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This really, really looks like a nullschool clone (https://earth.nullschool.net/ https://earth.nullschool.net/). Is it not?
by kristopolous 2y ago
This really, really looks like a nullschool clone (https://earth.nullschool.net/ https://earth.nullschool.net/). Is it not?
- 99catmaster 2y agoWow, that’s uncanny.
- kristopolous 2y ago[flagged]
- rybosome 2y agoYou went to the effort of posting 2 HN comments, tweeting, and taking a screenshot because you are annoyed that this project used an open-source library and were transparent about doing so.
- kristopolous 2y agoI didn't know it was open source. I thought it was a ripoff.
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoA ripoff of the visualization layer? Even if it was, who cares? That's not the work. What's next, you think a new chess engine is a ripoff because they use a standard chess board for visualization? A new protein prediction model is a ripoff because they use the standard visualization?
- kristopolous 2y agoThere's a long precedent of knockoffs, scams, and skullduggery in silicon valley.
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoThe answer isn't to not even read what they are doing and just assume the worst.
- kristopolous 2y agoThey edited the post. Regardless, you're just trying to personally attack me. That's a great use of both our time.
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoIt was rhetorical. And telling you that the answer is not to assume the worst without reading what they are doing is not a personal attack. You are out here implying these guys are a fraud. Being told to pull your head in is not personal.
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- nikhil-shankar 2y agoHi, it totally is. That's one of our favorite weather visualization projects. We're using Cameron Beccario's open source version of nullschool for our forecasts. We cited him above in the blurb and also on our about page (https://hurricanes2024.silurian.ai/about.html https://hurricanes2024.silurian.ai/about.html)
- kristopolous 2y agoso what exactly are you launching that I can see here?
- bpicolo 2y agoThis is the visualization tool they use. They generate the data that feeds into that visualization
- rybosome 2y agoI suggest you read the post. Reading is typically how information is transmitted. EDIT: the post I am responding to was altered to sound much less confrontational. It was originally: > So what exactly are you “launching” and why does it require venture capital?
- kristopolous 2y agoAlright, what they presented, in the current state, is just a clone of a 10 year old project with a 2.5 month old weather forecast and some AI story attached to it.
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- kristjansson 2y ago> Silurian builds foundation models to simulate the Earth, starting with the weather. It's the first line man. The visual is just a visual, their product is the data being visualized.
- rybosome 2y ago> We visualize these using [cambecc/earth] (https://github.com/cambecc/earth https://github.com/cambecc/earth), one of our favorite open source weather visualization tools From the post.
- Urchin2 2y agoYep, they cite it on their "about" page (select about from the menu): https://hurricanes2024.silurian.ai/about.html https://hurricanes2024.silurian.ai/about.html
- cyberlimerence 2y agoIt is just open source version [1] of that, I assume. It's a visualization, but data is their own. earth.nullschool is visualization of NOAA's GFS model. [1] https://github.com/cambecc/earth https://github.com/cambecc/earth
- jay-barronville 2y agoI don’t think I understand what your issue is with them. They used an open-source project to visualize their data, were open about doing so, and cited the creator of the project. What more did you want from them? (Genuine question.)
- kristopolous 2y agosomething within the interface that more clearly illustrates their product differentiation. nullschool is obscure enough to the general audience that when I saw it there was an immediate red flag. If only specialized scientists can see the difference between the sites, it's a presentation problem.
- rybosome 2y agoI was able to determine what this is, and I’m not a specialized scientist. I merely exercised the discipline to read the post before reacting and commenting.
- kristopolous 2y agoWhy are you personally attacking me?
- LewisJEllis 2y agoThe interface in question is the second link in the post. To get to the interface without any of the other relevant context, you would have to: - skip reading the post (which explains all of this) - skip the first link in the post (which explains all of this) - go straight to the second link in the post, to the interface - skip the "about" link in the interface (which explains all of this)
- kristopolous 2y agoObviously nobody did that. The post has been edited.