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When AI Actually Touches Money
Episode 4836
When you return a damaged monitor to Amazon and the chatbot offers you ten bucks to keep it, is that real AI making a decision? This episode breaks d…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Math Took Over Your Prescription Bottle
Episode 4835
Your prescription says "take every eight hours" like it's an eternal truth. It's not. Pharmacokinetics — the math of what your body does to a drug — …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why Your AI Bill Keeps Surprising You
Episode 4834
Two projects. One cost 37 cents. The other cost over $100. Same developer, same API provider — wildly different outcomes. This episode breaks down wh…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How to Label a Historical Book Without Destroying It
Episode 4833
Daniel wants to catalogue his in-laws' historical book collection, but he can't just slap a sticker on a two-hundred-year-old volume. This episode br…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Your AI Memory Should Be Markdown Files
Episode 4832
Daniel and Herman explore the case for portable, inspectable AI memory built on Markdown files and Git. They diagnose why agent-building platforms ov…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Podcast Player That Doesn't Exist
Episode 4831
Daniel wants a device that doesn't exist: an internet radio that downloads podcasts for offline listening, shaped like a traditional radio with a spe…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Hammock Physics Problem
Episode 4830
Daniel wants a hammock but lives in a Jerusalem rental with no garden and no storage. This episode tackles his four specific questions: Is there a co…
1 month, 2 weeks ago