Re:What does news dot YC do with posts that are obsolete?
by danielha on Friday May 04, 2007 @05:32PM
(#19546)
Startup News is the current hot stories. Best is stories with record-high votes.
Older stories are still around. They're just not linked to anymore. You can search for them at nycs.bigheadlabs.com
Re:What does news dot YC do with posts that are obsolete?
by ericc on Friday May 04, 2007 @05:35PM
(#19548)
Is http://nycs.bigheadlabs.com/ the only way to access those posts that are not linked anymore?
You must have an API that gets you access to these unlinked posts, correct?
Re:What does news dot YC do with posts that are obsolete?
by jey on Friday May 04, 2007 @06:54PM
(#19586)
i = 0
while True:
i += 1
if not urlfetch('http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=%d' % i):
break
# implementaton of urlfetch() left as an exercise to the reader
Startup News: 150 posts
New: Top 50 posts
Best: Top 50 posts
Couple of questions:
1. Is the Startup News section a combination of New and Best?
2. What about the ones that don't show up under these sections? Are they permanently lost?