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Re: Show HN: Science for Kids

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Can we turn this into a printable book?

There's a print-friendly stylesheet, so you can easily print each article. You could probably automated this using the RSS feed.

But I'm not sure I'd want a printable book. The articles are each standalone so you'd need to figure out some logical sequence. Plus once you print it you can't make improvements to existing articles.

Re: Show HN: Science for Kids

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Disappointing to see AI used in what otherwise seems to be a well-intentioned project. As an adult I think some of these graphics are confusing at best and I question your familiarity with the subject matters to actually check whether or not these are explained both in a consistent and correct manner.

I'm close to satisfied with the article text.

I'm still experimenting with the best ways to generate the images. I'm very happy with some of them, but unhappy with others. I need to figure out how to create an effective review loop. As you say, I'm not familiar enough with all of the subjects. Like I can't tell whether a diagram of a hearts has all the tubes in the right place.

I think AI is ideally suited to something like this, and I should soon be able to get to a point where I can generate an article, without human review, an article that's as good as that in a median kids' print magazine.

If I reach that point, the next goal would be to match or exceed the quality of the median article in Oyla (https://oyla.us/) or Aquila (https://aquila.co.uk/).

Re: Show HN: Science for Kids

#15
post #7

Nice, you cover very interesting and fun questions! I'd love to know the answers to all of these once my kid (baby now) is old enough to ask about it. I scanned a few articles and they seem bit too long for me, I'd expect it to be more concise (I hope kids have a better attention span than me!). Btw, is the glove with six fingers for the article on six sides of an ice flake an intentional put?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38092081

Re: Show HN: Science for Kids

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Disappointing to see AI used in what otherwise seems to be a well-intentioned project. As an adult I think some of these graphics are confusing at best and I question your familiarity with the subject matters to actually check whether or not these are explained both in a consistent and correct manner.

I'm close to satisfied with the article text. I'm still experimenting with the best ways to generate the images. I'm very happy with some of them, but unhappy with others. I need to figure out how to create an effective review loop. As you say, I'm not familiar enough with all of the subjects. Like I can't tell whether a diagram of a hearts has all the tubes in the right place. I think AI is ideally suited to somethi…

Perhaps, in each article, add an option for let people to send you anonymous comments and suggestions about that article. Expect a lot of evil and stupid remarks anyway.

Verify each (good) comment and fix the image/article.

Re: Show HN: Science for Kids

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm close to satisfied with the article text. I'm still experimenting with the best ways to generate the images. I'm very happy with some of them, but unhappy with others. I need to figure out how to create an effective review loop. As you say, I'm not familiar enough with all of the subjects. Like I can't tell whether a diagram of a hearts has all the tubes in the right place. I think AI is ideally suited to somethi…

Perhaps, in each article, add an option for let people to send you anonymous comments and suggestions about that article. Expect a lot of evil and stupid remarks anyway. Verify each (good) comment and fix the image/article.

Yes, good idea.
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