The Eagle Hack Lab

Where Millennial History Breathes and Future Technology is Forged

The Eagle Hack Lab is more than a workspace. It is the headquarters of Simplemachines, a sanctuary for social-purpose IT research, and the crucible where our ideas take form. Situated on sacred soil in Catania, its foundations rest upon an ancient church from 300 AD, which in turn rises above Roman ruins and catacombs.

The current building, Palazzo Beneventano, guards its entrance with an 8-meter high iron door, flanked by two marble angels. At the end of the grand hallway, two dragons complete the entrance, creating a profound sense of balance. This is where history and technology converge. The name itself is a nod to the Eagle Nebula (M16), a stellar nursery where stars are born—a perfect analogy for the projects created within these walls.

The Lighthouse Pulse

This is the real-time heartbeat of our laboratory. The system is designed to be non-invasive, with each machine gently "whispering" its status periodically. What you see is the last known state of our digital heart, rendered on the server the moment you requested this page, with zero client-side JavaScript.

circle

  • Uptime up 3 hours, 16 minutes
  • CPU Load (15m) 1.02
  • CPU Temp 30°C
  • Memory 5709 / 64201 MB
  • Disk / 33% used
2 Connected User(s)
WHO is online:
  • sergio@:0 (seat0)
  • sergio@:0 (tty2)
FINGER details: 
Login: sergio         			Name: 
Directory: /home/sergio             	Shell: /bin/bash
Never logged in.
No mail.
No Plan.

quadrato

Machine is currently offline or not reporting.

rombo

Machine is currently offline or not reporting.

dot

Machine is currently offline or not reporting.

arco

Machine is currently offline or not reporting.

Last checked: 3/7/2026, 12:17:55 AM

The Forge: An Evolving History

The lab is in a state of constant evolution. The machines that once powered our work are now historical artifacts, milestones on our journey. Today, the forge has been completely overhauled to meet the challenges of the future.

Legacy Setup (c. 2016)

  • spire: AMD A4-5000, 8GB RAM, Kali Linux
  • pillar1, pillar2, pillar3: Thin Client Terminals
  • blackpillar: Client Workstation
  • m16: Primary Server (retired), Named after Messier 16 — the Eagle Nebula
  • monad: Intel N300, 8GB DDR4, Acer Travelmate B, Retired 2025
  • olivetto: Core i3 (low-power), 8GB DDR3, Ex-Laptop Totem-bench-case, Retired 2025
These machines have been decommissioned, their spirit living on in our archives.

Current Arsenal (2025)

  • circle: Xeon E5-2682v4, RAID10 2TB NVMe + 512GB NVMe, 64GB DDR4 ECC, RX 570 (display), AMD MI50 32GB HBM2 (compute — HyperPi, HALF), MX Linux, Flagship scientific workstation
  • quadrato: AMD Ryzen 8745HS, 512GB NVMe + 500GB USB HDD, 32GB DDR5, MX Linux
  • rombo: Intel Core i3-5005U (5th gen), 8GB DDR3, 356GB SSD, Linux Mint XFCE
  • dot: Intel Core i5 (6th gen), 8GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe, Lenovo Yoga Carbon, LMDE 7
  • arco: Intel Atom / Celeron E1 (dual-core), 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, All-in-One form factor, QEMU host — OS9, MS-DOS, legacy systems, The temporal arc: past OSes running on present hardware
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