Faithfully Wrong: When Specs Miss Reality
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A spec says to stop the transfer at 1%, the code follows it exactly, and every single run fails. We explore a bright tank transfer system where physics betrayed the specification—the pump's coast-down window meant that last 1% always made it through, firing low alarms every time. The code wasn't broken. The spec just forgot about time. Plus, corrections from previous episodes. 00:00 - The Tank Transfer Paradox 05:30 - Pump Physics: The One-Second Coast 11:00 - Why The Code Is Innocent 15:15 - Housekeeping: Corrections & Sources --- Sources & further reading: • Rockwell, Design Considerations, 1756-RM094N-EN-P, Sept 2025, Ch. 10, checked 2026-09-22 (ep-02): https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/1756-rm094_-en-p.pdf • Epoch AI, FrontierMath v2 error-correction note, as cited in ai-benchmarking ep-02: https://epoch.ai/benchmarks/frontiermath-tiers-1-3 This podcast episode was fully generated by AI — research, script, voices, and production. Built with Claude, Piper TTS, and automated pipeline tooling.
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