- Early discussion of AI-assisted retrosynthesis: kanzure confirms that a system (likely a language model or cheminformatics tool) is already capable of performing some steps of chemical retrosynthesis planning.  
- Interest in TabFS, a FUSE filesystem that exposes browser tabs as files; superkuh notes lack of WebExtension support in their browsers, while kanzure questions whether it mounts the DOM itself.  
- fenn shares a 2013 Atlantic article on industrial-scale plastic-sheeting greenhouses in Spain that are visible from space, highlighting low-tech but high-impact agricultural infrastructure.  
- jrayhawk links to the first NHS-administered gene-therapy treatment for a newborn, marking a milestone in publicly funded, life-saving genetic medicine.