- Grindhouse Wetware publicly released and implanted Northstar V1, an open-source, magnet-triggered LED subdermal implant, marking a new milestone in community-driven body-modification hardware.  
- Participants compared open-source CAD kernels: SolveSpace cannot fillet compound surfaces, while BRL-CAD and Verbnurbs were highlighted as more capable alternatives; nmz787_i shared an active Python-TCL bridge for scripting BRL-CAD workflows.  
- A performance benchmark showed CGAL’s exact-arithmetic 2-D Boolean engine is ~400× slower than ClipperLib, prompting debate on when precision outweighs speed in open-source geometry libraries.  
- A Science/AAAS article proposed using prediction-market “gambling” to forecast which scientific studies will replicate, offering a novel metascience funding and credibility mechanism.  
- kanzure circulated CAD paper-reading-group notes (harryrschwartz.com) that advocate prioritizing kernel code quality and automated testing over UI polish for sustainable open-source CAD development.  
- The Biohacker Summit roster was noted, including Kaj Sotala’s project to create a peer-oriented life-coaching community grounded in scientifically validated self-development techniques.  
- Gregory Maxwell’s DevCore 2015 Bitcoin talk was linked, framing cryptographic engineering and decentralized-trust technologies as foundational for future transhumanist infrastructure.  
- A practical web-scraping tool concept was outlined: a browser extension or uzbl-based headless scraper that lets users visually select page elements, auto-generate XPath selectors, and export reusable scraper-definition files—reviving and extending the functionality of Firefox’s old “xpather” add-on.