TROM

2023-10-08 14:51:24

Hello people,

My name is Tio and I manage pretty much all of the TROM projects.

I am sorry to tell you this, but I will remove the tasks.trom.tf (Vijunka) from our TROM.tf services. Let me briefly explain.

First, I am overwhelmed. I have to manage so many things, it has become a burden. This is why I will cut down from our trom.tf services. I would like to keep those that I also use so to make sure everything works well and I am motivated enough to keep them well managed. I used Vikunja for our TROM projects but since then I discovered a better local alternative: AppFlowy - https://appflowy.io/ - en excellent all-in-one notes taking app with calendars and kaban-style to-do lists. There is also Focalboard that is more alike Vikunja https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/focalboard-bin and can even be used locally.

And lastly we have added Deck to our TROM Files https://files.trom.tf - a great online Kaban-style tool. I have been using this for years to collaborate on projects. It is even easier to use than Vikunja and you can invite others to collaborate on tasks.

Lastly, we are moving to a new and better server and Vikunja fails to restore properly...I tried many things and it simply takes too long to find a solution.

Those being said, I am sorry to bother you with this and I really strive to provide good and reliable services, but Vikunja (Tasks) was always one of those services that I knew it won't last too long considering the alternatives out there.

TROM Files with Deck is perhaps the best replacement if you want to collaborate online with others.

Therefore please backup your stuff and import into some other similar app/service. Around 30st of this month TROM Tasks (Vikunja) will stop.

Again, sorry for the inconvenience and do not worry services like TROM Files will never cease to exist since we use them for our project daily.

#tromlive

TROM

2023-10-04 23:57:09

In just 2 days after we moved our SearxNG instance (TROM Search) to a new dedicated server, it has been blocked by pretty much all search engines. It requires, it seems, a lot of work to have such an instance run at optimal levels and stay relevant. We do not have these resources. I, Tio, am doing pretty much most of the work behind TROM and I am completely overwhelmed. Therefore our TROM Search is forever removed and we are going to redirect to https://searx.neocities.org/ which is a meta-search, using the most relevant and well maintained Searx instances, randomly.

Let's leave this job at maintaining such a Trade Free search engine interface, to those who know best and have more time. We already have a ton of projects. Better spend this time creating new content.

On top of this we have permanently removed our TROM Translate which was another TF interface for Google Translate. We may add our own translation engine in the future.

I need to scale down the work I am doing for TROM because it is not humanly possible to run such an immense project with so many "things" that we have created.....from an operating system to a video and social platform, to books, podcasts, documentaries and a lot more.

Time to remove the projects that are not necessary!

#tromlive

TROM

2023-09-25 13:39:32

Our TROM Social (friendica) was down for the past 10+ hours because we had to remove millions of entries from our database that were "injected" by troll instances. We went from around 40 million entries in the database table to around 200 thousand. From 10GB in size to 50MB.

We aim to make our services very reliable. If they are down very often then people cannot use them. So far so great, but lately because we are forced to move to a different (and better) server we need to optimize some databases before moving our websites. So there will be downtimes. We are sorry.

From now on our TROM Social should work reliably. Always check - https://status.tromsite.com

We have successfully transferred all of our websites, except the TROM.tf ones, to a new location in Finland. Everything seems to be working really well. In less than a week we will start the transfer of TROM.tf, and this can take more time, be aware of that. But we will expand our storage capacity and allow even more videos on Peertube and even more storage for TROM Files.

Support us here if you can https://www.tromsite.com/donate/

#tromlive

TROM

2023-09-20 16:13:58

To change Healthcare and Transportation

Transportation.

In Germany they came up with a plan: pay a monthly fee of about 50 Euros and have access to all of the public transport across Germany. Lately they proposed that if you are to "surrender" your driving license, you can get access to all of that for free. (source).

Now this, if properly managed and made even more accessible for everyone in Germany, can severely cut down the use of cars. Why would anyone want to buy a car, maintain, take care of, repair and so forth, if they have access to an affordable and good transportation system that is efficient? If people are to use a lot less cars, then we need a lot less roads. Thus you can transform the roads and parking spaces into green public spaces. Add bikes to the mix and you can create much better places for people to live.

Think about how much space cars take:

And the fact that the more lanes we make, the more traffic there is:

And the fact that most cars transport only 1-2 people. A massive waste of space...

And of course, how polluting they are:

Did you know that most of the microplastics in the air is due to car tires? It is true.

So of course it makes total sense to ditch this outdated practice. Paris, Barcelona and other places are trying do to similar schemes. Some cities are restricting the access to cars in some areas.

This is one of those massive problems that we can easily fix even within this bullshit trade system. And the solution is simple: make the public transport very cheap (or free), and efficient. Plus restrict car access to many areas. The goal should be to make it trade-free, so that it will become a lot more efficient. No more tickets, no more ads in the buses or any of that crap. Because what many seem to not realize is that advertising is a massive drive of consumerism (of course, that's its only purpose), and that in turn creates the destruction, waste, pollution and all of the crap we see.

Therefore the way forward is to aim for a trade-free transport system in different parts of the world. No currency, no data trading, no ads, no bullshit. And this will create a much better environment for people and nature.

Restoring nature... and a good life....

Doable now. Happening (little by little) now.

Healthcare

In USA the healthcare is private and thus trade-based for its citizens. Therefore USA has the most expensive healthcare systems in the world with a life expectancy of just 76. (source 1, 2) - In short the people in that tribe pay more because companies decide what's the price of this drug, that surgery, and so forth. And their incentive is of course to charge more and more.

In other tribes like Spain where the tribe members do not have to pay anything, the government is the one negotiating the prices with companies, and thus they are able to get a less expensive deal. And overall a much better organized healthcare system. The life expectancy is around 83-84 years, almost 10 years more than in the USA. (source 1, 2).

It is obvious that if you create a healthcare system that's free (or trade-free if you can) then people live longer, healthier, and you spend a lot less resources on that.

Conclusion.

In both cases, the evidence is clear: if we make these services free (and aim to make them trade-free eventually) then we see a lot of positive outcomes. And as you can see it is not only doable, but happening. However we need to push for more of these, in more parts of the world, and inform people about trade as the origin of most problems.

Let's stop dreaming about hyperloops, round cities, futuristic 3D nonsense. These are fantasies. We need to focus on realistic solutions that can have an enormous impact, while keeping an aim in sight: that of making this trade based society obsolete.

#tromlive