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Month: August 2026

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Building a Cloudflare Failover Watchdog on a 2 GB Linux Laptop

30 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

Abstract A website becomes unreachable from part of the Internet while its origin server remains fully operational. The immediate workaround may be simple: bypass the affected proxy infrastructure and expose the origin directly. Automating that […]

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Research

Can AI Restore the Human Knowledge Layer of a Legacy Computer System?

29 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

Abstract Legacy computer systems are usually discussed in terms of hardware obsolescence, software compatibility and disappearing technical interfaces. There is, however, another form of obsolescence that receives less attention: the gradual loss of the human […]

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Technology History

Computing Behing the Wall

27 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

How Computing Worked on the Other Side of the Wall Abstract The history of computing is usually told through the companies and technologies that ultimately shaped the global market: IBM, DEC, Intel, Microsoft, Apple and […]

System Theory Category
Systems Theory

When Protective Strategies Stabilize the State They Were Designed to Manage

27 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

A systems approach to intervention under uncertainty Contents Introduction 1. Uncertainty is not a state 2. Observed state, protective state and operative state 3. Intervention changes the system 4. The certainty trap 5. Path dependence […]

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Linux DDR Lab

ChatGPT on Linux: Testing the Desktop Client on Legacy and Professional Hardware

24 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

DDR Lab field test: from a 2 GB antiX machine to a complete Linux legal workstation Table of Contents First test: ChatGPT with 2 GB of RAM Second test: Linux Trabant 1.1 A legal workstation […]

System Theory Category
Systems Theory

Can an Exhausted System Become Operational Again?

19 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

Abstract A system may cease to operate effectively long before it ceases to exist. Functions deteriorate, internal channels lose efficiency, compensatory mechanisms emerge, and individual nodes begin to relocate functions that the primary system can […]

System Theory Category
Systems Theory

Why AI Needs Operational Frameworks, Not Better Prompts

5 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

Abstract Artificial intelligence is often evaluated by the quality of its models. This article argues that the real challenge lies elsewhere. In complex systems, the objective is rarely to identify every possible solution, but to […]

System Theory Category
Systems Theory

Before AI Can Understand Human Behaviour, It Must Understand Human Systems

3 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

Abstract Artificial intelligence has achieved remarkable progress in language processing, legal reasoning and medical decision support. Yet when applied to human relationships, most current approaches continue to analyze conversations, behavioural descriptions or psychological symptoms in […]

System Theory Category
Systems Theory

Beyond Rockets. The Apollo Systems

1 de August de 2026 Ralph Larson

Abstract The history of the Space Race is often told through rockets, astronauts and political rivalry. This essay argues that its greatest achievement was neither technological nor ideological, but organizational. The Apollo program demonstrated that […]

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Development Update — September 2026

Updates
8 de September de 2026
The latest Trabant Systems development cycle has produced an unusual combination of results. Some began as technical incidents. Others began as internal experiments. A few started simply because an existing system worked, but did not [...]
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