Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Why I love math · 231 points · by dpatru · 42 comments
• WakeMates are ready · 205 points · by spydertennis · 130 comments
• Azul's Pauseless Garbage Collector · 180 points · by DanielRibeiro · 50 comments
• Mathematics: The Most Misunderstood Subject · 144 points · by spacemanaki · 43 comments
• Free High-Quality Fonts · 126 points · by smashing_mag · 16 comments
• A Typical Day for PFC Bradley Manning · 119 points · by MaysonL · 80 comments
• Kod is a new Node.js scriptable code editor for OSX · 118 points · by tonyskn · 67 comments
• Minecraft developer streaming live while coding · 110 points · by bentoner · 45 comments
• A crazy Ruby quine: a spinning globe. · 95 points · by steveklabnik · 18 comments
• Show HN: Analysis of how long do items survive on the "New" page · 92 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 21 comments
• Vagrant is a tool for building virtualized development environments. · 85 points · by lox · 28 comments
• Unhosted - Freedom from web 2.0's monopoly platforms · 82 points · by yungchin · 46 comments
• Building blocks of a scalable webcrawler. · 80 points · by 0x44 · 29 comments
• Mac Apps With Beautiful Interfaces · 80 points · by phalien · 42 comments
• Database of private SSL keys for embedded devices · 80 points · by bensummers · 19 comments
• Ask HN: Why are YC startups so secretive in Job postings? · 77 points · by middayc · 61 comments
• Startup Blogs To Make You a Better Entrepreneur · 77 points · by matt1 · 14 comments
• Just Make It Faster · 68 points · by admp · 26 comments
• The Haskell Road to Logic, Maths and Programming · 66 points · by zackham · 8 comments
• Fred Wilson's Nexus S Review · 58 points · by davidykay · 65 comments
• Charging Objects in Ruby · 56 points · by judofyr · 23 comments
• Using Puppet to Automatically Configure New EC2 Instances · 51 points · by abyx · 17 comments
• Proofs without words · 47 points · by J3L2404 · 5 comments
• How Dark Patterns can improve your conversion rates but damage your brand. · 46 points · by harrybr · 23 comments
• Ruby Test::Unit sucks (and why I still use it) · 44 points · by sleight42 · 33 comments
• Former Yahoo Engineers Shed Light On Why Delicious And Other Acquisitions Failed · 42 points · by lotusleaf1987 · 1 comment
• Profit from frontpaging HN and Reddit - what now? · 41 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 18 comments
• Ask HN: How do you balance college and a startup? · 40 points · by charlieyan10 · 44 comments
• The Economist's Books of the Year · 40 points · by corey · 7 comments
• Apple posts free developer documentation for iBooks users · 40 points · by tortilla · 13 comments
• I was forced to write a blog post. So I made a code breaking contest. · 39 points · by erik_landerholm · 53 comments
• Ruby and Rails for Attractive .Net Developers · 38 points · by daviding · 11 comments
• Google launches Shared Spaces based on Google Wave · 38 points · by davidedicillo · 7 comments
• Ask HN: learning web programming vs. tablet programming · 37 points · by the_gws · 25 comments
• Notionink's Adam (Android tablet) Demo Video · 36 points · by maheshs · 8 comments
• Marsh Ray's analysis of the OpenBSD IPSEC ESP flaw · 36 points · by tptacek · 4 comments
• Using HTML5 localStorage as a fallback for offline form submission · 33 points · by kmfrk · 4 comments
• Remote Webkit-based debugger for webapps running on a mobile browser · 33 points · by tonyskn · 1 comment
• MPAA/RIAA Lobbied Extensively In Favor of Domain Seizures · 31 points · by yanw · 15 comments
• Tell HN: Chicago Holiday Meetup (Help Us Schedule) · 30 points · by tptacek · 37 comments
• Raising a Botnet in Captivity · 30 points · by dholowiski · 5 comments
• Finding the Best Chicago Pizza in San Francisco · 30 points · by prabodh · 38 comments
• The U.S. is the Most Overworked Developed Nation in the World · 28 points · by acangiano · 41 comments
• Frog Driven Development by spif · 27 points · by davestone · 5 comments
• Apple v Google · 26 points · by miraj · 10 comments
• The Auto-Pilot iPad App · 25 points · by chaostheory · 24 comments
• "Visualizing Facebook Friends" was created using R · 24 points · by TalGalili · 6 comments
• Kinect sex game will not become reality, Microsoft says · 24 points · by badwetter · 44 comments
• Start A Design Firm? A How to Guide By Forrst Users · 22 points · by trucious · 13 comments
• Advanced Undergrad Math Lecture Videos from UCCS(free/easy registration req.) · 21 points · by corey · 1 comment
• Google Books Ngram datasets · 20 points · by abraham · 4 comments
• Are getters and setters object oriented? · 20 points · by rb2k_ · 29 comments
• Unencrypted public wifi should die · 18 points · by there · 24 comments
• Dark Patterns: good for business? · 18 points · by swombat · 14 comments
• Ask HN: To fight or not to fight piracy? · 17 points · by albertogh · 32 comments
• Ask HN: Heroku or VPS? · 17 points · by marcamillion · 9 comments
• Man repays unemployment benefits the helped him become a programmer · 16 points · by elliottcarlson · 10 comments
• Google Shared Spaces · 16 points · by abraham · 2 comments
• Why Sunsetting Delicious Matters · 16 points · by davidedicillo · 8 comments
• Yahoo, You Flubbed News About The Future Of Delicious, Not The Press · 15 points · by adambyrtek · 5 comments
• Google earth for the Sun · 15 points · by RazorSky · 3 comments
• Ask HN: How do I make myself more valuable in the Bay Area startup scene? · 15 points · by upstarrt · 10 comments
• The danger of cosmic genius · 13 points · by davi · 6 comments
• Slumtube: Affordable Housing Made From Shipping Pallets · 12 points · by mcantelon · 7 comments
• AFrameJS - A Javascript Application Library · 12 points · by brandonkm · 2 comments
• Introducing The New AppJet.jar Version 1.0.4 - Now With a CouchDB Client · 12 points · by js4all · no comments
• Ask HN: Is there a fun way to learn Java? · 12 points · by mistrQ · 14 comments
• AskHN: Why hasn't open education worked yet? · 11 points · by wcarss · 10 comments
• Rails 3.1 will secure passwords out of the box · 10 points · by jagira · 2 comments
• Designing the damn thing · 10 points · by jgothelf · 3 comments
• I deleted Julian Assange’s account. · 10 points · by peter123 · 4 comments
• Assange's police report describing case against him leaked · 8 points · by roadnottaken · 3 comments
• Oracle Launches Open Office 3.3 and Cloud Office · 8 points · by finemann · 2 comments
• US empire could collapse at any time, Pulitzer winner tells Raw Story · 7 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• Where to start a start-up? · 7 points · by zwikki · 4 comments
• WikiRebels -- The Documentary Full Version · 7 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• Thank you, Google. · 7 points · by oscardelben · 2 comments
• Corporate Open Source Repositories You Never Knew Existed · 7 points · by bobds · 4 comments
• Accessibility for iPhone and iPad apps · 7 points · by davidedicillo · no comments
• Uncle Bob’s Bowling Game Kata, Clojure Style · 7 points · by icey · no comments
• "A woman tells her programmer husband..." · 7 points · by ssclafani · 1 comment
• Dreamliner's woes pile up · 6 points · by yread · 1 comment
• 24 Year Old Hacks Way Into Harvard, Then Caught · 6 points · by nhangen · 11 comments
• Headphone Culture · 6 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• How do Colors Affect Purchases? · 6 points · by barredo · 1 comment
• Why does our culture shape high-achieving people into BigCo execs? [Orszag/Citi] · 5 points · by rhl · no comments
• Embed Lua in C (very easy examples) · 5 points · by gnosis · 3 comments
• A tutorial on 12-tone music (video) · 5 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• Typeface designed to be printed... in 3D. · 5 points · by jm3 · no comments
• SWANK Server for Chicken Scheme · 5 points · by ihodes · no comments
• Writing a Strong Lead Is Half the Battle · 5 points · by cwan · no comments
• Always Be Building Your Own Products · 5 points · by SnootyMonkey · no comments
• DHS tribute threat level indicator · 5 points · by m3mb3r · no comments
• Buy a brand new Commodore 64 with bluray and more · 5 points · by aresant · 2 comments
• Product Development vs Consulting · 5 points · by Kinit · 6 comments
• Startup Lessons From Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley · 5 points · by aditya · no comments
• Google Debuts “This Site May Be Compromised” Warning · 4 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• Windows users are cheap -- Humble Indie Bundle payments · 4 points · by roadnottaken · 1 comment
• IRB for iPhone/iPad · 4 points · by alex3t · no comments
• 5 Web titans that withered under Yahoo · 4 points · by superduper · no comments
• Online detectives - a new profession? · 4 points · by phalien · no comments
• America's Debt Default Will Happen Sooner Than Anyone Thinks · 4 points · by cwan · no comments
• Backing off an arsenic-eating claim · 4 points · by cwan · no comments
• Ask HN: Has YC ever invested in a startup built with PHP · 4 points · by eurohacker · 5 comments
• Text Wizardry: 10 Commands · 4 points · by Vic-nyc · 1 comment
• How the Facebook social graph map was made in R · 4 points · by agconway · 1 comment
• Heart of the Milky Way · 4 points · by robg · 1 comment
• Wikileaks.info Warning · 4 points · by there · no comments
• The Web as an API · 4 points · by sayemm · no comments
• Thread "Stack Chunks": performance improvements in GHC · 4 points · by dons · no comments
• Beam Me Up: 'Teleportation' Is Year's Biggest Breakthrough · 4 points · by pedrokost · no comments
• User interfaces designed to trick, trap, and mislead · 4 points · by steve918 · no comments
• Show HN: Checkin Map, Facebook Places for iPhone et al. · 4 points · by nickurban · no comments
• PHP Session Locks – How to Prevent Blocking Requests · 3 points · by boyter · no comments
• IPhone Audio-Only Game Uses "3D" Sound · 3 points · by m0nastic · 4 comments
• 2010: The year open source went invisible · 3 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Style versus design (Zeldman, 1999) · 3 points · by duck · no comments
• Blackberry is still going strong against apple in sales · 3 points · by bhudman · 5 comments
• Why should an engineer prefer consumer vs enterprise startups? · 3 points · by jasonshen · no comments
• Isle of Tune - generate music by building a city · 3 points · by jlees · no comments
• A Globe, Clothing Itself with a Brain (1995) · 3 points · by davi · 2 comments
• Arithmetic, Population and Energy · 3 points · by ggasp · 2 comments
• FAQoverflow: Great Answers to Questions from StackOverflow · 3 points · by db42 · no comments
• How DDoS attacks became the frontline tool of cyber-war · 3 points · by zeedotme · no comments
• Is making mistakes a necessity for success? · 3 points · by joelg87 · 2 comments
• Is my splash page lame? · 3 points · by supermanwillfly · 31 comments
• Things To Fix: Hiring Software Developers · 3 points · by toumhi · 6 comments
• Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children · 3 points · by deutronium · 1 comment
• Bored on a Sunday morning? Learn Python · 3 points · by sgallant · 1 comment
• At a Loss for Words: Modern Lessons From a Lost Language · 3 points · by bluesmoon · no comments
• Ask HN: What investment apps do you use? · 3 points · by hubb · no comments
• Papa Sangre: binaural video game with no video · 3 points · by icey · no comments
• Image Forensics : Error Level Analysis · 3 points · by shrikant · no comments
• The Nonprofit Model is Broken · 3 points · by thesyndicate · 1 comment
• Chrome OS on the CR-48: It Has Developer Bits · 3 points · by Calamitous · no comments
• Building Energy Software Tools Directory · 3 points · by gphil · 1 comment
• Android Application Files Rant · 3 points · by spicerunner · no comments
• LastPass acquires Xmarks · 2 points · by rmk · no comments
• Online Anonymity (and Personal Reinvention) in Decline · 2 points · by donohoe · 1 comment
• Empire collapse graphs · 2 points · by ph0rque · 1 comment
• The woman who cannot feel fear · 2 points · by zeedotme · no comments
• Stroustrup Interview (1998) · 2 points · by stavrianos · no comments
• Deep Packet Inspection: Shunned Profiling Technology on the Verge of Comeback · 2 points · by alexqgb · no comments
• Sick Number Games · 2 points · by stss25 · no comments
• Notion Ink Adam Android Tablet Demonstrated · 2 points · by andrewcaito · no comments
• Notion Ink Adam UI finally demoed on video · 2 points · by desigooner · no comments
• The iPad is altering the very concept of a 'book' · 2 points · by phalien · no comments
• Python to Javascript compiler · 2 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• HN: I made this game on GAE, it loads wikipedia and parses/restructures the html · 2 points · by schwabacher · 2 comments
• Canada's Unknown CEO: Tony Lacavera (Wind Mobile, 2006) · 2 points · by cal5k · no comments
• Android, iOS apps skirt privacy policy to share user data with advertisers · 2 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• Emacs Org-mode for notes and project planning (2008) · 2 points · by gsivil · no comments
• Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community (1996) [pdf] · 2 points · by snth · no comments
• From the IT desk · 2 points · by lutermanji · no comments
• Really understanding effects · 2 points · by cannedprimates · no comments
• The World’s Best Presentations · 2 points · by jayeshsalvi · no comments
• Cory Doctorow: when an abundance of choice becomes an issue · 2 points · by adambyrtek · no comments
• Paul Krugman on the Future World Economy [video] · 2 points · by lyudmil · no comments
• Unit Testing with Boost.Test – Writing Your First Test Case · 2 points · by saaron · no comments
• Short view on using layered caching on GAE · 2 points · by thefreshteapot · no comments
• Learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything · 2 points · by miraj · no comments
• Join Optimization in Apache Hive · 2 points · by trucious · no comments
• The Dirty Little Secret in the State of Qatar · 2 points · by roschdal · 1 comment
• How we got robbed by Zazzle · 2 points · by messel · no comments
• Google kills Latitude Location Alert · 2 points · by bhudman · 1 comment
• Why Tumblr is Poised to be Huge Tech · 2 points · by buckpost · no comments
• Discipline: Be The Machine · 2 points · by billswift · no comments
• Apogee and Atrophy: Lessons From the Past for Today's Tech Titans · 2 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Company testing Twitter's Promoted Tweets: "This is going to be powerful" · 2 points · by luckyisgood · 2 comments
• Help wanted, need not apply · 2 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Startup Quote: Michael Lopp, Blogger, Rands In Repose · 2 points · by raychancc · 1 comment
• Anyone here with an iOS device looking for a really good dungeon crawler? · 2 points · by keithburgun · 2 comments
• Using Mix-ins with Python (2001) · 2 points · by prog · no comments
• Ask HN: VLC Christmas hat icon, good or bad? · 2 points · by rick_2047 · 6 comments
• Mark Nelson: Google Is a Scary Lifeline · 2 points · by pietrofmaggi · 1 comment
• Looking for a MBA co-founder from US · 2 points · by andybaba · no comments
• The taunt of an apparent Facebook thief · 2 points · by dmlorenzetti · no comments
• Could delicious become the first user-owned Internet service? · 2 points · by coffee · no comments
• Excellent iOS UI Prototyping App for iPad · 2 points · by ankushnarula · no comments
• CastMyClips Text to Speech web app Launches · 2 points · by dholowiski · no comments
• Book review: Do It Tomorrow · 2 points · by RBerenguel · no comments
• Advanced iOS Development course iTunes U · 2 points · by admp · no comments
• Lean Failure and the Risk of No-Man's Land · 2 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• What’s Just Around the Bend? Soon, a Camera May Show You · 2 points · by m3mb3r · 1 comment
• Christopher Alexander: A City is not a Tree [1965] · 2 points · by brudgers · no comments
• Hey, Assange’s Celeb Supporters, What Time’s Your Protest Outside Quantico? Oh. · 2 points · by aaronbrethorst · no comments
• Gource: software version control visualization tool · 2 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• Your mom has to understand your startup · 2 points · by kadavy · no comments
• Will Yahoo follow Delicious into the sunset? · 2 points · by nithinbekal · 2 comments
• Ask HN: With Delicious failing, what's the promise of cloud computing? · 2 points · by gaiusparx · 2 comments
• 2010: The Year of Investment in Education Technology · 2 points · by rafaelc · no comments
• Thoughts on Programming · 2 points · by mathgladiator · no comments
• Gary Chapman, Internet Ethicist, Dies at 58 · 2 points · by hornokplease · no comments
• The U.S.S. Prius · 2 points · by harscoat · no comments
• Bob Beckel Wants Julian Assange Assassinated · 2 points · by rw2- · no comments
• Pirates Love Daisies with HTML5 · 2 points · by kenjackson · no comments
• How DDoS attacks became the frontline tool of cyber-war · 2 points · by abraham · no comments
• Is DeleteMe an Internet Undo Button? · 2 points · by jowens · 1 comment
• John Battelle: Thinking Out Loud: What's Driving Groupon? · 2 points · by od · 1 comment
• XBMC 10.0 “Dharma” Released · 2 points · by thehodge · no comments
• Humble Bundle 2 to be redeem-able on Steam · 2 points · by shrikant · no comments
• The Cave - How man is controlled · 2 points · by krane_6d7 · no comments
• Apple: Goldman Pounds The Table; Sets $430 Target · 2 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• Christmas, told in dough and sprinkles · 1 points · by ooopsnevermind · no comments
• Apple, Google, RIM go shopping for Nortel patents · 1 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• DropZap sequel is free for a limited time. Feedback would be appreciated. · 1 points · by amichail · 1 comment
• Export Your Delicious Inbox with a Ruby Script · 1 points · by yetanotherjosh · no comments
• Back in Black: US Solar Industry Now a Net Exporter · 1 points · by sprinkle · no comments
• Facial Animation in L.A. Noire (YouTube) · 1 points · by kmfrk · no comments
• Show HN: My idea for an alternative Christmas gift (from others to Hacker) · 1 points · by withoutfriction · no comments
• Single quantum dot nanowire photodetectors · 1 points · by zoowar · no comments
• Free, Web-Based Tools for SMBs · 1 points · by dtran · no comments
• Why Groupon is Not Necessarily Bad for Business · 1 points · by fezzl · 1 comment
• Ask HN: I didn't install these Chrome webstore apps...how'd they get there? · 1 points · by holdupadam · 3 comments
• Extension for a Cause opens Chrome tabs to help you support charitable efforts · 1 points · by ahemphill · 1 comment
• Human responses to warnings · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• How to setup mobile version for your blogger blog · 1 points · by varunkumar · no comments
• Instagram Gains Suggested Users, 7 New Languages, And Yes, 2 New Filters · 1 points · by emilepetrone · no comments
• Mitigations versus Solutions of Bufferbloat in Broadband · 1 points · by bcl · no comments
• Menu Costs during Hyperinflation · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Structured Procrastination · 1 points · by there · 1 comment
• TSA Worker Avoids Prison After Stealing Travelers’ Laptops · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Things your mommy didn't tell you about growing a tech organization · 1 points · by trucious · no comments
• Nanotechnology for the Body API · 1 points · by andrewacove · no comments
• Biomimicry: how Gaudí's Sagrada Família was created out of Nature [video] · 1 points · by sleepingbot · no comments
• Add google reader shortcuts to the rest of the web. · 1 points · by tommoor · no comments
• Facebook suffers brief shut down · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• TechCrunch's RSS Figures Graphed (Is RSS Fading?) · 1 points · by collistaeed · 2 comments
• United States Patent: 7827265 (Facebook location based social network patent) · 1 points · by jacquesm · no comments
• Performance Calendar 2010 · 1 points · by gokhan · no comments
• Performance Engineering in 'The New Twitter' · 1 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• Defensive programming: Fortran, Ada, C++, Java,?? · 1 points · by kgutteridge · no comments
• Solstice-eclipse overlap first in 456 years · 1 points · by edw519 · no comments
• All-Clear in the Stratosphere · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Markets in Everything: Private Car Network · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API · 1 points · by admp · no comments
• Black pearls · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Motion Chart (rebranding of software used by Hans Rosling in his TED Talk) · 1 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• Rich versus King: The Core Concept · 1 points · by admp · no comments
• Failed Utopia #4-2 · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• How I Made it: Sean O'Toole · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Five reason why Apple’s Mac App Store could be revolutionary · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Is Offshoring Best for Innovation? · 1 points · by privacyguru · no comments
• Looking for a MBA co-founder from US · 1 points · by andybaba · no comments
• Beautiful creations of a digital artist. Your thoughts? · 1 points · by tumpak · no comments
• On the wings of angels · 1 points · by davi · no comments
• Google Fires An Average Of Two People Per Month For Leaking Company Secrets? · 1 points · by rmah · no comments
• The Web App that's not a Web App · 1 points · by DanielBMarkham · no comments
• Intel's new processors have a remote kill switch (Anti-Theft 3.0) · 1 points · by bensummers · 1 comment
• Creators of Angry Birds happily dreaming of spinoffs · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Airport Apps Put You First in Line · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• S. American mountains hold key to electric car's future: lithium for batteries · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Y Combinator vs TechStars (in NYC) · 1 points · by mkrecny · no comments
• Net neutrality is hypocrisy · 1 points · by davewiner · no comments
• Fighter pilots' brains are 'more sensitive', yet focus better · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Construction of the world's largest neutrino observatory completed · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• In-Depth Book Review: Authoring eBooks, an how-to for programmers and hackers · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• Building the Shadow Internet · 1 points · by stsmytherie · no comments
• Upholding India on teh Internets · 1 points · by Arun2009 · no comments
• Fields of tears · 1 points · by rahooligan · no comments
• People get happier as they get older · 1 points · by rahooligan · no comments
• The Curse of Xanadu? · 1 points · by Eddk · 1 comment
• Bill Gates Says Watch This Video · 1 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• Supreme Court Offers Receptive Ear to Business Interests · 1 points · by credo · no comments
• Creative programming · 1 points · by niels · no comments
• WikiLeaks-related iPhone app: will it survive in the App Store? · 1 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• Ask HN: Possible to build enhanced SMTP? · 1 points · by gaiusparx · 2 comments
• The Phenomenology of Being a Jerk · 1 points · by absconditus · no comments
• Top iOS games · 1 points · by keithburgun · no comments
• Show HN: Content Curation for Charity · 1 points · by thedoctor · 1 comment
• Gender pay gap 'down to women's lifestyle choices' · 1 points · by acangiano · no comments
• How does virility happen? · 1 points · by danielschonfeld · 2 comments
• The Art of Swearing · 1 points · by yewweitan · no comments
• The Noun Project: enhancing the world’s visual language · 1 points · by mcantelon · no comments
• Mapping the English Language with British Library & Mr. Tickle · 1 points · by audreyw · no comments
• After Life, a novel by Simon Funk · 1 points · by billswift · no comments
• Virgin Galactic joins fray to fly NASA astronauts · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• The Top Growth Industries for 2011 · 1 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• ‘Tis the Season of DDoS – WikiLeaks Edition · 1 points · by abraham · no comments
• RIM’s sales down 34% in the US, up 191% outside the US · 1 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• Media Temple (cs) Cluster-Server hosting service is delayed since 2008 · 1 points · by carlosduarte · no comments