This is a topic that interested me for more than a decade now. I talked about it in the first TROM documentary and will bring it back into the second TROM. What seemed like fantasy even 10 years ago, now seems like a very solid and scientific endeavor. It fascinates me.
I wish I could live a thousand years :) - I would never get bored :P
In other news I replaced the trailers for VideoNeat.com for some 300 documentaries today....manually....1.200 more to go haahah. Will do it slowly over the course of the next months. I feel better today. I hope to start the work on TROM II tomorrow.
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Yaas, that's mindblowing.. totally agree that it seems absolutely feasible to prolong the life or/and to increase a quality of life in general by rejuvenation of some body parts. Just focus on science already dammit :grinning face with smiling eyes:
Interesting. I do not drink alcohol at all. Because I never feel the need to....I never did. I would be curious how big the relative risk is of drinking alcohol and developing some cancers....but yeah, alcohol, a drug sold as legal in today's world, while other drugs are treated like pure evil.
In my view people should consume whatever they want, it is their lives after all. But we should be aware of the risks.
VideoNeat is up again! The theme was very old and not updated in years so it was not working properly and we were unable to update the whole website for some time now. We finally changed the theme and redesigned the entire website. It looks quite similar to how it was before, but probably a bit more functional now.
Mind you it is not optimized for mobile phones and it won't be for some time. It is not a priority for now. Only after the TROM II documentary is released we can do that. But regardless this website is not meant for such tiny screens anyway. And most mobile phones can't even properly support the Bittorrent network that VN uses.
Also we need some 50 more euros for our campaign to pay for the backups for VN and all other websites. Please help if you can tromsite.com/fundraiser/ we have to pay in less than a week.
Mind you most trailers do not play in a popup anymore. They will be downloaded on your machine....we will slowly fix this one by one. It is what it is for now....
I worked all day on VIdeoNeat.com to restore it....I'll explain more tomorrow but probably it will be back tomorrow. At least now the website is better and does not rely on an ancient theme. I feel a bit sick. Maybe I got COVID from the dentist :D - she was coughing a bit- God bless.
As soon as VN is up and running I'll get back to the documentary.
Yesterday I went to the dentist. I didn't have to go for the past 4 or so years so that's the positive side. I used to go there for 3 or so years almost weekly, not long ago, because I had braces. I had really fucked up teeth and it took 3 years to fix them.
Anyway, I go there and they tell me to wait in the waiting room. I enter and I see a few C's. Some young, some oldish. By C's I mean people. Why C? Because that's how they look to me, like the letter C when they sit down and are bent over their phone screens.
I said a timid "Ola", and I think an older dude said "Ola" on just 5% volume.
I remember not long ago when I was going to the same dentist, waiting in the same waiting room, that most people were just sitting around. They had some magazines there and some were picking them up and browsing through them.
So I sit down and look around like I normally do. I could see through a
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Yesterday I went to the dentist. I didn't have to go for the past 4 or so years so that's the positive side. I used to go there for 3 or so years almost weekly, not long ago, because I had braces. I had really fucked up teeth and it took 3 years to fix them.
Anyway, I go there and they tell me to wait in the waiting room. I enter and I see a few C's. Some young, some oldish. By C's I mean people. Why C? Because that's how they look to me, like the letter C when they sit down and are bent over their phone screens.
I said a timid "Ola", and I think an older dude said "Ola" on just 5% volume.
I remember not long ago when I was going to the same dentist, waiting in the same waiting room, that most people were just sitting around. They had some magazines there and some were picking them up and browsing through them.
So I sit down and look around like I normally do. I could see through a big glass door how strongly it is raining outside. It was pouring. My mind shifted to the TROM II documentary, the stuff that I want to do next, my plans for the next months, and so forth. My mind drifted towards the scenery for a bit and I was thinking how weird that this water falls from the sky and how it sounds....those rain droplets falling on the pavement make a lot of sound. And sound is basically energy. The atmosphere, the stuff around, shaking, and the vibrations reach our ears. How cool.
I remember waiting in this waiting room for many hours when I was going for my braces. And had a lot of thoughts. I like to think about stuff.
I then look around me and the C's are still C. I am thinking "Do they think that I am a weirdo...the only one here just sitting like that and not bent as a C? Am I more like an L when I sit down?" - but then I thought.....are these people even thinking about that? Or thinking in general?
Not to be mean, but it seems to me like pretty much everyone nowadays has no more "free time" to think. That time is completely eaten by the phones and the computers and the tv....
Like....if they go to school/work, then they have to solve all sorts of issues they may have, then they have to buy food, cook, drive, take care of family members (like the soft-brained kids they may have), have homework.....then they are nonstop on their phones....Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Youtube.....Netflix....Amazon....shop, take photos, consume, like, share, chit-chat.
Honestly, does anyone nowadays have inner thoughts? Because even when you sit in your bed, before going to sleep, probably most humans are on their phones. They wake up with their phones in their faces too.
I was amusing myself thinking that in the near future people would go to a psychologist and be like...
Patient: I hear voices in my head! Psychologist: What do they say? Patient: idk....like words at times... Psychologist: Do you hear them loud? Patient: At times yes.... Psychologist: How often and when mostly? Patient: Not that often, and usually when I do not do anything for some reason... Psychologist: Ok, you may suffer from ITD. Patient IDT? Psychologist: Inner Thoughts Disorder. A lack of outside stimulation of the brain can cause the brain to shoot random thoughts. It is nothing to worry about. Back in the days people managed to deal with that on a daily basis. I recommend you these apps to keep your brain more engaged, and take one of these sleeping pills an hour before you want to go to bed.
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That's how I was amusing myself.
You know, I used to spend at least 2-3 hours in bed before going to sleep, thinking about stuff. And it is damn fun. At times I would spend 5-6 hours or more, staying in bed, thinking. Actually this thinking time allowed me to create TROM, the documentary. The many books I wrote and projects I created. Heck yeah, this article was created last night while I was sitting in bed, in darkness, just with my brain. Now I too have reduced the night thinking to say 1-2 hours for some reason, but I still think every single night before I go to bed. :)
These moments of you inside your brain are, I think, essential to get to know yourself and the world around you. To plan ahead, to talk to yourself, understand yourself and your relationships. And the world that is out there. Without it you are like a Rumba cleaning robot. Or other sorts of robots. You observe and are pushed by the stuff you are observing. But have no time for self-reflection. Your brain is a read only software by you, and read and write for the big companies that are keeping you busy.
People have become robots. And there is a good reason why. An explanation that have predicted that. TRADE.
The same way that humans became physical robots for the past centuries, working 8 to 12 hours a day, same way today their minds are being trading assets. Facebook, Google, Netflix, TikTok and the like, they NEED your mind to trade. Your attention and data are so valuable today. So they do all they can to transform you into a livestock animal, milked daily, because that's all they want.
It is a very ugly society we live in. Driven by the same force of trade.
When the printing press was invented some said that humans won't even think because they will spend time reading other people's thoughts. Wasn't true really. Newspapers and the invention of the TV, others said, will make people dumber by keeping them glued to those media outlets. Not entirely true, but to some degree truer than before. The "smartphone" and the internet era is on a different level tho. They do keep people busy most of the time, because it is run by a cancerous invasion of companies and individuals who want BRAINS. Mindless consuming BRAINS. And you carry that consumption device with you non stop, and rely on it.
I too rely on a phone....to keep in touch with my parents and because they require one when you have a bank account, go to the hospital, the dentist, and so on. But I decided to only use the phone for that. And for the weather at times. Plus GPS. The rest I do not care. Although I spend a ton of time online, I do so only on my laptop. On my phone I rarely even have credit. And on my laptop I do a lot of work for TROM. Besides that I do scroll through reddit at times, but mostly I use our own tools like TROMnews, I watch documentaries and so forth.
But man.....this is a scary world for me. I see most humans as zombies who are not alive, but simply are automatons that are fed and milked non stop for an endless trade society.
And I genuinely wonder if people still have inner thoughts nowadays....what do they dream at night about....what do they think when they are not C's....? Are they L's, I's anymore? idk....
One thing I am 100% sure is that if I did not spend a lot of time with myself, in my head, I would have been lost today. It is what allowed me to get rid of my suicidal and depressive behavior, what allowed me to change, what made me make TROM, write books, make videos, and so forth. Without these, there is no me.
yeah I know that photo and mentioned that in the post :P - as said, today's gadgets are a different game. newspapers and tv were like toddlers compared to the power of these new gadgets.
@Tio Wow you have such interesting thoughts, mine always feel like just random noise that I have to get rid of, lol 😂
Also this might be shocking for you if you don't already know, but not everyone has an inner voice/speech, there are non-verbal thinkers too. This video explains it pretty well - So I don't recall having an inner voice when I was a kid, or at least not significant enough to notice, but later in my teenage years I somehow developed one. I don't exactly remember how I used to think before developing an inner voice, but if I had to explain it then I'd use words like emotions, feelings, intuitions, pictures etc. I remember the first time I intentionally said something inside my head, it felt so weird.... like talking to an empty room that echoes, I felt very silly doing it because I already knew what I was gonna say and so what's the point of saying it to myself wh
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@Tio Wow you have such interesting thoughts, mine always feel like just random noise that I have to get rid of, lol 😂
Also this might be shocking for you if you don't already know, but not everyone has an inner voice/speech, there are non-verbal thinkers too. This video explains it pretty well - So I don't recall having an inner voice when I was a kid, or at least not significant enough to notice, but later in my teenage years I somehow developed one. I don't exactly remember how I used to think before developing an inner voice, but if I had to explain it then I'd use words like emotions, feelings, intuitions, pictures etc. I remember the first time I intentionally said something inside my head, it felt so weird.... like talking to an empty room that echoes, I felt very silly doing it because I already knew what I was gonna say and so what's the point of saying it to myself when no one else can hear? If you've lived your entire life having an inner voice then this might sound very strange to you, haha 😄 Anyway, that conversation with the therapist on your post reminded me of this, we humans are so similar but yet so different from each other in how we experience things.
But even those using these sort of spy mechanisms are failing, because they can't prevent anything really. Or change much. They may target specific people, kill them, blackmail them, but in the end is futile even for them. Ugly society.
If I don't get goosebumps when I make TROM II, meaning when I edit it, the interviews, the music, the footage, and such, at least a few times for each part, then I am not satisfied. :D
I know that does not mean everyone else will react the same, but at least for me that's great :) - feels great, am happy with the result it means. And I am getting some right now when I am at the 30 min mark for the last part :)
Yes, I am familiar with TROM. TROM (The Reality Of Me) is a decentralized, community-driven video hosting platform that aims to provide a privacy-respecting alternative to traditional video hosting sites. It uses blockchain technology to store and serve videos, and allows users to monetize their content through cryptocurrency.
TROM is part of a growing trend of decentralized video platforms that aim to offer users greater control over their content and privacy. However, as with any new technology, it's important to carefully consider the benefits and limitations before choosing a platform, and to be aware of the ways in which your data may be used.
And that's the biggest, by far, issue with these chatbots. They seem smart, but they are not. They are great at blabbing. But they can confidently tell you a lot of wrong information. Terrible.
I then asked "Are tromsite and tiotrom connected?"
Look at the stupidity:
Yes, TROMsite and Tiotrom are connec
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I asked chatgpt:
Have you heard of TROM?
And it said:
Yes, I am familiar with TROM. TROM (The Reality Of Me) is a decentralized, community-driven video hosting platform that aims to provide a privacy-respecting alternative to traditional video hosting sites. It uses blockchain technology to store and serve videos, and allows users to monetize their content through cryptocurrency.
TROM is part of a growing trend of decentralized video platforms that aim to offer users greater control over their content and privacy. However, as with any new technology, it's important to carefully consider the benefits and limitations before choosing a platform, and to be aware of the ways in which your data may be used.
And that's the biggest, by far, issue with these chatbots. They seem smart, but they are not. They are great at blabbing. But they can confidently tell you a lot of wrong information. Terrible.
I then asked "Are tromsite and tiotrom connected?"
Look at the stupidity:
Yes, TROMsite and Tiotrom are connected. Tiotrom is a subsidiary of TROM (The Reality of Me) and is focused on developing and promoting the use of TIOT token, a cryptocurrency used to incentivize and reward participation in the TROM project. Tiotrom aims to provide a decentralized, community-driven alternative to traditional financial systems, and to support the development of sustainable solutions for societal and environmental problems. The Tiotrom ecosystem is integrated with the TROMsite and is used to support and reward individuals who contribute to the project in various ways, such as creating and sharing content, participating in discussion forums, and supporting the development of new solutions.
It would be better to say: I do not know. When it is not 100% sure.
And one more that the chat said "The TROM project suggests that a more equitable and sustainable system of trade is necessary to address these problems and to create a better future for all."
Multiple-facepalms.
I cannot trust a thing that this chat is saying anymore. May sound good, but may be totally wrong.
I opened a new chat and asked "what is TROM" - here is the answer:
TROM stands for The Reality of Me, which is a personal growth and self-awareness program created by L. Ron Hubbard. It aims to help individuals understand their own thoughts, emotions, and experiences to achieve greater happiness and success in life.
I'm dying hahahhahaaha.
That guy founded the Church of Scientology hahahah
My God and people think this chat is revolutionary. It is like a salesperson, blabbing in a way that makes people impressed, and yet it is deceiving as fuck.
Maybe I'll try out this chatGPT someday, I've heard good things about it. The thing is, AIs are never good at obscure questions that require some digging around to find out, so the fact that it presents you wrong information with such confidence and assurance is very concerning. I think this situation could be improved a lot by just showing us the sources where the AI got that info from, and maybe also a confidence level showing how sure the AI is of the accuracy of that info.
@alexio TBH, I think this answer is much better than the last one, at least it didn't say TROMjaro is a distro for advanced users and that it has Tor browser and stuff like that. It mentioned the trade-free concept and also the fact that we do backups before important updates. Now, I know some of these AIs are trained on old data like from 2020 or something, so maybe that's why it says TROMjaro is still in development 'cause at the time we were probably testing TROMjaro XFCE beta 🤔
still, very deceiving....if i wasnt behind tromjaro i would have thought very differently. in any case if they can be so wrong it makes them kinda useless for now.
a little confused about TROM and Odysee, I think. As @cwebber put it, it's automated mansplaining. Of course mansplainers would be all excited and threatened by it
Kinda badly confused :D - if it does that even 2 out of 10 times, then it kinda ruins the idea behind this bot entirely. You simply cannot trust it. At least if it provided some sources.
Today I spent 2h on the terrace updating the servers, listening to music/podcasts, even had a video call for like 15 minutes - very bright outside. The laptop handled it like a champ :D - this is my first time being able to do "remote work" haha. Never had a laptop that allows me to work on my stuff like that. My 2 previous laptops had a very shitty battery and storage.
So anyway, screen brightness at max, over wifi continuously and quite far from the router (so more energy needed to keep the connection on), bluetooth on, online non stop, streaming audio, and after 2 hours of use still had 60% battery left. I could easily use the laptop like that for some 4-5 hours which is great. The speakers are really loud for a laptop, awesome. The webcam is really great for a laptop too. So all great. I am happy I chose this laptop after all.
Anyway. Servers work done, tonight I start the TROM II work again. I am determined to at least "almost finish it" this month
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Today I spent 2h on the terrace updating the servers, listening to music/podcasts, even had a video call for like 15 minutes - very bright outside. The laptop handled it like a champ :D - this is my first time being able to do "remote work" haha. Never had a laptop that allows me to work on my stuff like that. My 2 previous laptops had a very shitty battery and storage.
So anyway, screen brightness at max, over wifi continuously and quite far from the router (so more energy needed to keep the connection on), bluetooth on, online non stop, streaming audio, and after 2 hours of use still had 60% battery left. I could easily use the laptop like that for some 4-5 hours which is great. The speakers are really loud for a laptop, awesome. The webcam is really great for a laptop too. So all great. I am happy I chose this laptop after all.
Anyway. Servers work done, tonight I start the TROM II work again. I am determined to at least "almost finish it" this month :)
This is it: I needed a new laptop to get rid of my old one that was not portable. I made 3 posts already about this journey: 1, 2, 3 – so I will try not to repeat myself.
My mission: get a sturdy and powerful laptop that can last me for a decade. Upgradable and fixable in a reasonable manner. Big screen, yet portable. Do it!
After months of searching and thanks to Roma and Guil primarily, who donated 98% of the money for the laptop, I settled for the Dell Inspiron 7620 2-in-1 16 inches. It has a core i7-1260p – 12 cores 16 threads. An Nvidia MX550, 64GB of RAM and 4TB NVME. 4k screen, 16:10 aspect ratio.
I will tell you why I chose this one.
First let me tell you the negative parts of this laptop, since none can be perfect for me I guess. Then I’ll tell you why overall it is a great laptop for me.
What I don’t quite like.
The keyboard. You see I write a lot and I want a great keyboard. This one is too shallow. I miss the depth of the previous keyboard….but I guess I’ll get used to it eventually. The keyboard is also in German….since I bought the laptop from germany, ebay, second hand but unused. Basically brand new. The Y and Z are switched but I chose a QWERTY layout in TROMjaro so despite showing differently, the letters are in a QWERTY format. I will try to also manually switch them but I am affraid not to break them.
I also kinda don’t like the arrow keys… The up and down arrows are too tiny. This is a bad design on any keyboard.
To add salt to the injury… this layer: It is a layer of some sort of plastic/glass on top of the metal chassis, that is great for the touchpad but the edges are a bit sharp so when I type my arms get cut a bit in these edges….that happens when I sit on my desk. Like 99% of the time….
SO the typing experience is not that great. Not awful, and I will get used to it, but yeah….that’s the biggest downside so far.
Another slight discomfort: opening the laptop to upgrade was a scary experience. You have a few screws but once you start unscrewing them the top part of the bottom case starts to violently try to get out, and things are bendy and make noises. Maybe the captive screws on that side should not be fully unscrewed but loosen and then try to open the case little by little. Like all laptops (almost) the bottom detachable case has plastic bits inside that clip into the laptop, and these are always sketchy…so I even broke 2 while opening it. Was not a great experience but I guess next time it will be easy. Luckily the entire laptop is made out of aluminium so even without these plastic things everything can close pretty tight.
It can be loud and it is a bit heavy. Having a dedicated GPU the fans will be pretty loud when you do intensive tasks, but probably that’s quite normal… Also it is heavy for a “tablet” and quite huge. So this is not really comfortable to use it like that. On the desk is properly fine.
Software-related issues.
Since this laptop is quite new, not even a year old, the hardware is not flawless with Linux. The worst of them all: the speakers will stop working after a few minutes of use. You have to restart pulseaudio for them to work again for a bit. Then they stop again. This seems to be a bug that was reported and should be fixed with newer releases of the kernel. I can easily put up with that since I never use the laptop’s speakers – I have external ones – but for most people this would be a reason not to use Linux on this laptop.
The Hibernate mode kills your laptop. I found out the hard way. I had to fix some bad sectors on the drive because it was not booting up anymore. Probably another issue that will be fixed in the near future, but for now no Hibernate mode. Suspend works ok tho.
If I turn the screen brightness down completely, from the keyboard, I cannot bring it up again. I have to shut down the laptop from the power button….that sucks.
The face recognition camera does not have any real support in Linux so that’s not usable….this is the case for all laptops as far as I know.
Closing the lid won’t respect the XFCE settings I setup for it, so it won’t turn off the screen, or lock, or else.
Basically, with Linux, this laptop is not easily portable. You can’t use the speakers, you can’t hibernate it, you can’t even close the lid to have it turn off the screen….
So, you may wonder, why did I keep this laptop if it has these issues?
First of all the software related issues will be fixed and they won’t bother me much at all. Pretty much every laptop I had to install Linux on, had some sort of issues like that. It is normal when you create an operating system for ALL laptops out there.
Second, the hardware-related issues are not that bad. I am getting used to the keyboard and I won’t have to open up the laptop that often anyway.
So, then, the good parts.
The build quality is great. This is all metal. Slimbook for example felt flimsy, this one feels really sturdy. I can kill a human and a dog with this laptop and I am sure it will still work 😀. The hinges, metal, feel like they will last me a lifetime. It barely bends, no cracks, and feels really solid overall…
It is also super slim and of course bendable 360 degrees: Look how great that looks. So thin, so portable. This is a lot more slim-book than the Slimbook one 😀. And the charger is also tiny compared to the Slimbook or my previous laptop:
The touchscreen is also a plus since I can test TROMjaro directly on my own machine.
Speaking of the screen, the screen is AMAZING. The blacks are so black that if I were to select a 16:9 instead of 16:10 resolution I can’t even tell since the black borders are as black as the screen’s chassis. The colors are vibrant and it looks amazing from all angles.
Also…am I crazy or 3-4k resolution is no different from Full HD!? I tested with this laptop and there is 0 difference in how it looks. That’s good since I can use the FullHD resolution and this improves the battery life. From my initial tests it can last some 5-6 hours on wifi doing things. Others have tested this and it can last some 20h if you are not connected to the internet and just watch local media.
When the speakers work they are very loud and sound great, despite only using 2 of them out of 4 in Linux…..when they will all work this laptop will sound amazing am sure.
The touchpad is great. Smooth, HUGE, and looks neat. The glassy surface that cuts my arms while typing feels great when using the touchpad 😁
Speaking of looking neat, there is only 1 logo on the back. And that’s not even that visible. I like that.
The port selection is perfect. On the left side you get an HDMI, normal USB, and two USB C / Thunderbolt – meaning they support any sort of connection basically. On the right side you get another normal USB port, an audio jack, and a full SD size card reader. So you can be sure that this laptop can connect to anything.
For example the way I set it up now that I have to work on TROM II and need a bunch of external stuff, I use a USB-C dock. It connects to the laptop into one of the USB C ports. One cable, mind you. This dock has the following connected to it: 3 HDDs totaling 14TB of data + my headphones + speakers + external microphone + mouse + external display + projector + 1GB Ethernet + power charging so that it also charges the laptop + webcam. This is so amazing. It means I can quickly unplug one single cable and take the laptop. Then plug it in and all of those are connected.
The webcam is also better than your average laptop camera, like for example many times better than Slimbook’s. The built-in microphone I’ve heard is also very good but I have not tested it yet. The webcam also has a physical shutter so you can block it.
THE INSIDES! I think this is the only laptop-convertible in the world that’s 16inches and has a 16:10 aspect ratio, is so slim yet all metal build, but allows you to replace the RAM and has 2 slots for it. This was a must for me. It was advertised as 32GB max, but I easily added 64GB of RAM. DDR4. And I upgraded the NVME M2 to 4TB.
To compare it now with the Slimbook Executive 16, that one costs 1.750 Euros with 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. Sure, the CPU is a bit better and the GPU much better (useful only if you play video games which I do not). This laptop, the Inspiron 7620 costed me 1.100 Euros and with 64GB of RAM + 4TB SSD around 1.700 Euros. MUCH MUCH MUCH better in all regards than the Slimbook offer.
Lastly the power button it is also a fingerprint reader: And I managed to make it work in TROMjaro – wasn’t that difficult. How amazing that now I can unlock the computer with the fingerprint and works perfectly fine. Or when I install new packages….FINGERPRINT! NO more typing my very long admin password 😀.
OVERALL.
For 1.700 Euros I got a great laptop. It has a big and amazing screen, great port selection, fantastic build quality, great touchpad, good webcam and mic, ok upgradability and repairability, great CPU and good GPU. Touchscreen, bendable 360 degrees, consumes less energy than the Slimbook, small power charger (USB C), great price overall. In time I’ll get used to the keyboard too and the software related issues will be fixed.
Ok ok, a very long post…..but to me this machine is important since it allows me to do the so many projects I am doing. It is an extension to my brain. So it matters to me.
Now I plan to give my old laptop to a dear TROM friend who has helped the project a lot for the past year or two. If I manage to send it to the other side of the globe somehow to not break our pockets. I want to give my older stuff to others who can use it for longer.
I will try to get “laptops” out of my head and in a week or so to focus again on TROM II. I spent a lot of time searching for a good laptop and I feel like I have finally found it. It is time to move on 😀
UPDATE
I wanted to post an update about the laptop now that I’ve used it for a bit.
I got used with the keyboard. Of course this was meant to happen. I still think is not the greatest keyboard I’ve used but it is ok. You don’t think about it after some time. I also managed to physically switch the Y and Z keys without breaking them 😀 Now everything seems more “natural” in terms of typing.
However the trackpad makes some rattling sounds when I use the laptop in bed. Almost like it is a tiny bit loose. I may try to fix that another time.
Build quality is not as great as I thought.
I opened the laptop today to properly look inside. I have to say it was easier to open than before, as I was expecting, but still not a great experience. The worst is what I discovered…I realized that yes the laptop is a metal built BUT inside where the hardware is, there is a plastic mesh/backbone where everything is held into place…which means the screws are screwed into the plastic, and so are the hinges. Watch this video to see my disappointment:
I was and still am very disappointed. I did not realize that the first time I have opened it. Thing is even if I did, I cannot find a better laptop overall. From the screen size, to the ports, outside chassis, specs….cannot….so it is what it is. But it is deceiving and stupid to make a metal chassis but not have the components screwed into it. Now I will have to be extra careful with this laptop to not break the plastic….my worst nightmare. I have used it today all day while sitting in bed and felt very sturdy and all that. So I hope it will be ok and last me for a long time. And if not I can later on sell it and hopefully Framework can make some 16inch ones so I can grab one of those.
Don’t get me wrong, the laptop feels very well built, but now that I know how it is screwed inside, I will be more careful with it.
It is many times better than my previous laptop so….that’s great.
Software issues?
Almost no more software issues. Everything was fixed with the new 6.1 kernel and with the 6.2 one the 2 speakers out of 4 that do not work now, will also work. So yeah, as I was predicting, in Linux is not a big deal if some hardware does not work ok. It will in the near future especially when we talk about a newly released laptop.
I LOVE the fingerprint reader. Install/remove packages, unlock the computer, are done in a split of a second now. The fingerprint reader works like a charm and I will add a package for it for the next release of TROMjaro and a tutorial about how you can enable it.
The rest?
The screen is wonderful. FullHD or 4k look the same so I use it in FullHD. The laptop is fast, allowing me to compile a new TROMjaro ISO in some 15 minutes compared to 50 minutes before. The mic and camera are good. The speakers very good and I could only test it with 2 out of 4. The battery is ok…nothing special about it.
I made a shitty quality video about it today to show the laptop a bit and the fingerprint reader 🙂 – I am lazy to record it properly but here you go:
I cannot find a better laptop for my needs now. This one is indeed great. Even if the insides are plastic….it is ok (at least I hope so). Having this portable laptop is fantastic and 64GB of RAM + 4TB NVME are heaven for me haha.
I should leave this behind and work on TROM II, to finish it in 2-3 months. 😉
LAST AND SMALL UPDATE:
Today I got another kernel update and all speakers work. 4 speakers. They sound great for a laptop. Very loud, very clear. Very happy about that. Also, am less and less disappointed about that plastic inside. The laptop feels sturdy so I hope all will be ok.
Touchpad issues update
After 2 months of use there are 2 issues with the touchpad. Mind you I rarely use the touchpad so perhaps these are much bigger issues for most people than they are for me. But there is a fix for them.
The noises, the rattles.
From the beginning I noticed that when I use the touchpad it made a sound when I tapped it to click. As if it is not screwed well into place. And after a while it gets annoying and more noisy. Basically the touchpad is a bit lose. To fix this I had to add some paper tape and some sticky foam pads. Here is the video:
As you can see this requires a little bit of effort since you have to test and see what works best for you. The other issue is that if you fix it you may make it too stiff and if you are used to push-to-click instead of tap-to-click it may become annoying. Mine is a bit too stiff but I much rather prefer that. I never push-to-click on the touchpad. Tapping is much easier for me.
The electrons are mad.
One HUGE issue with this trackpad is something I’ve read about before buying it but I did not think it would happen to me. Basically the mouse pointer would jump chaotically on the screen when you used the touchpad, or click, it was a mess. There are many forum posts about it and this is the main reason people return these Dell 7 thousand series back. I finally found this forum thread where people discovered that there is an issue with the grounding and static electricity building up. So basically a hardware issue. Funny enough if you were to create a friction between your palm and the touchpad for a few seconds, it would work again.
The real solution is to create a better connection between two pieces of metal on the touchpad. And so I did:
I hope it will work from now on, if not I’ll try to connect those bits better.
Yeah for such an expensive laptop you expect better. But I am happy that these are the only issues I experienced so far and are quite easy to fix. Overall the battery is very good, the build quality is great, the speakers are ok, the keyboard is fine, the port selection is bloody useful, and the screen is AMAZING. I love it.
It is powerful enough for me for the many years o come, it is portable, and overall I love it.
That’s all I hope.
Touchpad update
The electric tape solution didn’t work at all. In a day or two it went back to how it was. Since then it became worse and worse. The trackpad/touchpad was unusable. I then decided to go for the soldering. I really didn’t want to do that to my laptop but I did it. For details see this forum post. I did a really bad job at soldering because I was tired and the bits I was soldering to on the trackpad were so tiny. I did that some 3-4 days ago and since then the trackpad works like a charm. I still can’t believe it. This really stressed me out and made this laptop unusable as a laptop really, unless you always have a mouse with you.
Anyway, so far it works perfectly fine and I really hope this did it. It is the solution that everyone recommends.
The laptop itself is great. Very well built, amazing screen, very good speakers, powerful and all of that, so I would not know what else to buy if it wasn’t for this one, so I am beyond happy if this issue is finally solved….
As for the rattling I realized that the simplest solution is to put a paper tape between those two little metal things and the laptop’s chassis. So that when they touch they make a lot less noise. So bellow those as you see in the photo, I added one piece of tape. Now all is fine.
So right now the laptop is well and dandy. I love it overall considering the alternatives. I really hope this is the last update.
Hi all,
As many of us are facing issues with the Inspiron 7610 touchpad, I have noticed that Dell has not taken a position on this and refuses to do anything besides forcing you to send in the lapt...
A new TROMjaro ISO is out with an advanced search plus a wonderful little app that allows you to quickly extract text from photos or videos. See - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…
Hi, You know I invited him to our TROMcast (we have a podcast - right now is on pause because I need to finish the TROM II documentary) and he almost accepted. We were about to settle for a day but he never got back to me....
His idea of what a "free software" is, can be different from what I would call "trade-free". For example, he would say that a piece of software needs to showcase its source code, to let anyone modify and re-distribute it, even sell if they want. But always inherit the same rules for the newly modified code.
Now in terms of software, I argue that the most important thing is to let people use a piece of software without asking anything in return. In that regards even proprietary software can be trade-free. However in the vast majority of cases if a software is trade-free it is unlikely to also be proprietary since there is no incentive for that.
In general the vast majority of software is trade-free and also free-software, so they overlap most of the time. I do not like the idea that you can sell a piece of free-software like Stallman says.
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Hi, You know I invited him to our TROMcast (we have a podcast - right now is on pause because I need to finish the TROM II documentary) and he almost accepted. We were about to settle for a day but he never got back to me....
His idea of what a "free software" is, can be different from what I would call "trade-free". For example, he would say that a piece of software needs to showcase its source code, to let anyone modify and re-distribute it, even sell if they want. But always inherit the same rules for the newly modified code.
Now in terms of software, I argue that the most important thing is to let people use a piece of software without asking anything in return. In that regards even proprietary software can be trade-free. However in the vast majority of cases if a software is trade-free it is unlikely to also be proprietary since there is no incentive for that.
In general the vast majority of software is trade-free and also free-software, so they overlap most of the time. I do not like the idea that you can sell a piece of free-software like Stallman says. So I am not sure that he wants to see a world where we provide stuff as trade-free for people, but I wanted to talk to him about that.
Regardless, I love most of the things he talks about in regards to software, and I even included bits with him in the upcoming TROM II documentary. So for sure I will try to contact him again when we reboot our TROMcast.
In regards to TROMjaro it is not fully free-software since it also ships with Nvidia proprietary drivers for those who want them. And I am one of them since my computer won't work at all, or well, if I were not to use the proprietary Nvidia drivers....but these are small "incompatibilities" between the trade-free and free-software approaches.
Hi Tio! Thanks for the prompt answer und your explanation! I am happy to hear that and also find it interesting, that there are some differences. I am still reading "Free as in free software". #GNU Very interesting guy and also shows an interesting view of the past.
I am looking forward to see #trom2 and like your ideas as well, read the first book of #trom and it gave me as well some ideas. Still trying to figure out how to adjust the knowledge that is offered Thank you for that!
What's new? Nothing useful or important. Such a lame ad. Like all ads for that matter. Every year, same shit, on repeat. And so many idiots are still buying these useless new gadgets.
Well, you gotta-trade, ain't it Samsung!? Apple!? The rest!?
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IDK why people follow that Jordan Peterson guy, everytime I was curious to see what he has to say, I noticed that he talks a lot of nothingness. Like...are his "followers" that lost, or!?
This is from tromnews.com/videos/ - you can see more interesting videos there. Also we have to fix the cancer of "shorts" somehow for TROMnews. It is terrible. These merchants are obsessed with the views and make these short and nonsense videos.....hard to get rid of this cancer.
Anyway. Somehow I managed to finish some 26 minutes of TROM II (last part) today. I woke up and was in the mood. That's how it works at times. When I'm in the mood I can do a ton of work in a short period of time.
Youtube channels like MrBeast and his "philanthropy" are a sign of a failed society from all perspectives. Sure, he at times helps some people, but the way it is done is a sort of a freak show. Get those views, be shocking, extreme, wasteful, clickbaity. Inject ads, promote bullshit, and mix it all up with mostly retarded videos.
Let's give money to people by making them do retarded and dangerous and uncomfortable things, and film them. Let's help others by making videos about their suffering and getting tons of money from ads. Perverse.
Anyway, I wanted to briefly rant about this utter disgrace.
I want to boost this but I'm hesitant to because of how explosively a lot of leftists react to the r word 😅 I agree with everything else completely though, of course
@futureisfoss because that's the neo-leftist model "we don't care if you actually fight for progressive causes, just that you use the popularly accepted nomenclature at all times." @tio
Yeah, i got mixed feeling about him. Of course his videos are made in are quite retarded and dumb manner. On the other hand he at least helps someone. Compare to 99% of others in similar to him position. But the way his business model based on poor people is really perverse :( Yet he is hero to many, bcs he helps others. But would he helped others if it wouldn't be possible to earn a lot of money from that ? That the question. In any case the whole situation is fucked up.
Musk, Bezos, Gates and others help poor people too at times. But this doesn't feel right to me, to profit so much on one hand and promote complete BS, and destroy and all that, while you help a little here and there. And it gives people the wrong impression about these acts - like "Wow look these youtubers and billionaires are solving many problems quicker and better than governments or other nonprofits". Just because these celebrities are very loud.
So I'd say it is great that the guy helps some people, and despicable that it has to be transformed into a "show", littered with ads and other retarded content. Not entirely his fault, since that's how this society "works".
I finished some 22 minutes of the last part of TROM II. This was a lot faster than I imagine but I worked a lot too. I feel a bit tired :D. And I am a bit stuck at the moment :D.
So maybe I'll take it easier for a few days. Th next 5 or so minutes I should finish in less than a week.
In a way I thought "what if I finish it this month" haha. But then I should not put so much pressure on me. I want to make it very good.
In any case, it is February now and I've already finished 22 minutes out of perhaps 1h, 1h and a bit, of this last part. I think 2 months is more than enough for me to finish it. So, before April. Then in April to do the final edits for the entire thing. And in May to manage to create a trailer and get it ready for the release.
It's been almost a year since the war started. Here are my condensed thoughts.
1. It is only Russia's fault.
And by that I mean a few who control Russia.
A bunch of talking heads say that US pushed Russia to invade, NATO bla bla bla. Does not matter if that's true, it is Russia who invaded Ukraine. They are dropping the bombs, they threw the first punch and keep on throwing more.
2. Russia has no excuses.
Russia is a nuclear weapons collector. They have the most numerous nuclear weapons in the world. Even if Ukraine joined NATO, even if Ukraine hosted some American nuclear weapons, it made 0 difference for Russia. No one is suicidal to ever attack Russia. For fucks-sake no one dares to attack North Korea because they have one and a half nuclear weapons...
So when Russia or others are blabbing about how they had no choices, that it is the Americans' fault fo
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It's been almost a year since the war started. Here are my condensed thoughts.
1. It is only Russia's fault.
And by that I mean a few who control Russia.
A bunch of talking heads say that US pushed Russia to invade, NATO bla bla bla. Does not matter if that's true, it is Russia who invaded Ukraine. They are dropping the bombs, they threw the first punch and keep on throwing more.
2. Russia has no excuses.
Russia is a nuclear weapons collector. They have the most numerous nuclear weapons in the world. Even if Ukraine joined NATO, even if Ukraine hosted some American nuclear weapons, it made 0 difference for Russia. No one is suicidal to ever attack Russia. For fucks-sake no one dares to attack North Korea because they have one and a half nuclear weapons...
So when Russia or others are blabbing about how they had no choices, that it is the Americans' fault for this, then this is pure nonsense of course.
3. The situation is very complicated.
Some say the world should keep on providing arms to Ukraine, some say this is terrible and only prolongs this war so more people will die, some say they should defeat Russia (now is the moment), some say Ukraine should accept some compromises and negotiate some peace talks....
But now that this war has created a lot of damage already it is hard to say wtf anyone should do next. Allowing Russia to take those Ukrainian territories seems like an invitation to grab more from Ukraine in the future. And it just feels wrong to let them do that...like terribly wrong.
4. The others are also big bullshitters.
On the other hand "the rest" are also complete idiots by thinking that Russia wants to take Ukraine, then the other tribes. Same way that no one dares to directly attack Russia, Russia cannot dare to attack any NATO members. It is pure suicide for both sides.
5. The profiteers.
Lots of people take advantage of this war. The ones selling weapons, the ones hosting the refugees, and lots of others who deal with the tons of money transfers for aid purposes or other purposes. Many people are getting rich because of this war.
6. USA and the rest are the opposite of saints.
USA; France, Germany and others, are supplying weapons to all sorts of dictatorial tribes around the world. They have killed, tortured, and destroyed a lot over the past decades. They are charlatans who pretend to care about Ukraine. Some might, but very likely they only follow their own interests. So fuck off with your superheroes attitude. You are not here to defeat the evil, you are here to prioritize only your own interests while sitting on the shoulders of dead and enslaved people.
7. The damaged ones.
Like with all wars, the ones suffering are not the ones who started the war. Are the ones that do not want any of this. Some are dead, many are refugees now.
8. I don't trust Ukraine.
The image of Ukraine, the heroes, I do not buy. I am sure there is some truth about what is being negatively said about them. Like them being influenced by the US, being engulfed in corruption, abusing in the past the areas that Russia occupied, that a bunch of people from those regions wanted to be part of Russia, especially in Crimea, and so forth.
9. Putin has failed.
Let's be naive and take Putin's words as true. If he wanted for the Russian people in those occupied regions to not be persecuted and treated badly, he achieved the opposite. He destroyed those areas, those lives. And made most of the world hate Russia and Russians.
If he was scared of Ukraine and how it was becoming a US puppet, and how they were getting new weapons and such, well...now Ukraine is even more a US puppet and has more weapons than they ever had. And they will get more. So, another failure.
If he wanted to push NATO further, then he achieved the opposite. NATO is closer and has more weapons now.
If he wanted to flex his muscles, he showcased that Russia has none.
All he achieved is dead people from both sides, destroyed homes and families, a worldwide hate on Russia; he isolated Russia in all regards, he showcased how badly prepared his army is, and made everyone look good and "come together" in this fakish fashion but one that made USA and Europe produce more arms, and ally against Russia.
10. The future is a constant suffering.
After all I am seeing, this war will drag for a long time. At best they get tired, exhausted, and will seek for a "peace deal" that may last for a bit of time, to then fight over those bordering regions again. Russia would love to destroy Ukraine, USA would love to drag Russia into a prolonged war.
It is an insane game that should not have existed in the first place.
I'll leave you with this image:
The nearest galaxy to us. Billions upon billions of stars. Even more planets. We are in this vast Universe....on a small round rock. Why aren't we helping each other, create a wonderful life for us all, and go explore the rest of the Universe? Why do we fight...?
We know who we are, from a scientific perspective. But almost no one understands....humans, despite the vast amount of knowledge about the universe and us, are still living like "citizens". Patriots, workers, statuses....Zombies.
@Tio I feel like a lot of people are just picking sides when it comes to politics, so its nice to hear a more balanced view from you. Apart from the NATO thing, one theory I've heard is that Putin started this war because Ukraine has a lot of untapped oil reserves which they could sell to other western counties if they join EU, which means Russia will lose their market share. None of this justifies Putin's war, but I expected you'd mention this because war caused by trade/profit is worse IMO..... Its also surprising to see how the US and other countries are acting like heros/protectors when I'm fairly certain that they have their own interests in mind, and not to mention they have a history of engaging in war & abuse themselves. See this video where 2 members of the European Parliament from Ireland points out this hypocrisy -
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@Tio I feel like a lot of people are just picking sides when it comes to politics, so its nice to hear a more balanced view from you. Apart from the NATO thing, one theory I've heard is that Putin started this war because Ukraine has a lot of untapped oil reserves which they could sell to other western counties if they join EU, which means Russia will lose their market share. None of this justifies Putin's war, but I expected you'd mention this because war caused by trade/profit is worse IMO..... Its also surprising to see how the US and other countries are acting like heros/protectors when I'm fairly certain that they have their own interests in mind, and not to mention they have a history of engaging in war & abuse themselves. See this video where 2 members of the European Parliament from Ireland points out this hypocrisy - reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/co… I'm not saying any of this to justify/support Russia, I know they're no saints either. In fact, just a couple of days before the Russia-Ukraine war began I was watching this documentary called "For sama" which was about the war in Syria, and guess who was helping the dictator bomb civilians there? yes it was Russia. So I don't trust any of these countries when they pretend like the good guys, their actions say more about them.
We're in the 21st century right now, and yet so many wars, exploitation & poverty. This is very sad and makes me feel ashamed to be a human being. Calling these countries as tribes is accurate, because that's what they are, primitive...... We're all on this tiny little rock suspended in a universe that's so vast and enormous that our brains can't even comprehend its size. I'm not trying to be poetic here, this is the actual scientific truth and the reality surrounding us. The earth will live on and the universe will continue to exist, with or without us. So for the little time we have in our lives, we can either choose to spend that time dividing each other into little tribes and drawing imaginary borders on this planet, or we can choose to be be smart and recognize that we're one species, to spend our time helping each other instead of fighting for this or that.
Yes I've heard about the resources part, but since I am not very informed about I wanted to avoid mentioning it. But you're right, that should play some role too. I am happy you mentioned it. And I love that hashtag! #AttackTheWorldWithSolutions
I should use more such hashtags. You are very good at that :)
@Tio (9) Indeed Putin should receive a NATO award for best recruiter. Sweden and Finland would never have joined if he hadn't put in the work to convince them.
Being born in Russia and followed this story from the inside, I can say that there's a third side of things here, which usually is ignored by many.. I think, it's because a big part of the political work is to create narratives, which may give a way of controlling the masses, like creating this nationality, homeland and patriotic kind of stories, which people may follow and feel more of participation and, so told, "to make a difference" (which is total BS in the most cases of course). During the time of war it's "Good vs. Evil" type of narrative, which makes it easy for people to root for "Hero type of guys" obviously and to justify the hard decisions which usually follows "A battle of a light with the darkness"..
But back to my point, the third side of things is actually a simple story of Putin guy, who's just a thief, mobster and really average person, being put in charge of entire country with 140+ millions of people lives, just because "our best idea" to organize our societies is to make one person or 1% other people to lead the way and to decide the destiny of others. F
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Being born in Russia and followed this story from the inside, I can say that there's a third side of things here, which usually is ignored by many.. I think, it's because a big part of the political work is to create narratives, which may give a way of controlling the masses, like creating this nationality, homeland and patriotic kind of stories, which people may follow and feel more of participation and, so told, "to make a difference" (which is total BS in the most cases of course). During the time of war it's "Good vs. Evil" type of narrative, which makes it easy for people to root for "Hero type of guys" obviously and to justify the hard decisions which usually follows "A battle of a light with the darkness"..
But back to my point, the third side of things is actually a simple story of Putin guy, who's just a thief, mobster and really average person, being put in charge of entire country with 140+ millions of people lives, just because "our best idea" to organize our societies is to make one person or 1% other people to lead the way and to decide the destiny of others. From his point of view he got one chance from billion of billions to get his "lucky penny" and the source of enourmous, almost infinite rich and power. And as everyone in this world is trying to find something to make money out of, to trade, trade, trade in order to survive and, if found, would cling to it whatever it costs, would try to make sure that nobody else can milk it, except himself and his friends and relatives, Putin is no different, but in his case, he got a fucking jackpot. Now, his Ukranian war is just an evolution of the idea to save his "magic throne" which gives him, the average guy, so many treasures. First, he tried for 20+ years to terrorise Russian citizens, slowly but steady stealing the rights to speak freely or to be guaranteed with certain level of safety and others. The rule was simple: you're not having any claims to the "throne", so you can live your life and we are not touching you, probably.. But after the time it stopped working. Some people (like Navalny) were too stubborn to continue to claim for Putin's "piece of the pie" and led certain amount of others after themselves, constantly threating the status quo. And after all of this the only card left to play by Putin is to convey another narrative: dehumanize Ukranians, Americans, Europeans, Aliens from Alpha Centauri, whoever else "us against them", just for the sake of saving his stolen money and the status which guarantees it for him. Thus, the war is born. All of these "NATO expansion", "Ukranians are US puppets" are to unite people around the certain idea and to blame everyone, except Putin & Co. Those are just the political narratives again and total BS of course, we should not be deceived by them. The reality of course is that a majority of people are becoming just a tool of manipulation, killing and destroying..
This is direct outcome of our trade-base society. While Humans are measured by the level of "profit" they gain, "status" they have, while it's still the measurement of "success" and also the stepping stone of basic "survival", wars, poverty, child labor, suffering, you name it, aren't going to change. With the perspective of our current environment, Putin is just another by-product of the current way of things, there were many, there'll be many more.. There's no "measurement" of being kind to others or to love, to make others happy (as a result ourselves too, because when people around you are happy, not in stress and not in fear for their lives, more chances you'll be too), but we should try at least to focus on people's environment and what makes them to behave cruelly and dangerously, to build a system of caring about people, not political/business interests..
I would like to state also that I condemn any wars, no matter of the cause, time and conditions. I believe this is the worst possible of all Human interractions and there can't be any political narrative to justify it happening, no fucking way. I'm really sorry for what comes to the people of Ukraine and their lives and so to the Russians and anyone who suffered. Would it be any chance for me to have that value in this trade-base world to stop it, mind you, I would do that immediately.. yesterday already.. shit, I would even prevent it from happening in the first place.. but since I'm not, I can only hope that the end of it isn't that far away.. FUCK THE WAR!
Wanna know about one super awesome Linux application that is so bloody useful? Autokey tromjaro.com/autokey/
Basically you can assign whatever keys to whatever keys you want. Want to replace two letters? No problemo, tell the app that Z should be Y and vice versa. Wanna paste a specific paragraph or script when pressing any key combo? No problemo.
I'm telling you this is such a powerful and useful little app. And I've added it as default in TROMjaro a few months ago. I use it quite a bit.
TROM II, 15 minutes done. The work is faster than I thought. For now at least. I think in a week or so I'll finish another 10 more minutes because I know what to do next in terms of editing.
First red box is done, the other one needs to be done :)
Not bad considering I only started a few days ago with this last part.
Roma
in reply to Tio • •Yaas, that's mindblowing.. totally agree that it seems absolutely feasible to prolong the life or/and to increase a quality of life in general by rejuvenation of some body parts. Just focus on science already dammit :grinning face with smiling eyes:
Btw, this looks promising. Far from making people to live forever tho, but who knows..
time.com/6246864/reverse-aging…
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