# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• Kanzure is developing a comprehensive scientific literature mirror by scraping publisher websites (ScienceDirect, Wiley, EBSCO) to collect metadata and BibTeX citations, addressing the challenge of restricted access to academic research.

• Technical discussions about web scraping methods featured recommendations for Python+Webkit, PhantomJS, Mechanize, and Ruby's Nokogiri for automated collection of scientific metadata from academic publishers.

• Participants shared computational neuroscience resources, including a journal club at UT Austin and papers on neural correlates of arm movement preparation and functional connectivity in the retina.

• A significant technology development was highlighted regarding "the world's most powerful laser," which one participant described as "THE most important shit you will hear about all week."

• The group discussed the possibility of creating an open-source alternative to Google's PageRank system specifically for academic citations, with mentions of existing systems like Citebase.

• Kanzure is also working on decompiling and rewriting source code for Pokémon games, notably discovering that Pokémon Crystal apparently has HTTP support despite being a Game Boy title.

• The conversation included philosophical debates about the ethics of social manipulation and whether treating people instrumentally as "levers and vectors" is more authentic than attributing inherent meaning to their aspirations.