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Ask HN: Best HN threads in '08?

104 points by iloveyouocean 18y ago

There was a ton of hacker news in 08. What were your favorite threads?

iloveyouocean 18y ago
Ask HN: What is the best way to promote your new fancy web application? (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=341138 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=341138) Ask YC: What would you tell your younger self? (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=372573 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=372573)
qhoxie 18y ago
Who's Hiring? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375410 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375410 Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338286 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338286 I'm out, baby http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300960 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300960 Start a side project, says GitHub founder http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=282158 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=282158 Balsamiq hits $100,000 in revenue http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=364254 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=364254
mlLK 18y ago
Solve the halting problem, $300-$1000: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=376238 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=376238 I don't want to work very hard: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=394609 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=394609
jbenz 18y ago
Sell Your Web App: Lessons I Learned From Selling DropSend http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=347381 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=347381 In the Basement of the Ivory Tower http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=246606 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=246606 How to go down with style http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=330689 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=330689 Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and Good Luck http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=335815 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=335815 Cities and Ambition http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=201373 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=201373 Looking Back on Selling Gravatar to Automattic http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=345531 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=345531
marvin 18y ago
There are at least twice as many i could pick, but here are some of my favorites. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219804 - Poor people consume more conspicuously than rich people, wealth measured relative to peer group http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133282 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133282 - Story about SR-71 Blackbird crash http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=303666 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=303666 - The "Luke Arm" for amputees http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=318827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=318827 - How to bribe your way into expensive restaurants
- tptacek 18y ago
  All great stories, but unremarkable comment threads. What I want to know is, did anyone here actually try to bribe their way into a restaurant after reading that article?
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  - fallentimes 18y ago
    Not a restaurant, but I've used the $20 Theory of the Universe for concerts, tickets, bars and other treats. http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0303-MAR_20DOLLARS http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0303-MAR_20DOLLARS
bootload 18y ago
How Porsche fleeced hedge funds and roiled the world’s financial markets ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350332 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350332
mad44 18y ago
Thanks for sharing these links. I am commenting to visit this thread later. Is there another way to mark a thread to be visited later from my profile?
- fallentimes 18y ago
  Upvote the thread, then click here: http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=mad44 http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=mad44
  - mad44 18y ago
    Thank you, that is helpful. I wish there was a button for it on the top bar at HN.
- Jebdm 18y ago
  Not that I know of from your profile, but you can always bookmark the page, email yourself a link, or use something like Read It Later (http://www.ideashower.com/ideas/launched/read-it-later/ http://www.ideashower.com/ideas/launched/read-it-later/), which saves you from cluttering up the comments.
ynd 18y ago
Evolution of Mona Lisa in JavaScript & Canvas http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392036
mlLK 18y ago
Human Beautification Algorithm: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328377 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328377
captainobvious 18y ago
Unfortunately my favourite one missed the '08 deadline: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=417782 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=417782
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mpk 18y ago
"Ask HN : How do big websites roll out new versions?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=411282 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=411282 Lots of interesting replies to that one.

104 points by iloveyouocean 18y ago

There was a ton of hacker news in 08. What were your favorite threads?

Ask HN: What is the best way to promote your new fancy web application? (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=341138 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=341138) Ask YC: What would you tell your younger self? (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=372573 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=372573)

qhoxie 18y ago

Who's Hiring? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375410 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=375410 Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 How I Turned Down $300,000 from Microsoft to go Full-Time on GitHub http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338286 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338286 I'm out, baby http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300960 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300960 Start a side project, says GitHub founder http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=282158 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=282158 Balsamiq hits $100,000 in revenue http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=364254 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=364254

mlLK 18y ago

Solve the halting problem, $300-$1000: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=376238 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=376238 I don't want to work very hard: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=394609 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=394609

jbenz 18y ago

Sell Your Web App: Lessons I Learned From Selling DropSend http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=347381 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=347381 In the Basement of the Ivory Tower http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=246606 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=246606 How to go down with style http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=330689 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=330689 Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and Good Luck http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=335815 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=335815 Cities and Ambition http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=201373 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=201373 Looking Back on Selling Gravatar to Automattic http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=345531 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=345531

marvin 18y ago

There are at least twice as many i could pick, but here are some of my favorites. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219804 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219804 - Poor people consume more conspicuously than rich people, wealth measured relative to peer group http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133282 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133282 - Story about SR-71 Blackbird crash http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=303666 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=303666 - The "Luke Arm" for amputees http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=318827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=318827 - How to bribe your way into expensive restaurants

tptacek 18y ago
All great stories, but unremarkable comment threads. What I want to know is, did anyone here actually try to bribe their way into a restaurant after reading that article?
- deleted 18y ago
  [deleted]
- fallentimes 18y ago
  Not a restaurant, but I've used the $20 Theory of the Universe for concerts, tickets, bars and other treats. http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0303-MAR_20DOLLARS http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0303-MAR_20DOLLARS

bootload 18y ago

How Porsche fleeced hedge funds and roiled the world’s financial markets ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350332 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=350332

mad44 18y ago

Thanks for sharing these links. I am commenting to visit this thread later. Is there another way to mark a thread to be visited later from my profile?

fallentimes 18y ago
Upvote the thread, then click here: http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=mad44 http://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=mad44
- mad44 18y ago
  Thank you, that is helpful. I wish there was a button for it on the top bar at HN.
Jebdm 18y ago
Not that I know of from your profile, but you can always bookmark the page, email yourself a link, or use something like Read It Later (http://www.ideashower.com/ideas/launched/read-it-later/ http://www.ideashower.com/ideas/launched/read-it-later/), which saves you from cluttering up the comments.

ynd 18y ago

Evolution of Mona Lisa in JavaScript & Canvas http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392036 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=392036

mlLK 18y ago

Human Beautification Algorithm: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328377 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328377

captainobvious 18y ago

Unfortunately my favourite one missed the '08 deadline: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=417782 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=417782

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mpk 18y ago

"Ask HN : How do big websites roll out new versions?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=411282 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=411282 Lots of interesting replies to that one.