Our new documentary "A Message to the Aliens" was entirely made with @Kdenlive - 4 parts, 5 hours. I think that proves that Kdenlive is a professional video editor that can be used for huge projects.
This documentary is what really made me understand how powerful #Kdenlive can be, the developers have done a really impressive work and they deserve all the credit for it 🙏
Today we worked all day to move our TROM.tf server to a new IP address because Youtube blocked our IP. Why? Maybe because we are raping and murdering baby animals. Or because we want to burn down rainforests. No! It was because we were hosting Invidious at ytb.trom.tf. Invidious is a trade-free interface for Youtube that basically allows you to watch the Youtube videos without the cancerous ads or trackers or all of the trade-related crap that Youtube vomits all over their website.
Because our IP was banned other services were affected such as Peertube and its feature of importing videos from Youtube, or our RSS Bridge.
Anyway, now everything works but we have removed Invidious. The developers behind Invidious are working on a workaround but we may not bring Invidious back. We will create an article tomorrow about the recent situation with Youtube, Reddit and Twitter who are getting more and more aggressive with their platforms, not wanting anyone from outside to access their content.
And we will showcase you a lot of amazing alternatives and solutions. Stay tuned!
It seems that because Google banned our server IP (our invidious instance was a threat for them it seems) now you cannot import videos from Youtube to our Peertube. Endless issues. And for what!? For allowing people to watch Youtube videos without the crap hat Youtube adds on top of them.
Anyway, we need to seek for a solution. This is not a disaster by any means, but it is another warning sign of what these big companies are doing. All they want is to play the game of trade, because they are winning at it. So Youtube pretends to be a video platform, and thus we say: Cool, we installed this Youtube interface to allow people to watch the videos from your video platform, without all of the bloat. But Youtube is like "Whaaaat!? Nah! We NEED people to watch our ads, and we need to collect their data and make them give us their currencies!".
Because, you guessed it, Youtube is not a video platform. Videos are just a way to serve you ads. Youtube is an AD PLATFORM.
Oh yeah, that and the news about reddit is making their API access paid with subscription, causing a clusterfuck to some very good alternative clients, including those useful for administrating the subreddits, make it even more clear that every nice and good service will eventually be fucked up by the accelerated urge of profit. You may start your service as "I wannabe ethic and care", but your end is kinda predetermined in this trade-based society..
100%. Probably our Teddit instance will also get fucked....luckily the devs behind Invidious and Teddit are working to bypass these stupidities. Problem is Youtube totally owns the video space....So in a way or another we kinda depend on it for now....
Youtube and Reddit has a lot of good content on it, would be very sad if we lose access to that. The biggest problem is that most of the content on the internet is centralized on a few servers where these big tech companies hold them as hostage for controlling how people get to access that info (forcefully make us use their apps, create an account on their website, etc).
MapComplete is a website where one can see and contribute to thematic maps. It show features within one topic (for example: public bicycle pumps). If a bicycle pump is selected, one sees more information about it and can answer some questions to help the community. If a bicycle pump is missing on the map, one can easily add this.
There are plenty of maps available, each centered around a different topic (for example: playgrounds, public toilets, shops, public bookcases, waste containers and a map linking to the wikipedia article of the person/item a street is named after).
All data comes from (and is added to) OpenStreetMap, so improving via MapComplete will also improve OsmAnd, Organic Maps and thousands of other applications.
Node-RED is a flow-based development tool for visual programming developed originally by IBM for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services as part of the Internet of Things.
Node-RED provides a web browser-based flow editor, which can be used to create JavaScript functions. Elements of applications can be saved or shared for re-use. The runtime is built on Node.js. The flows created in Node-RED are stored using JSON. Since version 0.14, MQTT nodes can make properly configured TLS connections.
Our Invidious instance ytb.trom.tf currently does not work to play any video. It is a known issue and basically it is Google trying hard to block these services that act as an interface for youtube, removing all of the crap (ads, trackers, bloatness). You can track the discussion here github.com/iv-org/invidious/is…
Thank you Medardo for becoming a Patreon supporter!
It is difficult to get any volunteer donation support for TROM, maybe because many people are not aware of the project, or they already support other projects, or may be because we are honest and do not provide any "perks" that would transform their donations into "subscriptions" and people may be more used to getting something in return for their financial support. But what they always get, is TROM with its many many materials and projects.
Despite the fact that humans have created so much misery, so much destruction, so many mountains of waste, and wasted so many brains for the past thousands of years, there is some hope in sight. But to understand and harness that hope, they must take a giant step back and look at their society from an alien perspective.
They have to let go of what they think is normal and try to undress the layered society they have created, to see the naked reality behind it all. Only then can hope be understood. Only then, the understanding of hope can become the bedrock for change.
Logseq is a knowledge management and collaboration platform. It focuses on privacy, longevity, and user control. Logseq offers a range of powerful tools for knowledge management, collaboration, PDF annotation, and task management with support for multiple file formats, including Markdown and Org-mode, and various features for organizing and structuring your notes.
There is only one, and one only. A few kilometers of crust layered with a few kilometers of atmosphere. A seemingly endless variety of plants and animals. And yet, the 8 billion humans inhabiting it are naively ignoring the fragility of this ecosystem. If Earth was an island, it would be the only one in a vast empty ocean.
Humans are the rulers of this world, with no corner left untouched by them. Rulers who think that they might be exempt from the rest of nature. But the destruction of this habitat is starting to have consequences that are impossible to ignore.
TROM Text (Etherpad) has been removed from TROM.tf. A recent update broke the service and we have no more resources to deal with it. Plus we already have a full suite of amazing office tools for our TROM Files. From the full Libreoffice implementation to Notes and a great and simple Text tool. Please use that. The TROM Text service was not necessary considering that we have these. We aim to provide good quality services via TROM.tf, and that will mean less of them, but better. Unlike providing a lot of services that either do not work or are poorly maintained. #tromlive
The TROM II Documentary is ready for collaborative translations. Please join our Matrix chat at matrix.to/#/#translation:matri… if you'd like to help. #tromlive
Despite what most people may believe, the human society, from China to the US, from Europe to Africa, and everywhere else, is based primarily, if not entirely, on a practice that dates back thousands of years. That practice dictates how humans treat others and the environment around them. What movies they make, what books they write, what products they create, who and what they care about, and what they prioritize.
From science to entertainment, or the day to day life, this old practice is a force that all humans are slaves to.
What does Romania, Russia, Latvia, Germany, and the United States have in common? A planet, and the human imagination. We imagine borders, nationalities, and differences. In truth we are all very much the same. We grow up in a culture, we watch the same TV, listen to the same music, follow similar traditions. We are “educated” and “trained” by institutions that are rarely questioned by the masses.
So how does a newborn human become someone in this culture of humans? And how does the human-invented world contrast with the vast universe we are part of?
Ok people, the documentary is finally available. Please keep your expectations low and keep in mind that this documentary is made mostly by one human being, with limited resources. We have not used any stock footage (except maybe 2-3) so everything you'll see is real and genuine.
Also, keep in mind that this is not the beginning or the end of anything, but a continuation of our work for this TROM project. We will create more materials and projects.
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