• kanzure requested a copy of the DO-178C standard (“Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification”) and linked to its official purchase page on the RTCA site, noting a sudden interest in Ada/embedded-safety topics.  
• A Nature paper was shared: “Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos” (Nature, online 2 Aug 2017), marking one of the first peer-reviewed reports of human-embryo gene editing using CRISPR–Cas9.  
• nmz787 posted photos of a custom SEM radiator cooling unit under construction (Imgur album http://imgur.com/a/jtJyT) and discussed safety concerns about 3-D-printed centrifuges.  
• The Kickstarter “Polyfuge – A DIY Open-Source Microcentrifuge for Everyone” (goal ≈ US $6 000) was highlighted; participants debated the need for rigorous enclosure testing to prevent rotor-failure injuries.  
• kanzure circulated a practical guide to SQL transaction-isolation levels (https://begriffs.com/posts/2017-08-01-practical-guide-sql-isolation.html) as a reference for robust back-end design.  
• Concerns about fragile npm dependency chains were raised via a tweet linking to a Hacker News discussion on a recently discovered malicious npm package.  
• Participants checked the health of LibGen torrent seeders for the scientific-magazine repository (libgen.io/scimag/repository_torrent/) to ensure continued open access to paywalled literature.  
• gp-write was criticized for still distributing announcements by manually CC-ing 80+ e-mail addresses instead of using proper mailing-list software; the latest message merely pointed to a shared Google Drive folder.