Hacker News Way Back Machine

• My dalliance with smart drugs - and the lesson I learned · 221 points · by caustic · 140 comments
• Just fucking figure it out · 219 points · by endlessvoid94 · 86 comments
• Stephen King tells everything you need to know about writing in 10 minutes · 219 points · by aycangulez · 45 comments
• "Dead Drops" is an anonymous, offline, p2p file-sharing network in public space · 155 points · by yan · 52 comments
• U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patents · 140 points · by HardyLeung · 36 comments
• Things Economists Agree On · 119 points · by robobenjie · 123 comments
• Github has won · 95 points · by db42 · 52 comments
• How the pantheon has lasted 2000 years without steel in its concrete · 95 points · by akkartik · 35 comments
• Lars Rasmussen, Father Of Google Maps And Google Wave, Heads To Facebook · 93 points · by px · 29 comments
• Intuition has no transfer encoding · 93 points · by martinkl · 14 comments
• GNU/Linux distro timeline (svg) · 90 points · by kqr2 · 17 comments
• Ask HN: Your Non-Glorious Startup Success · 88 points · by johnsto19 · 15 comments
• Overclocking SSL · 86 points · by n-named · 21 comments
• Cracking 14 Character Complex Passwords in 5 Seconds · 75 points · by Mikecsi · 63 comments
• Programming languages have to break free from the tyranny of ASCII · 73 points · by adambyrtek · 116 comments
• Clang/LLVM using the built in assembler builds all of FreeBSD · 72 points · by X-Istence · 37 comments
• Why Twitter’s C.E.O. Demoted Himself · 64 points · by pkaler · 11 comments
• 1 in 5 Facebook Employees Worked at Google · 62 points · by GlennKelman · 33 comments
• Hacking an ATM: How to Make an ATM Spew out Money · 62 points · by tgriesser · 16 comments
• What I’ve Learned From Traveling Around the World for Three Years · 61 points · by da5e · 28 comments
• VLC developer takes a stand against DRM enforcement in Apple's App Store · 57 points · by tjr · 83 comments
• Ask HN: Having emotional breakdown · 56 points · by throw999 · 122 comments
• IPad Opens World to a Disabled Boy · 51 points · by credo · 16 comments
• Schneier on Security: Cargo Security · 49 points · by stakent · 19 comments
• Google's YouTube Founder/CEO + Google's AdMob Founder Both Step Down · 46 points · by Scott_MacGregor · 17 comments
• Google Homepage Circa 1997 · 44 points · by n-named · 13 comments
• Diaspora October Update · 39 points · by ElbertF · 32 comments
• Three Mobile-Software Rules · 39 points · by wglb · 14 comments
• The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) · 36 points · by billswift · 16 comments
• Pash: PowerShell open source reimplementation for Linux, Mac, & Solaris · 33 points · by rayvega · 15 comments
• Ask HN: What is so special in working for Facebook? · 31 points · by gsivil · 33 comments
• Leaked DVD Screener of The Social Network A BitTorrent Hit · 30 points · by Garbage · 29 comments
• The Time Is Right For Functional Design Patterns · 29 points · by bgray · 5 comments
• Ex-Digg CEO Jay Adelson is Starting an Incubator · 27 points · by rsingel · 5 comments
• Google-funded startup builds search engine + API for predicting the future · 27 points · by dstorrs · 16 comments
• Star Trek cited by Texas Supreme Court · 25 points · by yayitswei · 13 comments
• Google founders wanted to hire Steve Jobs as company's first CEO · 24 points · by sandipc · 2 comments
• Land Of Lisp chapter 7 - Using SBCL · 24 points · by ciaranbradley · 14 comments
• What just happened? · 23 points · by kingsidharth · 14 comments
• New Orleans Mayor Wants to Scrap Surveillance Cameras · 22 points · by wglb · 2 comments
• Deadweight Loss · 21 points · by lionhearted · 12 comments
• More complicated than you think · 20 points · by maalyex · 1 comment
• The age fallacy of entrepreneurship. · 19 points · by sahillavingia · 9 comments
• Ask HN: Thoughts on idea to help novice developers bridge the learning chasm? · 18 points · by sga · 12 comments
• How to Identify a Programmer's Personality by Just Watching Their Keyboard Moves · 16 points · by collistaeed · 9 comments
• 10 apps in 50 days: Launch #1 · 15 points · by sleepdev · 6 comments
• Stare into the face of every fan at the World Series · 15 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Best cross-platform code editor? · 15 points · by DanielBMarkham · 31 comments
• Google is polluting the internet · 15 points · by yarapavan · 3 comments
• Have you cut the cord yet? Why? Why not? · 14 points · by chadp · 21 comments
• Crypto 101 · 14 points · by cmykgrayscale · 1 comment
• Google Wants to Speed Up the Web by Killing the JPEG · 14 points · by coffee · 8 comments
• HN Parents Have An Average Of 1.7 "Little Startups" (Infographic) · 14 points · by jeffio · 6 comments
• StackOverflow's New York Datacenter · 13 points · by frederickcook · no comments
• How script kiddies turns Linux box into a Zombie - True Story · 12 points · by Andrew-Dufresne · 2 comments
• Ask HN: How do you introduce yourself to inteviewers? · 12 points · by folz · 21 comments
• The day Google founders asked Steve Jobs to be CEO · 12 points · by lotusleaf1987 · 8 comments
• Tonido welcomes Drop.io users · 11 points · by codemechanic · 6 comments
• What are the best programming books around? · 11 points · by rishabhverma · 16 comments
• Merge HN: a submission proposal · 10 points · by mr_twj · 3 comments
• The Creative Phase · 10 points · by cwan · no comments
• Hey, Twitter, Enough Of This Crap About "Here's How You Can Use The Word Tweet" · 9 points · by k7d · 2 comments
• Suggest HN:submission page site focus reminder · 8 points · by pbhjpbhj · 1 comment
• Mental function improves after certain kinds of socializing · 8 points · by widgetycrank · 1 comment
• Judge my start up idea · 7 points · by eijora · 3 comments
• Show HN: Gundo (my Vim undo tree visualizer) · 7 points · by stevelosh · 1 comment
• The Oracle Exit Strategy: Force Google To Buy Java · 7 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Ask HN: Hacking Music · 7 points · by vmmenon · 27 comments
• Inside story: The birth of Xbox · 7 points · by paol · no comments
• Ask HN: Is it useful to ask HN to "review my startup"? · 6 points · by dfrankow · 7 comments
• Part kid, part machine, all cop · 6 points · by anigbrowl · 1 comment
• Database Upgrade - Blog – Stack Overflow · 6 points · by tzury · no comments
• The Most Popular Phone in the World · 5 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• Why Google Doesn't Pay Taxes and You Do: Explaining Why it Wouldn't Work for You · 5 points · by camz · no comments
• Stop Distributed Version Control Diaspora · 5 points · by kev009 · 6 comments
• Creating a Great User Interface For Your Web App · 5 points · by mike-cardwell · no comments
• Horrible Logos guy now does Horrible Jingles for $10 · 5 points · by makeramen · no comments
• Offer HN: Kuala Lumpur Tour Guide · 5 points · by muzrix · 5 comments
• Ask HN: Kill it or use Flash? (don't say flash please) · 4 points · by daviding · 10 comments
• Phone-based RPG built on Twilio · 4 points · by stanleydrew · 1 comment
• Offer HN: OfferHN.com · 4 points · by iamgabeaudick · 5 comments
• What's the fuss about Silverlight · 4 points · by yread · 1 comment
• Twitter vs Erotica: Your Corpora’s Source Matters · 4 points · by hoop · no comments
• Ask HN: Interaction programming · 4 points · by dpavlenkov · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Help for a newbie · 3 points · by mbm · 5 comments
• The Power and Structure of Mental Habits · 3 points · by pinchyfingers · no comments
• Colorized Daguerreotype Brings Out Details, Additional People · 3 points · by hachiya · no comments
• With Two Days Left In October, Diaspora Pushes Public Alpha To Thanksgiving · 3 points · by Ainab · no comments
• Intrade market: 90% probability that Republicans take House · 3 points · by Eliezer · no comments
• Why Innovate in Utopia? · 3 points · by djshah · 2 comments
• Useful idiots · 3 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Method_missing: A Rubyist’s Beautiful Mistress · 3 points · by vamsee · no comments
• Ask PG: On-time YC application form replaced by late one? · 3 points · by shotgun · 2 comments
• The future of Microsoft Windows Azure · 3 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Apollo 15 astronaut drops a feather & hammer at the same time on the moon · 3 points · by dustyreagan · no comments
• Twelve-Year-Old Awarded $3,000 for Finding Critical Firefox Flaw · 3 points · by Mikecsi · 1 comment
• New Crop of Self Hosting IDEs: RedCar and JRuby, Cloud9 IDE and Javascript · 3 points · by r11t · no comments
• Leaning toothpick syndrome · 3 points · by Muzza · no comments
• Ask HN: What's with all these babies and startup threads? · 3 points · by skbohra123 · no comments
• Microsoft Shifts From Silverlight to HTML5 · 3 points · by kingsidharth · no comments
• Donate $500and snag coffee with Silicon Valley Venture capitalists · 3 points · by jenny8lee · no comments
• Ask HN: stopping caffeine · 3 points · by swah · 10 comments
• Top 30 Android Apps Of All Time · 3 points · by bond · no comments
• Here's Why You Read Reviews First, BEFORE Buying (read the comments) · 3 points · by edburgess · 1 comment
• Krugman-Murphy economic debate challenge via thepoint.com · 3 points · by rdl · no comments
• License In Three Lines · 3 points · by remi · no comments
• Node.js based UglifyJs is faster than YUI Compressor and GCL · 3 points · by chapel · no comments
• Our Government Can’t Prevent A Digital 9-11: Entrepreneurs Need To Step In · 3 points · by thiele · no comments
• Ask HN: Would love to see post-mortem analysis of Drop.io · 3 points · by smarterchild · 1 comment
• Remote Desktop Client for iPad · 3 points · by 425 · 3 comments
• Take The Initiative and Create Your Own Projects · 3 points · by dholowiski · no comments
• Show HN: Cool Halloween MailChimp Login · 3 points · by dawie · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Costs & Pricing? · 3 points · by lewstherin · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Interested in learning Graphics Design. · 3 points · by ashitvora · 3 comments
• Android: Activity Component Basics · 3 points · by openmobster · no comments
• Has 409A changed the game? · 3 points · by hackerbysea · 2 comments
• Barter Offer: Need designer. · 3 points · by yousuffauzan · 2 comments
• The Creative Phase · 3 points · by jack7890 · 2 comments
• How much money should I raise? · 3 points · by lionhearted · no comments
• Ask HN:What VPN service do you use? · 3 points · by ggrewal · 3 comments
• James May's "Man Lab" - a return to building things. · 3 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Ask HN: Non-US standard funding documents? · 3 points · by BerislavLopac · 1 comment
• Even Forced SSL is broken for Facebook Google Twitter · 2 points · by ZeroMinx · no comments
• Bruce Schneier - Reconceptualizing Security - TEDxPSU · 2 points · by pwim · no comments
• Ask HN: Recommend an Online Encyclopedia for Home-Schooling · 2 points · by shawndumas · 17 comments
• Abercrombie & Fitch's Fierce scent contains 11 harmful (unlisted) chemicals · 2 points · by sev · 1 comment
• Facebook Holding Special Mobile Event This Wednesday-- Facebook phone? · 2 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• South Korean Animators Object to Banksy 'Simpsons' Opening · 2 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Ask HN: Please help a newbie with his first stab at HTML · 2 points · by rockstar9 · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Internet-scale fax service w/ API? · 2 points · by ghurlman · 8 comments
• OTFAQ http://cooffice.ntu.edu.sg/otfaq · 2 points · by otfaq · no comments
• Facebook Friendship Pages: A New Level of Stalking? · 2 points · by liuhenry · 2 comments
• A technical introduction to the Async CTP (C# 5.0 in-depth) · 2 points · by kevingadd · 1 comment
• Free Money - The Other Reason Many Start-Ups Begin In College · 2 points · by citizenkeys · 1 comment
• The Tax Me More State - Potential new CA tax laws · 2 points · by fragmede · 3 comments
• South Korean Animators Object to Banksy 'Simpsons' Opening · 2 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Startup Quote: Todd Garland, founder, BuySellAds · 2 points · by raychancc · 1 comment
• How and Why Design Impacts User Decisions · 2 points · by rahulchaudhary · no comments
• Clang compiles all of FreeBSD · 2 points · by db42 · no comments
• FCC crowdsourcing development of its website · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• Anders Hejlsberg presenting C#'s new async feature at PDC10 · 2 points · by _stephan · no comments
• Chaplins Time Traveler · 2 points · by mkuhn · no comments
• Ruby at ThoughtWorks · 2 points · by r11t · no comments
• Apple Passes RIM, Becomes Fourth Largest Mobile Vendor in the World · 2 points · by credo · no comments
• Ask HN: can you control your reactions? · 2 points · by smallresistence · 2 comments
• Offer HN: Professional startup hosting Nginx, Varnish, Load balance, Sharding · 2 points · by jjoe · 1 comment
• Google open Omaha (Google Update) · 2 points · by Uncle_Sam · 2 comments
• Shape of a Genome as Important as its Content · 2 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Review my app: MyClanPlan - A dead simple planner for friends · 2 points · by u4 · 2 comments
• Jay Adelson (of Digg) to fix Silicon Valley. It needs fixing? · 2 points · by asanwal · no comments
• The Case for Nothing · 2 points · by DanielBMarkham · no comments
• Google's $5 Million Prize for Online Journalism Ideas · 2 points · by timothychung · 1 comment
• Nima Arkani-Hamed: The Messenger Lectures · 2 points · by jackfoxy · no comments
• Transparent material developed. Twice as strong as Kevlar, infinitely weirder · 2 points · by Garbage · 1 comment
• Managing Android Devices With Google Apps · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Is Microsoft's Clout Delaying Chrome OS? · 2 points · by dcawrey · no comments
• Ask HN: Malicious USB devices · 2 points · by phamilton · no comments
• What's on Facebook's mind? Mobile event set for November 3rd · 2 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• Darcs 2.5 released record and pull run in constant time · 2 points · by dons · no comments
• The Addictive Allure of Instagram · 2 points · by kylebragger · no comments
• The New Authorize.NET SDK · 2 points · by dennyferra · no comments
• The main issue with non-blocking servers · 2 points · by domino · no comments
• Instrumenting the offline world · 2 points · by lionhearted · no comments
• How to raise funds for non-profits · 2 points · by psawaya · no comments
• Twitter Analytics Lead Kevin Weil Interviewed at Hadoop World · 2 points · by hornokplease · no comments
• Power tools for programmers · 2 points · by deepans · no comments
• Graveyards · 2 points · by thesyndicate · no comments
• Minecraft: Halloween Update is out · 2 points · by bigfoot · no comments
• Make your javascript a windows.exe · 2 points · by carloG · no comments
• Facebook to hold mobile event next week · 1 points · by stevederico · 1 comment
• Taking comic novels seriously · 1 points · by jseliger · no comments
• An Update on Facebook UIDs · 1 points · by tgriesser · no comments
• Add/Remove Software From The Ubuntu Terminal · 1 points · by aweber · no comments
• San Francisco gaining computer workers. · 1 points · by shill · no comments
• An example Backbone application · 1 points · by shawndumas · no comments
• Why Apple’s Distortion Field Works · 1 points · by jaybol · no comments
• Name that Ware October 2010 · 1 points · by there · no comments
• Ideas for Startups (2005) · 1 points · by revorad · no comments
• ELIPS Studio generates native apps for iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian · 1 points · by bobds · no comments
• What Users Do First When They Visit Your Website · 1 points · by UXMovement · no comments
• Gene Codes Corporation Seeks Go-Ahead for 9/11 DNA Software Suit · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Hacker download CA · 1 points · by anadewebnode · no comments
• The millennials are testing much better (Comic) · 1 points · by jaybol · no comments
• Rally To Restore Sanity San Francisco · 1 points · by pmorici · no comments
• Steve Jobs: No USB 3 ‘at this time’ · 1 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• Download: Skype 2.8 for Mac OS X update · 1 points · by evanwolf · no comments
• P3Go · 1 points · by annaly · no comments
• Ask HN: Need Help (Looking for volunteers) · 1 points · by jaspalsawhney · 4 comments
• Worried about our children · 1 points · by gcheong · no comments
• Ask HN: Why isn't AppleTV more powerful? · 1 points · by andrewstuart · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Can i use git for sharing anime/manga collection? · 1 points · by _genova · 3 comments
• Stealth Startup Small Demons Reveals Details · 1 points · by efader · no comments
• Back to the Future, Innovation in Travel · 1 points · by efader · no comments
• vSpect: Five fancy features in one image viewer · 1 points · by jxtps · no comments
• Sony Internet TV with Google TV review · 1 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• RDBMS vs. NoSQL: And the Winner Is . . . · 1 points · by rayvega · no comments
• Stellar Partition Manager Advanced Software · 1 points · by tompatrick · no comments
• Larry Sonsini on the globalization of Silicon Valley (video) · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Does crowdsourcing work for investing? · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Points of control = Rents · 1 points · by stakent · no comments
• Concurrency techniques in C# vNext (Anders@PDC10) · 1 points · by jeswin · no comments
• State Dept. Innovator Jared Cohen Goes to Google · 1 points · by brennannovak · no comments
• Best way to inform people about your web startup - Advice pls · 1 points · by sammville · 3 comments
• Top Great HTML5 Video Players · 1 points · by mac-mac · no comments
• Offer HN: Brainstorming your idea · 1 points · by MaurizioPz · 1 comment
• What phone was connected to the Yemen bombs? It was a Nokia. · 1 points · by FSecurePal · no comments
• Ask HN: Review this "single input login" implementation · 1 points · by Breefield · 2 comments
• C# 5 async and choosing terminology: why I'm against "yield" · 1 points · by baha_man · no comments
• This Month in Scrivling: October 2010 · 1 points · by yewweitan · no comments
• Daily Astronomy Pics (From NASA) · 1 points · by taphangum · no comments
• HD 10180: Richest Yet Planetary System Discovered: · 1 points · by taphangum · no comments
• Turtle And Snail · 1 points · by topcat · no comments
• In Online Retail, You Need (Boatloads of) Customers to Get Customers · 1 points · by fezzl · no comments
• A dreary man in a tedious job · 1 points · by exit · no comments
• Airport biometric scanners 'failing to protect Britain's borders' · 1 points · by iuguy · 1 comment
• Mistype Twitter Or Facebook, Win an IPad (Or Not) · 1 points · by cshekhar · no comments
• Craigslist headquarters moving to downtown S.F. · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• The Orleans Cloud Development Model · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Guadagnare a Cagliari · 1 points · by bambolotto · no comments
• NASA puts automated software code patents on auction block · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• STM32 Primer · 1 points · by NonEUCitizen · no comments
• MBA colleges in Kerala · 1 points · by anilrgowda · no comments
• The Greatest Trade Ever · 1 points · by processing · no comments
• Impure: a visual programming language to gather/process/visualize information · 1 points · by bobds · no comments
• Chatroulette Traffic Reduces by 75%. Revenue Doubles. · 1 points · by ankeshk · no comments
• Have you ever legalized marijuana? · 1 points · by colinprince · no comments
• Mandelbrot set using the html5 canvas tag · 1 points · by hebejebelus · no comments
• Their docs, API and sandbox already sucked, and yet, Paypal falls even lower. · 1 points · by Macha · no comments
• Boy Genius Report Reviews MacBook Air · 1 points · by mitchdev · 1 comment
• Tissue turgor and pink elephants: about YC · 1 points · by jdp23 · 1 comment
• Open source needs an attack of the heart · 1 points · by sasvari · no comments
• The Art of Cloud Computing · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Samsung has record profits, wants to sell 1 Million Galaxy S by Year End · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Visualizing the impact of climate change · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Samsung notches record profits, aims to sell 10 million Galaxy S this year · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Microsoft’s Newest Acquisition Is About 3-D Gesture Controls · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Web Linking Gets Deeper with New Standard for Link Relations · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• A clear idea on 2012 ascension and harvest · 1 points · by jakerocheleau · no comments
• 1997: Chuck Moore on ColorForth · 1 points · by RodgerTheGreat · no comments
• Pursuing a Path of Self Manipulation · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Why the hacktivists are winning · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• 5 Year-End Survival Tips for Entrepreneurs · 1 points · by jaybol · no comments
• Why the MacBook Air (11-inch version) is a win · 1 points · by davewiner · no comments
• Dropping Comcast (along with 275,000 others) · 1 points · by gherlein · no comments
• No More Users · 1 points · by duck · no comments
• Phonebank to End the War on Marijuana · 1 points · by jluxenberg · no comments
• Compiling structural types in Scala · 1 points · by whakojacko · no comments
• ETF Investment Risks · 1 points · by intel4004 · no comments
• Ownership and Responsibility (for projects) · 1 points · by JerryH · no comments
• Ruby Quiz · 1 points · by remi · no comments
• Cell phones let touchscreens know who you are · 1 points · by dstorrs · no comments
• Freemium, Panacea or Parasite? · 1 points · by mwbiz · no comments
• Roof Studio · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• "Gun Thumball" : UK toy promotes school discussion of guns · 1 points · by dstorrs · no comments
• Saas and Cloud Software Evaluation center · 1 points · by ManuJ · no comments
• MGM files for Chapter 11, will only make $50M budgeted movies · 1 points · by wr1472 · no comments
• Stop Learning From Your Failures · 1 points · by jozo · no comments
• Gene Simmons Threatens Anonymous, Responds to DDoS Attacks Against His Site · 1 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• You can use wikipedia to investigate strange Unicode characters · 1 points · by jberryman · no comments
• Sponsor a Startup · 1 points · by alipowell21 · no comments
• Sponsor a Startup · 1 points · by alipowell21 · no comments
• If iPad = PC, Apple = #1 US Computer Maker · 1 points · by rdela · no comments
• Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear Includes Lesson in Media Criticism 301 · 1 points · by d3vvnull · no comments
• A Message to Garcia · 1 points · by shill · no comments
• MacBook Air 2010 11″ and 13″ Battery Life Better Than Advertised · 1 points · by mitchdev · no comments