- IEEE Spectrum article discussed: a proposed power-plant cycle that uses super-critical CO2 as both working fluid and combustion diluent, yielding only a 2–4 % efficiency gain because turbine blades are already near temperature limits; participants noted that burning pure O2 + methane could push thermodynamic efficiency higher and that CO2-sequestration benefits might still be non-negligible.  
- RemoteFox shared Josha Bach’s 35C3 talk “The Ghost in the Machine” (video link provided) on consciousness and AI; the ensuing banter referenced mechanical neural networks built from levers and pulleys as a tongue-in-cheek model of cognition.  
- Two recent Nvidia GAN demos circulated: one showing photorealistic human face generation and the other (TecoGAN) demonstrating temporally coherent video super-resolution; links to the official videos were dropped for later reference.  
- Token-bonding-curves blog post (tokeneconomy.co) was introduced as a mechanism for automated price discovery in tokenized projects; kanzure observed structural similarities to Andrew Lo’s CancerX securitized-risk-tranche model for aggregating biomedical-research funding.  
- Washington Post deep-dive on the $5.8 B U.S. fertility industry was highlighted: 73 % of clinics offer non-medical sex selection, 84 % of those will serve fertile couples seeking IVF solely for gender control, and the permissive U.S. regulatory environment makes it a global destination—especially for Chinese patients—spurring medical-tourism agencies and celebrity-style physician tours.  
- PubMed reference provided: “Sex selection for non-medical indications: a survey of current pre-implantation genetic screening practices among U.S. ART clinics” (J Assist Reprod Genet, 2018) for follow-up data.  
- Quick technical aside: kanzure dropped a concise explainer link on Bitcoin ECDSA signature structure (delfr.com) for crypto-implementers.