- A genetic-algorithm-driven face-detection demo called “Pareidoloop” was shared (http://iobound.com/pareidoloop/); it evolves abstract blobs into face-like patterns and was critiqued for using outdated GA techniques that overfit and stagnate.  
- Discussion of similarity-preserving hashing algorithms arose, with ParahSailin linking to Google’s SimHash (http://matpalm.com/resemblance/simhash/) as a method for quickly comparing large datasets.  
- The channel debated practical routes to obtaining clean Windows 7 images, noting Microsoft publishes official ISOs and checksums, and that activation cracks exist but were not explicitly endorsed.  
- A RepRap forum thread (http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,143354) about a new printer design was circulated, prompting comments that the machine looked “over-built” compared to simpler hot-rodded Mendels.  
- Participants lamented the absence of an up-to-date “transhumanist technical roadmap,” with devrandom humorously asking where the promised roadmap had gone; kanzure replied it was “under revision.”