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

I've read recently an article about some retailers in the US starting to use surge pricing (price varying during the day).

The technology to do the same based on who looks at the price tag is already here, it's just blocked by privacy laws and the risk of bad reaction when you'll notice that prices decrease when the guy next to you looks at the product

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

And let's not forget the other side is in control of a propaganda bazooka, aka twitter, not addressing the public opinion would be suicidal for OAI.

...Or you can't rely on the validity of courts under attack from the executive branch of the government.

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

Red vs blue pill

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/

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

First thing I thought of, too. If not, I hope it’s planned. I’m all in on TUI tools, and vi keybinds are a necessary part of that for me.

Not planned for now I believe, you could try making a new Discussion for it.

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

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

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.

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.

I posted this 5 days ago, how did this resurface?