- TempestSDR, an open-source software-defined-radio implementation of the “Van Eck” TEMPEST attack, was shared on GitHub (https://github.com/martinmarinov/TempestSDR) for remotely eavesdropping on video signals.  
- Intel quietly launched mobile Xeon E3-1500M v5 CPUs; Lenovo’s upcoming ThinkPad P50/P70 will ship with 64 GB ECC RAM, 1 TB SSD, dual USB-C/Thunderbolt 3, 4K display, and MIL-SPEC ruggedization.  
- A cryotherapy study linked by kanzure shows that 3 min at –120 °C lowers TNF-α, raises IL-6 and cortisol, improves tennis stroke effectiveness, and accelerates recovery without changing resting metabolic rate.  
- Keith Henson posted a detailed “thermal power satellite design and mass calculation” document and invited discussion on the Google Group “power-satellite-economics.”  
- MIRI’s interview series was highlighted, including conversations with Anders Sandberg on space colonization, Robin Hanson on “serious futurism,” Markus Schmidt on biotech risks, and Ken Hayworth on brain emulation.  
- A GPS-tracker-in-fake-tusks project was noted as a clever method to map ivory-smuggling routes in real time.  
- Links to Rusty Russell’s podcast on sidechains and Lightning Network and to the Shadow discrete-event network simulator were circulated.  
- Discussion of irc-client ergonomics covered irssi tab overload, vertical-tab wishlists, and ERC-with-bouncer setups for heavy channel logging.