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		diN0bot on July 2, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dev stays without pay to finish Mac Graphing Calcu... i like these oldies but goodies, too, but can a story from 2004 really be considered (hacker) news ? i don't think the chronologically "what's new" aggregator is not the right solution for "best things of all time". it's no good if this story pops up every year. hacker news should prevent duplicate urls, and perhaps provide more browsing options, eg monthly top stories.

pchristensen on July 2, 2009 [–]

1. Despite the name, it's not just for news.

2. Some people weren't here a year ago and haven't seen it before.

3. There are 50-100 items per day on the front page - it won't kill you to see a few repeats a week.

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