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I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 1
by edw519 14y ago
I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun.
Great job, OP.
On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't:
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1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma
4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss
2. Ask HN: Any Predictions for the Year 2029?
11 points by DanielBMarkham 37 minutes ago | 8 comments
3. The Apple Tablet to Launch 1st Quarter 2020 (cnet.com)
210 points by vaksel 20 hours ago | 122 comments
4. President-Elect Graham to Appoint Sam Altman to Cabinet (msnbc.com)
14 points by muriithi 4 hours ago | 2 comments
5. Trevor Blackwell's Robot Collects Rocks on Mars (science.com)
143 points by ojbyrne 18 hours ago | 81 comments
6. Tell HN: Hacker News is getting too much like reddit
17 points by jamesjones 6 hours ago | 3 comments
7. Last Land Line Disconnected at Midnight (cnn.com)
6 points by chickamade 3 hours ago | discuss
8. Mark Zuckerman buys Portugal (worldnews.com)
51 points by larryz 14 hours ago | 16 comments
9. How Half Our Staff Telecommutes from Space (joelonsoftware.com)
45 points by jspolsky 13 hours ago | 2 comments
10. No Deadlines Needed After Singularity is Reached (wired.com)
44 points by bxgame 14 hours ago | 28 comments
11. Ask pg: Why do YC teams only get $1,000,000?
19 points by abcklm 9 hours ago | 5 comments
12. KidneyExchange.com has 10,000th successful transplant (yahoo.com)
23 points by phsr 10 hours ago | 7 comments
13. Walmart Acquires Microsoft (wallstreetjournal.com)
76 points by francis24 20 hours ago | 17 comments
14. Baby Communicates from Womb via usb23.7 (scientificamerican.com)
13 points by johnson 8 hours ago | 7 comments
15. Mark Bao Starts 1,000th Start-Up (startupnews.com)
4 points by MarySmith 3 hours ago | discuss
16. unalone accepts Pulitzer for blog (cnn.com)
20 points by bootload 10 hours ago | 11 comments
17. Ask HN: Review my app: NoMoreAds.com (nomoreads.com)
17 points by fred 10 hours ago | discuss
18. Poll: Favorite Language, Ruby 92.7 or C++++++++
37 points by uafes 17 hours ago | 5 comments
19. Feds Force Google to Divest its Apps Business (news.com)
38 points by pete 17 hours ago | 5 comments
20. Burrito Tunnel Between Calif & NYC Finally Completed (onion.com)
50 points by jose 20 hours ago | 20 comments
21. In 2020 Belize will become the world’s second-largest economy (economist.com)
30 points by pg 16 hours ago | 23 comments
22. Ask HN: What was Microsoft Office?
63 points by yahfsh 23 hours ago | 6 comments
23. Wikipedia Available on Gumwrapper (abc.com)
3 points by lapenne 3 hours ago | discuss
24. Boeing Dreamliner Delayed Until 2022 (airlinenews.com)
4 points by mitchel 5 hours ago | discuss
25. Ted Williams becomes 1st to win MVP with 2 different bodies (mlb.com)
5 points by johnson 6 hours ago | 2 comments
26. Ask HN: Review my app (virtualsex.com)
125 points by ghpoa 1 day ago | 13 comments
27. Science: Cigarettes Were Healthy After All (science.com)
43 points by woodyallen 20 hours ago | 14 comments
28. Broadband Finally Reaches Flint, Michigan (cbs.com)
133 points by johnguest 1 day ago | 20 comments
29. GO TO Added to Python, 27 Programmers Jump Out Windows (python.org)
149 points by swert 1 day ago | 20 comments
30. Wipe The Slate Clean For 2020, Commit Web 9.0 Suicide (techcrunch.com)
2 points by nreece 2 hours ago | discuss
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- Couto 14y agoAs a portuguese... Zuckerberg buying Portugal would be the best thing ever! =D
- StavrosK 14y agoToo bad it's Mark Zuckerman, a little-known cheese manufacturer. After the depression, Portugal was going for $3,000.
- fredoliveira 14y agoI'd sure as hell leave in a pinch.
- trentlott 14y ago> (msnbc.com) Uh oh
- redler 14y agoI wonder if clicking "more" still leads to "unknown or expired link" in 2019...
- kd0amg 14y agoOnly if you spent enough time on that page to read its contents.
- eps 14y agoA Thoughtful Story Derailed By A High-karma Poster Comment 459 points by wellactually 17 hours ago | flag | 157 myopic comments