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2008 Archive
61.
How do you generate passive income?
151 points by myoung8 on Dec 6, 2008 | 146 comments
62.
My Public Apology
151 points by tdavis on Nov 21, 2008 | 108 comments
63.
The genius of late bloomers - Gladwell (newyorker.com)
150 points by robg on Oct 13, 2008 | 40 comments
64.
Tell Hacker News: Throwaway accounts
149 points by unalone on Nov 11, 2008 | 58 comments
65.
Aaron Swartz: How To Launch Software (aaronsw.com)
148 points by mqt on Aug 22, 2008 | 48 comments
66.
Python 3.0 Released (python.org)
147 points by zain on Dec 4, 2008 | 60 comments
67.
Amazon Moving To Frustration-Free Packaging (amazon.com)
147 points by tortilla on Nov 3, 2008 | 46 comments
68.
CNN/Fox Projection: Obama wins presidential election.
145 points by Anon84 on Nov 5, 2008 | 137 comments
69.
A Fundraising Survival Guide (paulgraham.com)
145 points by mqt on Aug 8, 2008 | 94 comments
70.
IPhone NDA officially dropped (developer.apple.com)
145 points by KirinDave on Oct 1, 2008 | 52 comments
71.
Dropbox finally launches to the public (YC summer 07) (blog.getdropbox.com)
144 points by dhouston on Sep 11, 2008 | 80 comments
72.
The Tech (MIT student newspaper) publishes the banned DEFCON slides (www-tech.mit.edu)
144 points by pius on Aug 9, 2008 | 60 comments
73.
Why S3 went down (status.aws.amazon.com)
144 points by slackerIII on Jul 26, 2008 | 36 comments
74.
Codepad.org, a pastebin that executes code (codepad.org)
143 points by sah on Mar 4, 2008 | 57 comments
75.
Looking Back on Selling Gravatar to Automattic (tom.preston-werner.com)
143 points by mojombo on Oct 27, 2008 | 23 comments
76.
Genius hack by PhD candidate (with source code): Turn any monitor into a 3D display using a Wiimote (blogs.zdnet.com)
142 points by thorax on Feb 22, 2008 | 26 comments
77.
☃ (☃.net)
142 points by arthurk on Oct 12, 2008 | 0 comments
78.
Shoestring Budget? Starting to feel growth issues on your back-end? Embrace unix and C
140 points by scumola on Sep 9, 2008 | 120 comments
79.
Javascript injection on HN (move mouse to the [Y] menu bar on this user page) (news.ycombinator.com)
140 points by brfox on Aug 21, 2008 | 34 comments
80.
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine (techcrunch.com)
139 points by jsjenkins168 on Apr 8, 2008 | 113 comments
81.
Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer (cnn.com)
139 points by gibsonf1 on Sep 30, 2008 | 84 comments
82.
PG on trolls (paulgraham.com)
137 points by sharpshoot on Feb 16, 2008 | 183 comments
83.
Done, and Gets Things Smart (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
137 points by dill_day on Jun 17, 2008 | 65 comments
84.
Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too (discussionleader.hbsp.com)
137 points by chaostheory on May 20, 2008 | 37 comments
85.
Why Not To Do A Startup (mattmaroon.com)
136 points by rms on Mar 19, 2008 | 83 comments
86.
Tell YC: Answers from John McCarthy
136 points by mgummelt on May 9, 2008 | 72 comments
87.
Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week (sidsavara.com)
135 points by colinplamondon on Sep 23, 2008 | 73 comments
88.
Paul Krugman: How I work (princeton.edu)
135 points by gabrielroth on Oct 14, 2008 | 47 comments
89.
My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? (johannhari.com)
134 points by robg on May 15, 2008 | 114 comments
90.
Pmarca: If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo (blog.pmarca.com)
134 points by rantfoil on Apr 28, 2008 | 27 comments