- A new high-speed 3-D microscope called SCAPE was announced, promising deeper live-tissue imaging; participants speculated whether its scanning mirror could be replaced with a DLP chip for improved performance.  
- Nature Photonics published a paper on advanced optics (doi:10.1038/nphoton.2014.323) that nmz787_i linked and discussed in the context of alternative light-modulation hardware.  
- heath shared several open-source or open-science projects: the “untrusted” code-game (https://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/), the PeerLibrary platform for collaborative academic reading (https://peerlibrary.org/), and Twitter’s Innovators Patent Agreement repository (https://github.com/twitter/innovators-patent-agreement).  
- kanzure highlighted Coinbase’s $75 million Series C raise (DFJ, USAA, NYSE) and quipped about revenue models in the Bitcoin space, while also noting SpaceX investment strategy—buying material-supplier equities rather than SpaceX itself.  
- Jenkins’ accidental “git push --force” to 150+ GitHub repos was dissected as a cautionary tale on CI permissions, prompting kanzure to recommend TeamCity or the open-source Go.CD as friendlier continuous-integration tools.  
- delinquentme reported receiving a $5 k piece of hardware (likely a Retina Mac) and experiencing eyestrain, underscoring ongoing concerns about high-DPI displays and e-ink alternatives.