- A user asked whether anyone in the channel had already achieved biological immortality; the consensus was that no one could yet credibly claim it, but active research and multiple strategies are being pursued.  
- kanzure shared a curated directory of longevity-related papers and notes at http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/longevity/ as a starting point for deeper technical reading.  
- Discussion framed “biological immortality” as extending human lifespan while remaining recognizably human—explicitly excluding mind-uploading, full-body replacement, or radical cybernetic augmentation.  
- Practical tools mentioned in passing included RTMP stream ripping (rtmpdump, Wireshark) for archiving scientific talks and the open-source stenography engine Plover, highlighted in an article noting that “typing at 255 wpm shouldn’t cost $4000.”  
- NASA’s newly open-sourced aircraft design software OpenVSP was introduced (http://www.openvsp.org/); it builds parametric 3-D aircraft models from simple inputs like wingspan and fuselage length under the NASA Open Source Agreement.  
- libgenesis was recommended as a resilient alternative to file-hosting sites for sharing scientific e-books after repeated takedowns on Megaupload, FileSonic, etc.