- A spammer briefly vandalized the diyhpluswiki; admins disabled user registration and discussed switching to SSH-only or moderator-approved account creation to prevent recurrence.  
- The repository’s immutability safeguards were reviewed: force-push is normally blocked because Ikiwiki keeps an independent checkout that would re-merge any overwritten history.  
- A new arXiv paper, “Type III Societies (Apparently) Do Not Exist” (1604.07844), was circulated; discussion centered on its implications for the Fermi paradox and Kardashev-scale civilizations.  
- FabLabs.io was noted as listing many labs that do not appear on hackerspaces.org, prompting thoughts about better cross-indexing of open bio- and maker-spaces.  
- Gitian reproducible-build tooling, used by Bitcoin Core, was highlighted in a Bitcoin Magazine article as a potential model for securing open-source transhumanist and biohacking software distributions.  
- Tesla Model 3 pre-orders (≈130 k) sparked debate on early-run collector value, build quality vs. price, and the practicality of electric vehicles versus EMP-hardened diesel alternatives.  
- EMP and solar-flare resilience were weighed: biodiesel vehicles can be retrofitted with mechanical fuel pumps, while Teslas would be disabled; participants considered personal water, well-drilling, and filtration as higher-impact preparedness steps.