# Summary of IRC Discussions on Technical and Transhumanist Topics

• Kanzure shared his work on python-brlcad, a Python binding for the BRL-CAD solid modeling system, encountering installation issues where libwdb.py wasn't being properly generated and facing rendering problems with OpenGL versus CPU raytracing.

• The discussions revealed cross-platform compatibility challenges with the python-brlcad package, particularly regarding Windows support and how the bindings are generated during installation based on BRL-CAD's .so files and header files.

• Users demonstrated the use of "paperbot," a channel bot designed to help retrieve scientific papers from behind paywalls, with multiple examples of accessing papers on spin coating technology.

• Kanzure shared a new LibGen endpoint at http://lib.free-college.org, expanding access to scientific literature repositories, while participants critiqued academic publishing with metaphorical comparisons of Elsevier to cartoon supervillains.

• Technical discussions included problems with Python package management, with Kanzure expressing frustration about pip and suggesting Python needs a better module loading system with versioned imports.

• Several scientific papers related to spin coating techniques in microelectronics and polymer films were shared and discussed, with links to PDFs hosted on diyhpl.us, demonstrating the channel's focus on open access to technical knowledge.