# Summary of IRC Log from #hplusroadmap (April 28, 2016)

* A paper titled "Type III Societies (Apparently) Do Not Exist" was shared and discussed, examining the absence of Kardashev Type III civilizations (arxiv.org/abs/1604.07844).

* The channel administrators dealt with a wiki spammer issue, discussing technical solutions including disabling force-push, locking user accounts, and potentially implementing stricter registration controls.

* A resource for fab labs was shared (fablabs.io/labs), with a note that these maker spaces aren't listed on hackerspaces.org despite similarities.

* An article about Bitcoin's security processes called "Gitian Building" was shared, highlighting how these processes have become a model for the open source community.

* Discussion about Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles included considerations of their value retention, production volume (130k preorders noted), and vulnerability to EMP/solar flares compared to diesel vehicles.

* Brief conversation about emergency preparedness touched on water storage, filtration options, and well-drilling as resilience strategies.