# Summary of ##hplusroadmap IRC Log (March 14, 2015)

• A discussion about non-profit production of MDMA and psychedelics was shared on Hacker News, with a participant noting these substances have more provable and impactful effects than typical nootropics.

• kanzure shared and critiqued quotes from Slate Star Codex about micronation communities, noting they fail to grow beyond a dozen members not because of social saturation but because they offer minimal opportunities for growth.

• A debate occurred about Eliezer Yudkowsky's approach to venture capital, with participants criticizing his reasoning that VCs are "stupid for funding the team not the idea" when execution of ideas is what matters most.

• The TextBlade keyboard was discussed in detail, featuring magnetic assembly, n-key rollover, and ultra-compact design with a space bar formed from a lithium polymer battery, though some were skeptical of claims it could enable faster typing.

• Participants discussed SolveSpace CAD software, highlighting its ability to work with NURBS surfaces rather than just triangle meshes, which produces better quality models for complex operations.

• A technical critique of OpenSCAD emerged, with participants arguing that creating a new programming language is unrelated to building a good geometry kernel, and that polyhedral approximation is inadequate for precision geometry modeling.

• A brief discussion about blockchain technology questioned whether protein folding problems could be adapted as proof-of-work, with the response that distributed consensus (blockchain's purpose) and protein folding are fundamentally different problems.