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New comment by jarbus in "I'll buy your electronics to feed our robot"

jarbus — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:10:35 +0000

This is really cool. In the demo, how do they just yank the chip off the board? I'd have assumed it would be somehow soldered on or something.

Typing Speed Might Matter Now

jarbus — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:52:22 +0000

Article URL: https://jarbus.net/blog/typing-speed-might-matter-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513790

Points: 2

# Comments: 6

Real Life Superpowers

jarbus — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:17:25 +0000

Article URL: https://jarbus.net/blog/real-life-superpowers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47084411

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jarbus in "The behavioral cost of personalized pricing"

jarbus — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:10:43 +0000

This is why I like buying in a physical store. I also think the only solution to this practice is really just to avoid buying as much as possible. I never get food delivery and only get uber to go to and from the mechanic. Ditto for the medical system, I got charged $400 for a strep throat test. I’ll just stay home until I feel better

New comment by jarbus in "The truth Elon left out"

jarbus — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:20:23 +0000

I think the court of public opinion also matters greatly to be honest, especially when you are responsible for a dangerous technology

New comment by jarbus in "Think of Pavlov"

jarbus — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:12:14 +0000

It can be an exhausting way to view relationships, but I think it’s true. I’d argue there also is plenty of room for intimacy and vulnerability when it’s genuine. I think people appreciate these traits when they are genuine and appropriate, and prefer it to a fake aura of confidence

New comment by jarbus in "The Gentle Seduction (1989)"

jarbus — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:50:55 +0000

Didn’t realize we could post short stories on here. This one was really nice :)

I wrote a similar sci fi short story set in the near future if anyone is interested:

https://jarbus.net/blog/growth-and-decay/

New comment by jarbus in "Toad is a unified experience for AI in the terminal"

jarbus — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:34:11 +0000

This looks really cool. I wonder if they support vi keybinds

New comment by jarbus in "GNU Unifont"

jarbus — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:36:50 +0000

Been a proud user for a while at jarbus.net :)

New comment by jarbus in "Evolution Strategies at the Hyperscale"

jarbus — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:34:54 +0000

This is pretty cool :) I had worked on a similar project earlier this year, but applied to GA and not ES

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03037

New comment by jarbus in "Unison 1.0"

jarbus — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:14:31 +0000

This is so so, cool, but I feel like most of the features are lost once you need to use complex dependencies that aren’t in unison.

New comment by jarbus in "What I learned about creativity from a man painting on a treadmill (2024)"

jarbus — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:50:32 +0000

Love this. I feel this narrative is woefully under-appreciated. I think there’s something beautiful about watching people who aren’t near the top of their field, “normal” people who are just trying to have fun. But that doesn’t make a good story usually. I’ve tried writing some fiction along these lines, and it requires quite a bit more narrative to convey.