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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 :)

Triton Notes

https://junupark.xyz/triton-notes/
1•qwertyforce•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Approve Sudo with Android Biometrics

https://github.com/hparadiz/kdesu-android-biometric-auth
1•hparadiz•8m ago•0 comments

Rabbit Holes: The Secret to Technical Expertise (2019)

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The Deadly 1.5-Mile Corridor That Shows the Fatal Flaw in America's Road Design

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1•bcaulfield•10m ago•0 comments

Russians Snap Up Chinese EVs as Ukrainian Attacks Make Fuel Scarce

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-ev-sales.html
1•lxm•15m ago•0 comments

"Saga Is Decentralized, 2PC Is Centralized" Is Mostly a Myth

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1•feeblefakie•15m ago•0 comments

Everyone Recommends Saga. Almost Nobody Mentions How Hard It Is to Get Right

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1•feeblefakie•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Free text classification piece for Activepieces

https://jeffyclassify.com/blog/activepieces-jeffy/
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1•snarky-comments•22m ago•0 comments

Playing It Sfape: Code Execution in Isolated User Mode

https://blog.doyensec.com/2026/10/13/Sfape.html
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OpenBSD 8.0

https://www.openbsd.org/80.html
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3•thatslast•42m ago•0 comments

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2•gmays•42m ago•0 comments

Show HN: URL Shortener – open-source Bitly Alternative

https://shortener.dev
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1•gopiandcode•50m ago•0 comments

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4•Gaishan•1h ago•1 comments

America's new era of private science

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2•uonr•1h ago•0 comments

US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

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1•Krissh_C•1h ago•1 comments

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly Report GLP-1 Signals of Slowed Biological Aging at ARDD

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9•hnburnsy•1h ago•2 comments