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I feel that the rules should contain some examples. I spent a while battling a puzzle to realise that I had been interpretting "No more than two similar numbers next to or below each other are allowed." as "A box must have no more than 2 neighbours of each number" i.e. Exactly 2 0s and exactly 2 1s in the non-diagonal neighbours.

I think that what's being referred to is runs of numbers, so if you see 0,0,_ you know the last one must be a 1

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http://0hh1.com is a much better place to learn the rules.

Indeed it is, it explains the rule, gives you feedback, and it better looking in general.

I find it's easier than the puzzle linked since my brain can't unsee '1' and '0' as one and zero, whereas with the blocks, they're just abstract shapes with no meaning aside from colour.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing that a few years ago, didn't even realize I was just playing the same game :)

Edit: Does 0h h1 have the every row/column has to be unique rule? Edit Edit: It does. I don't think I knew that all the times I had played it years ago, probably would have helped on a few puzzles I got stuck on. Edit 3: It just came into play twice on my first 10x10.

I on the other managed to completely not read the part where each row/column is split between 1s and 0s.

Tatham's version helpfully yells at you when you break the rules which is how I realized I was missing an important bit of information.

I got past that and then realized every row/column needs to be unique.

Click on "Tips" at the top. http://binarypuzzle.com/tips.php

Yep, I made the exact same mistake. The hints have examples that disambiguate it which is how I found out in the end.

I wish there was a simple option to right click on a square you know that makes it read only while you figure out the rest.

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