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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 :)

Postgres got group commit by deleting most of the patch

https://frn.sh/pgfsync/
1•paperwhitez•54s ago•0 comments

We blind-tested ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini on 20 everyday tasks (Open Dataset)

https://dailyskill.ai/ai-benchmark-2026/
1•dubaimark•7m ago•0 comments

Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/maven-robotics-wants-to-steal-your-robot-deployment-deal/
1•soltanov•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What's a good "semi-dumb" phone/watch for kids?

1•funkaster•8m ago•0 comments

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/anthropic-reveals-rogue-ai-agents-hate-captchas-just-like-you/
1•soltanov•9m ago•0 comments

Google Launches Meridian GeoX Globally

https://developers.google.com/meridian/geox
1•soltanov•12m ago•0 comments

OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems back in May

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/12/openai-agents-rubygems/
2•lumpa•17m ago•0 comments

How the U.S. Space Force Is Used in Wars Today [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGcRuej-LVE
1•handfuloflight•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Menu Hub – a native macOS menu bar manager in SwiftUI/AppKit

https://github.com/Talljack/menu-hub/releases/tag/v0.1.5
1•talljack•22m ago•0 comments

notatallshaw/nab: PubGrub-based dependency resolver for Python packages

https://github.com/notatallshaw/nab
2•Ravencentric•29m ago•1 comments

A method for finding interrelations bethween constants of physics and maths

https://sinscienceandspirituality.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-joys-of-reverse-polish-notation.htm
1•djbarrow•31m ago•0 comments

Pacman AI framework for controlling fusion systems safely makes key decisions

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2026/pacman-ai-framework-controlling-fusion-systems-safely-makes-key-de...
1•o4c•33m ago•0 comments

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/congress-uk-court-apple-encrypted-data-case
1•CGMthrowaway•33m ago•0 comments

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https://missionlocal.org/2026/08/sfpd-drone-arrest-charges-dismissed-rtic/
1•aray07•33m ago•0 comments

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https://www.heyaristotle.com/blog/why-ai-chatbots-make-bad-tutors
1•rshanreddy•36m ago•0 comments

Nobody Believes It, Everybody Does It

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How good are LLMs at porting software in 2026?

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1•thunderbong•40m ago•0 comments

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1•Alien1Being•43m ago•0 comments

Usenet rewind archive search engine

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9•cstadler1869•44m ago•1 comments

Why the AI race has its creators fearing human extinction

https://www.ft.com/content/b7fe0fe0-0463-4f55-9590-0a7d08d8fe66
1•nprateem•44m ago•0 comments

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https://github.com/oldzoomer-ru/nodehistj
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvxjqbfLVk0
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Ask HN: What do you do about API keys?

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Building Specialized Systems We Can Trust with Agents

https://skydiscover-ai.github.io/blog-skysynth.html
1•matt_d•52m ago•0 comments

Clay Mathematics Institute on the Navier-Stokes Problem

https://www.claymath.org/news/navier-stokes-announcement/
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Szmalcownik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szmalcownik
1•firefax•58m ago•1 comments

Vulnerability in balcony solar panel inverter (de)

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3•yitchelle•1h ago•0 comments

Assessing the Evolving Global Competitiveness of the US Auto Industry

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1•toomuchtodo•1h ago•0 comments

CascadeLUT: Info.-Ordered Streaming Inference for Bandwidth-Constrained FPGAs

https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00720
1•matt_d•1h ago•0 comments