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New comment by unstyledcontent in "Claude for Legal"

unstyledcontent — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:02:30 +0000

Just remember that your AI chat history is not protected like attorney client privilege and can be used as evidence against you in court. If you talk to a lawyer and they use AI, those chats are privileged.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

unstyledcontent — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:44:29 +0000

I don't know the case of this particular situation, but its certainly plausible that people will make decisions based on trying to secure a certain bet outcome. The prediction markets are clearly not a passive presence...

New comment by unstyledcontent in "ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies – study"

unstyledcontent — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:06:18 +0000

I have had some incredible medical advice from ChatGPT. It has saved me from small mystery issues, like a rash on my face. Small enough issues that I probably wouldn't have bothered to go into a doctor. BUT it also failed to diagnose me with a medical issue that ended up with a trip to the ER and emergency surgery.

A few weeks before the ER, I was having stomach pain. I went to the doctor with theories from ChatGPT in hand, they checked me for those things and then didn't check me for what ended up being a pretty obvious issue. What's interesting is that I mentioned to the doctor that I used ChatGPT and that the doctor even seemed to value that opinion and did not consider other options (and what it ultimately ended up being was rare but really obvious in retrospect, I think most doctors would have checked for it). I do feel I actually biased the first doctors opinion with my "research."

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:36:07 +0000

Awesome! Our data, like wind, is for ground level applications (we don't have data for higher altitudes). But we do have proprietary lightning data which may be of interest to you. If you go to the top left corner and change the focus from "General Focus" to "Severe" you will see a new collection of layer options related to severe weather. There you can see actual lightning strike data, as well as lightning forecast areas. Most airports use our lightning data!

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:30:02 +0000

This is true for many free weather APIs out there. But our weather API is global so we’re not just passing through a single government feed. There’s quite a bit of engineering to normalize all of the data sources. Japanese alerts for example are just XML feeds. All the sources update on different schedules, and have different forecast ranges, so it's a challenge to make sure the best forecast is returned at request time.

Some of our data is proprietary. The lightning strike data is from our own lighting detection network. We also offer the only hail forecast model available which was developed in house :)

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:17:54 +0000

It's a fair question. There's a lot of free sources of data out there. This app is powered by our own Weather API: https://www.xweather.com/weather-api

The data is aggregated from global meteorological offices and other sources (some free, some paid). Some of the datasets are proprietary to us. For example, the lightning layers come from our own lightning detection network, and certain forecasts (like hail) are developed in-house.

This app was built to showcase our data. The vector mapping tools are also available via API. https://www.xweather.com/mapsgl

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:08:52 +0000

All of the data, including the AI endpoints (Phrase API - https://www.xweather.com/phrases-api), and mapping tools were built using our weather API and MapsGL SDKs. I don't know the exact number of hours but its been worked on for about a year. You could spin up a really basic mapping site like this using the SDKs in a matter of hours.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:28:38 +0000

Thanks for catching that, and including browser details.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:37:13 +0000

Thanks. There are quite a few cool projects out there. Someone just shared a link to a collection of free weather maps: https://fmhy.pages.dev/misc#climate-weather

In the future we will also be merging another project into this app which is a collection of data from personal weather stations across the country. That data is really cool because it can fill in coverage gap. https://www.pwsweather.com/map/?ob=temps

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:17:58 +0000

Never heard of freemediaheckyeah, I love it. I will have to add ours to the list. One thing that makes us different is we have a LOT more data in one app. If you explore all the layers, you can see tropical cyclone/hurricane data, lightning strikes, hail, renewable energy, and wildfire data. You have to change the focus (top left corner) to see the other collections of layers.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map"

unstyledcontent — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:12:15 +0000

Xweather Live is an ad-free vector weather map built to showcase our weather APIs. It's a fun app with lots of data layers and features.

Feedback welcome!

Xweather Live – Interactive global vector weather map

unstyledcontent — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:12:15 +0000

Article URL: https://live.xweather.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111626

Points: 185

# Comments: 40

New comment by unstyledcontent in "India's female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI"

unstyledcontent — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 03:57:44 +0000

This is an absolutely horrific thing to make a person do. I see comments that say "well someone needs to do it." Then why not volunteer?

New comment by unstyledcontent in "House vote keeps federal "kill switch" vehicle mandate"

unstyledcontent — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:59:23 +0000

Here in Minneapolis, there have been multiple anecdotal reports of ICE being able to remotely unlock cars, disable them, and even open windows. Whether its true, its certainly seems possible.

Its made me very concerned about public safety if we allow our government to have this power. I actually believe being able to own and use a vehicle freely should be protected under the 2nd amendment.

Im picturing a world where the US could mass disable vehicles based on the owners score in their fancy new palantir database. We should have the right to flee danger and use a vehicle for that.

I also think the second amendment should be applied encryption for the same reason. Encryption is essential to the people's ability to mount a defense against tyranny.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

unstyledcontent — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:51:11 +0000

Yes, thank you.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

unstyledcontent — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:50:50 +0000

I meant "we" in the sense that our country has yet to put an end to it and there is still a majority of people either actively in support of ICE or remaining silent.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

unstyledcontent — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:19:54 +0000

Make no mistake, the immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota are only a training ground for how to undermine civil rights for us all. Everyone is ok targeting te immigrant populations because they are "illegal" or live in a gray area of legality. But eventually these same tools will be used against us.

New comment by unstyledcontent in "Show HN: Nametag – open-source personal relationships manager"

unstyledcontent — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:00:19 +0000

My dad said good politicians did this with 3x5 cards. At the end of a party they would write down the names of peanuts details, and then review those cards before seeing people again. Would love to see an example of the ui on the website.

Show HN: Xweather Live – real-time global weather maps rendered with WebGL

unstyledcontent — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:55:59 +0000

We built Xweather Live as a public, ad-free demo of our weather APIs and mapping stack at Xweather.

The goal of Live is not to be a consumer weather app, but a way for developers to explore and validate our weather data and visualization tools.

Link: https://live.xweather.com

Feedback welcome!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46600338

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by unstyledcontent in "You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving"

unstyledcontent — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:31:08 +0000

I'm burned out because I have to raise two young children, work a full time job in a demanding career, and then in the hour or two a day of time that isn't accounted for in those two tasks, I need to maintain a household and try to care for myself. I feel a strong sense of purpose caring for my family, but don't have enough time to meet life's demands. Maybe other people relate more to this post because they more money and no kids.