The oakland internet choice initiative is picking up speed!
> The Oakland Internet Choice Coalition (OICC) is organizing to provide a
legal path requiring landlords of large multi-tenant buildings to allow
*any *qualified Internet service provider to serve their tenants.
Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan is looking for community
support in the next couple of months.
If you live in Oakland, read more about it and send her an email:
https://takeaction.salsalabs.org/oicc0
I think passing this ordinance is going to be a really important step to
support independent ISPs in their fight against the big monopolies.
--Benny
Tweet from Monkey Brains:
https://twitter.com/monkeybrainsnet/status/1192505705728598016
And from EFF:
https://act.eff.org/action/bring-choice-to-oakland-f765c0b9-89ea-4dac-ac4d-…
I don't know if this is the right list for disaster.radio but I want to involve
everyone who might be interested.
In California we have a serious forest fire issue. It would be nice to go back
in time and not burn a bunch of carbon, but that ship has sailed and while
things might be okay on a more geological timescale, I personally like
breathing and my friends do too.
So we need a forest fire detection system that can pinpoint forest fires as
soon as they start (whether because of a flicked cigarette or a lightning
strike or an ember floating on the wind from a campfire) so that we have a hope
of putting them out before they grow out of control.
Presently, by the time a fire is detected, it's often large enough that humans
can't do anything about it except spend tons of money on trying to protect the
houses of people who live out in the woods. That might be nice for the people
who live there but it doesn't do anything for the people who have to breathe
smoke for an entire season, and of course the carbon impacts on weather
patterns are a big factor as well.
So i'm calling for a group of us to partner with state agencies for funding and
information, and figure out how out mesh networking and hardware/software
skills can be put to use to try to improve the situation. I'm picturing
something like Disaster Radio nodes installed as a mesh in the woods, with
smoke detection and wind direction/speed sensors, and maybe humidity and
temperature as well. They will flow that data upstream to larger nodes that
can link back to forest service buildings or towers, where that data can be
monitored for signs that a fire is starting.
Please loop in people who you think might be interested in making this happen.
I really think it would need at least one lead person for grantwriting and
organizing; hardware and software skills are useless without the means to make
things happen, as well as the legitimacy required to interface with agencies
like the forest services that will actually be using this system to fight
fires.
-jake
Dear hackers,
The org I'm currently working for, eQualitie, is hiring a senior
software engineer who will be working with my team to collaborate on
protocol development for decentralized web applications.
See the job posting below, and if you think you're a good fit please
submit a cover letter and upload a resume at
https://equalit.ie/en/job-post/protocol-engineer-for-dweb/ - Feel free
to reach out to me directly if you'd like to learn more about the
project or are considering applying - and do share with folks
(especially people underrepresented in tech!) who would be excellent
candidates :)
SENIOR SOFTWARE/PROTOCOL ENGINEER FOR THE DECENTRALIZED WEB
<https://equalit.ie/en/job-post/protocol-engineer-for-dweb/>
* Start Date: ASAP
* Job Location: Remote
* Job Type: Full-time (flexible) contract 12 months. Extension to 24
months possible.
* Salary: $80,000-90,000 USD based on experience
_eQualitie _ <https://equalit.ie/>is seeking an experienced P2P network
protocol developer with a passion for distributed and decentralized
technologies and the positive role they can play in defending and
promoting human rights online. Apply to work with our team of talented
engineers from the _Censorship.no!_ <https://censorship.no/> initiative,
to develop an open source application for easy peer-to-peer data
synchronization and file sharing in challenging network environments.
*The role*
Working in a distributed team, you will participate in protocol
research, design, implementation and testing, leading to the release of
a peer-to-peer data synchronization tool – Ouisync. Its purpose will be
to replace users’ dependence on cloud solutions such as Dropbox, and
connectivity within network environments that practice heavily
filtering, as well as during sporadic Internet shutdowns. Ouisync will
introduce device-to-device connectivity, feature non-fingerprintable
encryption and be amenable to various transport protocols.
*Y**our primary duties will include:*
* Collaborating on P2P protocol design based on initial principles
outlined at
https://github.com/equalitie/ouisync/blob/design-doc/doc/design/design.md
* Maintaining the highest level of professional security and code
development practices;
* Unit testing code for robustness, usability, and general reliability;
* Solving bugs and improving application performance;
* Listening critically and giving viable feedback to team members,
managers, and outside groups;
* Keeping active documentation of your work and regularly sharing work
produced;
* Meeting product timelines and deliverables.
*You should** also**:*
* Possess a deep understanding of important concepts from distributed
systems., including the CAP theorem, DHT, Consensus, Version
Vectors, and Onion routing;
* Have working knowledge of applied cryptography;
* Deep experience in network programming, including TCP and UDP
protocols; understanding NAT and basic NAT traversal techniques;
* Have 3+ years of experience writing native (C++14 or Rust) applications;
* Have experience in a test-driven approach to software development &
version control with git;
* Be comfortable working remotely and across multiple timezones, and
reachable for at least 2 hours on working days between 9am – 5pm CET.
*Would be great if you had**:*
* Excellent development credentials and years of experience working
with a variety of technologies;
* A strong desire to work on free and open source software;
* Experience with Android / iOS development;
* Experience writing user interfaces.
*About us*
eQualit.ie is a small company run on not-for-profit principles. Our goal
and motivation is to promote and protect human rights in the digital
age. We solve complex technical problems for improving digital defenses,
introducing privacy to online activity, enabling freedom of expression
and association. This project is fairly new and the code can be found at
https://github.com/equalitie/ouisync-app and
https://github.com/equalitie/ouisync. It builds on knowledge and
technology from https://censorship.no
*How to apply*
Please send your resume and *a cover letter* explaining how your
experience and motivation match our requirements. Include your Github
username or another platform where we can see your previous projects.
Note that selected candidates will be asked to perform a (non-project
related) coding challenge.
eQualit.ie welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We are a
remote-first company and offer flexible working arrangements. We are
keen to hear from people who consider themselves under-represented in
the software, technology or FLOSS communities – even if they feel they
meet only some of our needs. You can read more about our values
here _https://equalit.ie/en/values/_ <https://equalit.ie/en/values/>
--
Jenny Ryan
Nonprofit Technology Consultant
https://jennyryan.net
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