Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.
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Do Sundays start the week, or end it? When does the week end, and is that the weekend?
November 29, 2021 • 2 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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What’s cooking? Is making tea cooking? John’s answers may surprise you. They certainly surprised Jason.
November 15, 2021 • 4 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
The proper way to eat popcorn. 🍿
November 1, 2021 • 4 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
Listeners Jono and Chris, and friend Tony Sindelar, have questions about what John defines as ‘camping.’ Suffering is surprisingly part of the calculation.
October 18, 2021 • 8 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
Listener Beth seeks enlightenment about what makes something a photo.
October 4, 2021 • 4 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
Listener Isaac wants us to judge if a certain “floating bridge” is actually a ferry. This leads, of course, to a discussion of infinite bridges and whether a fairy is a ferry in California.
September 20, 2021 • 3 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
If robots at a grocery-store warehouse works in tandem, are they robots? If they have a hive mind, are they still robots?
September 7, 2021 • 7 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
Singular or plural?
August 16, 2021 • 5 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
When you see an org chart and money changes hands, your spirituality has become something else.
August 2, 2021 • 2 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
Should we really spring forward and fall back?
July 19, 2021 • 6 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell
When do you run the dishwasher? Do you rinse the dishes first? And wouldn’t it be nice if our dishwashers were robots?
July 5, 2021 • 9 minutes • John Siracusa and Jason Snell