- Backyard Brains wiki (http://wiki.backyardbrains.com/) was shared as an open-source neuroscience hardware and education resource.  
- A Technology Review guest post (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/27206/?p1=A1) was circulated, likely discussing emerging tech or policy implications.  
- AMD’s claim of a 15 % annual performance increase sparked debate on whether Moore’s-law-style exponential scaling is slowing, with participants clarifying that Moore’s original observation referred to transistor density, not raw performance.  
- The community noted Dennis Ritchie’s death as a significant loss for computing history.  
- Discussion began on creating a centralized, trustworthy nootropics information site to replace the need to “dig through hundreds of smarmy websites,” including whether it should merely link to or automate ordering from existing suppliers; a Longecity supplier link list (http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/6791-supplier-linklist/) was cited as a starting point.