• Transcranial ultrasound is being explored as a non-invasive cognitive modulator; participants cited the first human trial (Legon et al., Nature Neuroscience) and Hameroff’s 2012 pilot study showing ultrasound-induced mental-state changes.

• A Stanford study on electrically stimulating the human cingulate gyrus to evoke “the will to persevere” was circulated, sparking debate over why arbitrary brain stimulation has not yet produced reported fatalities or severe damage.

• A paperbot running on diyhpl.us automatically retrieves and hosts paywalled research (e.g., Parvizi_Neuron.pdf, microfluidic e-paper), prompting brief discussion of the legal risks of operating such a service.

• Attendees of an animal-training seminar in Denton, Texas, reported that dog trainers already use deep-brain stimulation, leading to the suggestion of building an open-source canine version of Stanford’s cingulate-stimulation device.

• YASEP.org was introduced as an open-source 16/32-bit microprocessor whose architecture is fully specified in JavaScript/HTML and auto-generates VHDL for Actel ProASIC3 FPGAs.

• Docker + Packer + Fig were recommended as a lightweight alternative to Chef for rapid container builds (1–2 s rebuilds versus full VM builds), with “fuckingshellscripts.org” cited as a critique of overengineered automation.