Hacker News Way Back Machine

• The unbearable lameness of web 2.0 · 215 points · by kgarten · 44 comments
• Further Freedom Attacks · 191 points · by daeken · 64 comments
• Which programming book you just couldn’t stop reading from start to end? · 184 points · by umenline · 146 comments
• Why Does Apple Offer Free Engraving? · 181 points · by iuguy · 71 comments
• Some powerful commands for Linux · 171 points · by gbog · 24 comments
• Gitbox 1.0 released: a version control app for Mac · 146 points · by oleganza · 71 comments
• How being a bully fuels this trader's profits because of Google · 144 points · by dmitri1981 · 89 comments
• US Government Censors 70 Websites · 139 points · by iuguy · 106 comments
• Make Your Mockup in Markup · 123 points · by DeusExMachina · 48 comments
• OpenDNS says they are being blocked by Verizon · 117 points · by sathyabhat · 34 comments
• A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web · 114 points · by doosra · 30 comments
• Apple bans Android magazine app · 97 points · by rooshdi · 65 comments
• How Ultima Online rares were born · 97 points · by Volscio · 24 comments
• Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion · 85 points · by lockem · 30 comments
• Ask HN: What are current trends in webdeveloping? · 67 points · by john33 · 40 comments
• Local SEO Best Practices for Google, Bing, Yahoo · 64 points · by iuguy · 3 comments
• What the HTTP is CouchApp? · 61 points · by cosgroveb · 27 comments
• The Death Of RIM · 59 points · by mikecane · 55 comments
• Gizmodo Goes Crazy, Reality Isn't What It Seems · 55 points · by JSig · 20 comments
• Things You Probably Didn’t Realize npm Could Do · 54 points · by Raphael · 15 comments
• Jeff Hawkins talk on modeling neocortex and its impact on machine intelligence · 53 points · by psawaya · 27 comments
• Screwed up incentives in higher education · 51 points · by amackera · 60 comments
• pre-Big-Bang activity evidence · 51 points · by ccarpenterg · 19 comments
• Japanese scientists photograph hydrogen atom for first time · 51 points · by geoka9 · 16 comments
• Homeland Security Is Seizing Internet Domains Left And Right · 49 points · by cwan · 2 comments
• Using 4LW to reach sites with domains seized by the DHS · 48 points · by Rabidgremlin · 22 comments
• The Man Who Invented the Computer · 44 points · by robg · 24 comments
• Eliminate the Computer Science major · 42 points · by bendmorris · 62 comments
• Male chess players play more aggressively against attractive female opponents · 42 points · by bdr · 5 comments
• Sony's Changes to GNUstep GUI Library: Adding Touch · 41 points · by postfuturist · 7 comments
• Starting is easier than sustaining. · 39 points · by garrettdimon · 8 comments
• Quantum Random Number Generator as free webservice · 38 points · by fs111 · 9 comments
• New version of Dropbox on the way · 36 points · by davewiner · 5 comments
• U.S. Gov Seizes BitTorrent search site (torrent-finder) – Technical details · 35 points · by fseek2 · 19 comments
• Enchilada Programming Language · 31 points · by fogus · 12 comments
• Katahdin - A language where syntax and semantics are mutable at runtime · 31 points · by iuguy · 18 comments
• Google introduces new meta tag to properly cite writers · 30 points · by ecaron · 6 comments
• Notice HN: hey, the average karma score is gone. · 29 points · by petervandijck · 25 comments
• The other side of Hacker News - A User Experience Experiment · 29 points · by volida · 20 comments
• 4th Amendment Wear: X-ray scanner + metallic ink -... · 28 points · by jedwhite · 4 comments
• Symbian Foundation web sites to shut down, closing open source project · 28 points · by bensummers · 7 comments
• Thoughts from my Google tour · 28 points · by ryanwaggoner · 9 comments
• A Comparison of Software and Hardware Techniques for x86 Virtualization · 28 points · by benblack · 2 comments
• Why "Gender" is a Text Field on Diaspora · 26 points · by r11t · 12 comments
• 10 Questions for Ray Kurzweil · 26 points · by barredo · 14 comments
• Dogpatch Labs by the Numbers & Founders · 26 points · by dell9000 · 5 comments
• How Edmunds Got in The Fast Lane · 25 points · by ez77 · 3 comments
• Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition · 25 points · by iuguy · 2 comments
• High Court ruling implies headlines are copyright · 24 points · by lotusleaf1987 · 23 comments
• Rejection Therapy Suggestion Cards - Entrepreneur Edition · 23 points · by edburgess · 6 comments
• Fascinating look at Stuxnet attack on Iranian nuclear facilities · 23 points · by tomeast · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Suggested software /design/ books? · 23 points · by tarkin2 · 19 comments
• Demystifying Amazon Prime · 22 points · by jeffmiller · 20 comments
• The Biology of Sloppy Code · 20 points · by rsaarelm · 6 comments
• Show HN: HN Unread Comments v1.1 released (chrome extension) · 20 points · by CWIZO · 22 comments
• Is 'gamification' the future? · 20 points · by jrbedard · 25 comments
• Cyber Attack Management for Metasploit - Meet Armitage · 20 points · by raffi · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What do you want for Christmas? · 19 points · by econner · 40 comments
• Are you in? · 19 points · by raganwald · 10 comments
• Why do many programmers defend/support intellectual property theft? · 19 points · by jrd79 · 41 comments
• Preliminary documentation on uWSGI Clustering infrastructure available · 16 points · by unbit · 2 comments
• Inside memory management · 14 points · by julian37 · 1 comment
• Simplicity, The Way of the Unusual Architect · 14 points · by dfnord · 1 comment
• A Conversation with Arthur Whitney (K / Q, APL) · 14 points · by silentbicycle · no comments
• Card Trick Leads to New Bound on Data Compression · 13 points · by julian37 · 1 comment
• How long does it take to make a context switch? · 13 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• I'm done here · 13 points · by DanielBMarkham · 1 comment
• 100 days of IPv4 left · 12 points · by Garbage · 13 comments
• What to Do When the FBI Raids Your Hedge Fund · 12 points · by matus · no comments
• Ask HN: Jobs for an aspiring hacker · 11 points · by dkokelley · 5 comments
• Accelerate Your Startup: Get the Right Product/Market Fit · 11 points · by davidedicillo · no comments
• Google struggling to define Chrome OS as launch approaches · 11 points · by rmah · 7 comments
• Ask HN: Which mobile advertising platforms do you use? · 11 points · by slindstr · no comments
• Secure key exchange for peer-to-peer communication and VoIP · 11 points · by Mithrandir · 7 comments
• What would a newspaper look like if it were invented today? · 10 points · by davidedicillo · 9 comments
• One customer at a time · 10 points · by zackattack · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Any advice for single-hand typist? · 9 points · by stralep · 10 comments
• If programming languages were cars · 9 points · by db42 · no comments
• Shared password URLs that expire · 8 points · by eismcc · 4 comments
• The Rise of Personal Networks Over Social Networks · 8 points · by gaiusparx · 2 comments
• Is Facebook Becoming the New AOL? · 8 points · by buckpost · 3 comments
• Do you understand IPA pronunciation? · 8 points · by rnadna · 13 comments
• U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown · 7 points · by patrickaljord · no comments
• How do I make sure my engineer spends more time working and less Hacker News? · 7 points · by tzury · no comments
• What is your favorite command-line trick using Bash? · 7 points · by zitstif · 10 comments
• The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved · 7 points · by barredo · no comments
• Huxley Vs. Orwell: Infinite Distraction Or Government Oppression? · 7 points · by robg · 2 comments
• Ssync: Optimised S3 Sync Tool using the power of Unix · 6 points · by collistaeed · no comments
• Twitter CEO: We Still Don't Know What Twitter Is For · 6 points · by fiaz · no comments
• San Diego Meetup · 6 points · by ucsd_surfNerd · 3 comments
• Max Levchin on 'Lessons learned as a young entrepreneur' · 6 points · by miraj · no comments
• Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun · 6 points · by kschua · 5 comments
• Fritz Leiber: A Pail of Air (1951) · 6 points · by brazzy · 2 comments
• Any alternate DNS systems on the horizon? · 6 points · by malandrew · 2 comments
• On the Wings of Angels · 6 points · by beh · no comments
• Windows Phone 7 unlocker released · 5 points · by woan · no comments
• Ask HN: What is the best programming language to learn first? · 5 points · by jongs · 11 comments
• Masters of Math: Babylonian Tablets that Survived Milleniums · 5 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• The Great Copper Heist · 5 points · by robg · no comments
• Study Finds That Social Media Strengthen Relationships. · 5 points · by eegilbert · no comments
• Ask HN: Any recommendations on disaster recovery? · 5 points · by mohsen · 3 comments
• Rich Hickey: Persistent Data Structures and Managed References (2009) · 5 points · by ivank · no comments
• Top SEO Questions (& Answers) · 5 points · by grantlmiller · no comments
• Ask HN: Are web layouts inherently right-handed? · 5 points · by sisirkoppaka · 10 comments
• Ask HN: Which speakers can inspire students? · 5 points · by noverloop · 7 comments
• Google TV Already In Trouble? Sony Offering 25% Off Blu-ray Google TV Units · 5 points · by obilgic · 3 comments
• How to Really Build Backlinks and Dominate Google · 5 points · by iuguy · no comments
• One nation, divisible · 5 points · by salar · no comments
• Ask HN: What are the current (IT) industry skills employment cash cows? · 5 points · by clyfe · 9 comments
• Learn to Pick Locks for Fun and an Increased Understanding of Security · 5 points · by dmitri1981 · no comments
• Facemash for Google products - Google Demo Slam · 5 points · by dshankar · no comments
• Irssi users - Finally a vim-like input mode. Looking for testers and users · 4 points · by shabble · no comments
• Death by a thousand verticals · 4 points · by alby2 · no comments
• IPad “Pad” Joke Finally Taken Too Far [video] · 4 points · by obilgic · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there an open source social news platform? · 4 points · by sgallant · 5 comments
• 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet · 4 points · by tzury · 1 comment
• ‘More Features’ Won’t Save a Dying Business Model · 4 points · by hillel · 1 comment
• What are you learning about Dropbox? · 4 points · by davewiner · no comments
• Is HTML5 editor, an HTML5 editor if you use Flash? · 4 points · by artbit · no comments
• Homeland Security seizes domain names · 4 points · by edw519 · no comments
• The Story of Mel · 4 points · by iuguy · no comments
• 5 Cloud-Oriented Operating Systems Available Now · 4 points · by iuguy · no comments
• TSA Backscatter X-ray Backlash · 4 points · by gasull · no comments
• Family’s Fall From Affluence Is Swift and Hard · 4 points · by NonEUCitizen · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Abandoning smartphones? · 4 points · by Mpkkk · 6 comments
• How Changing My Intentions Made Me Money · 4 points · by NathanKP · no comments
• Nomadic Entrepreneurs in Indigenous Markets · 3 points · by skmurphy · 1 comment
• Twitter Users Make Snowstorm Map #UKSnow · 3 points · by obilgic · no comments
• Turn Framed Pages Into Services? · 3 points · by nicoslepicos · no comments
• HN: 2 clicks to tell me which app to compare for you. Voting closes soon · 3 points · by imcomparing · no comments
• Apple Guide to Securing Snow Leopard [pdf] · 3 points · by hadronzoo · no comments
• Apple, Facebook and Twitter’s common flaw: The sub-domain of no return. · 3 points · by ptrwtts · 1 comment
• CamanJS - Image Manipulation in Javascript with Webworkers · 3 points · by meltingice · no comments
• Artificial Intelligence: No Command, and Control · 3 points · by BTBurke · no comments
• How Gender Stereotypes Influence Emerging Career Aspirations · 3 points · by earcar · no comments
• Continuous Testing · 3 points · by dnesteruk · 3 comments
• Union Square Ventures Jobs · 3 points · by fukumoto · no comments
• Microsoft’s ‘tactile’ app ‘could spell end of mobile keypads’ · 3 points · by heydelilah · no comments
• Disable instant preview in Google search · 3 points · by Maro · no comments
• Great introduction lecture on scaling from Harvard · 3 points · by mvip · no comments
• Reasons why large companies on the web are losing ground · 3 points · by codeglomeration · no comments
• What is the best advice you could give to a young, first-time startup CEO? · 3 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Django by Example: Django Tutorials · 3 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming · 3 points · by iuguy · no comments
• How Feelings of Gratitude Breed Happiness and Well-Being · 3 points · by cwan · no comments
• 25 Years of Packet Tracing (by Van Jacobson) · 3 points · by there · no comments
• Wikileaks Iraq war logs: every death mapped · 3 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Ask HN: Coda, Textmate, or Espresso for development? · 3 points · by fourstar · 6 comments
• In China, Cultivating the Urge to Splurge · 3 points · by rxin · no comments
• Subliminal Negativity Theory - 37 Signals · 3 points · by chunkyslink · no comments
• Ask HN: mad search bots? · 3 points · by xentronium · 1 comment
• Reddit group wants to start its own darknet · 3 points · by s810 · no comments
• Android Data Stealing Vulnerability · 3 points · by epo · no comments
• The algorithm method: Programming our lives away · 3 points · by starpilot · no comments
• HN review, I'm adding short videos of the dates soon. · 2 points · by GDH · no comments
• Why We Get Nostalgic About Good Old Games · 2 points · by vl · 1 comment
• ASK: iPhone Contract Work · 2 points · by sveer · 3 comments
• We've Come A Long Way Since Tetris. DirectX11 and the Cryengine · 2 points · by sbmws · no comments
• Reverse Dictionary · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Saturn's moon, Rhea, has a thin oxygen/carbon dioxide atmosphere · 2 points · by anigbrowl · no comments
• How to recover from random Photoshop (font) crashes · 2 points · by mvip · no comments
• The DHS is Getting Rid of the Color-Coded Terrorism Alert System · 2 points · by JCKa1 · no comments
• RIAA Blasts PCMag.com Over Limewire Article -- Get Real · 2 points · by MojoKid · no comments
• Ask HN: BOA is offering me a Merchant Account, are these good terms? · 2 points · by colombian · 1 comment
• Remarkable Scientists Without A Wikipedia Page · 2 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Saturn's moon Rhea may have a breathable atmosphere (unlikely) · 2 points · by olefoo · 3 comments
• Facebook to patent the word ‘face’? · 2 points · by heydelilah · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Decent guide/tutorial on using the Linux terminal? · 2 points · by newsisan · 1 comment
• Product research question: Report on emails from all company inboxes? · 2 points · by Trindaz · no comments
• My next iPad won't be a 7-incher, but I wish it could be · 2 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Ask HN: What is the best Android-only app you have used? · 2 points · by alagu · 2 comments
• A template for immutable Python objects · 2 points · by ivank · no comments
• Filtering Out The Digital World · 2 points · by Freeenergy · no comments
• Molecular Self Assembly on a Surface Moves from 2D to 3D · 2 points · by Jach · 1 comment
• Programmer Legs (And a potential patch/cure for restless leg syndrome) · 2 points · by mathgladiator · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What's the best advice you've ever received? · 2 points · by snow_mac · 3 comments
• What Apache Wave means and does not mean · 2 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Why personal genomics matter but not enough that you should really care · 2 points · by room606 · no comments
• FBI thwarts bombing at Portland tree-lighting ceremony · 2 points · by PStamatiou · no comments
• Ibottleopener · 2 points · by waterfangeeks · no comments
• Roboni-i: Programmable Gaming Robot · 2 points · by waterfangeeks · no comments
• Steps to Get More Creative · 2 points · by rapidfireaim · no comments
• National Australia Bank "computer glitch" renders accounts inaccessible · 2 points · by dools · no comments
• Hitchcock Would've Had A Website · 2 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Cosmix.org | I dislike Facebook because they’re mediocre. · 2 points · by nikan · no comments
• Millions still without pay after NAB tech glitch · 2 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• A page of our favorite HN stories... · 2 points · by friendstock · no comments
• The Joys and Sorrows of a Startup · 2 points · by pathik · no comments
• What to do this weekend · 2 points · by techeela · no comments
• Your noise is still noise · 2 points · by NginUS · no comments
• Whom & What to Know · 2 points · by kingsidharth · no comments
• Some New Stuff From Union Square Ventures · 2 points · by jeffmiller · no comments
• Startup Quote: Sarah Lacy, author, Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good · 2 points · by raychancc · 1 comment
• Bright light headset · 2 points · by kristiandupont · no comments
• The Gift of Good Work · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Life is All About Supply and Demand · 2 points · by jeffmiller · 1 comment
• Ahead in the Cloud · 2 points · by edw519 · 1 comment
• Modified radar gun identifies suicide bombers up to ten meters away · 2 points · by lotusleaf1987 · 2 comments
• Solar energy in Spain · 2 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Free fast food · 2 points · by Michaeljhn · no comments
• Crossing the uncanny valley · 2 points · by salar · no comments
• Must Read Quora Threads for Startups · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Developing Apps for iPhone & iPad: A Free Stanford Course · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• How Google's New Local SERP Affected Your Ranking · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Link Trio: A Simple, Yet Powerful, Link Building Tactic · 2 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Open Source Does Not Need Monetising · 2 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Ask HN: price of latency · 2 points · by swah · 1 comment
• Speed Camera Firm a Millionaire Factory · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• Focused Interview with Leo Babauta (from Zen Habits) · 2 points · by RBerenguel · no comments
• The Spikerbox: First remove a leg from a cockroach, then visualize the signals · 2 points · by Jun8 · 1 comment
• Boom lets you access text snippets over your command line. · 2 points · by steveklabnik · no comments
• NLP Challenge · 2 points · by zaveri · no comments
• Compassion for fun and profit · 2 points · by antichaos · no comments
• Reinforce a purchase decision and establish a customer for life · 2 points · by cwan · no comments
• The Psychology of Anonymity · 2 points · by jackchristopher · no comments
• Ask HN: What are some good resources to get started with Information Retrieval? · 2 points · by ideamonk · 4 comments
• Radical Transparency · 2 points · by zmmz · no comments
• Where does progress come from? Bill Gates on Africa, climate change · 2 points · by trotsky · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Need help with correlation [Finance] · 2 points · by astroguy · 7 comments
• Exposing Difficult Compiler Bugs With Random Testing · 2 points · by steveklabnik · no comments
• 3 Groups You Must Design Your Application For... or Else · 2 points · by mwbiz · no comments
• Hacker double agent · 2 points · by nikan · 1 comment
• Boeing's Spectrolab to produce 39.2 percent efficient solar cells · 2 points · by arithmetic · no comments
• Stuxnet's Targets · 1 points · by variety · no comments
• China's Economic Treadmill to Hell; What happen When China Slows? · 1 points · by stretchwithme · 1 comment
• Taiwanese FPGA Design Projects · 1 points · by ayhoung · no comments
• LeWeb ’10 Nears. Want To Go? Tell Us Why, We’re Giving Away Two Tickets · 1 points · by obilgic · no comments
• Infographic: Keynote vs. PowerPoint · 1 points · by siglesias · no comments
• HTML 5 Music, plays in background on iOS devices via Mobile Safari · 1 points · by makeramen · no comments
• Command Line JQuery QUnit w/ Rhino · 1 points · by benjaminplee · no comments
• All We Want is to be Young · 1 points · by quizbiz · no comments
• RIAA Blames Journalists For Its Piracy Trouble · 1 points · by gasull · no comments
• Iceland to elect citizens' panel to rewrite constitution · 1 points · by gruseom · 1 comment
• Google travel bid hits turbulence · 1 points · by wiks · 1 comment
• Sticky Notes with CSS3 · 1 points · by toni · no comments
• Apple's War on Android in iTunes Is Not Nearly Complete · 1 points · by louismg · no comments
• The Battle for Facebook - RollingStone Article · 1 points · by johnfelix · no comments
• Ten Unique Data Center Designs · 1 points · by tzury · no comments
• Online Tutoring Website Offer Physics Homework Solutions · 1 points · by colinkrish · no comments
• Innovative Youtube Ad: A Hunter Shoots a Bear · 1 points · by vl · no comments
• Virgin Reveals Tivo UI · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Chilled light enters a new phase | First Bose-Einstein condensate of photon · 1 points · by miraj · no comments
• Intel Sandy Bridge Processors Spec Revealed · 1 points · by bsk · no comments
• Why you should purchase Intellij Idea · 1 points · by mainguy · no comments
• Grid computing, a collaborative tool for problem-solving · 1 points · by svag · no comments
• Ask HN: What are some good free resources about wireshark/ protocol analysis? · 1 points · by darwinGod · 1 comment
• John Carmack: App Store Is “The Model Of The Future” · 1 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• How I Document my Business Model Hypotheses · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• XBox Kinect running on OS X ( with source code ) on Vimeo · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• The RealWorld · 1 points · by zemariamm · no comments
• How to turn your iPhone into a Wi-Fi Hotspot/Router · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• Apple Store Sales since 2001 - Charts & Graphs · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• The Prevalence Of Marketing Infographic · 1 points · by pitdesi · no comments
• Ask HN: Do you use a specific agile methodology? · 1 points · by olalonde · no comments
• Has anyone noticed 3d isometric view in Cape Town downtown (or any other place)? · 1 points · by fijall · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Your experience with buying display ads. · 1 points · by rokhayakebe · no comments
• What are some good spots to Look for Space in Soma/Mission Bay? · 1 points · by ghb22 · no comments
• Choosing your cloud (a quick primer) · 1 points · by LabSlice · 1 comment
• The futility of “keeping up with the e-joneses” · 1 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• A Wikipedia that AI systems can safely learn from · 1 points · by jmount · 1 comment
• The Myth Of Serendipity · 1 points · by mattjohnson · 1 comment
• Three-Minute MooTools · 1 points · by julian37 · no comments
• How to Win a Coin Toss · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Apple's second gen iPad needs to use ARM's 4th gen GPU · 1 points · by alexknight · no comments
• Apple iPad widely expected to lead tablet disruption of PCs in 2011 · 1 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Cosmos may show echoes of events before Big Bang · 1 points · by _grrr · no comments
• How To Harness The Viral Power Of Facebook · 1 points · by kytro360 · no comments
• Intel's 2GHz quad-core i7-2630QM CPU coming to HP's gaming laptop · 1 points · by arithmetic · no comments
• In the Gym: Clean Energy From Muscle Power · 1 points · by rblion · no comments