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Ben James
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Engineer and writer. benjames.io
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    Ben James
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    Apr 1
    I made myself a mini fax machine. Dedicated phone number, instantly prints anything you text it.
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    Ben James
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    May 9, 2025
    My grand theory of life is to just hammer the shit out of quadrant 4
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    Ben James
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    Apr 10, 2025
    Just published my live map of the london underground! (link below)
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    Ben James
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    Apr 14, 2025
    On Saturday we installed 75 replicas of Feathers McGraw around London. full story below
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    Ben James
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    Sep 3, 2024
    New post: Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
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    Ben James
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    Jun 9, 2025
    Solar data center mvp is COMPLETE Hit us up if you want free compute this week. Fully off grid with starlink + battery + cooling. No wires, no water! Build thread below...
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    Ben James
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    Apr 10, 2025
    Replying to @BenJames_____
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    Ben James
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    Sep 3, 2024
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    Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
    The cost of solar panels is plummeting, and this will flood the power grid with cheap electricity. But that’s just Act 1. We won’t stop building solar at the limits of the grid - we’ll build a lot...
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    Ben James
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    Feb 23, 2025
    Who would like to build a teeny Solar Data Center at Edge Esmeralda in June? Completely off-grid w solar, batteries, cooling, starlink all integrated. Will put together a squad if there’s interest. @JoinEdgeCity
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    Ben James
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    Apr 11, 2025
    This is on the front page of hacker news and coming up on 1mil map tile requests which is getting kinda pricey. Does anyone want to sponsor some tiling credits?
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    Ben James
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    Jun 5, 2025
    Solar data center is in progress. Who would like remote access to an RTX4090 for a week? (real Q)
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    Ben James
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    May 8, 2025
    The best email I received about the tube map was from Emil: - He runs a business doing precision miniature machining, and he uses the tube map to make cuts when there are no vibrations from nearby trains - I visited him yesterday and he is building the UK's second-most-precise
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    Ben James
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    Apr 11, 2025
    thanks for all the love on the tube map but i have to stay focused on the mission (installing 100 replicas of feathers mcgraw around london)
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    Ben James
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    Mar 31, 2025
    I'm working on a live map of the london underground
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