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Episode 289
Friend of the show Frank is seeking to delineate when something is a “vending machine” and when it’s just a machine that vends.
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
El Camino
Episode 288
Thanks to Friend of the Show Casey, we’re talking about weird cars and car classes again.
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Autonomous Excavator
Episode 287
Listener Ivan sent in a link to an autonomous excavator that assembled a six-foot wall out of rocks. Is it the Roomba of construction materials?!
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Dishwashing Methods
Episode 286
A tale of dishwashers and large sinks.
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Theme Songs / Skip Intro
Episode 285
We follow up on some feedback about our theme songs, and theme songs in general, while taking on whether we use the Skip Intro button when we should be listening to TV theme songs.
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Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
⚾️ Robot Umps ⚾️
Episode 284
It’s baseball’s Opening Day, so here’s our discussion of automated balls and strikes, also known as “Robot Umps,” how they relate to automated Hawk-Eye tennis calls, and why we won’t ever know how go…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
(Pizza) Pie
Episode 283
Fresh out of the oven for Pi Day, here’s a discussion of who exactly thinks pizza is a pie.
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Places You've Been
Episode 282
Do you have to leave the airport or get out of the car to claim you’ve been somewhere? (And are you under oath?)
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Killer Robot
Episode 281
Listener Kent is building actual killer robots.
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Hat
Episode 280
What makes a hat a hat?
John Siracusa and Jason Snell
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Published on 1 year, 10 months ago