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US Accuses China of Secret Nuclear Testing

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-has-been-clear-wanting-new-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-...
1•jandrewrogers•24s ago•0 comments

Peacock. A New Programming Language

1•hashhooshy•5m ago•1 comments

A postcard arrived: 'If you're reading this I'm dead, and I really liked you'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/02/07/postcard-death-teacher-glickman/
2•bookofjoe•6m ago•1 comments

What to know about the software selloff

https://www.morningstar.com/markets/what-know-about-software-stock-selloff
2•RickJWagner•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Syntux – generative UI for websites, not agents

https://www.getsyntux.com/
3•Goose78•10m ago•0 comments

Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

https://jpcaparas.medium.com/ab75cef97954
2•birdculture•11m ago•0 comments

AI overlay that reads anything on your screen (invisible to screen capture)

https://lowlighter.app/
1•andylytic•12m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Seafloor, be up and running with OpenClaw in 20 seconds

https://seafloor.bot/
1•k0mplex•12m ago•0 comments

Tesla turbine-inspired structure generates electricity using compressed air

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-tesla-turbine-generates-electricity-compressed.html
2•PaulHoule•14m ago•0 comments

State Department deleting 17 years of tweets (2009-2025); preservation needed

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5704785/state-department-trump-posts-x
2•sleazylice•14m ago•1 comments

Learning to code, or building side projects with AI help, this one's for you

https://codeslick.dev/learn
1•vitorlourenco•14m ago•0 comments

Effulgence RPG Engine [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQOUe9S7dU
1•msuniverse2026•16m ago•0 comments

Five disciplines discovered the same math independently – none of them knew

https://freethemath.org
3•energyscholar•16m ago•1 comments

We Scanned an AI Assistant for Security Issues: 12,465 Vulnerabilities

https://codeslick.dev/blog/openclaw-security-audit
1•vitorlourenco•17m ago•0 comments

Amazon no longer defend cloud customers against video patent infringement claims

https://ipfray.com/amazon-no-longer-defends-cloud-customers-against-video-patent-infringement-cla...
2•ffworld•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Medinilla – an OCPP compliant .NET back end (partially done)

https://github.com/eliodecolli/Medinilla
2•rhcm•21m ago•0 comments

How Does AI Distribute the Pie? Large Language Models and the Ultimatum Game

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6157066
1•dkga•21m ago•1 comments

Resistance Infrastructure

https://www.profgalloway.com/resistance-infrastructure/
2•samizdis•25m ago•1 comments

Fire-juggling unicyclist caught performing on crossing

https://news.sky.com/story/fire-juggling-unicyclist-caught-performing-on-crossing-13504459
1•austinallegro•26m ago•0 comments

Restoring a lost 1981 Unix roguelike (protoHack) and preserving Hack 1.0.3

https://github.com/Critlist/protoHack
2•Critlist•28m ago•0 comments

GPS and Time Dilation – Special and General Relativity

https://philosophersview.com/gps-and-time-dilation/
1•mistyvales•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Witnessd – Prove human authorship via hardware-bound jitter seals

https://github.com/writerslogic/witnessd
1•davidcondrey•31m ago•1 comments

Show HN: I built a clawdbot that texts like your crush

https://14.israelfirew.co
2•IsruAlpha•33m ago•2 comments

Scientists reverse Alzheimer's in mice and restore memory (2025)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251224032354.htm
2•walterbell•36m ago•0 comments

Compiling Prolog to Forth [pdf]

https://vfxforth.com/flag/jfar/vol4/no4/article4.pdf
1•todsacerdoti•37m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Cymatica – an experimental, meditative audiovisual app

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cymatica-sounds-visualizer/id6748863721
1•_august•39m ago•0 comments

GitBlack: Tracing America's Foundation

https://gitblack.vercel.app/
9•martialg•39m ago•1 comments

Horizon-LM: A RAM-Centric Architecture for LLM Training

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04816
1•chrsw•39m ago•0 comments

We just ordered shawarma and fries from Cursor [video]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WALQOiugbWc
1•jeffreyjin•40m ago•1 comments

Correctio

https://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/C/correctio.htm
1•grantpitt•40m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Show HN: Lumo – a tiny fluffy virtual pet you can play with in the browser

https://www.youware.com/project/lumo-r05knsgeb5?enter_from=share&invite_code=TEPFRUN9IH&screen_status=1
4•rand_num_gen•5mo ago
This is Lumo, a tiny fluffy virtual pet that lives in your browser.

You can feed it, tickle it, or just say hi — it reacts naturally, more like a living toy than a game character.

Play here: https://yw.app/ujtA8IZ

## Why I made this

I wanted to experiment with combining AI-generated assets (image-to-video via Google Flow) and a lightweight state machine in JavaScript to simulate natural pet-like behaviors. Instead of giving direct commands, you just interact — and Lumo reacts.

## How it works

- Assets were generated with image-to-video (idle, happy, annoyed, etc.). To make the animations feel more natural, I used the Frames-to-Video mode — for example, I set both the start and end frames to the idle state, so transitions between different behaviors look smoother.

- A JS state machine switches animations and reactions. For example, the default state is the idle animation. If you touch Lumo once, it becomes curious and shows the corresponding behavior (animation). If you touch it again, it turns happy.

- Everything runs client-side in the browser.

## What’s next

This is just a small experiment right now. I’d love to hear feedback:

- What feels fun or missing in the interaction?

- What other “pet-like” behaviors could make it more alive?

- Anyone else here experimenting with AI video assets for interactive projects?

Thanks for checking it out

Comments

southwindcg•5mo ago
This is adorable. You might get swamped in search results by Proton's new AI cat chatbot, though.

https://lumo.proton.me/guest

rand_num_gen•5mo ago
Thanks for the reminder!!

Mainly doing a funny experiment this time and seeing if I can get some feedback on HN.

The indexing speed of HN by Google is amazing... just searching "Lumo pet" brings up the post. I hadn’t thought of that before.