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Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

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Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#23

This really, really looks like a nullschool clone ( https://earth.nullschool.net/ ). Is it not?

Hi, 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 )

so what exactly are you launching that I can see here?

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#24

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Wow, that’s uncanny.

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You 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.

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#25

This really, really looks like a nullschool clone ( https://earth.nullschool.net/ ). Is it not?

It 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

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#26

How performed your Hurricanes forecast versus the reality?

We explored several examples from the 2024 hurricane season in our blog post: https://silurian.ai/posts/001/hurricane_tracks. We overlaid the true paths of the hurricane over our predictions for everyone to see!

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#27

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You 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.

I didn't know it was open source. I thought it was a ripoff.

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#28

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Hi, 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 )

so what exactly are you launching that I can see here?

I 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?

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, 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 )

so what exactly are you launching that I can see here?

This is the visualization tool they use. They generate the data that feeds into that visualization

Re: Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth

#30

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so what exactly are you launching that I can see here?

I 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?

Alright, 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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