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Show HN: Simple browser game to teach AI transformation concepts to small biz
by Renjit | 2026-01-13 18:14:17+00:00
I grew up playing simple games like Pac-Man, Prince of Persia, and Doom.
Those games were intuitive, hard to put down, and taught mechanics through play rather than instruction.

Years later, while working on AI transformation projects for small businesses, I kept running into the same issue.
AI concepts are usually explained through slides, frameworks, and jargon.
Most owners disengage before understanding how these ideas apply to their business.

I decided to experiment with a different approach.
I built a small browser-based game that introduces basic AI transformation concepts through short levels and simple decisions.

Each level maps to a real-world idea.
Examples include process automation, data readiness, and incremental adoption rather than big-bang AI projects.
The mechanics are intentionally simple and do not require prior AI knowledge.

The game was built using Google AI Studio powered by Gemini and deployed on Google Cloud.
It runs in the browser and does not require signup.

As an experiment, the game also issues vouchers as players complete levels.
Those vouchers can be redeemed later for AI transformation work, but the game can be played purely for learning or curiosity.

This is an early version.
The goal is feedback, not polish.

Things I am especially interested in hearing about:
– Whether the concepts are understandable without explanation
– Where the game feels confusing or boring
– Whether gameplay actually helps comprehension
– Ideas for improving the learning flow

You can try it on the link: https://aiquest.futureu.co/
by isodev | 2026-01-13 18:14:34+00:00
> His views, always unapologetic, became more strident over time and pushed everyone away. That also felt like family.

I’m sorry, are you also racist or do you mean a different family?

Scott Adams undoubtedly “won at life” but also somehow remained angry at the world. More of an example of things we shouldn’t do and things we should try to eradicate.
by mmooss | 2026-01-13 18:14:36+00:00
> the product is produces is not worth what it costs to produce it.

The product is not priced at what it costs to produce it. Price is what you pay, value is what you get.

Why is it priced too low for its value? IMHO a major reason is people not rejecting the 'post-truth' era, but embracing it - devaluing truth. For example, they way overvalue information on social media, because its lack of truth is not a consideration.

Journalists personally are on the scene, talk to key people, read the documents, interview experts, and are trained professionals in gathering and reporting information accurately. Somehow hot takes from someone who hasn't left their basement is seen as valuable. Imagine someone on social media who did all that work.
by wrqvrwvq | 2026-01-13 18:14:41+00:00
Adams wasn't a white supremacist by any definition of the word. He was never hateful either. You just never learned what words mean and you've been told that calling people these things leads to their cancellation. If he made remarks you disagree with, in earlier times, this was called a difference of opinion. Deporting criminal aliens is not "kidnapping"; a federally administered customs service is not a "gestapo". Get a dictionary.
by mempko | 2026-01-13 18:14:52+00:00
I've talked with Scott Adams. In private he seemed a lot more reasonable than in public. I always wondered how much of his public life was a show, a way to make money.

But then the way he dealt with his cancer make me reconsider. Adams publicly acknowledged trying ivermectin and fenbendazole as alternative cancer treatments, which he later declared ineffective, before pursuing conventional medical care in his final months. Unfortunately by then it's too late.

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Engineers_and_woo

Something is wrong with us engineers. We need to have less magical thinking. More scientific and mathematical education.
by ks2048 | 2026-01-13 18:14:54+00:00
Can't tell if this is sarcasm. This was his statement (he says "I'm not a believer"),

Next, many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go. I'm not a believer, but I have to admit the risk-reward calculation for doing so looks attractive. So, here I go:

I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, and I look forward to spending an eternity with him. The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven. I won't need any more convincing than that. And I hope I am still qualified for entry.
by Grosvenor | 2026-01-13 18:15:16+00:00
So there were two computers made with the same bits mid 90s. Origin(compute, blue) and onyx(graphics, purple). Both had deskside and rack systems.

Onyx had a few slots reserved for graphics, original could have more compute boards. But you could certainly put two couple cpu boards in an onyx deskside or rack.
by NoMoreNicksLeft | 2026-01-13 18:15:21+00:00
>We need to make it shameful to be bigoted again,

We have made our society shameless. Pornographers, gamblers, and truly creepy people are told that it's fine to be what they are. I dunno, maybe that really is the case. But having abandoned shame as a method of social cohesion, you don't get to resurrect it for those things you dislike. The two-edged sword cuts both ways.

I did not follow the Scott Adams brouhaha when it happened, and vaguely I somehow get the impression it's like the Orson Scott Card thing. I'm afraid to check for fear that when I do I will find there was nothing he should've been ashamed for. People use the word "bigot" to mean things I can't seem to categories as bigotry.
by lep_qq | 2026-01-13 18:15:24+00:00
The "auto-save drafts" pattern is surprisingly under-implemented in modern apps, especially considering how trivial it is with current tech.
A simple approach that works well:

Debounced auto-save (500ms after typing stops)
LocalStorage as primary backup (instant, works offline)
Server sync as secondary (periodic, handles multi-device)
Visual indicator showing save state (saving/saved/error)

The hard part isn't the tech—it's the UX decisions:

When do you restore a draft? (always? ask first? only if newer than saved version?)
How do you handle conflicts? (user edited on phone, then opens laptop with older draft)
When do you clean up drafts? (after successful post? after N days? never?)

We implemented this for a form-heavy app and the reduction in support tickets ("I lost my work!") paid for the dev time in weeks.
One gotcha: LocalStorage can be cleared by browsers under storage pressure. IndexedDB is more reliable for draft persistence, though slightly more complex to implement.
What's your approach for handling draft conflicts across devices?
by LargeWu | 2026-01-13 18:15:26+00:00
It's not just political views, though.

Politics is "How much should we tax people?" and "Where should we set limits on carbon emissions?" or "Which candidate do I support"

Politics is not "Black Americans are a terrorist group" and "Actually, maybe the Holocaust was not as bad as people say it was".

The latter are core moral views, and we should not be so quick to dismiss them as merely political.
by rurp | 2026-01-13 18:15:42+00:00
Infrastructure Week was literally a running joke throughout Trump's first term because his staff would start by hyping up some substantive policy changes they wanted to pass, only for it to be completely derailed by yet another ridiculous/stupid/corrupt/insane thing Trump or one of his top people did.

Clearly Trump himself has no interest in these sorts of substantive projects, I mean just look at his second term. He has even less interest in policy this time around and isn't even pretending to push for infrastructure or similar legislation.
by energy123 | 2026-01-13 18:15:45+00:00
Read the Wikipedia page for the Internet Research Agency. This was a Russian propaganda outfit that organized half a dozen Black Lives Matter protests, one of them attended by Michael Moore.

Troll farms were found to control half of the largest ethnic and religious Facebook groups before the 2020 election.

The tactic here is to use social media as a weapon to stoke every possible division in society.

The solution is to take the weapon away.
by astrobe_ | 2026-01-13 18:15:46+00:00
Oh, that's why. I barely used any CVS before Git, so I was always puzzled about the "weird" opinions on this topic. I'm still puzzled by the fact that some people seem to reject entirely the idea of rewriting history - even locally before you have pushed/published it anywhere.

Sometimes people look sort of "superstitious" to me about Git. I believe this is caused by learning Git through web front-ends such as Github, GitLab, Gitea etc., that don't tell you the entire truth; desktop GUI clients also let the users only see Git through their own, more-or-less narrow "window".

TBH, sometimes Git can behave in ways you don't expect, like seeing conflicts when you thought there wouldn't be (but up to now never things like choosing the "wrong" version when doing merges, something I did fear when I started using it a ~decade ago).

However one usually finds an explanation after the fact. Something I've learned is that Git is usually right, and forcing it to do things is a good recipe to mess things up badly.
by blamestross | 2026-01-13 18:16:19+00:00
> I can't imagine e.g. taking some time on Sunday afternoon to feel that panic I suppressed from the crisis on Monday.

Almost literally that. Revisit the moments that made you "suppress" things. Think of it as a post-mortem. It won't be the same, an echo distorted by time and distance, But pay attention to what you set aside. Suppressing emotions is the short term hack. The ideal is to be able to have them and still be centered. Only way to get better at that is practice.
by ravenstine | 2026-01-13 18:16:40+00:00
Sure, though I'm not sure why that matters as I am pretty sure we all have some sort of cautionary tale in our lives the further back you dig.

I don't agree that this is a clear-cut example of a cautionary tale. I think for most people it can be a cautionary tale since it's common to chase things that promise hope in a desperate situation. We also shouldn't dismiss that someone can weigh the risks and take a gamble on something working out. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong or stupid for someone trying something conventional even if it backfires.

It's important to try and see this from Scott's perspective. According to him, he had his use of his vocal cords restored by a treatment that was highly experimental and during a time when all the official information said there was no treatment. If we are to believe his words, it worked out for him once, so it makes sense that he would decide to try things that are unconventional when his entire life was at stake.
by nutjob2 | 2026-01-13 18:16:59+00:00
Respect is earned by your actions and deeds, not by your death.

When someone I know dies, I speak frankly about them, good or bad, because to do otherwise is a lie, and the most disrespectful thing to do is to misrepresent a person who no longer can represent themselves.

Scott Adams did what he did, that's surely not in question. Honor his life by speaking frankly about how he affected oneself and others, good or bad. Let the chips fall where they may.
by drdaeman | 2026-01-13 18:17:17+00:00
> exploited

Isn’t that a derogatory stereotype? Aren’t those men (and women and other folks) as “exploited” as a reader of a book or a player of a game, who understands they’re about to be a part of a fantasy but willingly suspend the disbelief for a short while?

It’s only exploitation if this suspension of disbelief is artificially prolonged in nefarious way, with a self-reinforcing fantasy so the person loses touch with the reality and spends increasingly unhealthy amounts of time in a fantasy, or otherwise get conditioned and start to exhibit addiction-like behaviors that aren’t in their best long-term interests.

That happens (every entertainment industry has its whales), but saying it’s the norm (rather than a pathological extremity) is sort of stigmatizing.
by mbesto | 2026-01-13 18:17:28+00:00
None of those things matter when your solar array is 4.5 kW and you have a standard 150A/200A grid in....

Like I said, they basically are not sold to scale like a normal household uses electricity.

EDIT: What the heck is in-rush and backfeed? Are you talking about AC input to charge the batteries? The 18k is 50A @ 240VAC (12kW) fyi. Also, why does the charge rate even matter there? For the AC output its also 12 kW...the family is average 48 kWh days, which is 2 kW hourly average...
by jdoe1337halo | 2026-01-13 18:17:30+00:00
Completely agree, I thought about this being a CLI tool. My reasoning is that not everyone wants to migrate every single repo that they have, as some can be multiple GBs that they do not want on their private server. I wanted to have a GUI to be able to select the specific repos that I wanted to migrate. If you have hundreds of repos like myself, using the CLI to select specific repos could be slightly more inconvenient than just clicking through the UI. Also I just prefer GUI over CLI in my own opinion in most cases.
by rtkwe | 2026-01-13 18:17:41+00:00
The O-1B category is broad because it's mostly entertainment based so there's more squishy room two of the requirements match a Top OF model though.

> Evidence of a record of major commercial or critically acclaimed successes in the performing arts, as shown by box office receipts or record, cassette, compact disk, or video sales

> Evidence of having commanded a high salary or other significantly high remuneration for services in relation to others

A high earning OF model ticks both of those boxes pretty easily. We don't want to put dollar amounts on it to only attract movie stars because other professions don't pay as well would be blocked out and an explicit filter on (heh) explicit O1 visas would be a content based restriction that would (or at least imo should) be a 1A infringement. [0]

https://www.pathlawgroup.com/o1b-visa-requirements/

[0] IMO a 1A restriction to who can come to the country is defacto a restriction on speech in the country.
by NoMoreNicksLeft | 2026-01-13 18:17:51+00:00
I suspect that racism is inherent in humanity, hard-wired into our brains by millions of years of evolution.

If that were true, how could it be anything but ok? Should I feel guilty because I evolved from monkeys and carry around the leftist equivalent of original sin? No thanks. Though, I suppose you could disagree and say that it's not intrinsic, but that's a really difficult argument to make.
by yellowapple | 2026-01-13 18:17:53+00:00
I've lost enough loved ones to cancer to know that it's not something I'd wish on even the worst people. My opinions of Scott Adams are… complicated, to say the least, but above all I'm glad that he's no longer suffering.

I understand he sought to convert to Christianity in his last days. I hope he succeeded in finding God — that he understood that there's more to faith in Christ than chanting “I do believe in Jesus! I do! I do!”, that it requires identifying and purging the hatred in one's heart and replacing it with the unconditional love Christ exemplified. That journey is hard enough when you've spent most/all of a lifetime trying to tackle it; deathbed conversions are even harder, with no time to put that newfound unconditional love into practice. No time for apologies to those harmed, no time for righting one's wrongs — only bare, raw remorse and shame.

May Scott Adams rest in peace. May he be remembered honestly — both for what he got right and what he got wrong.
by jackfranklyn | 2026-01-13 18:17:55+00:00
The proxy pattern here is clever - essentially treating the LLM context window as an untrusted execution environment and doing credential injection at a layer it can't touch.

One thing I've noticed building with Claude Code is that it's pretty aggressive about reading .env files and config when it has access. The proxy approach sidesteps that entirely since there's nothing sensitive to find in the first place.

Wonder if the Anthropic team has considered building something like this into the sandbox itself - a secrets store that the model can "use" but never "read".
by plexman | 2026-01-13 18:17:55+00:00
Conclusion

This investigation delved into the correlation between thyroid nodules and the use of Bluetooth headphones, elucidating the potential implications of NIR in daily life, particularly its impact on thyroid health. The findings suggest that besides age, a known factor, prolonged and frequent use of Bluetooth headphones may be associated with an increased risk of developing thyroid nodules, potentially linked to the cumulative effects of NIR emitted by the headphones on the thyroid gland. Moreover, this study underscores the necessity of giving special attention to thyroid health while assessing the health risks of modern wireless technologies. Although this research offers valuable insights, its limitations preclude direct inferences of causality. Future research should further investigate the specific relationship between long-term use of Bluetooth headphones and the risk of thyroid nodules, and develop more precise preventive measures to mitigate the potential health risks posed by NIR. Additionally, the findings of this study provide crucial guidance for public health policymakers, aiding in the promotion of modern technology while simultaneously enhancing public awareness and prevention of its potential health impacts.
by rdm_blackhole | 2026-01-13 18:18:25+00:00
> This is why you fund public media sensibly, outside the control of any given administration.

That is a very nice solution but it doesnt work in practice. If the budgets are decided by the government then there is always the possibility that neutrality on some subjects may be missing or that some amount of pressure will be applied in order to get some stories buried or on the contrary exacerbated.

Since there is no way to know which is which then how can you trust it? Personally I don't.
by mrguyorama | 2026-01-13 18:18:32+00:00
> It has been observed that foreign bot accounts often support both positions on contentious issues.

Absolutely

>Maybe they're just Russian cybercriminals chasing impulse likes and follows for the sake of building up their accounts' social currency?

No, you've misunderstood. Pushing both sides isn't evidence that they aren't literally posting as information warfare. The Kremlin goal is not really any party wins in particular (though they have preferences), but to weaken a country by ensuring it spends more effort on internal struggles.

Both Iran and Russia (as well as many other nations) have known information warfare arms that actively post with the intent of stirring up shit. They really don't try to legitimize those accounts because the don't actually need the con to be hidden, because nobody fucking checks, because microblogging platforms like X are full of people who have self selected to be especially credulous, especially bad at interrogating a source of information for quality, and really really bad at recognizing how many times they have fallen for outright false info.
by BunsanSpace | 2026-01-13 18:18:36+00:00
Similar story in Canada. Violent crime and serious crime is on a clear downward trend. Yet in most majour cities you a less safe, and the public transit system is more dangerous than ever.

Not sure about the UK, at least in Canada it's poverty/people being broke. More homeless people and the general harassment they inflict on people in their surrounding area, more petty crime that the police don't bother investigating so people don't bother reporting it. More theft from grocery stores, more petty scams for <$1000 &c.
by TheBigSalad | 2026-01-13 18:18:48+00:00
I think he means that it was like family in the sense that he was there. You didn't choose him, Dilbert was just everywhere. And back in the day everyone loved Scott Adams, but then thing started to go bad over time and we all realized what was happening. It's similar to what a lot of families face - you love someone when you're younger but realize how messed up things are later. Or the person changes in negative ways. I don't see this as justifying anything.
by zozbot234 | 2026-01-13 18:19:12+00:00
> Where stoicism aims for thought-driven control, mystics know there's none to be found and instead encourage to trust in and to reconnect with our intuitive nature. Allow pain, feel it fully, let it go, and return in the flow.

The idea that thought is also ultimately driven by intuitions is one that stoics would've been quite familiar with. Part of the problem here is a definitional matter: should we restrict our view solely to the negative emotions, or admit that a positive "spirit" also exists in us that's ultimately just as intuitive and emotional? There isn't one single answer AIUI; both views are useful for different purposes, but it's true that a more "mystical" point of view could lead us to the latter. Some of the Stoics do talk about notions like "the good and bad daimon (or genius)" in ways that might somehow hint at the same reality, even though these intuitions are quite hard to understand in a modern context.
by joshuakoehler | 2026-01-13 18:19:16+00:00
> Stockdale rejected the false optimism proffered by Christianity, because he knew, from direct observation, that false hope is how you went insane in that prison.

With all due respect to Stockdale, I wonder what definition of "Christianity" he had in mind. Historic, biblical Christianity doesn't make delusive promises to palliate suffering by implying that it will be brief or underwhelming. Just read the depths that David was brought to in the Psalms, or Job's experience, or the Apostle Paul's. Look at the thousands upon thousands of steeled and joyful Christian martyrs under the persecution by the Roman empire.

Rather the Scriptures again and again plainly tell us to expect suffering - but the remedy goes far deeper than a mere Stoical submission to an impersonal logos in nature. Suffering, contrary to the Stoics, is not natural - to pretend that it is goes against our deepest sensibilities and experience. Rather the Scriptures explain the reason for suffering - it is due to living in a world that is experiencing the consequences of rebellion against its Creator. It should hurt, and denying this places us in an inevitable contradiction.

The Stoics may argue this isn't much different than their own philosophy - both recognize it's a reality one way or another after all. However, Christianity goes on and ascends far higher, both subjectively and objectively. Both speak of the Logos, but the Logos of Christianity is far more than a distant, abstract principle. He is the one who cannot suffer, but who entered into this world of suffering through the Incarnation to redeem men by suffering more than any of them ever will.

Thus Christianity presents a realist's view of suffering - it is common, deep, often bewildering. But Christians _are_ to submit to it as for their ultimate good. Like the Stoic, the Christian accepts it as a refiners fire:

> My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

But unlike the Stoic, the Christian sees the source of it is far more personal, and will bring him to a far greater victory and joy than the best of the Stoics every could achieve.

> For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. ... And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. ... Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

I can understand the draw to Stoicism felt by many today, and respect the movement in many ways, but I think the neo-Stoics overlook a greater philosophy, one which eventually drew in vast numbers of Stoics seeking a better way.