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Literate programming is the idea that code should be intermingled with prose such that an uninformed reader could read a code base as a narrative, and come away with an understanding of how it works…

124 points133 commentsarstechnica.com

In experimental surgery on pig organs, the robot performed well.

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A cadre of engineers who specialize in tunneling and excavation say that we have barely begun to take advantage of the underground’s versatility. The underground is the next great frontier, they say,…

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Are you an Asker or a Guesser? Oliver Burkeman explains the difference