- Discussion of Tor-based git hosting: participants debated whether hosting code repositories on Tor offers any real advantage over clearnet services like GitHub, concluding the main benefit is “it sounds cooler,” with hypothetical use cases involving development of illegal software or handling stolen source code (e.g., Windows 8).  
- Historical note: public-key cryptography was recalled as once being classified as military-grade munitions, illustrating how software can shift from restricted to mainstream.  
- Link shared: Daily Mail article on color-blind artist Neil Harbisson, who has an implanted skull antenna (“eyeborg”) that transduces colors into audible tones—an early, highly visible example of sensory augmentation.  
- Tumbleweed Tiny Houses (tumbleweedhouses.com) proposed as an alternative to conventional trailer-park mobile homes; noted for smaller footprint and non-prefabricated construction.  
- Mozilla Science Lab + Figshare + GitHub collaboration announced: a bookmarklet to generate DOIs for GitHub repositories, aiming to improve academic citation of open-source code.  
- BRL-CAD open-source solid-modeling project: a Google Summer of Code proposal to wrap additional primitives in Python was highlighted, with kanzure acknowledging a missed pull-request review.  
- Vitamin D supplementation raised as a topic; participants sought evidence-based pros/cons and reputable brands.  
- Smart food-spoilage sensor patch reported in Daily Mail: color-changing patch that warns when packaged food has actually gone bad, potentially replacing fixed expiration dates.  
- Brief mention of the day’s gravitational-wave physics announcement, though no technical details were discussed.