• The channel debated the FDA’s proposed rule to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), with Jason Crawford and Alex Tabarrok urging public comment against the change, while some participants half-seriously advocated “regulation-maximalist accelerationism” to hasten systemic collapse and reform.

• A long-running side thread discussed building an industrial-scale “human gigafactory” that would integrate IVF, surrogacy, child-rearing services, and family support to mass-produce healthy humans, prompting comparisons to *Brave New World* and warnings about social engineering pitfalls.

• Extropic’s claimed “thermal computing” technique was dissected: docl speculated it involves running current through conductive molecules to generate localized heat, nudging them short, predictable distances within a plastic substrate—an approach distinct from traditional thermal computing yet potentially compatible.

• Links and references shared included a primer on Bézier curves (pomax.github.io/bezierinfo), the EACC wiki (eaccwiki.com), an interview with “PsiKey/Alice Fields” on fringe transhumanist offshoots, and Quantamagazine’s article on “strange metals” that may conduct electricity without conventional electrons.

• The log also covered ISS sabotage rumors (a 4chan-derived conspiracy about astronaut-induced damage), the curious deletion of Mike Anissimov’s Wikipedia page, and the ongoing technical frustrations with the IRC↔Discord bridge (UTF encoding glitches, display-name mismatches, and spammy link previews).