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== Vital Signs ==
== Vital Signs ==


Originally started as a side project by Y Combinator's co-founder Paul Graham, it has increasingly been getting more and more attention over the years. Probably won't disappear anytime soon without significant notice.
Originally started as a demonstration of the Arc programming language by Y Combinator's co-founder Paul Graham, it has increasingly been getting more and more attention over the years. Probably won't disappear anytime soon without significant notice.


== Archives ==
== Archives ==


* [https://archive.org/details/HackerNewsStoriesAndCommentsDump Dump of Hacker News stories and comments up to 2014-05-29] (compressed JSON files), made through HN's official API. Total: ~10.7GB uncompressed. More info at [http://shitalshah.com/p/downloading-all-of-hacker-news-posts-and-comments/]
* [https://archive.org/details/HackerNewsStoriesAndCommentsDump Dump of Hacker News stories and comments up to 2014-05-29] (compressed JSON files), made through one of HN's official API. Total: ~10.7GB uncompressed. More info at [http://shitalshah.com/p/downloading-all-of-hacker-news-posts-and-comments/]


* Some comments and threads are also available on [https://archive.today/news.ycombinator.com archive.is], including some that were lost during a [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7069013 system crash].
* Some comments and threads are also available on [https://archive.today/news.ycombinator.com archive.is], including some that were lost during a [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7069013 system crash].


== Site structure ==
* Official API docs available at https://github.com/HackerNews/API
** Older API at https://hn.algolia.com/api
* "The site has a proactive attitude in moderating content, including automated flame and spam detectors." Comments made by hellbanned users are not viewable by other users, unless they have checked the "showdead" option in their profile.
** Example hellbanned user: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TempleOS
** Dead comments can also be accessed through the official API. For example, https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/7865614.json
* Threads and comments are accessible via the same URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=ID
** Each ID seems to be incremental. For example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 is the very first thread.
** The very first comment seems to be https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15
== External Links ==
* https://news.ycombinator.com
* [http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-news/ The Evolution Of Hacker News]
* [http://arclanguage.org/install Arc Source Code] (includes basic Hacker News setup)


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Hacker News
Hacker News mainpage on 2014-10-23
Hacker News mainpage on 2014-10-23
URL https://news.ycombinator.com
Status Online!
Archiving status Not saved yet
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

Hacker News is a social news website for programmers and entrepreneurs. It is run by the startup incubator Y Combinator.

Vital Signs

Originally started as a demonstration of the Arc programming language by Y Combinator's co-founder Paul Graham, it has increasingly been getting more and more attention over the years. Probably won't disappear anytime soon without significant notice.

Archives

  • Some comments and threads are also available on archive.is, including some that were lost during a system crash.

Site structure

External Links