Episode 576: People Who Don’t Want to Talk to a Lamp

An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.

3 Apr 20241h

Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl. Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things...

1 Apr 20241h 29min

Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world.

20 Mar 20241h 42min

Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.

13 Mar 20241h 17min

A classic odds n' sods episode. Plus, Merlin has thoughts about memory and ecosystems, and Dan is considering jetting through an eclipse. e640 Bob Evans https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads...

12 Mar 20241h 19min

Dan talks about what he's learned from traveling a bunch, and Merlin thinks a lot of weirdness comes from our twin fears of boredom and inconvenience.

5 Mar 20241h 15min

A classic odds n' sods episode.

23 Jan 20242h 14min

Merlin conducts a deep dive on being busy versus being time-constrained, and Dan has some updates on his task management odyssey.

17 Jan 20241h 35min