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Show HN: Lathoa, a math app for kids where the AI is wrong on purpose

I made this for kids around 10 to 14. A robot called Errol solves a math problem step by step and one of the steps is wrong. The kid has to find it and say what's wrong with it. Sometimes nothing is wrong, so just saying "there's a mistake" every time doesn't work. The user needs to enter an explanation if she finds an error to gain more XP; speed matters also for more points. There is no direct interaction or chatting with an LLM. Lathoa's harness is stable and has many evaluation steps to catc...
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Coltrane's Tone Circle

Article URL: https://jtomschroeder.com/blog/tone-circle/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909908 Points: 19 # Comments: 4
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Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards

Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/before-pixels-modular-industrial-dashboards/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912792 Points: 36 # Comments: 6
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Dear Software Makers

Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/dear-software-makers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49913364 Points: 64 # Comments: 37
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Gemini 4 Argon

See also: Gemini 4 Argon (High): Intelligence, Performance and Price Analysis - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49914236 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49913571 Points: 860 # Comments: 575
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Functional Ultrasound Imaging (fUSI) from scratch

Article URL: https://www.neuroai.science/p/functional-ultrasound-imaging-from Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49913604 Points: 21 # Comments: 3
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Automating Wi-Fi setup testing on the ESP32

Article URL: https://groundrun.io/blog/automating-wi-fi-setup-testing-on-the-esp32/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915119 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
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EDG C++ Compiler is open source

Article URL: https://github.com/edgcpp/compiler Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915484 Points: 13 # Comments: 1
Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business
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Furry Airline Pilots Are Just Minding Their Own Business

“We’re furries at home, and we’re airline pilots at work, and these are two separate things,” says one member of the community in response to senator Tommy Tuberville's recent rant.
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The Halide camera app now offers full control of the iPhone 18 Pro’s aperture

A new update to Lux Optics' anti-algorithm Halide camera app for the iPhone and iPad adds two new photography looks and support for the variable aperture on the new iPhone 18 Pro's main camera. Halide isn't the first alternative to the native iOS camera app to add support for the new feature, but it offers […]
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‘Xbox is not for sale’ says Microsoft’s gaming chief

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has denied reports that Microsoft is considering selling off its Xbox business. The Information reported in June that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood had been considering spinning out Xbox entirely, and then reported earlier this month that both execs have "more recently supported Sharma's plans to overhaul the […]
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Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban

This spring, the United States banned all future foreign-made consumer routers - effectively all future routers - unless their makers could 1) convince the US government that they weren't a national security threat, and 2) submit "a detailed, time-bound plan to establish or expand manufacturing in the United States." As of September 9th, Asus now […]