- Chinese “hacker training camp” story debunked: the 200,000 figure referred to registered users on a website (3800hk.com) that sold hacking tutorials for 100–2,000 yuan, not a physical facility; only 12,000 paid VIP members and 5 seized computers were involved.  
- DIY transhumanist project list (v4, 2011) still hosted at http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/diytranshuman_projects.v4.html; no major updates since, despite some projects like “Uncertain Future” being considered “completed.”  
- Genome Compiler Corp demo video shared (YouTube link) prompting skepticism about the need for proprietary tools when public resources like KEGG and NCBI already provide metabolic gene-network data.  
- Discussion on automating bill-of-materials purchasing (“one-click BOM”) resurfaced, with kanzure_ noting it remains undone.  
- TED talk on tumor-treating electric fields (Bill Doyle) circulated: http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_doyle_treating_cancer_with_electric_fields.html.  
- Interactive “hacker typer” tools (hackertyper.net, codetyper.tk) recommended for instant movie-style keyboard-noise theatrics.  
- Scale-of-universe Flash animation (scaleofuniverse.com) shared as a playful science visualization.  
- Community workflow insight: heavy reliance on Hacker News scanning, with kanzure_ joking that “not going to school” and “drugs” are key to keeping up.