Tag: distributed computing

  1. Technomancer Tools: YaCy

    07 November 2017

    UPDATED: Added an Nginx configuration block to proxy YaCy.

    If you've been squirreling away information for any length of time, chances are you tried to keep it all organized for a certain period of time and then gave up the effort when the volume reached a certain point.  Everybody has therir limit to how hard they'll struggle to keep things organized, and past that point there are really only two options: Give up, or bring in help.  And by 'help' I mean a search engine of some kind that indexes all of your stuff and makes it searchable so you …

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  2. Eclipse Phase: The Brown Jenkin

    11 February 2010

    Biomorph: Brown Jenkin
    Concept: Horde of malevolent ferrets with distributed intelligence. Optimized for havoc, mass extermination, and piecewise theft.

    Aptitude Maxima: 20
    Durability: 20
    Wound Threshold: 4
    Advantages

    • Limber (level 2)
    • COO +5
    • SOM +5
    • Climbing +5
    • Fray +5
    • Freerunning +10
    • Infiltration +5
    • Palming +5
    • Tactical Network software (designed to coordinate swarms of semi-autonomous units)
    • Small, nimble targets (-20 to hit)
    Disadvantages
    • Low Pain Threshold (small mammal)
    • Neural Damage (dysfunction) (hyperactivity)
    Implants
    • Basic Biomods
    • Basic Mesh Inserts
    • Cortical Stack
    • Cyberbrain (puppet sock)
    • Cyberclaws
    • Enhanced Senses
      • Direction Sense
      • Electrical Sense
      • Enhanced Hearing
      • Enhanced Smell
    • Grip Pads
    • Multitasking
    • Poison Gland (BTX)
    • Prehensile …

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