PDF archive of issues of SchNEWS from 2011.

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Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Shredder_Challenge_2011 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35443958 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_Awe:_The_Story_of_Electricity Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31292526 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

Morley Safer goes to Rome and brings viewers a rare look at the vast collection of historic treasures in the private library of the Vatican

Issue 4 of Insurgent Notes journal. Articles on the middle east and other topics.

Documentary following Louis Theroux as he goes behind bars in one of the largest, most industrial prison complexes in the United States to take a look at the way that the prison system is run.

RPGamer is back from E3 2011 and ready to share what we saw with you. We go through all the RPGs at the show as...

Happy 2012 everyone! A few months ago we published a blog post that talked about our servers doing 1 million tcp connections on a single box: http://blog.wha...

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Some prominent critics have stood up for Let Me In (Anchor Bay), the English-language remake of the muted Swedish vampire tale Let The Right One In, and it certainly deserves credit for mimicking a horror film that doesn't play by genre rules. But it still feels like too much of a parlor trick, great for viewers who…

Sep. 10—HAZLETON — A man accused in a deadly shooting during a sexual assault in Hazleton nearly 11 years ago was arraigned on criminal homicide charges...

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-JoyNuQJs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31034811 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

2011 was an exemplary year, with memorable releases by Drake, Radiohead, Adele, PJ Harvey and more.

It's one week till Extra Life and we need your help to reach our goals. Will you consider donating to help children get healthy? Also...

Something I've been quite enamored with recently is ExpressCard. It's an older standard that's conceptually similar to Thunderbolt; basically, it's a slot in the laptop that can provide a USB 2.0, USB 3.0, or PCI Express interface.

These two Jaleco interviews cover the history of the company during the Famicom years, and includes commentary on several famous Jaleco series.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34889767 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

The World Gold Council revealed that demand for gold hit highs last year not seen since 2011, fueled by central bank tightening cycles, including the Federal Reserve's.

CQ Roll Call photojournalists look back to the summer of 2011 when political wrangling over raising the debt limit gripped Washington.