Hacker News Way Back Machine

• All these Brilliant People at Facebook Make Me Sad · 316 points · by wslh · 168 comments
• Guy makes a knife from scratch. He has to make a smelter first. · 278 points · by RickHull · 132 comments
• Tower Bridge bot killed by Twitter, replaced with marketing · 235 points · by tomstuart · 45 comments
• Aha Moments When Learning Git · 219 points · by p4bl0 · 34 comments
• The Reduceron, a CPU designed for functional programs · 194 points · by omaranto · 11 comments
• Python idioms · 169 points · by preek · 39 comments
• Steve Jobs: Thank you for disobeying me · 156 points · by twidlit · 30 comments
• Scala: The Static Language that Feels Dynamic (Bruce Eckel) · 151 points · by peod · 62 comments
• How to become a proficient Python programmer · 140 points · by preek · 27 comments
• Ask HN: Advice for a young, self-taught programmer · 136 points · by godarderik · 73 comments
• Scala moving to Github · 101 points · by fogus · 7 comments
• Mac OS X Lion Can Run in Chrome OS-Like Browser Only Mode · 97 points · by codelion · 30 comments
• Localtunnel: Quickly expose your local web server to the Internet · 93 points · by fosk · 25 comments
• Gridless: a responsive HTML5 and CSS3 boilerplate · 87 points · by thatcoolguy · 19 comments
• Linux is Not Windows · 86 points · by lgv · 94 comments
• U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors · 85 points · by credo · 75 comments
• The one slide your startup should never have in its deck. · 84 points · by petervandijck · 29 comments
• Keynesian beauty contest · 81 points · by vecter · 27 comments
• Ask HN: How much time did you invest in your startup until ramen profitable? · 78 points · by clyfe · 39 comments
• RIP Eliyahu M. Goldratt · 75 points · by kevinrutherford · 26 comments
• Which tech giants will still be around after 100 years? · 75 points · by teralaser · 66 comments
• Why Computer Science · 69 points · by abfabry · 18 comments
• Canonical creates a custom 40-processor ARM build machine · 68 points · by zdw · 21 comments
• Put a thousand books from the British Library on your iPad for free · 66 points · by shawndumas · 29 comments
• Cloud Save · 63 points · by shinvee · 19 comments
• Launch Your Site Too Soon · 57 points · by emilepetrone · 25 comments
• The New C++: Lay down your guns, knives, and clubs · 56 points · by jemeshsu · 37 comments
• The Zipcar Prize proposal: enabling one-way car sharing trips · 53 points · by troydavis · 20 comments
• Ask HN: How do I start with Machine Learning? · 51 points · by phektus · 43 comments
• Contributors to Debian code per country · 49 points · by rytis · 21 comments
• Self-quantifiers: Silicon Valley types who treat their bodies like computers · 49 points · by codex · 12 comments
• NLP with Prolog in IBM Watson · 49 points · by helwr · 14 comments
• The Math of TechCrunch: Is TechCrunch Still About Startups? · 46 points · by mjgold · 22 comments
• Classic Books Reviewed in The Atlantic · 45 points · by dragonquest · 5 comments
• Human cell becomes living laser with jellyfish protein. · 45 points · by whiskers · 8 comments
• Apple sued over use of iCloud name · 43 points · by mjurek · 22 comments
• GraphLab: A New Parallel Framework for Machine Learning · 37 points · by helwr · 1 comment
• Netflix's Fascinating Cancellation Questionnaire · 36 points · by dell9000 · 18 comments
• Reasons for using Golang · 34 points · by jemeshsu · 25 comments
• What is your "coming soon" page for? · 34 points · by joelg87 · 12 comments
• First Bitcoin "Depression" Hits · 33 points · by davidhperry · 53 comments
• Open-source Patent Troll · 32 points · by azoff · 23 comments
• The geeks who saved Usenet (2002) · 32 points · by gnosis · 1 comment
• The Black Swan and the Bell Curve · 31 points · by pauldelany · 32 comments
• OpenPGP support in Go · 29 points · by cannedprimates · 11 comments
• Working Through SICP, Need a Learning Partner · 29 points · by cal5k · 29 comments
• Kadane: Principles of Uncertainty (book) · 29 points · by snth · no comments
• Freedom in the Fifty States - An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom · 29 points · by wrrice · 25 comments
• ‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ - Misunderstandings of Privacy [PDF 2008] · 27 points · by panarky · 8 comments
• Teach kids electronics with PlayDoh · 26 points · by jgamman · 5 comments
• A C Heisenbug in the wild · 26 points · by Swannie · 29 comments
• Functional Programming HOWTO · 25 points · by ColinWright · 12 comments
• This is not the way I'd imagined Bill Gates... · 25 points · by razin · 3 comments
• Ask HN: Best day/time to post question to HN? · 23 points · by az · 6 comments
• If a company gives holidays on people's birthdays, how many people will it hire? · 22 points · by strategy · 11 comments
• Ask HN: Exercises to overcome learned helplessness? · 20 points · by codex · 6 comments
• Ask HN: What programming language was ______ written in? · 20 points · by newest_user · 29 comments
• Dieter Rams , the German industrial designer who inspired Apple · 19 points · by aditiyaa1 · 2 comments
• Peter Norvig's review of SICP on Amazon · 19 points · by zengr · 1 comment
• Person as Distribution Channel: A Case Study of YouTube Star Dave Days · 18 points · by inmygarage · no comments
• Creating slick intro videos for startups · 16 points · by chadp · 6 comments
• How WikiLeaks has changed today's media · 15 points · by bchjam · 3 comments
• Contracting out an API - comments on the spec, or even a bid? · 15 points · by andrewljohnson · 11 comments
• Tech startups face stiff competition for talent · 13 points · by bchjam · 23 comments
• Starlite, the nuclear blast-defying plastic that could change the world · 13 points · by Sapient · 1 comment
• Show HN: I built a service to find cool people on Github · 12 points · by Swizec · 10 comments
• The iPhone feature-checklist steamroller · 12 points · by creativityhurts · 1 comment
• Make Me Want To Read Your Docs · 12 points · by myusuf3 · 1 comment
• First Pass at Palin Emails by Opani · 11 points · by DrJ · 3 comments
• Python 2.7.2 Unleashed · 11 points · by myusuf3 · 2 comments
• Ask HN: How many programming languages need to learn? · 10 points · by j03 · 13 comments
• U.S. Fought To Lower Minimum Wage In Haiti For Hanes & Levis · 10 points · by rooshdi · 2 comments
• Interview with Bill Gates · 10 points · by swilliams · 1 comment
• Could Google's personalised results keep information hidden from us? · 9 points · by aj700 · 1 comment
• A cloud hangs over the sysadmin · 9 points · by gaius · 3 comments
• Solandra = Solr + Cassandra · 9 points · by jashmenn · no comments
• Death to Dichotomy: The common impulse behind hacker fascinations · 9 points · by KennethMyers · no comments
• Where can you learn more about biz dev best practices? · 9 points · by hhorsley · 3 comments
• Academically Adrift · 8 points · by soundsop · no comments
• Three Arrested over Sony Hack · 8 points · by spauka · 2 comments
• Why do Republicans tweet so much more than Democrats? · 8 points · by codelion · 4 comments
• LulzSec claims responsibility for Bitcoin Flash Crash - dumps 17,000BTC · 7 points · by scoot · 1 comment
• Videogames Pwning Hollywood In Release Week Sales · 7 points · by jdrucker · no comments
• Book of Speed - website optimisation tips · 7 points · by intranation · no comments
• IDC: Windows Phones to Overtake iPhone iOS by 2015 · 7 points · by tshtf · 9 comments
• IMF hit by 'very major' cyber security attack · 6 points · by colinprince · no comments
• Ask HN: Working at a Startup vs. Large Companies · 6 points · by Brewer · 18 comments
• 6 Popular Ideas That Fail · 6 points · by riffraff · 3 comments
• Login on Facebook with email addresses and passwords from pron.com · 6 points · by thefox · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How can a side project hacker get code review? · 6 points · by kevinburke · 3 comments
• Why SQL Sucks for NoSQL Unstructured Databases · 6 points · by dscape · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Do you censor your children's internet? · 6 points · by xal · 3 comments
• ‘Sleep on It’ Is Sound, Science-Based Advice, Study Suggests · 6 points · by cwan · no comments
• How Canonical automates Linux package compilation · 6 points · by unwantedLetters · 1 comment
• Signal Generation tools for Linux and /dev/dsp · 6 points · by gnosis · no comments
• Ask HN: MusicWalla - A Social Online Radio : Review my product concept · 5 points · by vikasvadlapatla · 17 comments
• The lodsys case · 5 points · by yan · no comments
• Ask HN: Chat bots (Speech) for learning a new language. · 5 points · by c4urself · 5 comments
• Ask HN: HN On irc.freenode.net? · 5 points · by elb0w · 3 comments
• Greater Fool Theory · 5 points · by naryad · no comments
• Ask HN: Could you build an entire web app in just one language? · 5 points · by barmstrong · 10 comments
• Launch a Business, Not a Bunch of Social Media Accounts · 5 points · by rishi · no comments
• Why I just give up on the Linux Desktop · 5 points · by mathgladiator · no comments
• Review My Startup: Getridofit.com - A marketplace for junk removal. · 5 points · by whereareyou · 3 comments
• Where to Salvage Electronic Parts · 5 points · by gnosis · no comments
• How to Make a Living of Language Design · 5 points · by evincarofautumn · no comments
• The Root of All Squares · 5 points · by octopus · no comments
• Foreign government allegedly behind cyberattack on IMF · 5 points · by evo_9 · 1 comment
• VCs Are Smarter Than You Think · 4 points · by billyngu · 2 comments
• The Psychology Behind Lean Startups · 4 points · by justinmares · no comments
• What are the most interesting HTML/JS/DOM/CSS hacks? [Quora] · 4 points · by wrrice · no comments
• How I made my first $1000 online at 16 years old. Lessons Learned. · 4 points · by iamhe · no comments
• A catalogue of non-relational data store · 4 points · by adulau · no comments
• Using libuv and http-parser to build a webserver [screencast] · 4 points · by wicknicks · no comments
• If The World Were Only 100 People · 4 points · by nreece · 2 comments
• Hacker News May 1st Edition · 4 points · by SecTyp · no comments
• A Layman's Introduction to Formal Grammar · 4 points · by rohitarondekar · no comments
• How do you find the right Co-Founder? · 4 points · by LeonW · no comments
• 5 principles that will help you succeed with your startup · 4 points · by erikstarck · no comments
• Stroustrup: Why I created C++ · 4 points · by diego · no comments
• Dark Matters (a short cartoon about physics) · 4 points · by pfedor · no comments
• C++ Compilation Speed · 4 points · by octopus · no comments
• Cheap Threads · 4 points · by octopus · no comments
• Why Windows 8 Is Not Fundamentally Flawed As A Response To The iPad · 4 points · by dsuriano · 1 comment
• Python 3.1.4 new release · 4 points · by octopus · no comments
• Brief Introduction to Vacuum Tube Audio Electronics · 4 points · by juiceandjuice · no comments
• Functional pearls · 4 points · by jackfoxy · no comments
• Facebook acquires Sofa · 4 points · by dmarinoc · no comments
• Fingerprint scans from 6 feet away · 3 points · by krishna2 · no comments
• WhatTheFuckShouldINameMyStartup.com · 3 points · by rooshdi · 3 comments
• Ask HN: I created this Navigation software for the desktop. What do I do next? · 3 points · by r3570r3 · no comments
• Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), Reviewed In Depth · 3 points · by pwg · no comments
• First wood-digesting enzyme found in bacteria could boost biofuel production · 3 points · by pwg · no comments
• Web developer · 3 points · by webguru4life · 4 comments
• Inside the DOJ's domain name graveyards · 3 points · by hughesey · no comments
• NotifoObjC – An Objective-C library for the Notifo API · 3 points · by joshgrenon · 1 comment
• Business Ideas are Not Worthless · 3 points · by fezzl · 1 comment
• DIY Rescue-Time / How I block unwanted sites while working · 3 points · by vishaldpatel · no comments
• Steve Jobs' first dream for an Apple headquarters: Coyote Valley, San Jose · 3 points · by grellas · 2 comments
• How big is Google’s social network? · 3 points · by squiggy22 · no comments
• The Dare To Be Digital game competition from a student's perspective · 3 points · by hebejebelus · no comments
• Do knockoff Prada bags hurt Prada or help the company sell more? · 3 points · by PixelRobot · no comments
• Send mails with the Gmail accounts released by LulzSec (pron.com) · 3 points · by thefox · no comments
• Epic Games Hacked · 3 points · by d0ne · 2 comments
• Koening - The Right Way To Teach Sorting · 3 points · by octopus · no comments
• Assembler to C · 3 points · by octopus · no comments
• Fueling a Stock Bubble with Facebook Fans · 3 points · by grellas · no comments
• U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors Abroad · 3 points · by vimes656 · no comments
• Hashtags - Twitter's Secret Handshake - Cultural Studies · 3 points · by ChrisArchitect · no comments
• Rails Is Too Easy · 3 points · by jenius · 2 comments
• Soustrop: Why I Created C++ [video] · 3 points · by whiskers · 1 comment
• 25,000 sex website passwords exposed by LulzSec · 3 points · by zgorgonola · 2 comments
• DSL for the Uninitiated · 3 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Ask HN: Any CS/MBA combined degree programs out there? · 3 points · by brianbreslin · 14 comments
• The sucky thing about being a CTO (or C*O) · 3 points · by mathgladiator · no comments
• 154 websites that store your password in plain text · 3 points · by ubershmekel · 3 comments
• IOS 5 Changelog and Thoughts · 3 points · by thamer · no comments
• Has the Internet "hamsterized" journalism? · 3 points · by zoowar · no comments
• CafePress files for $80MM IPO · 2 points · by kirillzubovsky · no comments
• Bilderberg 2011 · 2 points · by kephra · 1 comment
• Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake · 2 points · by dantheman · 1 comment
• WikiLeaks Hits That Are Turning the World on Its Head -- Ignored by the Media · 2 points · by fjw · no comments
• Show HN: Interactive paper time tracker · 2 points · by adib · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Looking for a web developer · 2 points · by Tzeentch99 · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Aggregator of prices by area, across all services/goods? · 2 points · by bitless · no comments
• Open source: technology win, product fail · 2 points · by puntium · no comments
• Is this algorithm for simulating a quantum computer accurate? · 2 points · by DanWaterworth · no comments
• Making Scala (The Language) Scalable (package objects) · 2 points · by gtani · no comments
• Tomate: a very simple productivity applet · 2 points · by joelthelion · no comments
• Is it impossible to succeed in a crowded software market? · 2 points · by kanebennett · no comments
• Can Brain Scans Predict Music Sales? · 2 points · by pwg · 1 comment
• Ask HN: Looking to get involved in the startup community in Toronto · 2 points · by rocamboleh · 2 comments
• Lazy Web Request: Readable URL-shortener with API. · 2 points · by davewiner · no comments
• Ask HN: Do you feel that the No. and Quality of submissions dropped? · 2 points · by iworkforthem · 1 comment
• US Gov't Supporting Subversive Tech to Let Dissidents Get Back Online · 2 points · by clp16 · no comments
• How has online learning changed Education? · 2 points · by jagbolanos · 3 comments
• JavaScript Rutt-Etra Video Synthesizer clone · 2 points · by yan · no comments
• Hackers And Clouds: How Secure Is The Web? · 2 points · by jonoo · no comments
• Kindle typography · 2 points · by stralep · 1 comment
• Tools for the modern complexity theorist · 2 points · by wglb · no comments
• Lethal Chemistry at Harvard (1998) · 2 points · by gamble · no comments
• The Psychology of Time · 2 points · by amirmc · no comments
• So you still think the Internet is free? · 2 points · by Gabriel_Martin · no comments
• Why QWERTY? · 2 points · by wrrice · no comments
• Some Thoughts on the PC vs Console Debate · 2 points · by zaidrahman · no comments
• Free speech Is Not A Pony · 2 points · by salar · no comments
• Pulling data from CouchDB to a Relational Database made easy with _changes · 2 points · by czue · no comments
• Kaiten: create web app interfaces using flexible iPhone-like window panes · 2 points · by jroes · no comments
• The Ampersand · 2 points · by johndcook · no comments
• U.S. may have Unlocked iPhone 4 option Wednesday · 2 points · by shahedkhan30 · no comments
• Twitter Q&A dataset: What do tweeters ask? · 2 points · by chatman · no comments
• Atkinson dithering (HyperDither) with Canvas+WebWorkers+FileReader API · 2 points · by KTamas · no comments
• From Languages to Information (Dan Jurafsky) · 2 points · by helwr · no comments
• HTML5 vs Native: The Mobile App Debate · 2 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Calculating PageRank with NumPy · 2 points · by rayvega · no comments
• Managing Yourself: The Paradox of Excellence · 1 points · by evac · no comments
• Ask HN: Startup idea, no design experience · 1 points · by abr0414 · 4 comments
• WPF exp wanted in Microsoft's latest WinDev job ad (6/9/11) · 1 points · by bchjam · 2 comments
• Privacy concern for Facebook photo scan · 1 points · by cclark20 · no comments
• Russian ATM uses voice analysis to tell when you're lying · 1 points · by shawndumas · 1 comment
• Five important lessons from Mark Zuckerberg · 1 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Is strict parenting better for children? · 1 points · by cwan · no comments
• Ubuntu Headless x11vnc VESA 800x600 Resolution Issue Fix · 1 points · by a904guy · no comments
• Why Clients Love and Hate Us (and Other Consultants), With An Example E-mail · 1 points · by jseliger · no comments
• How to choose the best task size for parallel programming · 1 points · by bbgm · no comments
• Maker Faire is coming to Phoenix, AZ · 1 points · by jamesbritt · no comments
• Twitter and Facebook Seek Big Ad Dollars Using Opposing Strategies · 1 points · by MichaelDossett · no comments
• Browser Shootout: The Best For HTML5 · 1 points · by peternorton · no comments
• Ask HN: Finding the right startup · 1 points · by Brewer · 2 comments
• Job Enquiry Application in Python · 1 points · by Brewer · no comments
• An Update on Meet Clojure · 1 points · by Rayne · no comments
• How to identify all other websites hosted on the same server as you · 1 points · by hughesey · no comments
• Gevey SIM Working On iOS 5 (Video) · 1 points · by AsifRahman · no comments
• Share your vCard on Business Card with QR-Code · 1 points · by sad_hacker · no comments
• Startups are about Passion - ac · 1 points · by allenc · no comments
• A video introduction to the Digi-Comp II · 1 points · by ColinWright · no comments
• Groupon is Effectively Insolvent · 1 points · by known · no comments
• The inspiring story of Cuban cyclist Damian Lopez Alfonso · 1 points · by tuxguy · no comments
• Create an Excel data entry form that includes check boxes · 1 points · by DropMe · no comments
• ICard - Product suggestion for Apple · 1 points · by reshefm · no comments
• Why Apple NEED Square and Jack Dorsey · 1 points · by philipbrown · no comments
• Between Wind and Waves: Ekranoplans · 1 points · by unwantedLetters · no comments
• Problogger's YouTube account is suspended over 5-month-old alleged spam · 1 points · by tomhoward · no comments
• Draw: how constraints inspire art · 1 points · by potomak · no comments
• Samurai Web Testing Framework LiveCD · 1 points · by unixroot · no comments
• What WhatsApp doesn't tell you · 1 points · by vrruiz · no comments
• Mac OS X Lion has a Safari-only boot option · 1 points · by ukdm · no comments
• Ask HN: What should I do with the domain "thepriceofprogress.com"? · 1 points · by cstrouse · no comments
• Clues to Autism Emerge in Protein Network · 1 points · by pwg · no comments
• Researchers Coax Hearts to Heal Themselves · 1 points · by pwg · no comments
• ScienceShot: An Infectious Personality · 1 points · by pwg · no comments
• Why Twitter Alone Is Not Enough · 1 points · by DuqE · no comments
• MWA(BNSP) - Mystery Writers of America (But Not for the Self-Published) · 1 points · by wglb · no comments
• Two Guys on Mobile Ep 18: ISV's eat dust, SMS has competition & long live Amazon · 1 points · by robwoodbridge · no comments
• Is Steve Jobs a Level 5 Leader? · 1 points · by woan · no comments
• Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn · 1 points · by nickstamoulis · no comments
• Explore & find places nearby based on proximity and reviews · 1 points · by pppglowacki · no comments
• The future of retailing is here… Almost. · 1 points · by rogerwilco78 · no comments
• The Politics of Reason · 1 points · by zb · no comments
• The Internet Is My Religion · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Hack-Proof Webpage "Pwnt" by LulzSec, Group Refuses Cash Prize · 1 points · by rl1987 · no comments
• I, Pencil · 1 points · by wallflower · no comments
• Help us crowd-name our start-up · 1 points · by digitalWestie · 2 comments
• Artfully visualizing our humanity · 1 points · by BasDirks · no comments
• Copyright litigator working for Denver Post takes criticism for its tactics · 1 points · by sixtofour · no comments
• Managing Developers: The Team Prima Donna · 1 points · by Foredecker · no comments
• Technology Expert Worries About Privacy Erosion And The State Of Democracy · 1 points · by d0ne · no comments
• Mac OS X Lion Has A Browser-Only Mode · 1 points · by dkd903 · no comments
• Facebook Privacy Settings Not Holding True · 1 points · by d0ne · no comments
• [The Mechanics Of Dirk Novitski's Jump Shot] · 1 points · by jkuria · no comments
• Python: lambda functions · 1 points · by preek · no comments
• I guess CSS text shadows aren't always horrible · 1 points · by freedrull · no comments
• IMF hit by major cyber attack · 1 points · by uniclaude · no comments
• Ask HN: Please rate our startup - bandplanet.com · 1 points · by preek · no comments
• Apple Back To School 2011 Promotion rumored for Wednesday, June 15 · 1 points · by luigionline · no comments
• Edward Tufte: Data Analysis for Politics and Policy (pdfs) · 1 points · by snth · no comments
• Nook Touch Rooting: Brief Update · 1 points · by mikecane · no comments
• Feature checklist dysfunction · 1 points · by hboon · no comments
• GDriveSync - Sync outside the folder of local documents with Google Docs · 1 points · by andreyon · no comments
• Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a Facebook app? · 1 points · by Birejji · no comments
• Python 2.7.2 released · 1 points · by Luyt · no comments
• Hacker News May 2nd Edition · 1 points · by SecTyp · no comments
• Rack 1.3.0 & Serving Static Files · 1 points · by telemachos · no comments
• The Problem with Choice, iCloud vs Cloud Player · 1 points · by nhangen · no comments
• Simple AI on a GPU · 1 points · by mfn · no comments
• REDbot - validate your caching headers · 1 points · by cskau · no comments
• Ackuna Cloud Translator: Taking Cloud By Storm · 1 points · by JigSaw81 · no comments
• How Tyler Cowen's e-book became a physical book · 1 points · by bchjam · no comments
• Ask HN: Has anyone gone to SJSU for MSSE? · 1 points · by Apocryphon · no comments
• Planet in a Bottle · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Turning the numbers into people · 1 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Thoughts on Twitter as a Communication Medium · 1 points · by josephcohen · no comments
• Ash Cloud of Ideas · 1 points · by yewweitan · no comments
• Invasion of the Body Hackers · 1 points · by prostoalex · no comments