Re:Gemini 4 Hydrogen
by rfgplk on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:04PM
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Yea, impossible to know whether it's supposed to go by atomic mass, frequency or some other metric. Plus most people off the top of their heads don't really have these stats memorized. With OpenAI and Anthropic it's way more straightforward.
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Yeah. Atomic mass: Makes no sense, argon is larger than carbon. Frequency: Makes no sense, argon is least frequent of the three and hydrogen is everywhere, so carbon would be in-between rather than the flagship.
Letters of the alphabet: Also makes no sense. There was a theory that Argon = A, that there was an unreleased B model (Bismuth or Barium or something), Carbon = C, etc. (Similar to Intel's MMORPG-inspired Alchemist --> Battlemage --> Celestial...) Hydrogen broke this notion.
It's just completely incoherent.
Now written out like this, I can see a D = Deuterium, which is mass 2 or heavy hydrogen, but somewhere along along the line it was lost in translation.
I’m not sure if the average person on the street would know the terms Luna, Terra, Sol, and especially Astra.
Also, the biggest being Astra is a bit confusing. Sol is also a star.
Furthermore, unless you know they’re supposed to be ordered by size you can’t know which is best.
Re:Gemini 4 Hydrogen
by petesergeant on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:00PM
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> I’m not sure if the average person on the street would know the terms Luna, Terra, Sol, and especially Astra.
I don't think these are as difficult as you're making them sound? I think the majority of people who will care what model they're using will know "lunar", "terrestrial", "solar", "astronomy" etc?
Re:Gemini 4 Hydrogen
by postepowanieadm on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:18PM
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Corsa, Astra, Vectra and Omega would be better names.