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Trump is and always was absolutely stupid. But I wonder if he even knows that it was Russia that started, that Russians are the agressor. I mean, maybe people tell him but he is just so demented already that he simply forgets. Maybe his dementia doesn't allow him to understand the idea that there is an aggressor and a defender?

I would really like to see someone sit him down and talk to him like a grown up, cameras rolling. Ask him what year it is. Ask him what is happening in Ukraine. And don't accept answers such as "a very bad thing is happening in Ukraine.". Those are copt out answers by someone who is probably completely lost. Go deep. Ask him what is the bad thing? How did it start?, etc.

Honestly, I am against it. I think we should collectively improve Lemmy and port whatever features make PieFed a worthy alternative. Better mod tools? Get them on lemmy instead. Lemmy's UI is much faster and responsive than PieFed, I have found. I just don't like seeing the community split over and over again. Even if they are federated services, it just splits the community and serves as friction of entry. Choice overload is a really thing, it may lead to decision paralysis and get us fewer and fewer people on these services.

Piefed's UI is noticeable slower/laggier than lemmy.

Why is posting from a VPN blocked in lemmy.world? What the hell guys?

I always wondered if family members of ICE members know that they are members... If I had a cousin that was ICE, I would go absolutely no contact with him, and would let everyone know that the guy is ICE. Wear your shitty mask, but people will know.

Someone should start an ICE database, where pictures of ICE people are posted, even masked. And let people who know them come forward and say "hey. I know the guy in picture X, it is John blabla". Then, bully those pieces of shit out of existence.

It seems to be device specific. On my device, WhatsApp fits 2 more chats. I hate meta/insta/fb/etc, but WhatsApp just looks considerably better than Signal. Signal, as I said earlier, just has huge margins and padding. It looks ugly.

Like you, I also want my messenger app to show conversations. Sadly, Signal shows more empty space than conversations. It really needs a compact UI. I invited several friends to Signal and they all left because it looks bad. I know it sounds like nitpicking, but UI/UX IS extremely important. Making the claim "meh, it looks fine" and ignoring people's perspective is not the way to run an app that is dependent on the number of users, like signal is. If I don't have anyone with whom to chat, the app is useless. It needs userbase.

WhatsApp getting ads is great news! WhatsApp, and any other meta/facebook/for-profit-social-network will never be a good product. Therefore, the second best alternative is for it to be as bad as possible, so people finally change to worthy alternatives.

What is the alternative here? Don't know, perhaps Signal, though the devs are not welcoming at all. The UI is absolute shit. Looks like UI for old people, huge margins and empty space. My screen fits like 3 chats. A compact theme would take a few hours to create and vastly improve the product, but ya..

I know all about that. Trust me, I hate the guy. His podcast with Zelensky was pathetic. So were his remarks in the podcast episode next to that one.

Having said that: I dont have idols, but if I had, Terence Tao would be one of them. I will listen to the podcast regardless of Lex.

Posted there!

What?

1. That lemmy server does not exist.
2. That community does not exist.
3. How is this a conspiracy theory?

Absolutely agree. Maybe send them an e-mail? Though it shoudln't be too hard to convert using Calibre. Hopefully the resulting file is properly formatted. Regardless, they should definitely provide an .epub version. Shoot them an e-mail!

How do you deal with that age difference? I have a crush (gym crush) that is around 14 years younger than me. However, I don't approach him and I am quite apprehensive of doing so because of the age difference. We do say "hi" to each other and he does seem somewhat interested in talking to me.