Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Prof. Ross Anderson's response to a takedown request about security research · 336 points · by randomwalker · 54 comments
• What is Traitorware? · 255 points · by gasull · 43 comments
• Americans Are Horribly Misinformed About Who Has Money · 221 points · by Hoff · 192 comments
• Today you, tomorrow me [from 1982] · 210 points · by evancaine · 13 comments
• Merry Christmas, HN. Hackety Hack 1.0 is here. · 191 points · by steveklabnik · 26 comments
• Kod.app is open source · 160 points · by octover · 64 comments
• Zombie.js -- headless full-stack testing using node.js · 110 points · by johnm · 14 comments
• Mapping Income Distribution by Religious Belief · 99 points · by shrikant · 93 comments
• Income Inequality and the 'Superstar Effect' · 79 points · by unignorant · 36 comments
• Ubuntu, Ruby, RVM, Rails, and You · 78 points · by vijaydev · 39 comments
• A response to "Erlang - overhyped or underestimated" · 74 points · by cannedprimates · 33 comments
• Emscripten: an LLVM to JavaScript compiler · 71 points · by stephenjudkins · 6 comments
• Top Things We Learned About SEO in 2010 · 64 points · by macco · 6 comments
• Node.js powered MMO scrabble · 61 points · by jaekwon · 22 comments
• Queueing Theory — Why the other lines always seem to move faster than yours · 49 points · by hugoahlberg · 15 comments
• Chrome Extension: Python Shell · 48 points · by alifaziz · 23 comments
• A Christmas Failure · 44 points · by DanielBMarkham · 9 comments
• The industry as a whole makes its choices on the basis of folklore · 44 points · by blasdel · 22 comments
• Civil War message opened, decoded: No help coming · 43 points · by edw519 · 8 comments
• Merry Quine-mas · 43 points · by chucknthem · 1 comment
• Africa is the last wave of outsroucing · 43 points · by ashnyc · 26 comments
• Favourite Programming Quotes · 43 points · by rlmw · 18 comments
• Erlang - overhyped or underestimated? · 42 points · by gnosis · 38 comments
• Russian polar researchers plan to reach Lake Vostok in this season · 39 points · by bsk · 6 comments
• EFF trendwatch: attacks on cryptography · 37 points · by panarky · 4 comments
• My mom's experience with an iPad · 34 points · by alexknight · 40 comments
• Lisp Enlightenment and Emacs Frustration · 32 points · by gnosis · 27 comments
• Ask HN: HN web stack? · 31 points · by kaiser_pelagic · 19 comments
• Ask HN: Just got a Mac, what do I need to know? · 27 points · by tdfx · 31 comments
• Ask HN: Ideal path after college for a technical founder? · 25 points · by hella · 21 comments
• This christmas is day #55555 on astronomers' timescale (modified julian date). · 25 points · by cnvogel · 8 comments
• Modeling a zombie outbreak with CUDA · 25 points · by darkxanthos · 11 comments
• Russian engineers plan to extend Internet to space · 22 points · by andyking · 5 comments
• Real time applications with Django, XMPP and StropheJS - The Agiliq Blog · 22 points · by scorpion032 · 2 comments
• On Becoming a Scientist · 20 points · by Siah · 4 comments
• VLC For Android May Arrive In Early 2011 · 19 points · by dkd903 · 4 comments
• Controversial hack to effect change in US Copyright system · 18 points · by EGreg · 20 comments
• How I Used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to Validate my Startup Idea · 17 points · by ma2rten · 14 comments
• How much does typing speed matter for programmers? · 17 points · by jseliger · 18 comments
• The Coolest Server Names - Recently undeleted · 16 points · by akent · 21 comments
• Ruby arrays : A revision · 16 points · by techslam · 3 comments
• Little Big Details - An inspirational collection of UI details · 15 points · by moe · no comments
• Ask HN: What are you working on over the winter break? · 14 points · by pshapiro · 21 comments
• Use malcolmx to check for domain names from the command line · 14 points · by minhajuddin · 9 comments
• Can Facebook Save California? · 13 points · by miraj · 23 comments
• Tech co-founder sought for ambitious consumer web startup · 13 points · by yywt · 21 comments
• Time Ferris makes the #1 new york best seller list - again · 12 points · by bhudman · 11 comments
• Getting started with compojure · 12 points · by spooneybarger · no comments
• Ask HN: What did you get for Christmas? · 11 points · by prs · 30 comments
• Progress In Algorithms Beats Moore's Law · 10 points · by yarapavan · 8 comments
• If the FCC Had Regulated the Internet · 10 points · by cwan · 4 comments
• Interning and Expanding Reach As An Entrepreneur · 9 points · by willstrimling · 6 comments
• You only get asylum if you strip and… · 9 points · by oscardelben · 2 comments
• Why don't people understand the urgency of colonizing other planets? · 8 points · by jdludlow · 21 comments
• Building real time applications with Django, XMPP and StropheJS · 8 points · by shabda · no comments
• Google Sets: Automatically create sets of items from a few examples (2002) · 8 points · by lostbit · 3 comments
• Open Source and Games · 7 points · by admp · 3 comments
• "Computer Engineer Barbie" a Linux fan? · 6 points · by mml · no comments
• Google's 2010 holiday doodle: its 'most ambitious one yet' · 6 points · by kondro · 2 comments
• Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web · 6 points · by corin_ · 1 comment
• Comparison of data analysis packages [Feb 2009, 100+ comments] · 6 points · by ez77 · no comments
• DIY: Cool Facebook Profile · 6 points · by myusuf3 · 1 comment
• How can women effectively lead? · 6 points · by new-yc-acct · 1 comment
• The 'fail whale' tale · 6 points · by Leptosiphon · no comments
• Can we have perfectly secret anonymous conversations? · 5 points · by EGreg · 3 comments
• Julian assange interviewed by david frost of frost and nixon fame · 5 points · by sid6376 · no comments
• New Data Shows WikiLeaks Has Sharply Raised Spending · 5 points · by mgdiaz · no comments
• Tobi: Expressive Node.JS functional testing with jQuery · 5 points · by Rauchg · no comments
• Ask HN: Where online to get feedback from Graphic Designers? · 5 points · by samh · 4 comments
• HaLoop: A modified Hadoop to support efficient iterative data processing · 5 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• Getting started with compojure, part 2 · 5 points · by spooneybarger · no comments
• The Strange Happiness of the Emergency Medic · 5 points · by kareemm · no comments
• Rubberhose - deniable cryptography · 5 points · by middayc · no comments
• The rich are much richer than you and me · 5 points · by kqr2 · 2 comments
• Mr.Zuckerberg Goes to China · 4 points · by sinzone · no comments
• IPad tops Mossberg's list of best reviewed products of 2010 · 4 points · by evo_9 · 1 comment
• Isomorphisms Rule Everything Around Me · 4 points · by thirtytwobit · no comments
• Why I Stopped Shooting Televisions · 4 points · by davepell · no comments
• Ask HN: Selling startup, Flippa or EBay or..? · 4 points · by alex3t · 3 comments
• Ask HN: How can I learn reverse engineering? · 4 points · by hacjjjjjjjj · 6 comments
• StartUp Idea #4: Touch based Landline Internet phone for home use · 4 points · by mbchandar · no comments
• A clean look at Coffeescript - part 1 · 4 points · by Raphael_Amiard · no comments
• Offer HN: I'll research and write a free press release for you/your company · 4 points · by lionhearted · no comments
• Clojure-flavored, browser based Lisp "IDE" [flash] · 4 points · by zzzzzzzzz · no comments
• Nanomaps - A tiny, fast JavaScript tile map client within 7KB · 4 points · by ideamonk · no comments
• Cityville passes Farmville as largest Facebook game · 3 points · by dsil · 2 comments
• I made the wikileaks android app. Any tips on features? thoughts? · 3 points · by pizzaandsoup · 5 comments
• The Trojan App · 3 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Ask HN: Google Translate Clone · 3 points · by Vidura · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Payment handler for "directory" type site (multiple recipients) · 3 points · by da288 · 4 comments
• Friendship and Solitude · 3 points · by GlennKelman · no comments
• The Curious Evolution of Holiday Lights · 3 points · by bretpiatt · no comments
• Merry Ecsmas! Here are two snowflakes for you. :) · 3 points · by jasonmoo · no comments
• ‘Concept Modeling’ Tries Getting to the Bottom of Things · 3 points · by woan · no comments
• So you want to get a credit card · 3 points · by thinkcomp · no comments
• Ask HN: offline programming tutorials? · 2 points · by phicou · 4 comments
• Technical people dealing with people looking for a Technical Co founder ... · 2 points · by wh-uws · 2 comments
• FindBugs: find bugs in Java programs · 2 points · by henning · no comments
• The No. 1 Reason Why Good Managers Fail to Become Great · 2 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• Code drawing a Christmas tree in less than 140 characters · 2 points · by camilleroux · no comments
• In 2011, the euro zone will hang together or hang separately · 2 points · by MaysonL · no comments
• Merry Christmas HN - 50% off tickets: happyhnholidays · 2 points · by auston · 1 comment
• Thank HN: Merry Christmas · 2 points · by kevinburke · no comments
• Merry x-mas, Travis Kiefer makes good on my donation request in Antarctica · 2 points · by nowarninglabel · no comments
• Are Retailers Already Disillusioned about Selling on Facebook? · 2 points · by fezzl · no comments
• The Economist - Six diet tips from our Science pages · 2 points · by CaptainZapp · no comments
• Design choices: How not to prompt for user input · 2 points · by nithinbekal · no comments
• Instagram Hits The GoDaddy HomeRun--Will Beat PicPlz On Branding Alone · 2 points · by MikeBlabber · no comments
• PPC vs. SEO · 2 points · by chegra · no comments
• Swimming In The Cross Currents Of Religion · 2 points · by miraj · no comments
• Benford's Law And A Theory of Everything · 2 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• 2011 Facebook Hacker Cup · 2 points · by aeurielesn · no comments
• 2010 Robots Review · 2 points · by ladon86 · no comments
• A little fun with words · 2 points · by grellas · no comments
• RFC 1882 - The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas · 2 points · by alexwestholm · no comments
• Ask HN: Can anybody help me with sorting this data? · 2 points · by elvirs · 5 comments
• Markify: Check for available trademark names before naming a company · 2 points · by mazarin · no comments
• When you are not talking · 2 points · by EGreg · 1 comment
• Cerium harnessing the sun to give energy. · 2 points · by thefreshteapot · no comments
• Dec. 25, 1990: World Wide Web was born in Geneva · 2 points · by emilepetrone · 1 comment
• Cambridge pushes back against bankers' censorship · 2 points · by ubasu · 1 comment
• The Art and Science of Smalltalk · 2 points · by SlyShy · no comments
• Becoming a Daywalker · 2 points · by TedBlosser · no comments
• New IBM memory promises faster, higher-capacity devices · 2 points · by danielharan · 1 comment
• Minitel - A 'Net Before the Internet (1982) · 2 points · by iwwr · no comments
• Ask HN: Your thoughts on these two interfaces? · 2 points · by NathanKP · 6 comments
• Is Google changing its ads to blend more into search results? · 2 points · by shadowpwner · 1 comment
• Adventures of a Pythonista in Schemeland [pdf] · 2 points · by gnosis · no comments
• A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean · 2 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• Email has become Notification medium rather than Communication medium · 1 points · by adityakothadiya · no comments
• FarmVille co-creator working on stealthy startup BetterWorks · 1 points · by bkudria · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Twitter profile picture not showing if logged out · 1 points · by SimonStahl · no comments
• Net Neutrality - The Saga Continues · 1 points · by spicerunner · no comments
• Microsoft Offers $10,000 Prize for a Better Spell Checker · 1 points · by bbutchireddy · 1 comment
• Santa Google Brought Me A Cr-48 Thanks And Merry Christmas · 1 points · by znmeb · 1 comment
• Business Growth: The Limitations of a Finite Economy · 1 points · by bhudman · no comments
• Six cool unixy commands (decades old) · 1 points · by jjoe · no comments
• Gift HN: QR-Code Wrapping Paper Generator · 1 points · by state_machine · no comments
• It's a Mad Mad Mad App World · 1 points · by gregschlom · no comments
• Understand · 1 points · by strandev · no comments
• Locational Privacy · 1 points · by zoowar · no comments
• Agile Plumbers · 1 points · by daviding · 1 comment
• 11 tips for better code · 1 points · by darthdeus · no comments
• Law and the Multiverse | Superheroes, supervillains, and the law · 1 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• “Intro to IndexedDB” — Mike West · 1 points · by atularora · no comments
• Ask HN: Stock Market SMS Alert Service? · 1 points · by hella · 1 comment
• Web GIS data payload benchmarks · 1 points · by ideamonk · no comments
• Startup Looking for Second cofounder being designer or hacker- EDMONTON · 1 points · by jaguar_paw · no comments
• The Design of the Force.com · 1 points · by systems_we_make · no comments
• Google goes shopping in NYC · 1 points · by mcosta · no comments
• A hacker's updated Christmas wishlist · 1 points · by withoutfriction · no comments
• Indian Government Tells Phone Companies to Upgrade Software for Phone Tapping · 1 points · by J3L2404 · no comments
• Mobclix: Android Impressions Grew By 420 Percent In 2010; iPhone Up 347 Percent · 1 points · by bond · no comments
• Hacking Tesla for Xmas and other fun · 1 points · by Nick_C · no comments
• You Are What Your Father Ate · 1 points · by pmorici · no comments
• Internet Attached Christmas Tree Lights · 1 points · by pmorici · no comments
• In Gratitude of Gratefulness · 1 points · by rograndom · no comments
• Tell HN: Touch typing on a touch screen - piano? · 1 points · by JBiserkov · 1 comment
• Sight v1.0.0 On The Chrome Web Store: The Syntax Highlighter for Chrome · 1 points · by tsenart · no comments
• Ask HN: Can QuickTime Player "cure" OCD while using a computer? · 1 points · by amichail · no comments
• Tell HN: Twitter over capacity. · 1 points · by da5e · 1 comment
• Printers | Electronic Frontier Foundation · 1 points · by philfreo · no comments
• Ruby 1.9.2-p136 is released · 1 points · by timmorgan · 1 comment
• Which side-projects should be pursued and maintained? · 1 points · by pshapiro · no comments
• A Graphene Nano-Capacity Breakthrough · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Neo-Capitalism, open-sourcing the biotech stack via development consortia · 1 points · by lanerapp · no comments
• How To Celebrate Jewmas · 1 points · by JeffBajayo · no comments
• Creative ways to upload large files? · 1 points · by littledude · 1 comment
• Toshiba outsourcing semiconductor production to rival Samsung · 1 points · by lotusleaf1987 · no comments
• Amnesty International urges Iran to stop Kurd execution · 1 points · by amstrad464 · no comments
• Show HN: Wikileaks Cable Map · 1 points · by netaddict · no comments