• A web-based STL-to-ASCII art converter (https://andrewsink.github.io/STL-to-ASCII-Generator/) was shared as a lightweight tool for visualizing 3-D models in text form.  
• Discussion of paywalled Springer article “Coincidence Properties for Maps from the Circle” (10.1007/s11401-007-0099-x) led to a direct PDF mirror (https://gnusha.org/~nmz787/pdf/Goncalves-Kelly2008_Article_CoincidencePropertiesForMapsFr.pdf) being provided to bypass the €34.95 paywall.  
• A debate on deterrence theory referenced Dr. Strangelove, clarifying that survivable “mine-shaft” or off-world colonies only deter first strikes if their existence is known beforehand; once missiles are launched the refuge has no strategic value.  
• Ultra-low-power embedded options were compared: breaking the power LED off a stock Arduino plus a 10 050 mAh USB pack versus using SparkFun’s Ambiq Apollo3 devboard for year-long battery life.  
• Interest was expressed in digitizing the 1904 German reference “Lueger-1904” (http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904); participants weighed scraping individual page images and uploading a full PDF to Archive.org against site-operator concerns.