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it's really amazing how in IT we always recycle the same ten names... in the last three years, "gemini" refers (at least) to:

- gemini protocol, the smolnet companion (gemini://geminiprotocol.net/ - https://geminiprotocol.net/)

- gemini somethingcoin somethingcrypto (I will never link it)

- gemini google's ML/AI (here we are)


Naming things is one of the two hardest problems in computer science, after all.


Caching and off-by one errors are the other.


I don't even want to think about how much time I've wasted mulling over release names.


Google is so big a player that they don’t even need to check if the name has already been applied to a technology. As soon as they apply it to their product name, that will become the main association for the term. And as fond as some are of the Gemini protocol, it never got widely known outside of HN/Lobster circles.


They didn't even check if Go was taken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language)


This is not limited to IT. After all, there are far more things to be named, than we have usable words to use.


There's gemini the crypto exchange.


yes crypto is so evil even linking to it would be unethical


lol


It is on purpose to have an excuse of wiping out search results for interesting piece of technology. The same was with serverless which became "serverless".


it seems that in 2012, along with the end of the world, the possible acronyms/usable names for a project also ended


still this is not an "operating system" nor does it in any way related to them;

please use the right words when you have to communicate, otherwise you just sound like scammers who want to sell pots with holes by passing them off as colanders


nice project, reminds me (a lot) of astrobotany on gemini

[1] gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us

[2] https://github.com/michael-lazar/astrobotany


My word, this is fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing!


I know this is a bit offtopic but maybe someone can help me...

since *always* when i try to access https://merveilles.town/ the server gives me an error (the console shows an error 500 and site crashes there); it happens to me both from pc and mobile, both under wifi and cable and 4g... since that mastodon instance is the home of the 100 rabbits dudes, i'm so sorry i can't view their posts :(


very good, congratulations on the achievement!


given that space is hard, any progress in this direction has real and practical repercussions for all of humanity; for example, knowing how to handle metals, chemicals, mechanical systems, logical systems (production chains and industrial production), lighter and more powerful computers, human biology and so on

furthermore, the fascination with space missions generates hordes of inspired children who will study and thus this plant the seeds of scientists for future generations who will solve tomorrow's problems (in practice, it is a long-term investment)

of the race to the moon we now have the practical and common use of transistors and chips, led, batteries, pace makers, medical pumps, thermal insulation and dozens of other things we use and take for granted every day

to prefer little and bad immediately at the expense of much and good in the future is a very short-sighted and stupid attitude


Alex we miss u


> He hasn’t alienated anyone. The vast majority of users [...]

you were not entitled by anyone to speak on behalf of everyone, Mr. Account with twelve days of live

> My only qualm

while you are worried about the video player, the moderators (who have been working for free for years to at least make the place where you watch your funny videos decent) have been waiting for decades for the tools to be able to moderate, and they have been promised dozens of times (all lies)

if you had problems with some power tripping powermods (no one denies they exist) that doesn't mean everyone is like that: have better judgement and measure your words


> There's also a type of pizza that is round but thick,

do you mean 'pizzetta'?


This is an example: https://imgur.com/a/PQlxEXc (not sure why Imgur tags it as mature).

I've found this type of pizza both in the north and in the south. The overall quality is consideraly lower, starting from the cheese, which is not mozzarella (I believe they use provola, which is cheaper).


oh god... that dough looks more like frozen pizza, apart from in some tourist traps I have never seen it served seriously in my area


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