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This feel diluted compared to what it could have been. Would be better if you had a bunch of instructions and could drag them into sequence at each screen.

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It's great marketing! But yes. He considers it an error to specify "Use the same knife for the jelly" even though it's considered correct to state "Wipe the knife clean before using it for jelly". The latter statement implies the former, and if you follow all the instructions both are not wrong.

I also consider some of the instructions to be under specified. For example, a piece of bread could be said to have 6 sides, but only 2 of those are helpful for making a sandwich.

>The latter statement implies the former

It does not, unless you have previously instructed not to intermix ingredients in their container.

I'm just annoyed I lost points for specifying both "Open the peanut butter jar" and "unscrew the lid of the peanut butter jar". The first one's context! The second "more precise" version doesn't specify what you should do with the now-unscrewed lid and the obvious solution, for a robot that takes things literally, is to leave it sitting on top of the jar.

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