- A brief discussion arose about whether ultra-wealthy individuals are pre-emptively “redistributing” their fortunes through philanthropy as a defensive strategy against future forced redistribution, with counter-argument that charitable giving still yields tax advantages.  
- kanzure shared a series of interactive, high-quality educational pages by Bartosz Ciechanowski covering internal-combustion engines, naval architecture, camera optics, gears, and curves/surfaces—praised for their 3-D WebGL visualizations that run smoothly even in software-rendered mode.  
- Participants noted the technical achievement of these browser-based 3-D simulations, highlighting how sophisticated web-native graphics have become without requiring native apps or GPU acceleration.  
- Malvolio reported that tardigrades possess a protein enabling reversible intracellular vitrification—essentially turning their cells into a glass-like state for survival—and posed the speculative question of whether this mechanism could be adapted for human cryopreservation or extreme-environment tolerance.