<div dir="auto">Very cool, Ken. I first learned about the I Ching from Borges, and later from Philip Dick and Robert Anton Wilson, and I got very much into it. But I haven’t use it in like 15 years (since I moved to China, hah). Very nice to have it in Cuis, I guess the circumstances are perfect to go back to it. Thanks!</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">a translation from Whil</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 2:42 AM ken.dickey--- via Cuis-dev <<a href="mailto:cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st">cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">On 2022-01-19 10:19, Nicola Mingotti via Cuis-dev wrote: > anyway i tried to run it. I found this little bug: > <a href="https://pasteboard.co/vQhivC9nza9u.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pasteboard.co/vQhivC9nza9u.png</a> > > removing message "dontShrinkTitle" it works. You need to pull Cuis-Smalltalk-UI and reload <a href="http://UI-Base-Morphs.pck.st" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">UI-Base-Morphs.pck.st</a> > i have absolutely no idea what this is ;) Ancient Chinese oracle. Earlier precursors, but came into use circa 1000 BCE. The basic idea is that one has a significant question or problem, asks the question, performs a casting/divination (divides bundle of yarrow stalks or casts coins by formula) and builds up from the bottom a series of 6 broken or whole lines (a hexagram) which comments on the current condition and also yields zero or more "changing lines" which give a new hexagram prognosticating tendency for the future. Where am I? What can I do here? Many views of this. Just a bit of (serious) fun. One usually starts being agitated/concerned about something. Posing a terse question requires some focus. Dividing bundles of Yarrow sticks or casting coins is a calming ritual. Contemplating the resulting images leads to lateral thinking and widens one's point of view. So you really don't have to have a specific set of beliefs about doing this to derive the benefit: more flexible thinking and calming effect similar to Japanese tea ceremony. I particularly like a recent reinterpretation: <a href="https://www.biroco.com/yijing/Language_of_the_Lines.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.biroco.com/yijing/Language_of_the_Lines.pdf</a> Wilhelm Baynes translation is probably the best known: <a href="http://www.akirarabelais.com/i/i.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.akirarabelais.com/i/i.html</a> hardcover: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/069109750X/qid%3D996565491/sr%3D2-1/102-1791842-4862542" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/069109750X/qid%3D996565491/sr%3D2-1/102-1791842-4862542</a> The "Virtual Yarrow Stalks" web page is more practical, but I could not resist doing a bit of Cuis code. And as long as I did this, why not share it? I will add to the README.md. Thanks! -KenD -- Cuis-dev mailing list <a href="mailto:Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st" target="_blank">Cuis-dev@lists.cuis.st</a> <a href="https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/listinfo/cuis-dev</a> </blockquote></div></div>