- The channel briefly discussed “nanoarchitectonics,” a term confirmed to be a real field via Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoarchitectonics) after archels queried a bot for its prevalence.  
- Participants debated whether DNA-synthesis technology itself—not just select-pathogen sequences—could fall under U.S. export-control regulations, with nmz787_ citing Stanford’s policy and the ITAR Part 121 list that groups centrifuges and DNA synthesizers together.  
- A tongue-in-cheek strategy emerged to enlist pro-life/religious groups in defending unrestricted DNA synthesis by framing synthetic genomes as “persons,” thereby equating deletion of digital genomes with murder; the idea was deemed implausible because “don’t play God” arguments would likely outweigh “man’s dominion.”  
- Historical context on Linux containerization was shared: kanzure linked an LWN article (https://lwn.net/Articles/179361/) and a Hacker News thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5941382) explaining why early out-of-tree solutions like OpenVZ gave way to kernel-native APIs rather than monolithic “BSD jails” approaches.  
- No actionable cloning experiments were proposed; the only mention was a drive-by “we should clone something using DNA” from wibzro before he left the channel.