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Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 7. Concealing light

Chapter 7. Concealing light Both heaven and earth stay a long time. What makes them so durable is their disregard of the longevity of their lives. This why they stay. So the wise man who does not care about himself is the greatest among men; even though he does not tend after himself he stays.… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 7. Concealing light

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 21. Empty spring

Chapter 21. Empty spring The greatest virtue is in uncomplicatedly following the Tao. Untouched and unstudyable is the Tao. Untouched, unstudyable, yet containing forms. Untouched, unstudyable, yet containing beings. Deep and dim it is, but it still has an essence, a true essence, where there is unity. It is in all beings from their start.… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 21. Empty spring

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 19. Returning to nature

19. Returning to nature By leaving their self-righteousness and abandoning their own wisdom people would be greatly improved. By declining charity and “duty towards kin” they could return to their natural relations. If skillfulness is abandoned and profit is given up there will be no thieves amongst the people. Cultivating these three things* has come… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 19. Returning to nature

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 20. Remaining distant

Chapter 20. Remaining distant Leave your dogma and free yourself of worrying. The difference between certainty and uncertainty isn’t that big. Do they help us to differentiate between good and evil? For one must carefully keep track of differentiations. But oh! People are never freed of their stupidity. They are full of ambition like the… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 20. Remaining distant

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 3. Calming people

Chapter 3. Calming people Envy is avoided when people are not placed apart based on merit. Theft is avoided when riches are not valued. Calm stays the mind when not looking for stimulants for the senses. That is how the wise one rules, by freeing his heart of lusts; by giving his stomach enough satisfaction,… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 3. Calming people

How to set up a GNU/Linux server at Shellit.org ecohosting

    Trollböle et al gets its gear and moves to Björneborg. Consumerium.org acquires its first ecoserver from a company that uses electricity sourced from renewable sources only.   Objective: Set up a stack in efficient and clear manner in order to move the current Consumerium.org development wiki onto the new ecological server paying mind… Continue reading How to set up a GNU/Linux server at Shellit.org ecohosting

Installation of GNU MediaGoblin on Debian GNU/Linux

Installing GNU MediaGoblin (over and over again) Here I document how to install the GNU MediaGobin 0.9.0, The Three Gobliners on Debian GNU/Linux. Official installation instructions for GNU MediaGoblin at readthedocs.io MediaGoblin has a MediaWiki too: https://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Deployment Why over and over again? Short answer: The installation instructions given are required to be read to be… Continue reading Installation of GNU MediaGoblin on Debian GNU/Linux

Migration of various free social media from GNU/Linux server to server

Migration procedure for moving various free social media from a GNU/Linux to another GNU/Linux system and end results This is the record for what went well and what didn’t go well in the process of migrating the *.consumium.org sites (except https://c.consumium.org, that’s in Espoo) This migration was completed on 2016-06-09. I would like to extend… Continue reading Migration of various free social media from GNU/Linux server to server