# Summary of IRC Conversation on April 20, 2015

* A brief discussion about protein solubility occurred, with user seba-uni asking about how much NaCl to add for the salting-in effect to improve protein solubility.

* User justanotheruser shared a link to Linkurio.us, a graph visualization platform that helps analyze connected data.

* A user noted the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law, marking five decades of the observation that computing power doubles approximately every two years.

* A discussion about cryptography emerged around a PDF presentation by Greg Maxwell, with the observation that "the number of people recommending something is inversely correlated with the rigorousness of its development" because it's easier to offer features when security isn't prioritized.

* A critique of maker culture was shared, noting how it has "shifted from a utopia where everyone could learn to make their own durable and useful objects... to a bunch of people manufacturing mostly useless plastic trinkets."

* Users discussed mobile device capabilities, specifically examining a video demonstrating the multitasking capabilities of a phone with 4GB of RAM, with subsequent discussion about Android limitations and phone UI shortcomings.

* Several hardware technologies were mentioned, including a 5-axis desktop CNC machine (PocketNC) and the X-Carve CNC gantry router selling for $1,300.