21 comments
• Squeryl: A concise, type-safe Scala ORM and DSL · 41 points · by stephenjudkins · 11 comments
• Pentagon destroys thousands of copies of Army officer's memoir · 38 points · by sp332 · 30 comments
• Joyent's Node SmartMachine Rollout This Morning - Announced on JSConf · 36 points · by js4all · 16 comments
• Never Mind The Bullets: a comic strip with HTML5/CSS · 36 points · by folz · 31 comments
• Man reaches astronauts with amateur radio · 33 points · by ab9 · 13 comments
• Realtime Traffic chart for KhanAcademy · 33 points · by pavs · 3 comments
• Billions spent on Ordinary Chemistry Was called Nanotechnology · 33 points · by billswift · 15 comments
• NASA creates alien's eye view of solar system · 32 points · by mars · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Is this UX? · 29 points · by oldmanstan · 28 comments
• Black Swan' Author Taleb: Stimulus Made Economic Crisis Worse · 27 points · by cwan · 41 comments
• Why Groupon hurts businesses and you should be careful · 27 points · by stevejobs · 33 comments
• UN to appoint Earth contact for aliens · 27 points · by waterlesscloud · 35 comments
• One Week App - a recap · 26 points · by sahillavingia · 3 comments
• DuckDuckGo Search Engine Erects Tor Hidden Service · 26 points · by gasull · 8 comments
• Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries · 26 points · by grellas · 52 comments
• Twitter worm? Sex with goats? · 25 points · by cjus · 26 comments
• Silicon Valley Just Ain’t What It Used To Be—And That’s a Good Thing · 25 points · by ssclafani · 20 comments
• Is It Sunday Already? Seems Like Only Yesterday It Was Saturday · 25 points · by znmeb · 31 comments
• Ask HN: Any way to monetize a simple game? · 23 points · by spicyj · 19 comments
• a literate haskell program by Phil Wadler · 23 points · by namin · 4 comments
• Small and useful assembly programs · 22 points · by l0stman · 2 comments
• Parents: This is What Your Founder of A Son Does · 21 points · by feint · 17 comments
• Don’t Click The WTF Link On Twitter Unless You Do Like Sex With Goats · 21 points · by julien · 14 comments
• Vapor.js - A new JavaScript framework from the author of script.aculo.us · 20 points · by jedschmidt · 10 comments
• PS-HTTPD is a web server written in PostScript. · 19 points · by chaosmachine · 9 comments
• Doing the Board: A simple daily planning exercise is our most important process · 19 points · by maxcameron · 28 comments
• The segmentation of the venture industry · 18 points · by ZeroMinx · 2 comments
• Computer Worm Hits Iran Power Plant · 18 points · by jedwhite · 8 comments
• AFP: French court convicts Google and boss of defamation · 18 points · by jamesbritt · 3 comments
• New Twitter exploit about goats – how it works. · 17 points · by js4all · 6 comments
• Rate my startup: nspires, tiny gems of inspiration · 16 points · by sacharya · 4 comments
• Successful Startup & Dealing with Health Problems? · 16 points · by crohns · 12 comments
• Obama’s Stimulus Plan Made Crisis Worse, Taleb Says · 14 points · by bd_at_rivenhill · 23 comments
• Ask HN: How a non-tech can start a tech startup · 14 points · by tyng · 43 comments
• Ask HN: How is justin.tv legal? · 13 points · by oldmanstan · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Two VC pitch videos. Which one is better? · 12 points · by LanceJ · 13 comments
• Google Percolator · 12 points · by jhammerb · 1 comment
• Nokia’s Bureaucracy Stifled Innovation, Ex-Managers Say · 12 points · by talbina · no comments
• Responses to Hacker News and Dan Lyon’s Death of SV Piece · 11 points · by joashwee · 5 comments
• Astounding Sci-Fi Predictions That Came True · 10 points · by Garbage · 1 comment
• Nodestream: Templating for Realtime Apps in Node.js · 10 points · by rafaelc · 2 comments
• I made a beer website, brooski.net, check it out. Let me know what you think. · 9 points · by joelklabo · 8 comments
• Dave Beazley: Putting all of my Past PyCon/IPC Presentations on Slideshare · 9 points · by j2d2j2d2 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How much does the Internet weigh? · 9 points · by augiehill · 7 comments
• The chosen research areas of mad scientists, 1810-2010 · 8 points · by jamesbritt · 3 comments
• Co-founder agreements · 7 points · by OldButNew · 7 comments
• The Geek's Guide to Love · 7 points · by wallflower · 6 comments
• 10 movies that are better than Wall Street 2 · 7 points · by holychiz · 2 comments
• Entrepreneurs: Why do you need VC anyway? · 7 points · by pathik · 1 comment
• Human Trial Suspended Animation Treatment Set to Begin at Mass General · 7 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• 7 days to go for Games, 7 lessons for India · 6 points · by Arun2009 · 1 comment
• An Essay for Programming Students · 6 points · by zmmz · 1 comment
• Great resources for learning Haskell · 6 points · by dons · no comments
• On Diaspora and Haystack and their Flaws · 6 points · by kes · no comments
• Startups Should Say No to Most Opportunities · 6 points · by dotBen · no comments
• Quitting your day job · 5 points · by gvb · 1 comment
• Nice HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool · 5 points · by tsaixingwei · 3 comments
• Lessons Learned from the Firestorm of Controversy · 5 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Apple Goes After The Camera Market Too · 5 points · by stretchwithme · 1 comment
• Conformity to Zipf-Mandelbrot law... necessary for "pleasant music" · 5 points · by iliketosleep · no comments
• Get Schooled: Gizmodo University. · 5 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• I have great startup idea: It’s Hacker News ReDesign · 5 points · by thehodge · no comments
• Chaos in the Brickyard · 4 points · by xtacy · no comments
• Getting started with html5 · 4 points · by binarysoul · no comments
• Ruby Books · 4 points · by oscardelben · no comments
• Richard Wiseman's favorite optical illusions · 4 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Your users are not the product you're selling · 4 points · by DrJokepu · 3 comments
• Oracle Outlines Java ME Roadmap · 4 points · by pathik · 1 comment
• Patients to be frozen into state of suspended animation for surgery - Telegraph · 4 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• WiseDame - a “black box” recorder like they have in planes, but for real life · 4 points · by bretthellman · 2 comments
• Optimizing text entry on mobile phone keypads · 4 points · by a3nm · no comments
• How to make interactive menus easier to use · 4 points · by aneeshkarve · no comments
• Ask HN: Evaluate my app idea · 3 points · by aspired · 8 comments
• Cognitive Slaves · 3 points · by nir · no comments
• Disable JavaScript and visit this site. · 3 points · by erikano · 2 comments
• ACS:Law Anti-Piracy Law Firm Torn Apart By Leaked Emails · 3 points · by Uncle_Sam · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Your bookmark structure/folders? · 3 points · by newsisan · 2 comments
• Comparison of worldwide download speeds · 3 points · by razin · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Legal Issues With Domain Name? · 3 points · by AgentConundrum · 6 comments
• Benchmarks: high-end Android smartphones\ · 3 points · by makeramen · no comments
• Apple's weakest link is at its core · 3 points · by evo_9 · 1 comment
• Clay Shirky presents "Cognitive Surplus" as a video talk · 3 points · by yurylifshits · 1 comment
• Windows Phone 7 Doesn’t Support Tethering · 3 points · by Garbage · no comments
• "Last Minute Hero" iPhone Game (10 week project breakdown) · 3 points · by Geeblee · no comments
• Bessemer 10 Laws Of Being SaaSy · 3 points · by paraschopra · no comments
• Notionink's Adam story - From hardware design to factories · 3 points · by maheshs · no comments
• How does one begin freelance web development? · 3 points · by lyaunzbe · 7 comments
• Google at 12 · 3 points · by grellas · 1 comment
• No company should ever have a noreply email address · 3 points · by ZhuHan · 2 comments
• Google's vision of the future: bikes meets monorail · 3 points · by t3rcio · no comments
• HTML5 Cross browser Polyfills · 3 points · by superduper · no comments
• Hot Swap java code: unlimited class redefinition at runtime. · 3 points · by gtani · 2 comments
• Keys to Success with Freemium · 3 points · by kjbekkelund · no comments
• The Pseudoscience of ‘The Secret’ and ‘The Power’ · 3 points · by jseliger · 3 comments
• Homo administrans: the biology of business · 3 points · by timf · no comments
• IDEO: The Book and the Future of Literature · 3 points · by samiq · 2 comments
• TechCrunch Disrupt Demos are live on uStream · 3 points · by thehodge · no comments
• Another interpretation of the wave function collapse. · 3 points · by eof · no comments
• Stuxnet malware, nuclear cyberweapon · 3 points · by some1else · no comments
• A minimal js stopwatch+timer · 3 points · by ianjorgensen · 6 comments
• Are Platform Vendors Stealing Linux? · 3 points · by ilamont · 1 comment
• Great Tasting Google App Engine Recipe · 3 points · by figge · no comments
• Rate my startup: AudioOrchard.com · 3 points · by herbrandson · 3 comments
• Stephen Colbert addresses House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration · 3 points · by jedwhite · 2 comments
• Designing journalism to be used · 3 points · by mgdiaz · no comments
• At Maker Faire, giant mousetrap crushes a taxi · 3 points · by edw519 · no comments
• How to Tilt an Election Through Redistricting · 3 points · by credo · no comments
• View Twitter Through Other People’s Eyes With TwtRoulette · 3 points · by bwaldorf · no comments
• Iris Scanning Set To Secure City in Mexico, Then the World · 3 points · by kkleiner · no comments
• Should user interface designers be able to build what they design? · 3 points · by rblion · 2 comments
• New music service lets you stream your entire library anywhere · 3 points · by jocull · no comments
• Where good ideas come from · 2 points · by chrismealy · no comments
• The 3 Keys to Success with Freemium · 2 points · by thiele · no comments
• Themes from "Where Good Ideas Come From" · 2 points · by kjhughes · no comments
• Google Project 10^100 winners · 2 points · by pablohoffman · no comments
• Quality Isnt Always Competitive · 2 points · by antigua · no comments
• Ask HN: Patents in Tech · 2 points · by tgriesser · 1 comment
• IPhone 4 Launches in China to Thousands · 2 points · by sahillavingia · no comments
• How pig parts make the world turn · 2 points · by bobds · no comments
• Iranian News Service- Iran 'attacked' by computer worm (Stuxnet) · 2 points · by waterlesscloud · 1 comment
• It's all about selling for survival · 2 points · by sadiq · no comments
• Tell HN: New way to increase earnings from your Amazon links, feedbacks ? · 2 points · by bustamove · 2 comments
• Ask HN: How to mutate a start-up into ISO 27001 compliance · 2 points · by gbog · 5 comments
• Let’s Call It A Draw(ing Surface) · 2 points · by seppsepp · no comments
• 10 Defining points of Extreme Programming · 2 points · by techlucky · no comments
• Ask HN: Yet another Facebook chat privacy hole? · 2 points · by pstr · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Scrybe invite? · 2 points · by DanielBMarkham · 6 comments
• Ask HN: Joyent hosting for Rails · 2 points · by grep · 1 comment
• Sal Khan's Academy · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• The Big Interview with Eric Schmidt · 2 points · by yef · 1 comment
• Putting a Price Tag on Winning - Graphic · 2 points · by bjonathan · no comments
• List of misconceptions · 2 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Make A Better Elevator Pitch · 2 points · by iseff · 1 comment
• How to Get Funding for a New Business · 2 points · by jg2009 · no comments
• Scary Face Flip Tees · 2 points · by darwinx111 · no comments
• Marketplace for group discounts getting crowded · 2 points · by bconway · no comments
• Building a passive house · 2 points · by dochtman · no comments
• Evernote Site Memory Plugin for Wordpress · 2 points · by slocumstudio · no comments
• How Alien Astronomers Would See Our Solar System (NASA) · 2 points · by rywang · 1 comment
• Python: looks great, stays wet longer (2008) · 2 points · by teoruiz · no comments
• Ads in Paid Apps Are Rude or The Internet's Preposterous Sense of Entitlement · 2 points · by benofsky · 9 comments
• What Guns n' Roses Can Teach Us About the Verizon iPhone Story · 2 points · by dreambird · no comments
• Python Module of the Week - socket module · 2 points · by tzury · no comments
• What Comes Next in the Red-Hot Analytics Market? · 2 points · by jaybol · no comments
• Systems/Networking startups · 2 points · by darwinGod · 1 comment
• Twitter: We've fixed an exploit that posted malicious links on Twitter. · 2 points · by skbohra123 · 1 comment
• In Praise of Laziness · 2 points · by blhack · no comments
• Learn by doing, not reading · 2 points · by oscardelben · no comments
• Ask HN: Role of a Law partner · 2 points · by AlfredCat · 1 comment
• DIY Hard Drive Clock · 2 points · by nephics · no comments
• Electronics Kit: Discounted for Gizmodo "University" Electronics Course · 2 points · by gmaster1440 · no comments
• Explain how I would go about suing you, by December · 2 points · by anigbrowl · 1 comment
• Mystical Poetry and Mental Postures (Mind of the hacker) - esr · 2 points · by billswift · no comments
• Avatar therapy: From couch to cyberspace · 2 points · by rblion · no comments
• ACM Classic: Reflections on Trusting Trust · 2 points · by wallflower · no comments
• Encrypted Duck Duck Go with encrypted Google Suggest · 2 points · by Sephr · no comments
• Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street [Video] · 2 points · by patrickk · no comments
• Child of the Internet · 2 points · by yewweitan · no comments
• Hey HN: My quick-n-dirty Sunday "fun-day" project: crashmybrowser.com · 2 points · by thaumaturgy · 4 comments
• Emergency bra now available · 2 points · by j_baker · no comments
• Remuco: Bluetooth remote control for Linux media players · 1 points · by rphlx · no comments
• How reify works, and how to write a custom type in Clojure · 1 points · by fogus · no comments
• What sport(s) should my 6-yr-old son play? · 1 points · by melonakos · 3 comments
• Accused bigamist snared on Facebook · 1 points · by bakbak · 1 comment
• Infographic of the Day: The Colors Gals Like, Versus Guys? All in the Name · 1 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• Juggernaut 2 using node.js and redis · 1 points · by chewbranca · no comments
• MSFT Word's autoshape: is it copyright protected? · 1 points · by dover5203 · 1 comment
• Apple Policy Changes End EU Antitrust Probe · 1 points · by gamble · no comments
• Budget Woes Hit City Of Beverly Hills · 1 points · by adampopescu · no comments
• Rick Norsigian And The Lost Negatives · 1 points · by adampopescu · no comments
• The New JavaOne; The New Java Community · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• How do I set up unlimited subdomains on slicehost? · 1 points · by EGreg · no comments
• Ask HN: Why doesn't Google release Chrome for Windows 2K? · 1 points · by grandalf · 6 comments
• Web Developers launch university document management system · 1 points · by indiachris · no comments
• Orkut: 'Bom Sabado' virus infects social network · 1 points · by skbohra123 · no comments
• No More Haystack · 1 points · by mfukar · no comments
• The problem with putting it all on the line... · 1 points · by rblion · no comments
• Free High Resolution Grass and Leaf Textures · 1 points · by mameara · no comments
• Drive: The surprising truth of what motivates us [video] · 1 points · by antileet · 2 comments
• The seven universal expressions · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Inspiration Designs · 1 points · by mameara · no comments
• The ultimate reporter tech toolkit? · 1 points · by davewiner · no comments
• Ask HN: Is real time the future and what fields still missing this feature? · 1 points · by vbruucom1 · no comments
• We are not Waiting for Superman, We are Empowering Superheroes | Startl · 1 points · by firdaus · no comments
• Ask HN: What makes a thread go on the HN front page · 1 points · by tyng · 4 comments
• Rate my WebApp: FAQoverflow (www.faqoverflow.com) · 1 points · by kranzky · 4 comments
• Murasaki: A Fast, Parallelizable Algorithm to Find Anchors from Multiple Genomes · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• 99 pages of apps on the wall · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Outgoing Nokia exec pees on handset makers who choose Android · 1 points · by anderzole · no comments
• Importance of Cash over Profits · 1 points · by guglanisam · no comments
• Tl;dr, need summary of "Celebrities and Shoes on the Female Brain" · 1 points · by sgornick · 1 comment
• Best way to get a close-to-fair coin toss from identical biased coins? · 1 points · by slowpoison · no comments
• Entrepreneur Traits · 1 points · by moonska32 · no comments
• Dark Secrets of the Games Industry (pdf) · 1 points · by thisisnotmyname · no comments
• JVM / hotSpot monitoring tools · 1 points · by gtani · no comments
• New Windows Phone Ads Released featuring HTC Mondrian · 1 points · by talbina · no comments
• The Accidental Entrepreneur · 1 points · by gigafemtonano · no comments
• Coolidge Corner Theatre Presents Hackers with Game Designer Jesse Schell · 1 points · by lonescribe · no comments
• US & Canada Topo maps for BlackBerry. · 1 points · by UNICEF · no comments
• Can computers take the place of teachers? · 1 points · by jarin · no comments
• LLVM tutorial Python port · 1 points · by sanxiyn · no comments
• Shipping high-res photo prints to my users, as cheaply as possible. Tips needed. · 1 points · by sgt · 2 comments
• Twitter Worm · 1 points · by chegra · 1 comment
• Legacy of Bias · 1 points · by gamble · no comments
• Getting PR changes perceptions, not your business · 1 points · by whitegloveapps · no comments
• Mozilla & P2PU's School of Webcraft · 1 points · by ez77 · no comments
• Zip Files on iPad? · 1 points · by ocastaneda · no comments
• Review my sunday project · 1 points · by ritonlajoie · no comments
• Joyent Smartmachine Private Beta · 1 points · by mcantelon · 1 comment
• Rules of relativity come down to Earth - how to be younger · 1 points · by credo · no comments
• My Life's Work - a mistitled post · 1 points · by jeffvincent · no comments
• Learning from Groupon about building a successful business · 1 points · by zeedotme · no comments
• How Running Around Cambridge Helped Me Learn Something About Startups · 1 points · by tchae · no comments
• The long road to sustainability (insightful read) · 1 points · by rblion · no comments
• Ask HN: Adding Paypal to Website · 1 points · by brudgers · 1 comment
• Politics as Charity · 1 points · by mjtokelly · no comments
• Guy Kawasaki: Marketing to the new influencers · 1 points · by samiq · no comments
• Video Conferencing with the HTML5 Device Element · 1 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Welcome To Lagos - African Life and Business (BBC) · 1 points · by theklub · no comments
• Facebook working with INQ Mobile on "custom mobile phone" · 1 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• Charity degrades & demoralizes? (Slavoj Zizek) · 1 points · by bjoernlasseh · no comments
• UK Tech Journalists Blog Together - pressthedotcom · 1 points · by corin_ · no comments
• TC Hackathon Alum GroupMe Hits 1 Million Texts, Adds Sponsored Groups · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• Undercover in North Korea · 1 points · by parenthesis · no comments
• TwtRoulette - Peeking each other's home timeline · 1 points · by stephenou · no comments
• Jack of all trades, master of none · 1 points · by rblion · no comments
• Review my App: Park in the Shade · 1 points · by phamilton · no comments
• Unpacking Imagination · 1 points · by px · no comments
• A bunch of stuff about game controllers · 1 points · by aaronbrethorst · no comments
• What the Elephant God Can Teach Tech Entrepreneurs · 1 points · by rblion · no comments
• Restaurants turning to Twitter to fix customer complaints · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments