The Laboratory

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Efficiency is Independence

I'm a retired architect building systems that don't need "Big Tech" permission to exist. I run a full web presence, mail stack, and security layer for a dozen users on 1GB of RAM. No Docker. No bloat. No bullshit.

Jupiter and Io Jupiter and Io
~2015 • Acrylic on Canvas
This acrylic on canvas work is a rendition of the classical "Jupiter and Io" theme. The artist utilizes a vertical composition and "lost profile" to emphasize the subject's form. The brushwork in the background is loose and cloud-like, simulating the mythological shroud of the god Jupiter, while ...
prebang
Genre: Speculative Fiction
The Architect of the Void The fundamental premise of the cosmos is that gravity serves as the primary driver for all subsequent complexity.
In the earliest epoch, the state of the expanse was characterized by a total absence of structure.
The distribution of hydrogen atoms was so sparse that the mean free path between particles was effectively infinite.
This extreme dispersion required a timeline of billions, or perhaps trillions, of years for gravitational attraction to overcome the initial ...
Dead Love
by Sara Teasdale
God let me listen to your voice, And look upon you for a space, And then he took your voice away, And dropped a veil before your face. God let me look within your eyes, And touch for once your clinging hand, And then he left me all alone, And took you to the Silent Land. I cannot weep, I cannot pray, My heart has very silent grown, I only watch how God gives love, And then leaves lovers all alone.