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by mankyd 4234 days ago
Rows 3 and 5 are identical.
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This rule is easily overlooked in the tutorial, since the example shown can already be resolved using earlier rules (balancing red/blue in columns).

The tutorial must use an example where unique rows/columns is the only way to resolve the choice...

I guess I missed this rule. I got into a similar situation and thought there was a bug
Oh, right. But what about the ones on row 1?
Well if you switch the squares on row 3, you have to switch the square on row 1 as well. Otherwise the columns will not have even numbers of red and blue squares.
Oh. It's really confusing to show not only the current mistake but also the mistakes that would be introduced by fixing it.
True. There is only a single solution to each puzzle, so it just highlights all the blocks which don't match the known solution.