Ben Gibb

Electrical and Automation Engineer. Independant consultant/contractor. Always tinkering.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@sama interesting the perceived and false inverse correlation between code quality and speed. at that speed, i’ll be questioning it’s quality.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@ShaanVP think that’s bad? you should see how bad Crave software from @BellMediaPR is.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@adcock_brett ahh, putting the label on the opposite side warrants this kind of solution. makes sense. keep cooking 👍

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

this seems like solving the wrong problem… @adcock_brett, if the job is to scan the packages downstream, why not just have multiple bar code readers at various angles and skip the robot?

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

Nobody is paying enough attention to what is happening at Figure AI right now.

Its humanoid robots are now working 70 hours straight livestream, sorting packages at around 2.6 seconds each.

That is reportedly FASTER than the average human worker (3secs).

They have now sorted over 88,000 packages with no human assistance, no teleoperation, and no cloud.

The company says it will NOT STOP the stream until a robot physically breaks.

The labor market is about to be redefined.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

here is my n=1 experience with codex /goal mode:
- ran for 47 hours before hitting weekly limit (pro 5x plan)
- token usage: total=43M
- estimates it's 60% percent

kinda stuck now @sama ... have to wait until May 11 to continue. no idea on quality of output yet...

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

“Most charging stops were under five minutes”

Yea, nope. That didn’t happen.

[Nahuel Hilal @nahuelhilal]

Yesterday I drove my @tesla 900 miles on FSD from Miami to Nashville and I realized it’s genuinely the better option.

I fly that route 2 to 3 times a month. Flights are never under $400. Most times $600. Sometimes $800.

Add Uber to and from both airports, or parking garage fees. Then factor in the delays, the cancellations, the security theater, the chaos, the guy next to you who hasn’t met deodorant yet.

On the other hand: I pack healthy snacks, press one button, and the car just goes.

I took calls. Replied to emails. FaceTimed my family. Ate without pulling over. Did everything I normally do on a travel day, except none of the stuff that makes travel days miserable.

My biggest concern going in was range and charging. Here’s what actually happened:

My bladder needed one extra stop the car didn’t even suggest. Most charging stops were under five minutes. Total cost for the whole trip was less than just the uber to the airport.

And this was the base model Y.
Now I’m thinking I should get something comfier and just make this the default.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

doable with no netflix or social media

[Hetal @heyytal]

how do I lift heavier, be in a calorie deficit, take mg, o3, 100gm protein, regulate cortisol, do skincare, walk 10k steps, do pilates, balance hormones, do sauna, sleep for 8 hrs, regulate emotions, not fall sick WHILE excelling at career & social life & travels & love???

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@adamwathan awesome. just bought one.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@andrewchen why not just a global keyboard shortcut?

i use hyperkey + 2 and then use karabiner to map holding “d” key to this shortcut. works wonderful.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

some rules of thumb on charging current on cables:
- 4.16kV, 1000ft (300m), 4/0 AWG is about 0.5A
- 4.16kV, 1000ft (300m), 500 MCM is about 0.7A
- 13.8kV, 1000ft (300m), 4/0 AWG is about 1A
- 13.8kV, 1000ft (300m), 500 MCM is about 1.5A

something to be mindful of on lightly loaded, long distribution cables, as you can get issues with reactive power flow and voltage rise.

the following things will increase the capacitance and therefore increase the charging current on a single line-to-ground fault.
1) conductors size
2) voltage
3) insulation level (100%, 133%, 173%)
4) cable length

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

sizing motor branch circuits by hand means flipping between NEC 430.22, 430.52, ampacity tables, and your catalog. ekx does all of it the moment you set the horsepower

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@coreyganim but doesn't it only work on websites that are programmed FOR webMCP?

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@AlexC_NJD @grok replicate this picture but Canadian flag instead of American.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

And SAP

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

It's funny to see all the companies with the best UI build MCP servers first - Mercury, Linear, Figma, etc.

What we all need in life is WORKDAY MCP

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@aviflombaum @tobi I tried this but don't you have to qmd index and qmd embed after each feature developed or the qmd index becomes stale? I found that to be annoying and eventually gave up on qmd for codebases. what am i missing?

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@karankendre Hey @grok how do I get the clock on my phone like this

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@nateliason Put it in the garage. That’s what I do with my breville.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

made a pushup tracker in my menu bar. sends a persistent notification every 30 mins to do another 30.

[Ben Gibb @bWgibb]

@adamwathan Why the app vs terminal?