The two interoperate perfectly. There are some Piefed only features - ~blaze_eu@piefed.social appears as a link to a multi-community (feed) on our end, but I don’t think that’s supported by Lemmy yet. The developers communicate so I think the plan is to eventually get that working in Lemmy as well.

I also reacted to your post with a smiley face, but on your end you’ll just see it as an upvote. There are some more technical issues, such as (if I remember correctly) Piefed supporting the moving of discussion between communities but Lemmy not yet having implemented support for it. Some Piefed communities support making posts in the Q&A format where OP can highlight the best answer, which will just render as a normal discussion with no highlighted answer in Lemmy. But stuff like that is really the extent to the incompatibility. There’s nothing that is really felt by users of either platform.

I think parts of this could be addressed through design, by making the option to sign up for the current instance a little bit more visible on the sign up page.

It could maybe also link a little information about why one should consider signing up elsewhere, which could also be the place to document things like speed and reliability.

Judging by the discussion OP links to the text should probably read something like “I don’t understand the question, just sign me up”.

And those users need to be signed up to the site they are currently on, because that’s where they will return to to sign in later on. If you forward them somewhere else they’ll have no idea what’s going on.

It’s incredible how terrifying the prospect of a choice can apparently be to people who have grown up without any.

I had no idea - that’s really cool!

Germans also seem to be privacy oriented people, I can imagine this combined with recent developments could have a real impact.

0 to 1 percent: 22 years
1 to 2 percent: 8 years
2 to 3 percent: 2 years
3 to 4 percent: more unstable, but between 1 and 3 years

I would say it’s an encouraging trend.

When I started using Linux in 2009 it had around 0.6 percent market share on desktop. Windows had 95%.

Today Windows is measured below 68%, and Linux has been measured above 4% by statcounter.com.

These things move faster the more people make the change. Linux only reached 1% in 2013, 2% in 2021, 3% in 2023, and 4% was somehow first measured already in 2024. For every single person making the switch it becomes easier for others to do the same, and companies consider Linux support to be a little bit more important. One can only wonder at which percentage of market share it will be offered as a mainstream alternative when buying a new computer, but it seems pretty clear that we’re getting there.

I guess my point is that we all won when you ditched Windows. Thanks for that.

I’m a fan of the concept, but I the form factor seems a bit off-putting. Had it been the size and form factor of a regular keyboard, but with a tiny e-ink screen that could be raised up from it at an angle, I would have been tempted. I would also want to be sure I could synchronise it with Nextcloud, which doesn’t seem to be a given right now.

Strong candidate - it’s almost worth moving outside on freezing days for the sound alone. Also just the muffled sound of surroundings on snowy days, though I’m not sure if that counts as sound as much as the absense of it.

The social web is the grown up sounding alternative I guess.

Brave is developed by a complete bigot, Proton praises Trump in the name of political neutrality or whatever the fuck.

I think neither of them should be recommended as an alternative by anyone anywhere. They do not represent an alternative, they are the same shit in new wrapping.

Yeah. The crown princess has a severe lung disease and needs new lungs, her e-mail exchanges with Epstein have been made public and it turns out she lied about cutting ties in 2013, and her son is a chronically violent serial rapist.

I think it’s fair to say the Norwegian royal family has seen better days.

I had no idea it was possible to knit anything this tiny. Crazy!!

Looks like a great fit as well! It makes me question what I’m doing making poorly fitting clothes for real people.

I keep my ski pass in the left front pocket of my jacket, never had any issues. Most people I know do the same. The ski passes have pretty good range.

Based on experience in French and Swiss alps, in case it’s regional.

Sure - I had a snowboarding jacket as an all purpose one for a few years, and it was great. So I think it’s more about finding a good jacket that you could see yourself wearing in many situations.

And yeah, it makes sense that the snow could melt and all that, sounds extremely uncomfortable. In either case I’d want a waterproof jacket for sure. :)

I always ski in my hiking jacket, which I also tend to use on rainy days throughout the year. It’s wind and water proof (I’d think wind is more important than water as I wouldn’t ski in rain, but you mention getting wet so what do I know), and has zippers under the armpits so I can cool down a bit if necessary. It is extremely thin and lightweight. The brand is Bergans (of Norway, middle end), but there are plenty of good options. Underneath I just layer up with wool until I’m comfortable.

Not really a specific jacket recommendation, more a general advice to get a good jacket you can use for other activities as well. For a beginner there’s no reason to have a jacket dedicated specifically to skiing.

I also ski in winter hiking pants. The problem with those is that they don’t go over the shoes in alpine skiing, which would have been more ideal. I can’t say it bothers me much though.

If you don’t care about the price Remarkable Pro move could be worth considering. Comes with a pen and let’s you doodle and take notes, colour screen, and the usual ebook stuff. But you can for sure find way cheaper options out there if all you want to do is to read books.

Why is baseball such a backwards sport? Because it’s whiter? Popular in flyover states?

Genuine question, I’m European and this is a piece of American culture I was completely unaware of.

I suspect watching it will feel different once Trump has been left dangling from a gas station and Melania will be… In prison, I guess?

Could be an interesting enough historical document one day to help understand just how shit America is in 2026. As a contemporary document it’s not really needed; we know.

Turns out their all just scratching tools.

I guess we’re used to hearing “this was not an accident” as meaning “this was rigged”, but for scientists it translates more to something like “thank god, it’s a real finding and not just one of those weird things that happen every now and then”.