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In memory of John Lewis: Natural therapeutics on pancreatic cancer updated

RIP John Lewis I remember him being very much alive and doing what he always did, which is to speak the truth, for example during the impeachment hearings in the House. Updated Natural therapeutics § Pancreatic cancer 3 studies were added about pancreatic cancers and cannabis and one study about pancreatic cancer and dandelion root.… Continue reading In memory of John Lewis: Natural therapeutics on pancreatic cancer updated

Tested my vocabulary size in Finnish and in English

I did the Finnish vocabulary size test provided by ARealMe.com first and the results was that my Finnish vocabulary size is about 17,280 words which puts me at the top 7.33% Then to the English language vocabulary size test by ARealMe.com: Here I did a little better with approx. 22,350 words in my vocabulary which… Continue reading Tested my vocabulary size in Finnish and in English

Upgrading Debian GNU/Linux from Jessie to Stretch

Objective: To safely upgrade from Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 9 (Stretch) two servers and to keep good records of what was done to perform the upgrade. Server #1 is used just to verify and hold backups of other servers so it has no public services running. Server #2 hosts a diaspora*, a Hubzilla, a… Continue reading Upgrading Debian GNU/Linux from Jessie to Stretch

Installing a LetsEncrypt.org wildcard certificate on Linux using acme.sh and a DNS Api

Objective: To acquire and install a wildcard SSL/TLS certificate from LetsEncrypt.org to a GNU/Linux system with automatic renewal enabled by using a registrar’s DNS API to prove the ownership of the domain. In this case I’m using the Gandi LiveDNS API but the instructions work with other DNS providers with APIs too that have acme.sh… Continue reading Installing a LetsEncrypt.org wildcard certificate on Linux using acme.sh and a DNS Api

Migrating a Mediawiki to a new Linux server

To get you started: Get a Linux VPS. I chose Tavu.io, an ecohosting company with the data center deep inside the Finnish granite bedrock, a “renewable electricity only”-policy and a cloud infrastructure built on top of OpenStack. For OS I chose latest Debian Stable which was version 9 at the time of writing. Tavu.io created… Continue reading Migrating a Mediawiki to a new Linux server

Installing a Kubuntu 17.04 (again)

This is a blog post mainly about how to flexibly reinstall Kubuntu 17.04 GNU/Linux OS after the previous install running into troubled waters and break down. Cycle through more than one disk in the install clean approach so get an USB-to-SATA3 casing and some hard drives. The idea is that to install the next OS… Continue reading Installing a Kubuntu 17.04 (again)

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 81. Proof of simplicity

Chapter 81. Proof of simplicity Honest words are not high and mighty, mighty and high words are not reliable. The man of  Tao does not argue. Those who argue are not skilled in the Tao. Those who know it are not scholars. The scholars don’t know it. A wise man does not amass treasures. The… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 81. Proof of simplicity

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 2. Becoming perfect

Chapter 2. Becoming perfect When the world speaks of the beauty of beauty then ugliness is defined in the same. When good is seen as good then evil is also immediately clear. Thus being and unbeing both awaken each other; same as difficult and easy, distant and near, high and low, sounding and tinkling, head… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 2. Becoming perfect

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 80. Standing alone

Chapter 80. Standing alone If I had a small kingdom and only ten or hundred able men, I would not use them for government. I would teach the people to view death as a high thing and then they would not go abroad to seek it. Even if they had ships and carriages, they would… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 80. Standing alone