And what's with that bs cookie banner? If the only cookies are functional/essential, they don't need to show a cookie banner. If it's for analytics, then I should be able to reject it. Otherwise, it's just a dick-over.

OP might be referring to using React together with a UI library that comes with elements like <Grid>, instead of using just React + CSS grid.

Oh, wow. I'm no pro, but I must've spent at least a hundred hours playing surf maps, and too me it feels exactly like the original. Really impressive.

Minus points for Fullscreen not working in Firefox.

Firefox has always required user action for fullscreen (for good measure). Use windowed mode and F11.

What? It only stays enabled for exactly 1 hour after the 24 hour timer? I was under the impression that it would stay enabled permanently after waiting the 24 hours once.

IIRC, it's the button to permanently activate it that is only available for one hour. Once you do manage to press it, you've permanently enabled it. If you miss the window, you have to start the 24 hours again.

I can't get the 17th shell :(

SPOILER

the two that are hard to find are 1. by the river on the far left and 2. at the main spawn point

One is kinda half hidden behind a tree on the far right and another one is next to the starting sign. The rest are on the beach area and very slightly off the beach area

Looks like a reasonable cookie banner to me: Deny (all), Custom selection and Accept all.

It even works perfectly with Consent-O-Matic extension.

It's a perfectly not reasonable cookie banner. If you click on Details, you can see that they're not using marketing, statistics, or any other kind of cookies apart from the technically necessary. Which is great, but also means that they don't even need a banner. It could just go away.

Do you want a citation for an opinion?

if it's being offered as a well thought out opinion based on facts, yes absolutely, it's fine to ask for the sauce.

And a vehicle for selling FixBot - the AI repair expert.

Moral implications of LLM aside, this is an always-online, subscription-based toy that will eventually turn into a brick (unless the parent is an HN-er). I find it really sad that this kind of toy is sold in stores.

It’s only 1 API change away in order to become a brick. Would not be surprised if it’s unusable before Christmas this year.

My hope is that the toy gets people interested/exposure to the idea.

Then the curious will open up the device/try to DIY. Lots of voice ai providers and microcontroller media code is open source!

I don't get why they charge you a subscription if the GPT-enabled (presumably) LLM will just ask you follow up questions indefinitely?

And with Klarna payments!

This entire page makes me uneasy

Why?

This is up there with "Easy-Bake Oven" among plastic doodads that will be used for ~40 minutes and then added to a pile of plastic garbage many adults keep in their basement.

I don't oppose to the open backend of the device (it should be table-stakes for this kinda thing), but the concept seems really zero-sum and disposable. It relies on a form-factor that most kids don't use and depends on the novelty of AI which will wear off pretty fast. As much as I hate to say it, this should have been an app or a website.

There you go https://captcha.neal.fun/end.webm