The Eclectacy 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.

Drops of jupiter Drops of jupiter
~2015 • Acrylic on Canvas
This acrylic on canvas work blends figurative dancing with astronomical surrealism. The artist uses a dark, stippled background to create the depth of space, allowing the light-colored subject and the planetary bodies to pop. The composition is dynamic, using the diagonal line of the dancer's bod...
bang
Genre: Speculative Fiction
The Cyclical and Infinite Universe of Localized Energetic Releases Dan Carpenter The universe is infinite in both space and time.
Within this vast, enduring expanse, what is often perceived as a singular beginning and subsequent expansion is actually a localized energetic release.
This model suggests a continuous cycle driven by the inevitable gravitational mergers of massive objects, particularly black holes and their remnants, within regions that have reached a state of localized quiet.
The...
Clerk Sanders
by Frank Sidgwick
The Text is given in full from Herd's MSS., where it concludes with a version of Sweet William's Ghost; and the last three stanzas, 42-44, are from Scott's later version of the ballad (1833) from recitation. Child divides the ballad as follows:-- Clerk Sanders, 1-26 of the present version; Sweet William's Ghost, 27-41. Scott made 'one or two conjectural emendations in the arrangement of the stanzas.' The Story of this admirable ballad in its various forms is paralleled in one or two of its in...