tromnews.com/videos/ works again! I don't know what was the issue, but I had to manually rebuild the cache for all of the youtube channels from our list. Happy that it works now. #tromlive
While we went camping around Cadaques here in Spain (and yes, very beautiful area), we noticed the plastic pollution. You see, with the climate change you may not see its effects that in-your-face. Unless you are someone who knows a lot about climate and are able to look at the data to see the differences, you are not very moved by what you witness. You, the no-expert and no-science-heavy human cannot grasp the climate change crisis very well. It is the same with other problems such as the biodiversity loss, or the destruction of forests and so forth. But plastic...it is something that's so fucking visible everywhere you go in nature and near the ocean.
We went to camp on a secluded beach and when we got closer it was kinda full of plastic. Next beach wasn't much better. We then had to walk in the dark for a bit to go to the nearest beaches that were a bit less secluded. First beach was ok it seemed, but there were people there so we had to move on. Second one it was very dirty. Plastic bottles, plastic boxes, bags, caps...and so forth. All mixed with algae. It was sad. We h
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While we went camping around Cadaques here in Spain (and yes, very beautiful area), we noticed the plastic pollution. You see, with the climate change you may not see its effects that in-your-face. Unless you are someone who knows a lot about climate and are able to look at the data to see the differences, you are not very moved by what you witness. You, the no-expert and no-science-heavy human cannot grasp the climate change crisis very well. It is the same with other problems such as the biodiversity loss, or the destruction of forests and so forth. But plastic...it is something that's so fucking visible everywhere you go in nature and near the ocean.
We went to camp on a secluded beach and when we got closer it was kinda full of plastic. Next beach wasn't much better. We then had to walk in the dark for a bit to go to the nearest beaches that were a bit less secluded. First beach was ok it seemed, but there were people there so we had to move on. Second one it was very dirty. Plastic bottles, plastic boxes, bags, caps...and so forth. All mixed with algae. It was sad. We had to camp there tho since it was getting too late.
Plastic is a wonder material really. So resilient, so malleable, so strong if you need it to be. You can package stuff and store it for a while, you can make cases and all kinds of objects. But because of our trade-based society, humans abuse this material since all they want is to trade trade trade. Unless we change this game, you will keep on seeing such problems. Plastic is just one of the wonder materials humans invented. There will be a lot more.
We talk in TROM II about the plastic pollution a lot more, and about these other issues. But yah....sad to see this immense issue. And it is a growing one. At accelerating speeds. #tromlive
So I am missing for like 2-3 days and I see this :)
These projects are kinda dependent on me to keep them up to date. The following days I will update them all and fix things here and there. Then all focus on TROM II editing.
I've been hiking for a few days with the awesome @Sasha . Something new to me. I handled it well, but damn it is hard. This girl is really tough. And smart and awesome :). So we did like 25km and she has to do, in theory, another 820km haha. Nuts! She wants to go through all of the Pyrenees. And she's on her way there. I only joined her for a few days, that was the deal ;). In any case, I hope she manages to do it.
Once she comes back she will work to release her book, that's not only about her journey but also about how trade fucks things up. In the meantime, now that I am fully alone, I will focus on editing the TROM II documentary. That's my priority. #tromlive
I won't be online much for these next 3 or so days. So you know - if anyone contacts me. Also, thanks to the financial support we have received recently I could pay for an anti-captcha for our invidious instance so that our ytb.trom.tf works now. Should work pretty much all the time. Which is fantastic! It is the trade-free youtube. Enjoy! #tromlive
"each Mastercard transaction is estimated to use just 0.0006 kWh (kilowatt hours), whilst every Bitcoin transaction consumes 980 kWh, enough to power an average Canadian home for more than three weeks, according to some commentators."
Which is insane. But then they also say:
"Despite these issues, UN experts believe that cryptocurrencies and the technology that powers them (blockchain) can play an important role in sustainable development, and actually improving our stewardship of the environment."
Blockchain is a completely different thing. It is like coupling the Internet with Paypal. Blockchain is a very useful technology (and quite old) - as we explain it in detail in our book, here tromsite.com/books/#flipbook-d… . Unfortunately Blockchain, which is simply a more secure and transparent way to keep track of "transactions" or "interactions", is used to invent currencies. Instead it could be used to keep track of medical records, biodiversity, or the nights you could not sleep because you were too aroused, since pretty much anything is more relevant than using it to create a currency. So the Internet is a great invention. Paypal....not really, unless you compare it with traditional banking, in which case yes Paypal is slightly better (easier to use, faster, etc.). Same way Bitcoin or other similar cryptocurrencies, are slightly better than say Paypal-like entities, or banks.
But that's like saying hanging yourself is better than jumping from a 20 story building, because you can hang yourself at home, you feel less pain because the rope cuts the blood supply to your brain and you pass out very quickly, and you argue it is more safe because jumping from such a tall building you can land on someone else's head and kill them. To which I agree, hanging seems better. But that's the only difference between Bitcoin (handing), and jumping from a 20 story building (banks). But you are still dead... In the end both are currencies and both lead to massive corruption, inequality, lies, and the continuation of the game of trade that consumes us and the planet. And soon the rest of the solar system. Same shit.
The UN continues:
"One of the most useful aspects of cryptocurrencies, as far as the UN is concerned, is transparency.
Because the technology is resistant to tampering and fraud, it can provide a trusted and transparent record of transactions. This is particularly important in regions with weak institutions and high levels of corruption."
We showcase in detail in the same book, how any such technology can and will be tampered with, and it would not prevent fraud at all. This is a myth we keep on vocalizing: better security = better security. Not true! Better security simply equals different methods to bypass that security. As long as we play this game of trade, humans will be incentivized to break such security measures if that results in some advantages in the game of trade, for them.
Cryptocurrencies are the new-age religion:
In all, people who think that Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency is better than money, are the followers and the bishops of the new church of economy. We are witnessing the split of Christianity into the Catholic church, the Orthodox one, and so forth. each believing that their interpretation of religion is the right one:
That's what's happening with these cryptocurrencies today.
At the end of the day both are religions. People believe in them without every questioning what is religion or what is a currency. Who invented these notions and what purpose do they serve...
"The 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights represents a milestone, they added, and an opportunity for countries and corporations to gear up for a new decade of action. "
Basically they are telling corporations and governments to "please please treat your workers fairly...". And after 10 years the conclusion is:
"However, workers and communities, including indigenous people, continue to suffer business-related abuses, which are occurring across all sectors and in all regions.
Prospects for protection or remedy are few, according to the UN experts, and activists who speak out are met with stigmatization, threats and deadly attacks. "
Yeah...well...is anyone surprised?
Let me tell you, UN, why things are not working and never will. Ready?
We live in a world-wide trade-based society that transforms each and every one of us into merchants and consumers. How can we not be like that when we can't even live without doing this? No one takes care of us. You are born into this world and forced to play the game. And thus, our minds are focused to play the game all the time. And so, the nature of the game makes us want more and more and more, at any cost. Regardless of the rules.
It is that simple!
What do you expect, UN? For the players of the game of trade to care about their competitors and other humans? They cannot afford that. This will be a loss for them. If exploiting people will bring you more profits, you will do that regardless if you call yourself a communist, socialist, christian, muslim or whatever.
UN may have good intentions, and their reports are telling. But if UN doesn't understand this simple fact, then nothing will ever change. They keep on looking through each-others' butts, and all they see is narrow holes full of crap.
It is time to widen their view, and recognize that the "economy" is the biggest religion in the world, with billions believing in it. Stop trying to save the economy. Save the people from becoming slaves, dead, or profiteers. How about we talk about the human behavior for a bit!? To understand what makes these "corporate leaders" or "government leaders" or the rest of us, be so awful...
How about we take care of humans and make sure they have access to their basic needs (at least) as trade-free, so that they have time to think about today's problems, be relaxed, refuse enslaving jobs, consume less, and so forth!?
It is astonishing that UN (United Nations) seems to be so blind despite the fact that they have a lot of resources to look at these issues. #tromimg
Those who think that Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are better than money, understand nothing about this trade-based society. Currencies only represent trades, and trade is what pushes people to create so much destruction in the world. Also, to "mine" cryptocurrencies and spend so much energy doing that, more than countries of hundreds of millions of people, is simply insane. What these "miners" do is "solving" irrelevant mathematical problems to see what computer is first to get some rewards for that. Just to create more currency and "distribute" it in a very unequal manner to those who have the most powerful computers.
TROM cuts through this shit like a hot knife through butter, because TROM focuses on "trade as the origin of most problems", and not money.
So. As I was saying that Peertube became the trashcan of FB and Youtube....these big platforms ban a bunch of people, some of which are these crazy humans who post a ton of extreme bullshit conspiracy videos. These crazies are very motivated so they move to these federated platforms. And a bunch of them found ours. To showcase that I was right with my theory, one of these crazies contacted us to showcase that it doesn't work to upload one of his retarded videos. And in the video recording you can see him selecting the file to showcase the Peertube error. But what's important is to notice that this crazy human has a folder called "Videos pulled off of YT or FB"...and in that folder he has a ton of other folders all full of other subfolders, all full of the same crap.
I told him to try and not use our platform anymore. I don't know what we could do. On one hand we want to keep this trade
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So. As I was saying that Peertube became the trashcan of FB and Youtube....these big platforms ban a bunch of people, some of which are these crazy humans who post a ton of extreme bullshit conspiracy videos. These crazies are very motivated so they move to these federated platforms. And a bunch of them found ours. To showcase that I was right with my theory, one of these crazies contacted us to showcase that it doesn't work to upload one of his retarded videos. And in the video recording you can see him selecting the file to showcase the Peertube error. But what's important is to notice that this crazy human has a folder called "Videos pulled off of YT or FB"...and in that folder he has a ton of other folders all full of other subfolders, all full of the same crap.
I told him to try and not use our platform anymore. I don't know what we could do. On one hand we want to keep this trade-free, so you don't have to respect this or do that in order to use the platform (so no rules), on the other hand becoming the trashcan of ytb or fb is not something I want. If anyone has ideas....maybe we can do a TROMcast about this to brainstorm a bit.
Our trom.tf server was down for a bit. I think it got stuck at converting some peertube videos. All fine now. Also, very sad to see that 98% of the nearly 300 users of our peertube instance post the crappiest things on the internet. Conspiracies and crazy videos. But well...it is a trade-free project so... At least the crap is not visible with the way we designed our peertube instance. But yah....I know why this happens. It is because people who bitch about changing this society and how fb and twitter and ytb and the like are cunts, are actually soft people and they themselves do not change. These platforms didn't rape them in the butt to make them realize that they should move tf away from them. So they bitch about facebook on facebook basically. That's their way. I totally get that you want to reach more people with your message, but you can also become a sort of role-model to your followers/friends by moving to a different platform if you really consider the big ones as crappy as you scream about.
And then the crazies who move to the platforms move because these platforms
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Our trom.tf server was down for a bit. I think it got stuck at converting some peertube videos. All fine now. Also, very sad to see that 98% of the nearly 300 users of our peertube instance post the crappiest things on the internet. Conspiracies and crazy videos. But well...it is a trade-free project so... At least the crap is not visible with the way we designed our peertube instance. But yah....I know why this happens. It is because people who bitch about changing this society and how fb and twitter and ytb and the like are cunts, are actually soft people and they themselves do not change. These platforms didn't rape them in the butt to make them realize that they should move tf away from them. So they bitch about facebook on facebook basically. That's their way. I totally get that you want to reach more people with your message, but you can also become a sort of role-model to your followers/friends by moving to a different platform if you really consider the big ones as crappy as you scream about.
And then the crazies who move to the platforms move because these platforms raped them in the butt, and kicked them out of there. So they found these alternatives like Peertube and the like. And they are so crazy and trolling they cannot stop posting crap.
But anyways, a trade-free project is trade-free. So we won't ban anyone.
On another note, it is hot as fuck here in Spain and NO AC. So we struggle in this oven...I have to accommodate more and more to a night schedule if I am to work on TROM II. Like work between 23:00 and some 07:00. If possible. These days won't do much work but starting next week (mid-way) I will be full TROM II setup. #tromlive
I realized the Peertube left-side menu with our interesting links to our trade-free stuff, disappeared after the last ynh update. It was based on a plugin that I think stopped working. Actually all plugins do not work it seems....opening an issue with yunohost. #tromlive
This is a UN story. Even their story, meant to be positive, it is not. As they say:
"However, there is still a long way to and there is even evidence that the world is going backwards: the 2021 Circularity Gap Report, produced annually by the Circle Economy thinktank, estimates that the global circularity rate (the proportion of recovered materials, as a percentage of overall materials used) stands at only 8.6 per cent, down from 9.1 per cent in 2018"
Thinking that you can create sustainable businesses, it is like trying to make the water dry. You cannot. The goal of a business is to keep on making profits, else it cannot sustain itself.
Think about the following:
You have a hiking shoes company. You make boots for the people who want to hike. You employ 100 people or so, to design and produce them. You want to make really great hiking boots and make your business as sustainable as possible. How can you do that? Well, you cannot.
Three reasons why:
1. The chain of trades is wide and complicated in today's society. The raw materials used can come from other parts of the world that you cannot control or oversee. And a lot of materials go into such boots. Here's an example. So the production can be spread across the world, employing slaves, creating waste, pollution, and such. Things you cannot, again, oversee or control.
2. You have to compete with others and that means you are forced to lower your prices. If Amazon, or others, are playing "dirty" (unsustainable) and because of that they can have much lower prices, then very likely you are out of the business. So you are forced to cut corners and maybe lie, deceive, exaggerate about your hiking boots, to keep yourself afloat (to keep on selling them). You will have to invest into ads and marketing, and find cheaper producers/distributors for your boots.
3. The most important and easy to grasp issue: YOU HAVE TO KEEP ON SELLING HIKING BOOTS!
Look, if you are selling something (say hiking boots), you cannot afford to say: "Oh, we made enough of them...seems like most people have hiking boots. And we've also made them of such a good quality that they need no replacement - we don't have to produce new models. Let's stop producing more to not contribute to a potential waste of resources.". You cannot say that. If you say that you also say "Lets fire all of our 100 employees and lose our financial income and suffer because of that." It is that simple!
There is no such thing as a sustainable business, simply because a business NEEDS to keep on producing the shit they are making, endlessly! Else they cannot survive! Couple that with the fact that they have to compete (price wise) with other businesses + the fact that there is usually a huge chain of trades in order to produce any good/service (and you cannot control those), then it surely must mean that trying to make a sustainable business it is like trying to dry the water.
Humans have to take their heads out of their butts, and accept that we cannot keep on living in a trade-based society while trying to fix the problems created by the trade-based society. We need to start providing trade-free goods and services, at least when it comes to the basic needs, for most humans. To decouple them from this rat-trade-race, little by little. #tromimg
I updated our Peertube instance to its latest. It broke a lot of the theme I customized so I spent a bit of time fixing it. Now it looks better than before I think videos.trom.tf - but there might be things to fix and I may have missed. These things I can change in time, when I notice them ;). Everything seems to work perfectly fine. So enjoy! ;) #tromlive
Electric cars and batteries won't change the world-
Renewable energies and electric cars won't change our world by much. Maybe will not change it at all.
Think about this:
Imagine all boats in the world were motor-boats. Now someone comes along and has this brilliant idea of making boats that can "sail". He says "we can put these sails, big ones, on the boats, and let the wind push the boat." He the proceeds with detailing the process and how we can scale it up. "Brilliant!" the masses are screaming! And so a billionaire named Ksum Sozeb invests billions of dollars to make sailing boats, claiming that this will change the face of sea transportation. "No more water and air pollution! No more pollution in the manufacturing of motors! Free energy from the wind!" he says.
People like him and his tweets. He starts the production and soon we start to see more and more sail boats, and less motor boats. Amazing!
He manages to replace most of the motor boats with sail boats. Now we are saved! Or not...
In today's society, not in the imaginary story-world, this is probably the case. Many, if not most boats are sail boats. And yet this does not stop the extreme pollution, slavery and aggressive marketing meant to give birth to infinite consumption, of sail boats. Millions of sailboats are not used, lots are wasted, and the process of manufacturing them, disposing them, maintaining them, is immense.
In this trade-based society if you make sail boats you have to keep on making them. If you stop, you are fucked. You will lose. This alone should be the "aha...yeah" moment that would make us realize nothing is sustainable in today's trade-based society.
And so, if all cars will be electric by tomorrow, nothing of essence will be solved. The manufacturing and distribution of these cars and their parts (plastic, batteries, metal, rare earth elements, and so forth) is still extremely polluting and enslaves armies of young and old people.
Musk and others will have to keep on producing these electric cars at infinitum. And since they compete with others, they will be forced to find the shortest path to profit, and this leaves behind a lot of bad things such as slavery, corruption, waste, lies, etc.. If Musk, or others wanted to help humanity transport from one place to another, in a sustainable fashion, then he and others would invest in public transportation in a non-profit way. Simple! But they do not want that. They want to make profits. Simple!
And renewable energies are a good idea in theory, but insufficient and inefficient in today's trade-based society where it will be used to produce more shit, more waste, more slaves, more nonsense.
Unless we change the game of trade into a game of no-trade, then we cannot fix anything of essence. #tromimg
We highly recommend that you ditch Facebook/Twitter and the like, and come use our social.trom.tf social network (Friendica). You can connect with millions of people, follow pretty much anyone online, create long posts, add them to categories....there are no bans or restrictions, and so forth. See you there!
People in this society: This is such an amazing tool, a free Photoshop in the browser! Look: https://www.photopea.com/ - and so many comment and get excited about it and praise it.
People who understand how this trade-based society works: This software is not trade-free! You have to trade your currency (to unlock features), your freedom (accept their terms), your data (that they collect), your attention (because they inject ads).
This is how the understanding of trade cuts through the bullshit of this society where people pretend to provide "free" goods and services. Most do not. Be aware of that! #tromimg
Plastic pollution is one of the many problems created by this trade-based society. It is an enormous issue, alongside climate change, waste, air pollution, loss of biodiversity, human slavery, environmental destruction, inequality, and so forth.
Here's how simple it is to understand how these problems are created:
1. Human beings reflect their upbringing (the environment they grow in).
From the way they walk and talk, to what they like or hate, these are values humans pick from their environment.
2. Our environment is based on trade. Jobs, currency, the many products created, supermarkets, online premium accounts, data collection, ads, social credits, and so forth. It is a "give this to me, to give that to you" society.
This trade society gives rise to an endless circle of creating as many things as possible and selling them to others. A circle of extreme and infinite consumption that makes people only chase their own gains (profits).
So then you end up with a bunch of idiot consumers whose minds are filled with ads and "how and what to trade".
And they will create a pile of destruction in their way.
That eventually will trash their lives and this planet.
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Unless we understand this, nothing will change. We have to move away from a trade-based society. How about starting to provide trade-free goods/services to people? How about starting with their basic needs? This is a discussion that is not happening anywhere. So we need to be vocal about it. #tromimg
I plan to release a new TROMjaro ISO tomorrow with the latest Manjaro updates. The Gnome Shell 40 is still on hold for the stable version. Won't be any new features to TROMjaro, just regular updates ;). We need a stable and functioning OS ;). #tromjaro
I've added all of our instances: bibliogram (insta.trom.tf), nitter (bird.trom.tf), searx (search.trom.tf), and invidious (ytb.trom.tf) to their official lists. Let's see if they approve them ;). SO far all of our instances work very well, including invidious. I did something for invidious and it may work from now on, let's see. #tromlive
One big perk of moving is that now I have a 1GB internet connection which helps me a ton with the VN stuff + backups. I am doing 70-80GB of local backups daily, for all of our websites. #tromlive
@Tio moving flat? I am also doing several GB twice a day... only have 100MBit/s now, but will also move this year and there I will have fiber with a max of 1 GBit/s.
Looking forward to that too, but even more important is the upload speed. Here it is always asynchronous, nobody knows why, but it is.... currently I got 40MBit/s upload. The backup just needs a bit longer to arrive at home with the 100MBit/s, but if you need to restore some data in case of a crash it takes forever to restore with 40 MBit/s. But online storage servers are also expensive, so I gonna stick with the NAS at home.
Yah we moved in the same city but got a better internet connection and it is up and down 1GB. So that's super useful. Upload speeds are as important for me as download speeds.
Here too it is very expensive. 75 Euros a month. Funny part is that when we called the internet provider and told them "give us the cheapest and slowest internet contract you have" - because we wanted to reduce the costs, they were charging us the same. So we might as well go for the 1GB connection. Weird. Charlatans probably.
@Tio as far as I see they only offer 200 MBit/s upload maximum for end customers, businesses can get higher band width I think. Here 1GB / 200 MB is 80 €, really sad.
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Looking forward to that too, but even more important is the upload speed. Here it is always asynchronous, nobody knows why, but it is.... currently I got 40MBit/s upload. The backup just needs a bit longer to arrive at home with the 100MBit/s, but if you need to restore some data in case of a crash it takes forever to restore with 40 MBit/s. But online storage servers are also expensive, so I gonna stick with the NAS at home.
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