HN on second day from launch
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HN on second day from launch
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Re: HN on second day from launch
#2Another more generic site that lets you look back on HN as well as other sites as they were a decade ago.
Sometimes it seems to get stuck on a certain date for a week.
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#3Looks like it hasn't changed much... which is a good thing!
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#4I think people are fascinated with stuff like this because it seems impossible to predict where it is going at the time, but we hope that if we look back we can either see some king of indicator of future greatness or at least reassure ourselves that our crappy looking early stage project isn't necessarily doomed. After all, x, y or z didn't look that different back in the day. (Or whatever.)
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#5Shame we can't see the threads.
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#6Shame we can't see the threads.
You can. If you hover over you can see the ID # of the thread - copy that ID # into the url of this thread and it'll direct you right there. Case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=189
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#7Shame we can't see the threads.
They're still available, just note the id. For instance the top post on that day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227
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#8You don't need an archive link to view HN at a given time.
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#9Looks like it hasn't changed much... which is a good thing!
Design that stands the test of time :)
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#10You don't need an archive link to view HN at a given time. https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2007-02-20
I didn't know. Thanks.