- A GAN-based web toy at https://thischemicaldoesnotexist.com/ was shared for generating novel molecular structures, prompting discussion about whether the outputs are truly machine-learned or simply random.  
- lsneff proposed live-coding streams of embedded Rust projects; jrayhawk advised using Twitch’s “Science & Technology” category and tagging language/platform to attract like-minded viewers.  
- kanzure linked two historical computing videos: “The Raised Floor – IBM Mainframe Computer Ops in the 1980s” and another on early mainframe operations, underscoring interest in legacy systems as context for modern hardware design.  
- Conversation referenced Simone Giertz’s “shitty robots” as deliberate demonstrations of how obvious engineering assumptions often fail in practice, framed as real-world negative results valuable to the open-source hardware community.  
- Embedded Rust, live coding as a community-building tool, and the value of publishing “what didn’t work” experiments were highlighted as actionable takeaways for transhumanist and DIY-bio practitioners.