# Summary of IRC Log Discussion

• A user shared details about "Ned Connor" who meticulously tracked his behavior for over four years, recording time spent on activities, writing patterns, and sleep cycles, discovering he maintained a greater than 24-hour sleep-wake cycle despite living in a normal environment with time cues.

• The conversation touched on non-standard sleep cycles, with one user mentioning a "28h cycle" and another suggesting that a "6 day week reliably induces insanity," though this was later admitted to be "diurnalist propaganda."

• A link to Technology Review magazine was shared featuring content on Quantified Self (QS), with a mention that someone named "qdot" received significant coverage (2 pages).

• Discussion included intellectual property concerns, with links to articles about patent issues and questions about what happens to patents when companies fold (likely sold to pay creditors or stockholders).

• Users discussed OpenCascade software with skepticism about claims it "will become more open," with one user expressing frustration about its licensing ambiguity.

• A brief exchange occurred about brain trauma resulting in memory loss in 30-year-old westerners, though no specific answers were provided.

• Someone suggested monitoring plants to make them "tweet" when they need watering as a simple project idea.

• A link to PhD Comics movie trailer was shared, though it was criticized as "unfunny" by the person who posted it.