Listeners Jono and Chris, and friend Tony Sindelar, have questions about what John defines as ‘camping.’ Suffering is surprisingly part of the calculation. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

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219: Camping

Listener Beth seeks enlightenment about what makes something a photo. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

218: Photo

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. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

217: Floating Bridge

If robots at a grocery-store warehouse works in tandem, are they robots? If they have a hive mind, are they still robots? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

216: Grocery Robot Swarm

Singular or plural? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

215: A Criterion of Data

When you see an org chart and money changes hands, your spirituality has become something else. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

214: Religious or Spiritual

Should we really spring forward and fall back? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

213: Daylight Saving Time

When do you run the dishwasher? Do you rinse the dishes first? And wouldn’t it be nice if our dishwashers were robots? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

212: Dishwasher

Do you always start watching at the beginning? And do you have to watch till the end? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

211: Rules for Watching TV

The strange case of the burrito sandwich. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

210: Burrito, Part 2 (Qdoba v. Panera)

What is the shape of a dog? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

209: Dog-Shaped Dogs

Tim Cook thinks that self-driving cars are robots. Does John want to revisit his opinion? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

208: Self-Driving Cars, Part 2

Has the pandemic made John reconsider some of his previous rulings? (One guess.) John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

207: Pandemic Changes (or not)

Not all pickles are pickles, and not all relish is pickle relish. John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

206: Relish

What divides pots from pans? John Siracusa and Jason Snell.

205: Pots and Pans

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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