Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies · 711 points · by rflrob · 140 comments
• Dear Dr. Stallman: An Open Letter · 493 points · by AlexeyMK · 199 comments
• Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2 · 442 points · by jln · 80 comments
• A minimalistic desk to handle cables and electronic clutter elegantly · 294 points · by elzr · 45 comments
• Finally someone makes sense of JavaScript's this keyword · 239 points · by legomatic · 52 comments
• Joel Spolsky: Can your programming language do this? · 222 points · by krat0sprakhar · 110 comments
• Ask PG: How has voting habit/volume changed since being hidden? · 144 points · by scorchin · 74 comments
• Google Tech Talks: "All Questions Answered" by Donald Knuth · 130 points · by tjr · 16 comments
• The Linux Security Circus: On GUI isolation · 126 points · by wglb · 47 comments
• Python for Android | Linux Journal · 110 points · by db42 · 12 comments
• MLPY - high-performance Python library for predictive modeling · 102 points · by helwr · 9 comments
• Mozilla JavaScript 2011 · 100 points · by kinetik · no comments
• Dropbox as a CMS - DropPages · 100 points · by sebkomianos · 11 comments
• Why you should use talloc for your next C project · 98 points · by bluetech · 57 comments
• Warren Buffett is now betting against the US dollar · 95 points · by ck2 · 82 comments
• Ask HN: How Would You Architect Around Potential AWS Failures? · 88 points · by byoung2 · 40 comments
• Complexity is the enemy · 86 points · by slig · 26 comments
• The curious case of the number 3435 · 81 points · by wglb · 14 comments
• Githits · 79 points · by helwr · 45 comments
• Interview with a cracker · 77 points · by pw · 15 comments
• Linux Power Usage Regression in 2.6.38+ · 65 points · by tagx · 16 comments
• Startups: How to Hustle with AngelList in 10 Steps · 64 points · by turoczy · 5 comments
• On Meeting People from the Internet · 61 points · by zacharycohn · 21 comments
• Remembering the Magic of Supreme Court Briefs Before Technology Took Over · 59 points · by grellas · 7 comments
• Libstdc++ has a "diagnostics" mode that suggests alternate containers · 57 points · by dhruvbird · 4 comments
• How Libya's phone network evaded shutdown · 57 points · by smutticus · no comments
• Google Code Jam 2011 · 49 points · by helwr · 5 comments
• Sony Confirms PlayStation Network Outage Caused By ‘External Intrusion’ · 46 points · by ssclafani · 43 comments
• GPS satellites get a serious upgrade · 45 points · by cwan · 31 comments
• The AWS Outage: The Cloud's Shining Moment · 44 points · by turoczy · 8 comments
• How our small startup survived the Amazon EC2 cloud-pocalypse · 43 points · by esilverberg2 · 10 comments
• The High-Heel Bubble never popped, and the Education Bubble may not either · 41 points · by yummyfajitas · 36 comments
• Skynet, EC2, and Zencoder · 40 points · by hamedh · no comments
• Bitcoins featured in Forbes · 38 points · by DiabloD3 · 25 comments
• How Righthaven is performing a public good · 35 points · by grellas · 10 comments
• ZDDs: A data structure for families of sets · 34 points · by numeromancer · 6 comments
• Want a job working on mongoDB? Your first online interview is in this post · 34 points · by meghan · 48 comments
• Inspired by XKCD's future timeline, I've created this app · 32 points · by rouli · 21 comments
• Challenge HN: Can you decrypt these messages? [pdf] · 30 points · by HelloBeautiful · 8 comments
• Knuth's Bank of San Serriffe · 29 points · by DanielRibeiro · 9 comments
• Median of Medians Algorithm for finding the median of an array of numbers · 28 points · by dhruvbird · 13 comments
• Answers to Exercises - "The C Programming Language", 2nd edition · 28 points · by AbyCodes · 5 comments
• [OLD VIDEO] Alan Kay on User Interface, The First Mouse & More · 26 points · by old_sound · 8 comments
• Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory · 25 points · by sayemm · 6 comments
• NYTLabs Cascade: How Information Propagates through Social Media · 23 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• China’s train wreck · 22 points · by cwan · 20 comments
• Ask HN: How do you promote your iOS apps? · 21 points · by prassarkar · 8 comments
• Are your users S.T.U.P.I.D? · 20 points · by miraj · 1 comment
• SCREW IT, LET'S DO IT - Sir Richard Branson · 19 points · by sandeshkumard · 6 comments
• Tell HN: Bitcoin is about to break 10M market cap mark. · 19 points · by eof · 12 comments
• Credit Suisse: America Is Not Broke (Understanding The Modern Monetary System) · 18 points · by espeed · 16 comments
• Gulf Spill One Year Later: Lessons for Robotics · 18 points · by georgecmu · no comments
• Google responds to negative feedback, makes video migration easier · 17 points · by michh · 4 comments
• This Tech Bubble Is Different · 17 points · by miraj · 3 comments
• Suggestion: HN should have a reddit-style AMA (ask me anything) · 15 points · by MatthewB · 5 comments
• Higher education: Is it really the next bubble? · 15 points · by georgecmu · 19 comments
• An easier way to migrate Google Video content to YouTube · 15 points · by pronoiac · no comments
• Firebug's Buggy Autocomplete is Fixed · 15 points · by Timmy_C · 1 comment
• LA Hacker News Live Stream · 15 points · by andrewvc · 4 comments
• How Does American English Sound To Non-English Speakers? · 14 points · by jamesbritt · 4 comments
• You’re not a user experience designer if… · 14 points · by turoczy · 6 comments
• Node.js v0.4.7 released · 13 points · by mcantelon · 2 comments
• Becoming an accomplished software designer · 13 points · by duck · 5 comments
• What Defines a Meme · 13 points · by lowprofile · 1 comment
• Petrodollar Warfare -- AKA the "Oil Currency Wars" · 13 points · by espeed · 16 comments
• Apple Walks Away from Web Apps · 12 points · by louismg · 5 comments
• We're realizing that the industrial revolution is fading · 11 points · by cwan · 1 comment
• Make your site Mobile: Run a Nexus S or Xoom tablet right on your PC. · 11 points · by benhedrington · 1 comment
• Love Leaked - The Facebook Relationship Status News Feed · 11 points · by mponizil · 7 comments
• Ask HN: How does HN actually work? · 10 points · by sebkomianos · 8 comments
• Why Do Developers Hate Meetings? · 9 points · by bloggergirl · 10 comments
• Ask HN: How to pitch an idea through email · 9 points · by hansy · 5 comments
• Ask PG: Ever Considered HN Store? · 9 points · by JacobIrwin · 4 comments
• I never delete code - only comment them · 8 points · by perivamsi · 5 comments
• HTML5 Canvas drawText() considered harmful · 8 points · by simonsarris · 3 comments
• Find/Replace on a JSON Object Graph · 8 points · by darkxanthos · 7 comments
• Cymothoa exigua · 8 points · by shawndumas · 1 comment
• Propagation-oriented programming: modern systems are not expressive enough · 8 points · by pldpld · no comments
• Some Thoughts on Cloud Outages, Amazon EC2 & Avoiding Future Issues · 8 points · by moses1400 · no comments
• Ask HN: What are the benefits & pain points of using EC2 for daily development? · 8 points · by freerobby · 4 comments
• Teen Fakes Pregnancy For School Project · 7 points · by robg · no comments
• Ask HN: Possible ux/interaction design intern opportunity · 7 points · by mrwangkai · 10 comments
• Ask HN: What did Netflix do differently to survive the Amazon outage? · 7 points · by iamscanner · 1 comment
• List files in the hitlar mode · 7 points · by naughtysriram · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Anyone recall a simple project dashboard web app seen here last year? · 7 points · by Terretta · 8 comments
• Illegal immigrants paid $11.2B in taxes last year, unlike GE, which paid zero · 7 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• MongoDB as a Key-Value Solution for Logging Events Data · 7 points · by mshe · no comments
• The Hitchhikers Guide to Python · 7 points · by jnoller · no comments
• Pinup, A Community for Photographers · 6 points · by radiomullet · 1 comment
• An Android WiFi App I Need · 6 points · by acangiano · 7 comments
• Why You Shouldn't Buy A Home · 6 points · by InfinityX0 · no comments
• Weight Loss Improves Memory, According to Researchers · 6 points · by cwan · no comments
• Dropship: teleport files into your Dropbox account · 5 points · by wladimir · 1 comment
• Sylvester: Vector and Matrix math for JavaScript · 5 points · by DanielRibeiro · 1 comment
• Your Ternary Computer 3niti · 5 points · by mahmoudimus · no comments
• What Happens When Twitter Bans Your App (Twippr Case) · 5 points · by MKais · no comments
• Why Your Negative Outlook is Killing Your Career · 5 points · by amnigos · no comments
• Hackers, Don't Apologize for Your Tools · 5 points · by mncolinlee · no comments
• Surprise, BlackBerry PlayBook Sells More than XOOM & Galaxy Tab at Launch. · 5 points · by tajddin · 5 comments
• "Spooky Experiments That 'See' The Future" Follow Up · 5 points · by nostromo · 1 comment
• Tennessee Senate passes “Don’t Say Gay” Bill · 5 points · by mcantor · 3 comments
• GameBoy Color Emulator Coded Entirely in JavaScript. · 5 points · by grantg · 3 comments
• (Real) Reasons to Incorporate Your Startup in Delaware · 4 points · by esoteriq · no comments
• Browsing through time and space with GigaPan and Chrome · 4 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• SVD Recommendation System in Ruby · 4 points · by helwr · no comments
• Just F^cking Build It & Send It · 4 points · by gettinstarted · 3 comments
• Using Ordinals to Visualize the Axiom of Choice · 4 points · by DiabloD3 · no comments
• Show HN: FigShare - let scientists share their unused data · 4 points · by nhoss2 · 2 comments
• Beating Groupon in Korea By Offering Great Customer Service · 4 points · by smalter · 1 comment
• There Is No Magic · 4 points · by signa11 · 1 comment
• Mechanical Calculator - Worlds first computer? [1840] · 4 points · by franze · no comments
• Rumor: LHC Sees Hint of the Higgs Boson · 3 points · by spullara · no comments
• Going Digital: CAM Files for the Open Source Tractor · 3 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• BBC Tries Novel Approach To Stem Illegal Downloading of Doctor Who · 3 points · by mindcrime · 4 comments
• Launch: What is Glitch? · 3 points · by kategardiner · no comments
• Soccket Ball creates electricity from kicking around a soccer ball · 3 points · by MichaelApproved · no comments
• What matters more than your talents: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com · 3 points · by sandeshkumard · 1 comment
• My Weekend Project: UFOLibs - Search 60,000 UFO Incidents · 3 points · by muerdeme · no comments
• Pngtocss: convert a png with a gradient to equivalent css · 3 points · by bluesmoon · no comments
• Visualizing iPhone location tracking with Google Maps and R · 3 points · by TalGalili · 1 comment
• An MS-DOS .COM file written entirely in printable ASCII · 3 points · by kragen · 1 comment
• Top Smartphone Easter Eggs · 3 points · by alphadoggs · no comments
• My take on Apple's cloud and software strategy · 3 points · by jbverschoor · no comments
• The Centurion Card · 3 points · by acangiano · no comments
• The question of trust (how to reassure the early customers) · 3 points · by ArtasBartas · no comments
• Quake Engine Code Review · 3 points · by hunterjrj · no comments
• Why I Wanted to Interview Henry Blodget · 3 points · by jaltucher · no comments
• 'Break from Internet is almost heaven' · 3 points · by cwan · 1 comment
• Wayne Gray tries to continue the tangled fight over who owns the Unix trademarks · 3 points · by grellas · no comments
• News is to the mind what sugar is to the body · 3 points · by albertsun · no comments
• ACM Collected Algorithms · 3 points · by stable · no comments
• Clojure for Schemers by David Nolen · 3 points · by apgwoz · no comments
• Google loses Linux patent suit · 3 points · by fvbock · no comments
• Life beyond Distributed Transactions: an Apostate's Opinion · 3 points · by mad44 · no comments
• Pregnancy and Testing Code · 3 points · by myusuf3 · no comments
• Amusing Facebook 'Virus' (Don't actually follow the steps) · 3 points · by robert00700 · no comments
• PyOpenSSL on PyPy · 3 points · by jnoller · no comments
• 3 Free E-Books on Java for Beginners · 3 points · by dariobarila · no comments
• Seattle police say 'wardrivers' are hitting small businesses · 2 points · by alphadoggs · no comments
• FaceCash for Libaries · 2 points · by thinkcomp · no comments
• Getting started with node.js as a gist · 2 points · by chrissanz · no comments
• What's the best way to get publicity for a startup? · 2 points · by Stonewall9093 · 4 comments
• Show HN: new meme generator Meme Captain · 2 points · by mmb · no comments
• Twitter Says It Will Stick With San Francisco · 2 points · by timr · no comments
• 'Internet' a bigger polluter than India · 2 points · by amahadik · no comments
• Show HN: videoloverz - tv curated by your friends · 2 points · by jinxdabinx · no comments
• Sshuttle - Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN · 2 points · by harryh · no comments
• Google location tracking can invade privacy, hackers say · 2 points · by sasvari · no comments
• Doom source port that accurately reproduces the experience of Doom · 2 points · by adulau · no comments
• Innovation lessons from Neural Networks: Searching Without Objectives · 2 points · by jmra · no comments
• Stumpedia: The Root Of All Data · 2 points · by hackscribe · no comments
• Monoids for Maybe · 2 points · by dtby · no comments
• Twitter in London · 2 points · by abava · 1 comment
• A contact form for Jekyll, powered by Sinatra · 2 points · by vitobotta · no comments
• Top 5 advice for entrepreneurs by Kevin Rose, Founder Digg · 2 points · by sandeshkumard · no comments
• Picasa Web for Online Photo Backup? Not at this moment · 2 points · by cygwin98 · 1 comment
• Giftee lets you send real gifts on Twitter · 2 points · by hiromichi · no comments
• Google Says It Collects Location Data on Phones for Location Services · 2 points · by jayzee · no comments
• Is there a site where freelancers can post a bounty for new projects? · 2 points · by sheraz · no comments
• Are You Sure You Want To Retire? · 2 points · by silfora · no comments
• Ask HN: What is Programming? · 2 points · by duiker101 · 4 comments
• Programming in Malbolge · 2 points · by iman · no comments
• HBase Do’s and Don’ts · 2 points · by yarapavan · no comments
• Show HN: My first iPad app: Palimpsest for iPad (codes inside) · 2 points · by navanit · 5 comments
• Which physical phenomenon are still unexplained? · 2 points · by thesnark · no comments
• Smart techniques to improve the performance of your web app from Paul Irish · 2 points · by tgandrews · no comments
• If you read the whole post, you might be a coder. - BetterLesson Tech Blog · 2 points · by hendler · no comments
• Official Twitter Hacker News Y Combinator · 2 points · by egeektronic · no comments
• Sharing a host directory to a QEMU/KVM guest via 9p · 2 points · by JoshTriplett · no comments
• Google talks to Spotify to power music service · 2 points · by acrum · no comments
• Nokia Ovi Maps 3D · 2 points · by Geee · no comments
• Large Projects Using Haskell? · 2 points · by silentbicycle · 1 comment
• Prepaid Billing for APis · 2 points · by apievangelist · no comments
• This Is Why You Should Never Ask Questions In My Earshot · 2 points · by blasdel · no comments
• Documentary: Deep Water (2006) · 2 points · by adamtmca · no comments
• Foursquare Raising Money at $500 Million Valuation · 1 points · by azazo · no comments
• Ask HN: Find users analyzing data across multiple spreadsheets · 1 points · by akg_67 · no comments
• India's latest fab push pegged at $5 billion · 1 points · by NonEUCitizen · no comments
• Army Develops Android Phone for Battlefield · 1 points · by curthopkins · no comments
• Should there be a new major in Computing schools? · 1 points · by laurenceputra · no comments
• Near-Bulletproof Qubes OS Goes Beta · 1 points · by zoowar · no comments
• What is an API in layman terms? · 1 points · by fosk · no comments
• Verizon 4G LTE mobile hotspot review: Novatel MiFi 4510L vs. Samsung SCH-LC11 · 1 points · by apress · no comments
• What we learn from Amazon Web Services cloud failure · 1 points · by miha123 · no comments
• Go, kiss the world : Subroto Bagchi, Co-founder MindTree · 1 points · by sandeshkumard · no comments
• Expanding the Bitcoin Economy - Legitimate Businesses and Food · 1 points · by kiba · 2 comments
• How to Capture More of the Average Consumer's Attention Span · 1 points · by fezzl · no comments
• HN Tell Me: Best Python Skin · 1 points · by JacobIrwin · no comments
• Shapeways | blog: Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways Community · 1 points · by apievangelist · no comments
• YouTube Sidebar Widget · 1 points · by coley · no comments
• Emacs and ReSharper keybindings in Visual Studio · 1 points · by nkurz · no comments
• Android Issue 5669: Android deleting all SMS threads (Dec 2009; 1100+ stars) · 1 points · by jed_s · 1 comment
• 3 New Thoughts on Mobile Location – A Follow up to Apple Location Tracking · 1 points · by Levinson · no comments
• Is the new tech bubble just R&D 2.0? · 1 points · by kevin_morrill · no comments
• Laser sparks revolution in internal combustion engines · 1 points · by touchstone · no comments
• Easily Share Files From Your Local Computer Over the Internet · 1 points · by touchstone · no comments
• Several interesting theories on different plot events in video-games · 1 points · by SergeDavid · no comments
• Amazon Web Services, Hosting in the Cloud and Configuration Management · 1 points · by ichilton · no comments
• PostPost.com vs. Utopic.me · 1 points · by jkaljundi · no comments
• Flickchart to Sue Movieweb After Infringement, Mgmt Spying · 1 points · by louismg · no comments
• Ask HN: What live chat solution do you use? · 1 points · by fHbjKlf6 · 2 comments
• "A million balloons, a million stories" - written during the EC2 outage · 1 points · by friendstock · no comments
• Ravenwood Fair Post-Mortem · 1 points · by pmarin · no comments
• Do geeks travel? · 1 points · by hbbio · 2 comments
• The Cloud Geek – Mani Doraisamy, Co-Founder & CTO Of OrangeScape · 1 points · by magesh · no comments
• Embedded systems water drop photography · 1 points · by proee · no comments
• ESET - ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux desktop · 1 points · by lukaszg · no comments
• Computus algorithm in scala and java · 1 points · by mainguy · no comments
• Nectar: Automatic Management of Data and Computation in Data Centers · 1 points · by systems_we_make · no comments
• Framer - An iOS Screenshot Creator · 1 points · by mutewinter · no comments
• Javascript onfullscreen event with jQuery · 1 points · by hdragomir · no comments
• An Easier Way to Upload Google Video Content to YouTube · 1 points · by espeed · no comments
• Ecosia, the green search engine · 1 points · by duiker101 · no comments
• The Short Comings of Sphinx GEO Search · 1 points · by inm · no comments
• Twitter signs lease for headquarters in Mid-Market · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• HBase Dos and Don'ts (video) · 1 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Python AND /Or Ruby frameworks/IDEs · 1 points · by amourgh · 3 comments
• Another trick for increasing compliance · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• WordPress.com: Ads On or Ads-Off? · 1 points · by gnufs · no comments
• Geo search - local info illustrated by local photos · 1 points · by abava · no comments
• Video: Introduction to MongoDB and how it can be used with Django · 1 points · by ahmicro · no comments
• Virtual-Reality Scent System Fools Flavor Sense · 1 points · by jcr · no comments
• Cell Phones Give Scientists a God's-Eye View of the World · 1 points · by sutro · no comments
• OpenFeint Acquired by GREE for $104 million · 1 points · by siculars · no comments
• Location Cache Viewer for Android · 1 points · by kefs · no comments
• Roundcube Webmail 0.5.2 released · 1 points · by thefox · no comments
• Could Augmented Reality be Hazardous to Your Health? · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Sarcos Robot Can Mimic Your Terrible Dancing (w/vid) · 1 points · by jcr · no comments
• A smartphone in every hand · 1 points · by coryl · no comments
• Mobile social gaming network OpenFeint acquired for $100M · 1 points · by mingdingo · no comments
• Gulf oil spill one year later · 1 points · by sheffield · no comments
• Japan's Gree Acquires Mobile Social Gaming Network OpenFeint For $104M · 1 points · by solipsist · no comments
• Apple AirPlay Private Key Exposed; AirPlay Emulators Now Possible · 1 points · by freerobby · no comments
• Introducing Nancy, a lightweight web framework inspired by Sinatra · 1 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Release Early, Release Often · 1 points · by motvbi · no comments
• Firefox 4 Reaches Over 100 Million Downloads Milestone In A Month · 1 points · by kkunal · no comments
• Battling distraction (Ubuntu) · 1 points · by BasDirks · no comments
• Google security best practices · 1 points · by touchstone · no comments
• The Asus Eee Pad is a netbook tablet hybrid [Video Review] · 1 points · by pbj · no comments
• Google Offers Startup Phase Begins, Rivals Groupon · 1 points · by whenimgone · no comments
• Iij Top Ten Startup Weekend Videos ~ Innovation Investment Journal · 1 points · by littlemissdebbi · no comments
• Kiva Now Offering Green Energy Loans to Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries · 1 points · by MatthewDP · no comments
• I got a Nexus S for Europe · 1 points · by davewiner · no comments
• Ask HN: Best Python Skin? · 1 points · by JacobIrwin · no comments
• [video] High-speed mountain climbing · 1 points · by pan69 · no comments
• Location Tracking on Android, Too · 1 points · by DataJunkie · no comments
• Why PayPal Is Interested in Where.com · 1 points · by andrewconotes · no comments
• The Mystery of Hidden Auction Rules, PART 3 · 1 points · by exspiro · no comments
• 3 Free E-Books on Java for Beginners · 1 points · by klintron · no comments
• The Library of Babble · 1 points · by wglb · no comments
• Sending API Invites · 1 points · by apievangelist · no comments
• The Zone · 1 points · by martinrue · 1 comment
• The Return of the Commodore 64 · 1 points · by Chirael · no comments