Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Solar-panel "trees" really are inferior · 650 points · by DevX101 · 98 comments
• I am nothing · 520 points · by dwynings · 125 comments
• If PHP Were British · 347 points · by shdon · 104 comments
• Marc Andreessen on Why Software is Eating the World · 317 points · by tewks · 91 comments
• Women are rejecting marriage in Asia. The social implications are serious. · 213 points · by rblion · 206 comments
• What is in your .vimrc · 200 points · by nyellin · 84 comments
• Functional Programming Is Hard, That's Why It's Good · 177 points · by trptcolin · 102 comments
• Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA · 161 points · by DanielRibeiro · 184 comments
• Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21 · 133 points · by fredoliveira · 90 comments
• Nym Wars (Google+ "real name" rules) · 123 points · by bigiain · 71 comments
• HP: To Save The webOS Dev Community, Open-Source Enyo Now · 95 points · by codedivine · 19 comments
• Why threads vs events is a nonsensical question. · 92 points · by xtacy · 46 comments
• Flipping 10 heads in a row - a small probability demonstration · 82 points · by ColinWright · 40 comments
• Thief · 73 points · by zopticity · 2 comments
• Show HN: nyan-mode.el - Nyan Cat for Emacs (my first real Emacs minor mode) · 71 points · by TeMPOraL · 8 comments
• Why there aren't many innovators in China · 69 points · by joezhou · 27 comments
• Show HN: I am building a next-gen browser · 68 points · by ashraful · 55 comments
• Praising Kernel (The Axis of Eval) · 67 points · by Autre · 10 comments
• TouchPad 16GB on Sale for $99 · 67 points · by cygwin98 · 79 comments
• Bots are crawling new domain registrations and namesquatting Twitter handles · 66 points · by duggan · 37 comments
• Martin Ford Asks: Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse? · 61 points · by olalonde · 73 comments
• Silicon Valley Booms but Worries About a New Bust · 60 points · by jedwhite · 18 comments
• Fulcrum - Open Source Agile Project Management Tool · 55 points · by NoSunlight · 18 comments
• No, HP, you’re off the mark · 54 points · by zacharye · 10 comments
• Twitter's t.co uses meta tags and JS instead of 301 Redirects to Mask Referrers · 53 points · by ams1 · 29 comments
• Using SMS is like paying for email, email that isn't very good... · 47 points · by chrisparcel · 23 comments
• Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21 (now on twitch.tv) · 42 points · by felixweis · 12 comments
• Why Events Are A Bad Idea (for High-concurrency Servers) · 41 points · by uriel · 40 comments
• Idea: mouseFreeze, A solution for Browser FPS Games · 39 points · by vjeux · 16 comments
• "A sort of PC": how Windows 8 will invade tablets (and why it might work) · 36 points · by llambda · 24 comments
• The Calculus of Grit · 35 points · by Stwerner · 12 comments
• Interviewstreet - Hackers rejoice · 34 points · by rvivek · 30 comments
• The Next Chapter For webOS · 33 points · by hornokplease · 21 comments
• Intel 8080 emulator created in Lua running inside Garry's Mod · 32 points · by ukdm · 3 comments
• Thoughts on Designing a new Web Apps Language · 31 points · by jhferris3 · 42 comments
• UDID Alternative for iOS5 · 31 points · by sidwyn · 10 comments
• Watch notch (Minecraft creator) write a game in a live stream NOW · 31 points · by rev087 · 12 comments
• The Public, Playing a Molecule-Building Game, Outperforms Algorithms · 30 points · by perfunctory · 5 comments
• Get Out While You Can · 30 points · by cwan · 37 comments
• Losing the HP Way · 27 points · by technoslut · 3 comments
• HP begins TouchPad clearance with $99 fire sale · 26 points · by evo_9 · 49 comments
• Humble indie fumble: an XBLA horror story · 25 points · by seagaia · 19 comments
• Fellow Developers: What's your salary? · 25 points · by vu0tran · 35 comments
• Insights From a LinkedIn Data Vis Designer · 23 points · by thingsilearned · no comments
• Are Keyboards on Laptops the Next Thing to Go? · 19 points · by olalonde · 24 comments
• Show HN: First "Move your Body" game on iOS (face recognition) · 16 points · by myprasanna · 1 comment
• Android messaging and concurrency (for native code development) · 16 points · by DanielHimmelein · no comments
• Firefox 6 already? Mozilla please stop this game · 15 points · by jnye131 · 14 comments
• Haskell, functional programming for imperative programmers. Reddit University. · 14 points · by Peteris · no comments
• Art4Love.com selling prints of art taken from DeviantArt for $250+ · 14 points · by mwill · no comments
• 83 percent of Google+ users are inactive — Tech News and Analysis · 14 points · by tathagatadg · 4 comments
• Open Source Fact and Fiction: HP Should Open Source WebOS · 13 points · by darkduck · 7 comments
• GoalStacker now in Beta (Task Manager) · 12 points · by alexwolfe · 10 comments
• The Clock Frequency of our Universe · 12 points · by ColinWright · 3 comments
• FrOSCon Stream · 12 points · by gambo · 3 comments
• Robert Scoble - Apology to Twitter. Chris Sacca, investor in Twitter, has… · 12 points · by stevederico · 6 comments
• "A sort of PC": how Windows 8 will invade tablets (and why it might work) · 11 points · by evo_9 · no comments
• Liberate Your EveryDNS Records · 11 points · by eastdakota · 2 comments
• What happens when you fire a pistol underwater · 11 points · by ukdm · 1 comment
• Google to roll out verification badges on profiles. · 11 points · by jamesbritt · 4 comments
• Reindeer herder finds baby mammoth in Russia Arctic · 10 points · by wmat · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What are your favorite PG essays? · 10 points · by WilliamChanner · 3 comments
• Anti-Piracy Bill Set To Cost Taxpayers $47m To 2016 · 10 points · by Garbage · no comments
• Touchdroid: Android for the HP Touchpad Project · 10 points · by bradly · 7 comments
• An algorithm to ferret out fake reviews online · 9 points · by ColinWright · 2 comments
• Has the HP Touchpad Site Been Hacked? · 9 points · by moses1400 · 4 comments
• The Bootstrapper Bible by Seth Godin (103 pages) · 9 points · by nibo · 4 comments
• Microsoft offers free phones to webOS devs · 8 points · by krumjahn · no comments
• The genius who lives downstairs · 8 points · by benpbenp · 2 comments
• An iPad owner's quest to get a $99 TouchPad on Friday night · 8 points · by giostyle · 1 comment
• Smokers and the obese are cheaper to care for (study) · 7 points · by aresant · 1 comment
• Specialist Patent Courts Are Part of the Problem · 7 points · by grellas · no comments
• Ask HN: Should HP Open Source webOS · 7 points · by oseibonsu · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Do you try to code "proper" even on the first pass? · 7 points · by keeptrying · 9 comments
• Swombat on the terrible costs of patents · 7 points · by DanielRibeiro · no comments
• Testing Mongo's map/reduce with CoffeeScript and Node · 7 points · by mrkurt · no comments
• The Sports Industry's Obsession with Meaningless Metrics · 7 points · by MaxWendkos · 7 comments
• Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units · 7 points · by xtian · 2 comments
• Linux Journal goes 100% digital · 6 points · by japhyr · 2 comments
• Invisible Scrollbars · 6 points · by jamesjyu · no comments
• Musings on OS X Lion scrollbar alternatives · 6 points · by jamesjyu · no comments
• Ask HN: Help HN, I'm being overpaid, can't build startup · 6 points · by thrww5896 · 4 comments
• Cool List Of LINQ Examples, Tips and How To's · 6 points · by codebungl · no comments
• Australian Crowd-Fund Feature 'The Tunnel' Gets BitTorrent Release · 6 points · by spauka · 1 comment
• A cloud service that sends your data across the web unencrypted. · 6 points · by derrida · no comments
• Why Apple will buy Twitter · 6 points · by AlexMuir · 10 comments
• Microsoft: Where the PC is Headed: Plus is the New 'Post' · 5 points · by hornokplease · 1 comment
• Electricity can improve basic math skills · 5 points · by seagaia · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What do you want most from webmail? · 5 points · by starter · 14 comments
• HN Business users: What are your daily pain points from a technology standpoint? · 5 points · by pcharles · 8 comments
• HP Issues TouchPad Liquidation Order · 5 points · by godarderik · no comments
• Ask HN: Why can't Microsoft make a better browser? · 5 points · by mwill · 2 comments
• Google begins Amazon river Street View project · 5 points · by lifestyleigni · no comments
• Why does my iPhone game, Thick Lips, suck in United States? · 5 points · by eddylkh · 9 comments
• Show HN: I made an open source iOS HN reader · 5 points · by chubs · 2 comments
• Apache Killer by kcope · 5 points · by jaryd · 1 comment
• Paypal disables Mass Payments API without prior warning · 5 points · by cynusx · 1 comment
• WxPython: New Widget Announced: XLSGrid · 5 points · by driscollis · no comments
• Dollar Stores positioned to become the next WalMarts · 5 points · by szermer · no comments
• Irving Kahn, 105-Year-Old Investment Banker: Economic Downturn Just a Blip · 5 points · by jayliew · no comments
• Gamer Maker Jeff Vogel - I Don't Finish Games Because I Am Old · 4 points · by pragmatic · no comments
• Protests in India · 4 points · by rblion · no comments
• What IF Apple Buys Amazon? · 4 points · by slackgentoo · 6 comments
• Ask HN: Best way to find HN readers in my local area? · 4 points · by tommoor · 5 comments
• Learn Javascript In a Fun Way · 4 points · by lichengcai · no comments
• Mårten Mickos: "F" as in freedom, and in fun, and in the future | opensource.com · 4 points · by darkduck · no comments
• Don’t Follow The Crowd · 4 points · by godarderik · no comments
• Canada's Top 100 Startups according to Alexa.com · 4 points · by vantech · no comments
• Lockerz.com : 404 · 4 points · by CallMeV · 1 comment
• Video: HP Employee Strikes Back · 4 points · by j_col · no comments
• HP begins TouchPad liquidation; 16GB cut to $99, 32GB $149 · 3 points · by rkudeshi · 1 comment
• Let the liquidation begin -- HP's 16GB TouchPad on sale for $99 · 3 points · by gregpilling · 1 comment
• How to Make $1MM Per Year Playing the State Lottery · 3 points · by nav · no comments
• Inside Akamai and the scary future of streaming video · 3 points · by joelhaus · no comments
• Microsoft Refunds 25% for Recent Office 365 Outage · 3 points · by powertower · no comments
• A RickRoll Duet for OSX · 3 points · by rphillips · 1 comment
• Engineering Food for All · 3 points · by rblion · no comments
• Why does my iPhone game, Thick Lips, suck in United States? Please advise. · 3 points · by eddylkh · no comments
• The future of bulletproof vests -- bulletproof skin? · 3 points · by karls · no comments
• German Pirate Party On Course to Election Win · 3 points · by Garbage · 1 comment
• Employees bid goodbye to corporate America · 3 points · by ekm2 · no comments
• Piping the web into CouchDB using node.js · 3 points · by dscape · 2 comments
• Facebook's Spam Program Catches Activists · 3 points · by sidwyn · no comments
• The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect · 3 points · by uriel · no comments
• Show HN: Our New Office · 3 points · by phankinson · 2 comments
• Escape the firewall with SSH, SOCKS, and PuTTY · 3 points · by 11031a · 2 comments
• Web Developer for Swedish start-up · 3 points · by Yana_Convelife · no comments
• BBC’s The Code: Math And Tablet Success · 3 points · by mikecane · no comments
• [30 mins video]Why Europe is a good place for startups · 3 points · by danmaz74 · no comments
• On name & address madness · 3 points · by Tharkun · no comments
• Black Hat Social Marketing Techniques - Karthi Keyan · 3 points · by blazer · 1 comment
• What makes Apple revolutionary? · 3 points · by wicknicks · 2 comments
• Where's WALL-E, or damn, that's a lot of robots · 3 points · by andreybutov · 1 comment
• Propertypp: Objective-C-like properties for C++ classes. · 2 points · by cesarbs · no comments
• HTTP Methods and Redirect Status Codes · 2 points · by rnicholson · 1 comment
• Running an Open Source Project · 2 points · by blasdel · no comments
• New Connective Tissue: Bullet-resistant Human Skin As Art · 2 points · by davesailer · no comments
• On Nintendo’s future (hint: it’s theirs to decide on) · 2 points · by sebkomianos · no comments
• IPhone 5 To Arrive in Early October, Says AT&T Exec · 2 points · by aorshan · no comments
• Questionable Accounting: Groupon Reporting Twice Amount of Revenue · 2 points · by lnxkrnl · 1 comment
• Why I Like Gnome Shell · 2 points · by wavded · no comments
• [Stack Overflow Post] Why doesn't my Python script work? · 2 points · by choogi · 1 comment
• Lego Serious Play · 2 points · by wslh · no comments
• Book: Unix System Programming with Standard ML [pdf] · 2 points · by mahmud · 1 comment
• Inventive warfare · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• How Do I Copy Thee? Let Me Count the Ways · 2 points · by ahalan · no comments
• WhyDay: Create a project with random gems and try to do something with it · 2 points · by jwarzech · 1 comment
• So How Do We Fix The Patent System? · 2 points · by weston · no comments
• Show HN: Twitter for song lyrics with today's Twitter Bootstrap · 2 points · by katieben · no comments
• E-textbooks flunk an early test · 2 points · by wyclif · no comments
• A commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating System · 2 points · by deedee · no comments
• Product development at Google (2010) · 2 points · by varunkumar · no comments
• Interviewing: Done Right · 2 points · by pbjorklund · 1 comment
• Scott Adams like Windows Phone better than iPhone · 2 points · by seshagiric · no comments
• HP TouchPad reduced to $99 in Canada · 2 points · by knotty66 · 1 comment
• Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident · 2 points · by linhir · no comments
• Evernote buys Aussie startup Skitch · 2 points · by bootload · no comments
• The 'Sent from my iPhone' Thing · 2 points · by rrohan189 · 2 comments
• To write good code, you sometimes have to write bad code · 2 points · by joshuacc · no comments
• Google moves Android from a PlaysForSure strategy to Zune strategy · 2 points · by Maci · no comments
• Aliens could end global warming or kill us · 2 points · by wmat · 1 comment
• Simulating Harmonographs · 2 points · by ColinWright · no comments
• Current state of SVG Fonts · 2 points · by anivar · no comments
• Astronomer complains: The ISS passed through NGC7000 · 2 points · by ColinWright · 4 comments
• The Godfather of Silicon Valley is back at the top · 2 points · by eurohacker · no comments
• Quick Tips to Backup your Linux Computer · 2 points · by server102 · no comments
• Where to get the $99 HP Touchpad · 2 points · by rabble · no comments
• Deschooling Society (1970) · 2 points · by jgilliam · no comments
• How do I find unused functions in my PHP project? · 2 points · by andreybutov · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What Would You Study if You Could Redo College · 2 points · by jdr27 · 1 comment
• Milling Machine Made Entirely From Lego · 2 points · by ghurlman · no comments
• Bumper.cc: Opensource, self hosted, bare bones followup.cc for privacy fanatics · 2 points · by beezee · no comments
• Cornell students write algorithm to beat fake reviews · 2 points · by philp · no comments
• Google-palooza, Now with More Motorola from MacOS Ken · 2 points · by digiwizard · no comments
• Android Tutorial: Gallery View without Pictures · 2 points · by itaylor3 · no comments
• IBM Brainlike Chips Will Boost Cognitive Computing · 2 points · by WWAlex · no comments
• Poll: how should Google+ fix its names problems? · 2 points · by jdp23 · no comments
• Composer - The PHP package archivist. · 2 points · by nuclear · no comments
• Lack of monetization control will drive indies away from XNA platforms · 2 points · by elliptick · no comments
• So How Do We Fix the Patent System? · 2 points · by grellas · 1 comment
• NASA funded pseudo-science · 2 points · by mckoss · 3 comments
• Basis : Library to plot rectilinear coordinate systems in Ruby-Processing · 2 points · by armorer · no comments
• Ask HN: Making vs. Learning -- what should be my ratio? · 2 points · by Taft · 2 comments
• The illegal cure for cancer: ecstasy may hold cure for cancer · 2 points · by brianbreslin · no comments
• Big Silicon Valley demand for analog engineers' dark arts · 2 points · by NonEUCitizen · no comments
• Tata’s Nano: Stuck in low gear · 2 points · by LiveTheDream · no comments
• Show HN my #whyday project: Rasta.js, backend-less key-value store · 2 points · by pitra · no comments
• History of Russia In Photos | English Russia · 2 points · by darkduck · no comments
• First Details of New ASP.NET MVC Macros in Umbraco v5 CMS · 1 points · by duzins · no comments
• Paypal does good: Takes one for the team · 1 points · by blantonl · 1 comment
• AntiSec Hackers Target Vanguard Exec · 1 points · by lawnchair_larry · no comments
• Firefox 7 Beta Puts Priority on Performance · 1 points · by ssclafani · no comments
• White House Website May Be Blocked in Iran, but Not CIA's · 1 points · by hughesey · no comments
• Could Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility make it illegal in China? · 1 points · by mkr-hn · no comments
• IBM demos cognitive computer chips · 1 points · by Impossible · no comments
• Show HN: JavaScript Freecell solver with Web Workers · 1 points · by pharrington · no comments
• Immigration enforcement - American Immigration Lawyers Association · 1 points · by ikirill · no comments
• JQuery Notty plugin · 1 points · by wslh · no comments
• Investors Rebel Against HP Plan · 1 points · by uladzislau · no comments
• Kill Your Router: The Internet Can Come From a LED Light Bulb · 1 points · by raphar · no comments
• Hit a donut ~ journalism and IR cooperation · 1 points · by Sato · no comments
• Groupon: Doomed by Too Much of a Good Thing · 1 points · by gatsby · 1 comment
• Cuckoos' 5,000km journey tracked by satellite · 1 points · by soitgoes · no comments
• W3resource publishes comprehensive JSON Tutorial · 1 points · by subhbwn · no comments
• Samsung promises big announcement September 1st · 1 points · by suuuup · no comments
• David Cameron on Broken Society · 1 points · by SeoxyS · 1 comment
• Simple guide to running Git server on Windows, in local network (kind of) · 1 points · by kkozmic · no comments
• Search Bitcoin API available - what can you buy with bitcoin? · 1 points · by jostmey · 3 comments
• Mozilla Wants a Browser to Control Your Phone · 1 points · by olalonde · no comments
• Modified Ecstasy could be used in Cancer treatment · 1 points · by swombat · no comments
• "Getting better soon" will not get you anywhere · 1 points · by dsdirect · no comments
• CSI:Internet - Episode 2: Controlled from the beyond · 1 points · by aw3c2 · no comments
• Web design, Web design india · 1 points · by anoopconcepts · no comments
• Few Words on Ruby · 1 points · by codebungl · no comments
• The Future of Interfaces - Why OS X Lion looks like iOS. · 1 points · by simondlr · no comments
• Little evidence links mob violence to social media · 1 points · by linhir · no comments
• Why Inbox Zero is not my style? · 1 points · by logicman · no comments
• Responsive web design has created opportunities across the board · 1 points · by huffo · no comments
• The experience of meeting Ayn Rand as a 19 year old. · 1 points · by iuguy · no comments
• StumbleUpon Delivers Half of U.S. Social Media Traffic · 1 points · by fjw · no comments
• The Dismantling of Universities · 1 points · by llambda · no comments
• Innovate or die · 1 points · by astrec · no comments
• Prediction market · 1 points · by olalonde · no comments
• Signalling (economics) · 1 points · by olalonde · no comments
• Real-life Checker Shadow illusion (video) · 1 points · by sp332 · no comments
• Map tracks Antarctica on the move · 1 points · by wmat · no comments
• Why you should strive to be a professional amateur · 1 points · by apas · no comments
• WikiLeaks, Andy Müller-Maguhn and Google-cache · 1 points · by gividocq42 · no comments
• Enriching The 'RSA Employee #15666' Dump + Stats · 1 points · by gividocq42 · no comments
• Math ~ You're doing it wrong · 1 points · by catcalls · 2 comments
• How to Try Google's Cleaner Interface · 1 points · by Garbage · no comments
• How to Be a Human · 1 points · by jaltucher · no comments
• Class DirtyInformation When is the Release Party? · 1 points · by Adkron · no comments
• What can I do with my failed portal? · 1 points · by rsheth · no comments
• Tips For Advanced Writers · 1 points · by plinkplonk · no comments
• The Shrink Wrap Redemption (A Comment on the PC Era Debate) · 1 points · by GregNess · no comments
• Motivation through people · 1 points · by joakimlob · no comments
• Remote control helicopter/airplane mount for your digicam · 1 points · by paulr · no comments
• WikiDashboard: Providing social transparency to Wikipedia · 1 points · by sp332 · no comments
• How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees · 1 points · by thinkspace · no comments
• A quick look back at HP Marketing: Why WebOS? · 1 points · by martinshen · no comments
• Managing Conflict at 37signals · 1 points · by dshah · no comments
• Anonymous hacks Defense Contractor · 1 points · by server102 · no comments
• Diamond particles discovered in candle light · 1 points · by meow · 1 comment
• Ask HN: What are the legal areas of patent use in software development? · 1 points · by tsumnia · no comments
• Security Baseline - Part II - ISM4Startups · 1 points · by dbuizert · no comments
• Common market sizing mistakes entrepreneurs make using the Google Keywords tool · 1 points · by rmason · no comments
• Capacitive Touch Buttons Must Die · 1 points · by alexknight · 1 comment
• Five blockbuster business deals · 1 points · by codedivine · no comments
• A command line /me utility from IRC · 1 points · by jdefr89 · 1 comment
• Apple overtakes Lenovo in China sales · 1 points · by talbina · no comments
• Zynga Sued Over 'Prize Redemption' Patents · 1 points · by drawkbox · no comments
• If you stopped using the Internet for a month, who would miss you? · 1 points · by dendory · no comments
• Notch now broadcasting Ludum 21 on justin.tv · 1 points · by heim · no comments
• EteRNA - Game for designing RNA molecules · 1 points · by mike_esspe · no comments
• The Story of Blogger · 1 points · by bo_Olean · 3 comments
• A Truce in the War Over Smarts and Genes · 1 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• What is the best way to hackintosh a dell XPS 15 Multimedia computer? · 1 points · by bennygames · 3 comments
• Nyan Cat Meets Metal · 1 points · by hashbo · no comments
• Do capitalism need the left? · 1 points · by bocajuniors · no comments
• How Browsers Work - behind the scenes of modern web browsers · 1 points · by maxjaderberg · no comments
• Android Resources · 1 points · by seanandroid · no comments
• Daniel Domscheit-Berg allegedly destroys 3000 stolen Wikileaks submissions · 1 points · by pemulis · 1 comment
• The Summer of Discontent · 1 points · by rhygar · no comments