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* [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 from the {{url|1=http://shitalshah.com/p/downloading-all-of-hacker-news-posts-and-comments/|2=maker of the dump}}. | * [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 from the {{url|1=http://shitalshah.com/p/downloading-all-of-hacker-news-posts-and-comments/|2=maker of the dump}}. | ||
* A more recent dump is described here: {{url|https://github.com/fhoffa/notebooks/blob/master/analyzing%20hacker%20news.ipynb}} | |||
* Some comments and threads are also available on [https://archive.today/news.ycombinator.com archive.is], including some that were lost during a {{url|1=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7069013|2=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 {{url|1=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7069013|2=system crash}}. | ||
Revision as of 07:45, 29 December 2015
| Hacker News | |
 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
- 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 from the maker of the dump[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb].
- A more recent dump is described here: https://github.com/fhoffa/notebooks/blob/master/analyzing%20hacker%20news.ipynb[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- Some comments and threads are also available on archive.is, including some that were lost during a system crash[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb].
Site structure
- Official API docs available at https://github.com/HackerNews/API[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- Older API at https://hn.algolia.com/api[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- "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: Example[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]URL not specified; if the URL contains an = please prefix it with 1= so it is not treated as a named template parameter
- Dead comments can also be accessed through the official API. For example, https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/7865614.json[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- Threads and comments are accessible via the same URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=ID
- Each ID seems to be incremental. For example, Example[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]URL not specified; if the URL contains an = please prefix it with 1= so it is not treated as a named template parameter is the very first thread.
- The very first comment seems to be Example[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]URL not specified; if the URL contains an = please prefix it with 1= so it is not treated as a named template parameter
External Links
- https://news.ycombinator.com[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- The Evolution Of Hacker News[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
- Arc Source Code[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb] (includes basic Hacker News setup)