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Swatch – Mission to the Moon 1969 – 32 ESTA questions to get limited edition

https://www.swatch.com/en-ch/mission-to-the-moon-1969-ssx01b700/SSX01B700.html
1•zepearl•28s ago•0 comments

Sir Garry Sobers, West Indies cricketing great, dies aged 89

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/17/west-indies-cricket-great-sir-garry-sobers-dies
2•saikatsg•4m ago•1 comments

The Truth About AI's Water Use

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/how-much-water-data-centers-use/687934/
1•lantry•5m ago•0 comments

Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape and starts blocking them

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/patreon-stops-asking-ai-bots-not-to-scrape-and-starts-blocking-...
3•ZeidJ•5m ago•0 comments

Frozen 2 should be rated R

https://interconnected.org/home/2026/07/17/frozen
1•tobr•6m ago•2 comments

European commission adds exemptions to portable battery removability rules

https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-adds-exemptions-portable-battery-removal-rules-2...
1•MontyCarloHall•6m ago•0 comments

FBI arrests man accused of using Steam games to drain victims' crypto wallets

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/fbi-arrests-man-accused-of-using-steam-games-to-drain-victims-c...
1•Zeidd•7m ago•0 comments

The 40-hour work week is dying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHsLueolS_8
1•gillysuit•8m ago•0 comments

DHH Advocates for "Remigration"

https://world.hey.com/dhh/three-sacred-cows-that-must-die-so-europe-can-live-1afb203d
2•cdrnsf•9m ago•0 comments

The defense firms no one hears about are critical

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2026/07/18/2003860936
1•ClearwayLaw•9m ago•0 comments

Smoke Practice

https://www.smokepractice.com/
1•toilet•9m ago•0 comments

Marvel Wolverine trailer swarmed by PlayStation fans angry at Sony ditching disc

https://www.eurogamer.net/marvels-wolverine-story-trailer-sony-disc-outrage
1•Zeidd•10m ago•0 comments

Tile-pack repos, files, and prompts into images for 60–75% fewer Claude tokens

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1uz5tpl/tilepack_repos_docs_files_and_prompts_into_i...
1•syumei•11m ago•0 comments

Pelton: A FOSS, Privacy Focused and Customizable Email Client

https://pelton.app/
1•arnepk•16m ago•0 comments

NTP server that traveled back in time caused Aussie mobile outage

https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/07/17/ntp-server-that-traveled-back-in-time-caused-mass...
1•Bender•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I spent 9 months fixing file sharing between every major platform

https://tapsend.app
1•TapSend•16m ago•0 comments

FreelyMemo – A floating notepad on every tab

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/freelymemo-a-floating-not/heffeleefkjalhablljfohlcejiegpgb
1•kythanh•19m ago•0 comments

Torvalds challenged the haters to fork Linux. Someone said 'hold my beer'

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/17/torvalds-challenged-the-haters-to-fork-linux-...
4•Bender•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open-source verification and tuning layer for self-hosted LLMs

https://github.com/colomalabs/coloma
1•tschillaci•20m ago•0 comments

The Download: perimenopause misinformation and China's latest AI leap

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/17/1140640/the-download-perimenopause-misinformation-chi...
1•joozio•22m ago•0 comments

Yes, you can now order DoorDash from the command line

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/yes-you-can-now-order-doordash-from-the-command-line/
2•wayne•23m ago•1 comments

Show HN: A clean, distraction-free reading site for Plato's Apology of Socrates

https://allbooks.pages.dev
1•ismail_hossain•24m ago•0 comments

Does the SunChips Bag Break Down in a Compost Pile?

https://www.cockeyed.com/science/compost_chips/sunchips.php
2•jlund-molfese•25m ago•1 comments

Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work

https://www.recurse.com
5•nicholasjbs•27m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Da Ultimate Rap Battle: 564 dope-ass rap songs, ranked

https://ryantuck.io/rap/
2•ryantuck•28m ago•0 comments

Chess engine, pt. 0: Index

https://www.dogeystamp.com/chess0/
1•mci•31m ago•0 comments

Kimi K3: Is It Open Source? and What Would It Take to Recreate It?

https://grigio.org/kimi-k3-is-it-really-open-source-and-what-would-it-take-to-recreate-it/
2•grigio•31m ago•0 comments

Apple dethrones Nvidia to regain title of most valuable company

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/17/apple-nvidia-most-valuable-company
3•antfarm•31m ago•0 comments

The death of the stick shift is almost here

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2026/07/17/death-stick-shift-is-almost-here/
1•bookofjoe•32m ago•2 comments

Levels of Building a Data Grid – My 1 Year Journey of Building a Table

https://visualeaf.com/blog/the-10-levels-of-building-a-data-grid/
3•birdculture•34m ago•0 comments
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Show HN: Syneva – An AI Chatbot Ported to a Kids' Tile-Based Limited Game Engine

https://sprig.hackclub.com/share/VzO62YQXBGOpcbj7xusB
2•kuberwastaken•1y ago

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kuberwastaken•1y ago
I made SYNEVA as a part of my fun-research repo while I learn about LLMs at https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/MiniLMs

I came across Sprig while Scrolling through Hack Club, it's a Javascript game engine that's like Scratch's older brother (fun fact, it's partially made by Scratch's creator too) but has it's own set of unique limitations because it runs on a custom hardware.

All sprites need to be made in Bitmap, you have to use single character variable names but most importantly, you can only use 8 characters to control the "game".

I had to make a virtual keyboard implementation (which was awful btw) using WASD to navigate keyboard, K to select and I to send the message.

also, it doesn't have any audio support and uses an event sequencer to get any music into it (got around it by making https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/Sprig-Music-Maker that converts midis to it)

SYNEVA is a rule based chatbot, so not technically AI but hey, still pretty fun and really cool to use (I also made it understand slang and some brainrot, so try that out too lol)

Hope you enjoy it :)