- Slur.io – a Tor-based, libbitcoin-powered marketplace written in C – was presented as a zero-fee, fully anonymous auction platform for data with built-in dispute resolution.  
- Participants debated whether arbitrary proteins can be synthesized without DNA/RNA templates, weighing wash-cycle schemes that use tRNA-synthetase libraries, error-prone ribosomes, engineered ribozymes, or non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) that naturally polymerize hundreds of non-canonical amino acids.  
- Technical limits were compared: solid-phase peptide synthesis stalls at ~70 residues, cell-free ribosomal systems reach full-length proteins but only in nanogram yields, and NRPS “assembly-line” enzymes offer a potential workaround if DNA/RNA synthesis is already available.  
- Cathal Garvey’s telomerase-based DNA synthesis idea and the 2014 iGEM TdT oligonucleotide synthesis project were critiqued for runaway homopolymer addition and poor heat stability, underscoring that controlled enzymatic de-novo DNA writing remains unsolved.  
- An “alternating-codon” enzymatic protein-printing scheme was proposed as both a practical route to very large proteins and a stepping-stone toward better DNA polymerase engineering, pending answers on ribosome pausing limits and enzyme recycling costs.  
- Electrochemical discharge machining (ECDM) was described for micro-machining glass and ceramics: a 500 µm Pt cathode in 14–20 % NaOH at 40–50 V erodes glass via spark-generated heating plus alkaline etching.  
- South-American and Thai “stem-cell clinics” were judged unlikely to use induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), with no documented adoption since the 2006 discovery.  
- Key references shared: Jinek et al. 2012 CRISPR-Cas9 Science paper, NRPS review articles, ribosome-mistranslation studies, and educational videos on mRNA translation and ribosome structure.  
- A $120 desktop laser engraver from AliExpress was recommended as an inexpensive tool for custom photomask fabrication in microfluidics or bio-lab prototyping.