# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (September 2, 2011)

* Utopiah asked for opinions on Singularity News (singularitynews.co), a website focused on technological singularity topics.

* A user shared information about lab equipment being sold due to downsizing, including an image showing various scientific instruments and equipment (http://i.imgur.com/HOY1l.png).

* Klafka shared information about the first Data Without Borders hackathon in NYC (http://datawithoutborders.cc/events/nykickoff/), expressing excitement about the event that connects data scientists with social organizations.

* A brief discussion about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) included concerns about consultants misinterpreting compliance requirements, such as incorrectly claiming passwords must be stored in plaintext.

* The conversation included mentions of technical topics like set theory (referencing "the set of all sets that does not contain itself") and IP geolocation for determining user location.