Hacker News Reader

Oh, and if you want to try out some of the DOS programs in your browser, there's this collection: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_frostbyte

Mithrandiron 3,000 floppy disk archive (1982–1994)

https://archive.org/details/frostbyte_1980s_DOS_collection

Mithrandiron Internetarchive.bak

> Offhand I don't know if Wikipedia has a policy on references to Internet Archive / wayback-machine links to things

They do have a policy.[1] Additionally, IA has been specifically crawling links on Wikipedia to preserve the citations.[2][3]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_the_Wayback_Machine

2: https://blog.archive.org/2013/10/25/fixing-broken-links/

3: https://archive.org/details/NO404-WKP/v2

Mithrandiron Internetarchive.bak

BT Sync was considered for a related Archive Team project [1], but was ruled out as it is (currently) proprietary.

1: http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Valhalla#Non-opti...

Mithrandiron MIT indefinitely removes online physics lectures and courses by Walter Lewin

MIT uploaded 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03 (as well as other courses) to the Internet Archive awhile ago.

8.01: https://archive.org/details/MIT8.01F99

8.02: https://archive.org/details/MIT8.02S02

8.03: https://archive.org/details/MIT8.03F04

Edit: I don't know if all the problem sets are up there.

Mithrandiron What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals

Here's the letter: http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/11/16/magazine/16Lede2/m...

Mithrandiron A programming language in 450 lines of JavaScript

Sure, O(2^n) is an upper bound here. O(phi^n) is a tighter bound.

Mithrandiron A programming language in 450 lines of JavaScript

You're both correct: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4623058/ofib-n-complexity...

EDIT: Tied with JadeNB (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8555051).

Mithrandiron Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

Microsoft ended free custom domain support earlier this year [0]. To use custom domains with Outlook.com, you either have to have already configured Outlook to use a domain name or pay $5/user/month for Office 365 [1].

0: http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-ends-custom-domain-suppo...

1: http://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-office-365...

Mithrandiron The new archive.org

You don't need a key for downloading. For uploading, you use an access/secret key pair from https://archive.org/account/s3.php You then add that to the ia tool with "ia configure".

Mithrandiron DuckDuckHack: Help us make the web a better place

The url is http://ddg.gg. As for the goodies page, it's undergoing work right now. See https://duck.co/blog/goodies-page-replacement

Mithrandiron “We've been acquired and Twitpic will live on”

There's also this: https://twitter.com/paix120/status/512087509799825408

Mithrandiron The Internet With A Human Face

Apparently he was banned for a short period of time, but not anymore.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7617576

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108205

Mithrandiron ILLIAC I Programming Manual (1956) [pdf]

Mirror on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_univOfIlliIACILLIACpro... (as the Dropbox link is down)

Mithrandiron The next version of DuckDuckGo

You're correct: https://duck.co/help/results/sources

Mithrandiron Heartbleed Alexa top 10000

This bookmarklet works for me:

javascript:void(open('http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/#'+document.location.hostname))

Mithrandiron 1995 Vannevar Bush symposium: Closing Panel

Here's the video of that panel discussion: https://archive.org/details/XD1941_10_95VannevarBushSymTape1...

and the entire Symposium: https://archive.org/search.php?query=%221995%20Vannevar%20Bu...

Edit: The Doug Engelbart Institute has some more info on the event http://www.dougengelbart.org/events/vannevar-bush-symposium....

Mithrandiron Crypto 101

Website: https://archive.is/fG4Fb

Book: https://9d0df72831e4b345bb93-4b37fd03e6af34f2323bb971f72f0c0...

Mithrandiron Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

Here are a few of the last tweets: https://archive.is/eDanx

Edit: And more at https://archive.is/https://twitter.com/MtGox/status/*

Mithrandiron ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

Here's the whole thread (it's paginated differently than the original link):

Page 1: https://archive.is/b0H9K

Page 2: https://archive.is/Np2K5

Page 3: https://archive.is/oPnmq

Mithrandiron Byte Magazine Smalltalk-80 Issue

I found this amusing "complaint" to Byte in this same issue (https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1981-08/1981_08_BYT...):

  April's Foolers

  The hasty printing of data concerning 
  our Black-Hole Diode is not only an inva- 
  sion of our corporate security, but is not 
  in the national interest. (See the April 
  1981 BYTE, page 363.)

[https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1981-04/1981_04_BYT...]

  Our device, which is covered by US 
  patents and is classified by the National 
  Security Council as "Top Secret," should 
  not be pandered about in a general-circu- 
  lation magazine for all to see, especially 
  when those not friendly to our nation may 
  learn details of this device. 

  Furthermore, how BYTE learned of the 
  existence of our device is unknown to us, 
  but be advised that stricter security has 
  been imposed to forestall any further 
  lapses. 

  Be also advised that the company BYTE 
  lists as being responsible for creating the 
  Black-Hole Device, Spatial Regression 
  Ltd, will shortly receive summons from 
  our legal department. 

  Any repetition or further disregard for 
  national security regarding this device or 
  its uses in particle-beam research will 
  bring about swift and final action. 

  J.W. Kelty
  Chief Executive Officer 
  Code-7 Electronics 
  POB 1505 
  Modesto CA 95353

And Byte's response:

  Each year, the BYTE staff enjoys slip- 
  ping a few joke items into the April issue 
  for our readers to find; some are subtle, 
  some are outrageous. Response to this 
  year's foolishness was greater than in any 
  year past. In case you missed it, look for

  "Lost Dutchman's Bug" (photo), 
  page 302 
  "Black-Hole Diode" (new product), 
  page 363 
  "Noise-Emitting Diode" (new product), 
  page 364 
  "Slightly Used Cray-1" (unclassified ad),
  page 414 

  So you see, there's no need for "swift 
  and final action" (gulp!) — we were just 
  kidding! By the way, where should we 
  return the sample device that was in- 
  cluded with your letter? . . . CPF

Mithrandiron Which companies help protect your data from the government?

Here's the report: https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013

Mithrandiron The Cinematography of "The Incredibles" Part 2

Discussion for part 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6920151

Mithrandiron New technique measures mass of exoplanets

You can read the paper here: http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/20_dec...

Mithrandiron Cárdenas: “416d65726963612043616e20436f646520”

Also:

    '416D65726963612043616E20436F646520'.decode('hex')

Edit: In Python 3,

    bytes.fromhex('416D65726963612043616E20436F646520').decode('utf-8')

Mithrandiron Show HN: A game I've been working on for the last year is out today

Main site (link in the description is not working): http://www.codeherdstudios.com/AsteroidSmash.html