• Augur.net, a decentralized prediction-market platform, was briefly discussed as a potential tool for forecasting technological and biomedical breakthroughs, though no technical details were provided.  
• A DIY ketogenic “soylent” recipe—150 g olive oil, 20 g Ultra-Tex 8 starch, 100 g whey protein, 3 g salt, shaken with water—was shared as a 1.8 kcal, low-carb emulsion suitable for cancer patients; olive-oil phenolics (e.g., oleocanthal) were highlighted for possible hormetic antioxidant benefits.  
• Participants debated open-source gene-synthesis hardware, weighing LCD/DLP photolithography against inkjet droplet deposition; unresolved issues include required droplet volume, pixel density, linker chemistry, and the 12 J/cm² UV dose that may approach DNA-damage thresholds.  
• A paper on “Efficiency, error and yield in light-directed maskless synthesis of DNA microarrays” was circulated, shifting focus from UV damage to stray-light-induced coupling insertions as the primary fidelity bottleneck in gene-length oligo assembly.  
• Alternative oligo-synthesis methods—surface-confined oligonucleotide electrowetting (SCOEW) and electrowetting-on-dielectric—were mentioned as lower-risk but still low-TRL options, with consensus that current custom-oligo demand is too small to justify building an open-source synthesizer.  
• The Quantified-Self movement’s evolution from grassroots meetups to VC-driven hype was critiqued; heart-rate variability (HRV) was singled out as the only consumer-health metric that has persisted, while skepticism was voiced about the reliability of step-counting algorithms and the loss of raw accelerometer data.  
• APDM’s Opal 16 IMU motion-capture system ($2,400 per unit, $20 k for Mobility Lab) was evaluated; its 12-hour battery life and the broader debate over limb-mounted versus phone-based or GPS motion tracking were discussed.  
• Sci-Hub mirror sci-hub.club and an aggregated Reddit list of up-to-date Sci-Hub/LibGen access points were shared to maintain open access to paywalled research.