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Hacker News at 16th of September 2008, when the 2008 hit was the strongest: http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075626/http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30519
by throwaway71271 4y ago
Hacker News at 16th of September 2008, when the 2008 hit was the strongest:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075626/http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305191 http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075626/http://news.ycombi...
top story:
> Stock Market Meltdowns - Why they will happen again and again and again (blogmaverick.com)
http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075626/http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=305191 http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075626/http://news.ycombi...
second story:
> Stack Overflow Launches (joelonsoftware.com)
http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075523/http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=304536 http://web.archive.org/web/20080916075523/http://news.ycombi...
if you want to see what people were discussing back then
blabla print money, blabla dont print money, blabla change jobs, blabla dont change jobs, its the fed's fault, its wallstreet's fault, more regulation, less regulation.. etc
or people bashing apple claiming android is going to disrupt the app store
one thing is for sure, almost all predictions going forward in the chaos are as good as random, anyone can explain the chaos in hindsight.
- dang 4y agoThird most popular story of the day after the launch of Stack Overflow and Ron Garret's Lisp-at-JPL perennial. Seems about right. https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2008-09-15 https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2008-09-15