And to add to it. Amazon introduces video on demand service Amazon Video in September 7th of 2006. Youtube then merged Google on October 9. Perhaps Google had seen the desire for on-demand movies, and TV shows and wanted to grow Youtube to host that feature as well.

They are definitely famous to a degree on the internet. It just depends on which level of fame you believe they are. I personally recall seeing their posts in my feed, on Reddit, back in the day. And being that you were ‘competing’ with 1,000s of others’ posts (in ‘All’), they seemed to make it ‘to the top’ often enough for me to start to remember their user name.

Oh, I totally understand that feeling. I go back to Reddit about every month and a half to see what’s going on, in a few subreddits that wouldn’t survive on Lemmy as they are too niche. Even though I know not to check out the “popular” and “all” I have a hard time fighting against the thought of just checking the feed out a bit. It’s bonkers to me just how depressing, cynical, and rage-baiting that website was when I stopped using it as a regular, to how it is now. You just can’t take in all of that content regardless of who you are. There are so many unworthy items on there (and dare I say some even here on Lemmy? But thankfully it isn’t as rampant and/or egregious on here. Or perhaps, I’ve just blocked so many of them that the “all” page doesn’t feel so bad.) Sadly, the world as a whole is going through a lot of things that are connected and some that aren’t but still weigh on us.

Anyway… Before I turn this into a soapbox moment… (hahaha,) I want to say again, it’s not to see another regular poster on here. And I meant it when I said, “Hope you’re doing well.”

Oh snap!

The Picard Maneuver is back! I’ve missed your content on here.

Hope you’re doing well.

– A fellow meme admirer

As long as people on the internet don’t know that I’m a dog, we’re good.

I thought of that. But there are momophones that you could experience.

…I really don’t know what to do with this information.

Idaho! That’s where the first 3 people died from a nuke explosion!

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ebri-reactor-meltdown-1955-nuclear-power

The article that you linked doesn’t even speak of there being a “nuke explosion” nor deaths, injuries, casualties, etc., etc.

Are you implying that modern nuclear reactors are unsafe? Or perhaps, how far we’ve come with nuclear reactor procedures, technologies and safety messures, from back in Or perhaps, you’re sharing a tidbit and an article that relates only in the fact that they both happened in Idaho. Or perhaps, you’re trying to stir up trouble.

I would prefer Super-Duper Earth instead.

Sure, but the bigger question is how it changed his life.

My goodness. What a load of crap. I’m sorry to hear you had to go through that. I wish there were more level headed people in higher positions in our country. But that’s just not the case as much as one would hope.

Remember, these are some of the same people who thought 'adding bleach to your bloodstream could ‘cure’ you of COVID-19, and that a horse dewormer could also be a likely ‘cure’.

Me learning about the difference.

Context is highly important in this scenario. Asking it how many people live in [insert country and then province/state], and it’ll be accurate a high percentage of the time. As compared to asking it, [insert historical geo-political question], and it won’t be able to.

Also, I have found it can depend on which LLM you ask said question to. I have found Perplexity to be my go to LLM of choice, as it acts like an LLM ‘server’ in selecting the best LLM for the task at hand. Here’s Perplexity’s Wikipedia page if you want to learn more.

You’re not wrong. From a US citizen who is tired of the old ways that don’t work anymore

Hmmm. I’ll ask.

What country do you live in?

As for me, the US isn’t that great when it comes to providing ubiquitous bike lanes throughout the cities (though this is very contingent on what city you’re in, i.e., Portland, Oregon, Boulder, Colorado, or even New York (City), New York). But for the vast majority of cyclists in the US, don’t have anything except the general road or street to travel on.

But let’s say there were bike lanes. Depending on which country you live in, these would be the laws you would follow. Take a moment and use the webpage search and look up “obligatory” on there.

Now, let’s say that there are lanes but they are shared with vehicles. Often these are called a, Shared Lane with markings. This design idea is to make it safer for cyclists and vehiclists to know that the road is to be shared and where. Sharing the lane comes into play for various reasons. A common one is when a cyclist has to go around something on the side of the street or road. That could be anything from a delivery truck parked on the side, a car in a pick up area, or just a car parked on the side of the road/street as shown here. There are of course, times when there isn’t a bike lane in certain sections of the street, and thus a lane ends up being needed for more than just one person’s mobility needs. While it’s more common for cyclists to be passing by things on the side of the street, it’s not wrong for them to be in the middle of the road or street if they are planning to turn across the oncoming traffic. The common sense reason for this allowance is that they, just like anyone else, are trying to get somewhere in a reasonable time. And having to always pull off to the crosswalk and wait for it to switch traffic flow and indicate your chance takes a lot of time. Imagine having to cross a street in your vehicle, but every time you have to stop to cross, you have to push your car a bit to get it going. It would get tiring sooner than later, huh? Well, the same feeling is had with cyclists. Hence why they use the turn lanes to get over faster than otherwise.

But why can’t they just use the sidewalks and crosswalks!? As for the US, it’s a mixed bag of reasons and a lack thereof. You see, this isn’t just a patchwork of laws in the states. This is also happening at the county, city, or town levels of law. You can learn more here.

Some other things worth mentioning. There are lots of resources that cover bicycle and e-bike laws. Here’s a solid pick. The Center For Cycling Education

Sure, but don’t you have to be a bit out there mentally to make the world what you want it to be?

My “Of course that’s a thing.” daily meter has been met.