- A user asked for an update on a planned DIY platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) injection experiment aimed at treating hair loss; the original proponent replied that the friend “never ended up doing it” but promised to check again.  
- Discussion referenced José Cordeiro’s longevity advocacy and his 2008 final public interview with Arthur C. Clarke conducted in Sri Lanka.  
- Concern was expressed for the well-being of former channel regular “eudoxia,” prompted by a recent tweet from @zetalyrae.  
- A link was shared to a real-time 3-D shaded rendering engine running on a 16 MHz AVR Arduino (240-face teapot at 30 fps): https://www.a1k0n.net/2017/02/01/arduboy-teapot.html.  
- Participants praised the feat of squeezing complex graphics software into extremely constrained hardware as an example of minimalist engineering.