- The channel followed the first attempted launch of SpaceX’s fully-reusable Starship in real time, noting the scrub due to a pressurization valve issue and the rescheduled attempt for Wednesday 19 Apr 2023.  
- A heated debate erupted over the current and future viability of cryonics: eleitl argued that present methods are “cargo-cult science” and unlikely to work, while Perry countered with a techno-optimist manifesto citing melanoma cures, reusable rockets, and January strawberries as evidence that “the world is fantastic and keeps getting better.”  
- Robert McDougal’s Substack post about a terminally-ill friend was circulated, prompting discussion on accelerating cryonics access and the ethics of sharing research with patients who have little time left.  
- Links to speculative embryo-courier services (embryocourier.com) and DALL-E images of “embryo dewars” were shared, highlighting interest in long-term genetic transport logistics.  
- Kanzure posted an ARPA-H funding opportunity (sam.gov ID caf109b75a0449418ead3630cef1915e) for advanced health projects, signaling continued focus on government bio-innovation grants.  
- Docl and others discussed “brain backups” via gold-nanoparticle infusion plus high-resolution X-ray scanning while the subject is still alive, referencing brainbackups.com and Nectome’s ongoing work.  
- Juri_ showcased open-source slicing software (HSlice) that uses Projective Geometric Algebra to handle 3-D bioprinting paths with holes, emphasizing CPU-efficient “unlike/reductive” operators over standard wedge/dot products.  
- nmz787 reported coaxing ChatGPT into hallucinating a novel electron-beam gun design, then forcing the model to acknowledge the invention was its own fabrication—an anecdote on LLM creativity and verification limits.  
- Eleitl lamented a perceived shortage of “young, driven people” compared with 1970s U.S. innovation culture, while lachlan countered with anecdotal evidence of 14-year-olds receiving Starlink job offers.  
- The conversation closed with practical maker-culture notes: auto-pipette kits, low-cost lab automation, and calls to redirect blockchain/AI hype money toward hands-on biology experiments.