# Key Points from IRC Log (August 26, 2011)

- EndlessForms.com was shared, a website likely related to evolutionary algorithms or generative design.

- A Nature Communications paper on "Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting" was discussed, suggesting interest in novel energy generation technologies.

- A multisearch engine for DoD, NASA, and scientific journal papers was shared (multisearch.deepwebaccess.com), providing access to specialized research databases.

- Discussion of bioinformatics occurred, specifically regarding sequence identity among homologous sequences and their analysis approaches.

- David Brin's blog post critiquing seasteading was shared, prompting discussion about political ideologies in relation to technological development.

- The Electronic Frontier Foundation's legal guidance for running Tor exit nodes was shared (eff.org/torchallenge/legal-faq), indicating interest in privacy technologies and their legal implications.

- A brief exchange about mirroring a digital library occurred, with technical advice about bandwidth limitations and wget parameters for recursively downloading content.