Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Goodbye, Google App Engine · 362 points · by vrruiz · 95 comments
• Obvious to you. Amazing to others. · 244 points · by sahillavingia · 52 comments
• Prof Gives Lecture to Prove He Knows Students Cheated; Over 200 Students Confess · 231 points · by nano81 · 143 comments
• Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess. · 174 points · by Uncle_Sam · 56 comments
• π does not equal 4 · 148 points · by iamelgringo · 72 comments
• Nude.js | Nudity detection with JavaScript and HTMLCanvas · 144 points · by pa7 · 51 comments
• The Fastest VM Bytecode Interpreter · 110 points · by m0th87 · 35 comments
• Phrases that announce ‘I’m lying‘ · 109 points · by robg · 66 comments
• “Do I have the right to refuse this search?” · 101 points · by jp_sc · 15 comments
• Dilbert on intentionally confusing pricing · 99 points · by gahahaha · 55 comments
• Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers? · 97 points · by citizenkeys · 104 comments
• Cool Physics: Visualizing microwaves in a microwave oven · 95 points · by gchakrab · 12 comments
• A Cautionary Tale from the Startup World · 92 points · by dshah · 19 comments
• To end poverty, guarantee everyone in Canada $20,000 a year. · 77 points · by steveklabnik · 144 comments
• What's a "fogbank"? Nobody knows, but nukes need them, so we reinvented them. · 77 points · by pavel_lishin · 43 comments
• Ask HN: My lifetime mentor died. How to move on? · 76 points · by mattblalock · 39 comments
• "God help you. You're on dialysis." · 71 points · by davi · 64 comments
• Lessons Learned: A non-designer's attempt at a redesign · 63 points · by haon99 · 15 comments
• Exercise: a requirement for sleep? · 61 points · by joelg87 · 29 comments
• 99 Prolog Problems · 59 points · by swannodette · 23 comments
• X-Ray Backscatter Imaging Safety From Basic Principles · 56 points · by robhu · 15 comments
• CL or Scheme? · 54 points · by mcandre · 44 comments
• Facebook Removing Gmail From List Of Third Party Email Providers · 52 points · by Sparklin · 23 comments
• North Korea Working With Uranium at Vast New Plant · 51 points · by talbina · 39 comments
• Cssess - The Bookmarklet That Finds Unused CSS Selectors · 51 points · by driverdan · 11 comments
• My Windows Live Mesh Cluster Fail · 46 points · by cincinnatus · 20 comments
• A Beginner's Guide to Google Website Optimizer · 43 points · by iuguy · 2 comments
• Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction · 40 points · by jseliger · 20 comments
• Power outage in Linode Fremont Datacenter · 39 points · by drm237 · 63 comments
• Flash Ads Are Broken · 39 points · by jamesjyu · 19 comments
• L-99: Ninety-Nine Lisp Problems · 39 points · by slig · 3 comments
• Pacing Yourself · 38 points · by harscoat · 3 comments
• Block Helpers in Rails 3 · 37 points · by jackowayed · 8 comments
• How to Complain About TSA’s Invasive Screening Procedures · 36 points · by gasull · 2 comments
• 15% Off "Learn Python The Hard Way" For Christmas · 34 points · by rayvega · 9 comments
• Freelance Contracts: Do’s And Don’ts · 34 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Kid's awesome marble run around the outside of his room. · 31 points · by steveklabnik · 2 comments
• NHS.uk allowing Google, Facebook, and others to track you · 29 points · by iuguy · 5 comments
• Ask HN: Who knows about Ad Networks? · 28 points · by cme · 28 comments
• Ask HN:Patent Unwillingness · 26 points · by djd · 23 comments
• Things I would love to see in iOS 5 · 23 points · by SwaroopH · 27 comments
• Software Engineering: Coping When You Must Repeat Yourself · 23 points · by kapilkaisare · 7 comments
• Inside Foxconn City: A Vast Electronics Factory Under Suicide Scrutiny · 22 points · by erikano · 5 comments
• Using conceal in Vim with LaTeX · 21 points · by zmmz · 3 comments
• Creating PDF ebooks With LaTeX (& two samples from The Project Gutenberg) · 21 points · by RBerenguel · 7 comments
• Steve Wozniak on what to do as an entrepreneur if a startup is not working · 20 points · by patel · 3 comments
• Measuring the speed of light using marshmallows in a microwave · 20 points · by efnx · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Fellow entrepreneurs looking for a Silicon Valley/south bay roommate? · 19 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 7 comments
• The Europas European Startup Awards 2010 – The Winners and Finalists · 19 points · by fauigerzigerk · 1 comment
• Future of Cloud Storage: An inside perspective from an IaaS vendor · 19 points · by cloudsigma · 17 comments
• Steve Wozniak Shares How the Name "Apple" Came About · 18 points · by patel · 9 comments
• How MOS 6502 Illegal Opcodes really work · 17 points · by bkudria · no comments
• Ask HN: What's the best data storage to use along with Node.js? · 17 points · by TheCoreh · 15 comments
• IAmA venture capitalist.AMA · 16 points · by muriithi · 7 comments
• The Ultimate Productivity Blog · 16 points · by TamDenholm · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Is it possible for a third world country to have a Silicon Valley? · 15 points · by marv_in · 27 comments
• How To Design For One Billion Users · 13 points · by FrankGruber5 · 7 comments
• C++ Hating · 13 points · by VeXocide · 15 comments
• TSA screeners point of view on pat downs · 13 points · by dododo · 6 comments
• An R wrapper for the infochimps.com data APIs · 11 points · by agconway · no comments
• How should we use data to improve our lives? · 11 points · by da5e · 1 comment
• A new weekly email newsletter about devops · 11 points · by garethr · 3 comments
• iPad 'newspaper' created by Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch · 10 points · by ab9 · 2 comments
• Mod_pagespeed is an Apache module that automatically optimizes web pages · 10 points · by kaerast · 1 comment
• Show HN: Djangy, Heroku for Django - anyone use this? · 10 points · by nickpinkston · 4 comments
• All your bad PDF are belong to me · 10 points · by x0ner · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Why no SQL Query Tools for iPad? Am I missing something.... · 10 points · by jason_slack · 13 comments
• Clean Authlogic and Rails 3.0 Solution · 9 points · by c7 · no comments
• Why It's So Hard For NYC Startups To Hire Developers · 9 points · by pathik · 5 comments
• Notepads That Keep You on the Same Page (Simperium, YC S10) · 9 points · by cloudmike · no comments
• DIY 'Hackers' Tinker Everyday Things Into Treasure · 9 points · by gruseom · no comments
• How 20 Popular Websites Looked When They Launched · 8 points · by jeffmiller · 2 comments
• Try This: Sucuri. Virus, Malware and DNS protection for your website · 8 points · by sucuri2 · no comments
• Crazy Javascript drawing tool · 8 points · by forkandwait · 2 comments
• Google Engineer Gets $6 Million For Not Going To Facebook · 8 points · by hariis · 2 comments
• International Olympiad in Informatics covered in Wired magazine · 7 points · by gsivil · no comments
• Hold on to your hats: scientists do not know how fast people can run · 7 points · by SandB0x · no comments
• My Thoughts on the Current State of the TSA · 7 points · by symkat · no comments
• Will the data deluge make the scientific method obselete? · 7 points · by iuguy · 2 comments
• Judges 'giving up' trying to stop juries using Internet · 6 points · by AlexMuir · 8 comments
• Author of Love MMO shares code · 6 points · by klon · 1 comment
• Automatic Mechanical Self Replication · 6 points · by icey · 3 comments
• Avoid DRY for Product Development · 6 points · by mathgladiator · 11 comments
• Instamania What Makes The Instagram iPhone App So Hot? · 6 points · by FrankGruber5 · 4 comments
• Just released a new political advocacy tool: MailCongress.org · 6 points · by bcardarella · 13 comments
• Square stars: Mathematical doodles (to start with) [video] · 5 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · no comments
• Seeking-startup-advice-look-no-further-than-your-pizza-box · 5 points · by ceci · no comments
• Analyst: TSA methods 'will kill more Americans on highway' · 5 points · by cwan · no comments
• An only child is a happy child, says research · 5 points · by cwan · no comments
• Apple's iPhone SIM card plan thwarted · 5 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• TSA Airport Screening: Come Die With Me · 5 points · by jedwhite · no comments
• Startups For the Rest of Us · 5 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Mozilla Labs Open Data Visualization Competition · 4 points · by SkyMarshal · no comments
• CPU feature flags and their meanings · 4 points · by NginUS · 1 comment
• Fake Work is Destroying Our School System\ · 4 points · by startupsam77 · 2 comments
• Offer HN: I will write a comparison/choice guide for one app that you choose · 4 points · by imcomparing · 4 comments
• Startup Idea: How about a Priority Inbox for Twitter? · 4 points · by mbansal14 · 5 comments
• Lifting the Skirt (On NDAs) · 4 points · by wallflower · 2 comments
• Ask HN: graphical browsing for keyboard jockeys? · 4 points · by rwl · 6 comments
• Tell HN: Searchyc.com is down · 3 points · by YuriNiyazov · no comments
• What is the perfect startup team? (Quora) · 3 points · by marciovm123 · no comments
• Org-mode in Vim work in progress · 3 points · by hiperlink · no comments
• Easy to Please · 3 points · by adambyrtek · no comments
• How 7 Startups Are Building Their Online Communities · 3 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Mozilla Plans A Mobile App Store For All Mobile Devices · 3 points · by dkd903 · no comments
• Reducing Code by Using jQuery Templates · 3 points · by gspyrou · no comments
• Innovation Principle 20: Be remarkable · 3 points · by jamesbritt · 1 comment
• Sistine Chapel · 3 points · by acangiano · 1 comment
• How My App Got a TV Spot - iPhone App Marketing · 3 points · by hwolf · no comments
• DRBD (Distributed Replicated Block Device) · 3 points · by safij · no comments
• Scooping the Loop Snooper, a [poetic] proof the halting problem is undecidable. · 3 points · by kamechan · no comments
• From obsessive Starcraft junkie to UFC martial arts champion · 2 points · by andrewstuart · 1 comment
• Finally, Apple is making MobileMe free · 2 points · by sinzone · no comments
• A "Happy Birthday Windows" How-To: Install Windows 3.1 on a Virtual PC · 2 points · by zoowar · no comments
• For-Profit Stratford University "Owns" DHS STEM OPT Extension Program · 2 points · by theodpHN · no comments
• In Data Portability Deathmatch, Users Lose Out · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• Conrad Barski, Common Lisp and Land of Lisp at Philly Lambda 09 · 2 points · by brisance · 1 comment
• Ewww, You Use PHP? · 2 points · by Mikecsi · no comments
• The bubble is back, baby · 2 points · by sinzone · no comments
• How Low Can Your Logo · 2 points · by Garbage · 1 comment
• Microsoft: I'm a PC, and Kinect open-source drivers were my idea · 2 points · by Garbage · 1 comment
• Nokia research lab builds touchscreen made of ice · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Ask HN: Computer Science GRE Subject Test · 2 points · by bendmorris · 2 comments
• Obama stands by controversial air security screening methods · 2 points · by muriithi · no comments
• How the Stuxnet Digital Warheads Attacked Iran's Nuclear Installations · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Teaching Students Computing at the Petascale Level · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• The WePay.com Startup Story - 15 Minute Keynote Presentation · 2 points · by OpenBeta · no comments
• ATTENTION HACKERS: The APP STEVE WOZNIAK wants to see made for the iPhone · 2 points · by patel · 1 comment
• How to Bypass Wireless Carriers Apple Style (and end roaming forever) · 2 points · by danilocampos · no comments
• You're not going to be an overnight success · 2 points · by joshdotsmith · 1 comment
• There is a frozen headcrab in one of these pictures of Lake Baikal · 2 points · by JJMalina · no comments
• Obama: TSA pat-downs frustrating but necessary · 2 points · by dporan · no comments
• Practicality of Solar Roads · 2 points · by Quiark · no comments
• Social games and meth · 2 points · by indy · no comments
• Ask HN: What do you think about Tony Robbins? · 2 points · by kolinko · 9 comments
• Multi-monitors and fullscreen Flash video · 2 points · by iwr · 2 comments
• The Startup's Rules of Speed · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• The Option Pool Shuffle · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Growing Your Business: 5 Tips from the Co-Founder of Foursquare · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• 12 Rules for Choosing the Right Domain Name · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• HOW TO: Activate Your Brand's Super Influencers · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• FCC may regulate Internet lines days before Christmas · 2 points · by gibsonf1 · 1 comment
• My first arduino project - the iptables Facebook alarm · 2 points · by JonnieCache · no comments
• You park like an asshole · 2 points · by IgorPartola · no comments
• Venture or Angel Capital Isn’t the End—It’s the Means · 2 points · by Cmccann7 · no comments
• Boxee Box Review · 2 points · by tortilla · no comments
• Beautiful Code & Beautiful Software · 2 points · by wallflower · no comments
• Ask HN: Getting started with Hadoop? · 2 points · by gsiener · no comments
• Facebook can trigger asthma attacks, doctors warn · 2 points · by da5e · no comments
• Lesson: Where the best startup ideas hide · 2 points · by startupsam77 · no comments
• 'Dancing with the Stars' voting hacked for Palin? · 2 points · by evo_9 · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Better alternative to Linode? · 2 points · by Serene · 1 comment
• How to get real teaching, coaching, and mentoring · 2 points · by jseliger · no comments
• How Facebook can be successful in China · 2 points · by TedBlosser · 3 comments
• A Chemist Explains Why Gold Beat Out Lithium, Osmium, Einsteinium · 2 points · by icey · no comments
• Hijacker - spy on your ruby objects · 2 points · by txus · no comments
• Kinect with Mind Control · 2 points · by drewse · no comments
• Install Android market on Android emulator. Try out Android apps from PC. · 2 points · by varunkumar · no comments
• Wild tigers could be extinct in 12 years if unprotected · 2 points · by whyenot · no comments
• Problem exists between keyboard and chair · 2 points · by hermitcrab · 1 comment
• Last chance to save $1436 on developer tools · 2 points · by thegoleffect · no comments
• Is the tech press needed anymore? (how iPhone apps take off now) · 2 points · by Hagelin · no comments
• Standing Out · 2 points · by yewweitan · no comments
• Study: Wi-Fi Makes Our Trees Sick · 2 points · by startupsam77 · 1 comment
• For an Online Marketplace, It’s Better Late Than Never · 2 points · by larryrubin · no comments
• Emacs keyboard navigation shortcuts for Microsoft Word using AutoHotKey · 2 points · by dctoedt · no comments
• Accel sells Facebook shares @$71 apiece; SecondMarket auctioning shares @$20 · 2 points · by fbea · no comments
• Mathematica 8: Shell Scripts, Compile to C, C libraries, Alpha Integration, etc. · 2 points · by msutherl · no comments
• A skeptic's history of C++ · 2 points · by uriel · no comments
• Realtime Election Results · 2 points · by hwav · no comments
• A Club for Computers · 2 points · by njn · no comments
• 50 Outstanding Examples Of Big Typography Art in Poster Designs · 2 points · by iuguy · 1 comment
• HTML5 Geolocation and Personalization · 2 points · by jeremyrwelch · no comments
• Impeccable service, good food and great wine at Mach 2: remnants from Concorde · 1 points · by grinich · no comments
• Sculptor Dangles Clues to Secret in C.I.A.’s Backyard · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• Investments for dummies · 1 points · by pw · no comments
• Build and Analyze, a new podcast co-hosted by Marco Arment · 1 points · by withoutasound · no comments
• Dirty Coal, Clean Future · 1 points · by gatsby · no comments
• Kinect and object recognition [3 minute video] · 1 points · by drats · no comments
• Ask HN: Any cool startups outside the States? · 1 points · by raychancc · no comments
• Internet Giants Foster, and Threaten, Innovation Economy · 1 points · by donohoe · no comments
• APAD IMX515 / Herotab M802 video review · 1 points · by nathanlrivera · no comments
• Startup Quote: Jim Barksdale, former CEO, Netscape · 1 points · by raychancc · 1 comment
• China's New Drones Raise Eyebrows · 1 points · by dhs · no comments
• Optogenetics - New Light on The Brain · 1 points · by panic · no comments
• Here's A List of US Airports Currently Using Full Body Scanners · 1 points · by sili889q · 1 comment
• Apple to Offer Free MobileMe Service to Some iOS Users? · 1 points · by philfreo · no comments
• How to See Your Online Facebook Friends While You Are Offline · 1 points · by obilgic · no comments
• Homepage | ClassicalPlace · 1 points · by dogofwar · no comments
• What do you wish you had when you were trying to launch your venture? · 1 points · by killerasp · no comments
• Peter Thiel thinks the future of innovation may hinge on more college drop-outs · 1 points · by sayemm · no comments
• How Do I Compete (A Series of Unfortunate Events) · 1 points · by georgel · no comments
• Real-Time Charts on the Java Desktop · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• How they sell you what you don't understand · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Happy 25th Anniversary, Microsoft Windows · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Legal options for hiring a psychiatrist for an uncooperative business partner? · 1 points · by techbio · 3 comments
• Another shadow scholar thing · 1 points · by long · no comments
• An Old Trojan Finds A New Friend In Facebook · 1 points · by MojoKid · no comments
• Writing software specs using code · 1 points · by IgorPartola · no comments
• Founders vs. Venture Capitalists: Who’s More Driven? · 1 points · by danielodio · no comments
• Gandhi's Invisible Hands · 1 points · by subbu · no comments
• Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: murder, torture and genocide for kids · 1 points · by Brokenbottleboy · no comments
• The Nutcracker performed by Dancing Kiva Order Fulfillment Robots · 1 points · by Muzza · no comments
• Show HN: Snolr, a Q/A engine based on Artificial Intuition. · 1 points · by arihant · no comments
• China net hijacking may be random mistake · 1 points · by devmonk · 1 comment
• Macroglossa on Android Market · 1 points · by thescreamer · no comments
• Hunting for Looted Art in Paris · 1 points · by timr · no comments
• The Mac is Back · 1 points · by emilepetrone · no comments
• Ask HN: Which O'Reilly books do you like and own? · 1 points · by gsivil · 1 comment
• Commandlinefu · 1 points · by fs111 · no comments
• Google Warns Irish Government Against Tax Increase · 1 points · by michaelelliot · no comments
• Getting Started with Adobe AIR development · 1 points · by techdog · no comments
• Startup or open source company · 1 points · by acex · no comments
• The State of American Entrepreneurship · 1 points · by jenhsun · no comments
• Mind-blowing holographic sheets · 1 points · by porter · no comments
• Transform any image into a magic coloring pic (jquery, canvas,...) · 1 points · by magichacker · 1 comment
• Houston, We Have a Failure to Focus · 1 points · by buckpost · no comments
• Startup Weekend Tokyo · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• 25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Contradiction · 1 points · by infinity · no comments
• University of Toronto Book Print on Demand · 1 points · by ljegou · 1 comment
• Wrapping up the Silicon Valley Tour · 1 points · by messel · no comments
• Win a Coin Toss · 1 points · by IgorPartola · no comments
• Coming Soon: Murdoch’s (and Steve Jobs’?) iPad Newspaper, “The Daily” · 1 points · by zeedotme · no comments
• Best Tech Products Of 2010 · 1 points · by adeelarshad82 · no comments
• OpenEcology - Hackers recreating civilization from the buttom up · 1 points · by artost · no comments
• Venture or Angel Capital Isn’t the End—It’s the Means · 1 points · by pathik · no comments
• SharaMag 1.2 · 1 points · by mikecane · no comments
• MP3Tunes 'Safe Harbor' Challenge Is Legal Test for Cloud Storage · 1 points · by grellas · no comments
• Build & Analyze: Marco Arment's (Instapaper) Podcast on iOS Development · 1 points · by replicatorblog · no comments
• Apple Developing CDMA-GSM ‘World iPad’? · 1 points · by bsk · no comments
• Everything you need to know about pointers (but were afraid to ask) [video] · 1 points · by gnufs · no comments
• Ask HN: Free master's degree? · 1 points · by zackattack · 1 comment
• Solidarity For eBouquin · 1 points · by mikecane · no comments
• Why Facebook Will Take Google on In Search · 1 points · by dreambird · no comments
• API Marketplace for Cloud Services. Feedback sought. · 1 points · by pghimire · no comments
• Is Android + Qualcomm the New Windows + Intel? · 1 points · by dreambird · 2 comments
• Things I want in iOS5 (cont): Better Notifications · 1 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Nice business plan tips from a seasoned pro · 1 points · by stevepotter · no comments
• Is 600 hours the length of an idea? · 1 points · by ecaradec · no comments
• Pope says condoms are okay in special cases · 1 points · by Kliment · 2 comments
• Amazon Studios Democratises Moviemaking · 1 points · by ippisl · no comments
• Notes from 'TechStars For A Day' in NYC · 1 points · by mkrecny · no comments
• Technical details of the molecular chip project funded by Singapore and the EU · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• PPV Network Tips - Split Test Your Offer · 1 points · by clicksaw · no comments
• Freeing Form From Function · 1 points · by donohoe · no comments
• Google Instant Patent:Anticipated query generation&processing in a search engine · 1 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• Trick you eyes - video · 1 points · by hariis · no comments
• "Remember To Watch" - Free SMS Reminders before a TV Show airs · 1 points · by crazymik3 · no comments
• Thoughts on Software Development as Performance · 1 points · by briandoll · no comments
• TV and the Myth of Disruptive Internet Technology · 1 points · by ippisl · no comments
• Ask HN: Software almost done... What next? · 1 points · by bherms · 2 comments
• IOS developers: Do you want a deadline service to motivate you to work harder? · 1 points · by amichail · no comments
• TSA chief: Screening may evolve · 1 points · by jdp23 · no comments
• How is your "Facebook mail" experience? · 1 points · by imran · no comments
• How To Use the “Seven Deadly Sins” to Turn Visitors into Customers · 1 points · by ecaradec · 1 comment
• When creating XHTML (etc), do you need a secured SandBox? · 1 points · by basel · 3 comments
• Dangers Of Mac App Store: Conspiracy Theory · 1 points · by mmphosis · no comments
• Why Google Should Buy Groupon · 1 points · by kiddo · no comments
• Internet: What is going to happen next. · 1 points · by alextoul · no comments
• April Route Hijack: Sifting through the confusion · 1 points · by erikano · no comments
• Yahoo Protect your account against theft with a sign-in seal · 1 points · by innominato · no comments
• Beautiful Soup 3.2.0 - Release to fix version number · 1 points · by random42 · no comments
• Accelerometer maker offering gyroscope, too · 1 points · by harscoat · no comments
• Meetup wrap-up: Startup Rockstars #10 · 1 points · by whitegloveapps · no comments
• Dead Chickens in the Burbs · 1 points · by melonakos · no comments
• Gesture Research | Enhancing Human Experiences · 1 points · by olios · no comments
• 45 Incredibly Useful Web Design Checklists and Questionnaires · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Five simple steps to better typography · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Death and Dying · 1 points · by ryaninmtv · no comments
• Ubuntu One for Windows enters beta testing · 0 points · by Garbage · no comments