Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder that we are having a Machine Learning
meetup at Noisebridge in the Church room (Northeast corner classroom), at
7pm this Thursday, January 16th. There will be a class targeted towards
beginners to machine learning. Very basic programming knowledge, like using
variables, arrays, and loops, would be helpful.
The schedule will go something like this:
7:00pm - 7:30pm
Project Talks, and SAGE and ebook distribution - People interested in
presenting ideas for projects can stand up and share their ideas for
projects to find collaborators. USB keys with SAGE and machine learning
resources will be handed out for installation.
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Project people can break off and continue collaborating. For beginners and
all other interested parties, I'll give an interactive tutorial on
regression via SAGE worksheets and the projector.
Hope to see you there! If you're interested in getting a head start:
Noisebridge ML Wiki Page:
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Machine_Learning
SAGE Download:
http://www.sagemath.org/download.html
mike
P.S. The intro classes will be recurring, probably every 1-1.5 months, so
don't freak out if you can't make it! I will also consider teaching the
intro class on a weekend if there is enough demand. If you're interested in
helping out to teach or create course material please contact me or solicit
the mailing list(s).
Heyo Sudoroom!
Oakland is hosting it's first Startup Weekend event (
http://bmaoakland.startupweekend.org/) and I thought y'all might be
interested in knowing more.
The hackathon focuses on community problem solving through five tracks
(health, education, restorative justice, gaming, and sustainability), and
in collaboration with The Hidden Genius Project, it's also providing an
opportunity for young Black men to participate in the process by joining
your team as designers or developers.
Everyone is welcome to participate in the hackathon; so if you want to do
some home-grown problem solving in your own community, check out the info
for the event.
Event details: http://bmaoakland.startupweekend.org/
Registration form:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-weekend-oakland-tickets-8782104511
More event info:
http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/01/february-7-9-hackathon-in-oakland-focuses-o…
Thanks!
Monika
Hey guys
I just broke my ankle skateboarding. I'm interested to know if anyone here
has hacked any knee scooters, crutches etc.
I'm setting up a new wiki:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/HackHumans
I'm going to be getting a knee scooter soon, and fully intend to festoon it
with LED lights, arduinos, and the like.
I'll be documenting my experiences on SF public transportation. My only
regret is not being aware of these issues sooner!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:40 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Edit-a-thon at Tiburon library Wednesday evening
To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
Those of you in or near Marin County may be interested in the Wikipedia
Edit-a-thon Wednesday evening. The librarian there, Ivan Silva, has invited
me to talk to their patrons, and is excited about getting local history
buffs into Wikipedia editing. Join us!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Marin
Pete
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Wikimedia-SF mailing list
Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
https://sudoroom.org/january-first-friday-year-of-the-snake-art-party/
thanks to everyone for helping out. I was so happy to see so many people
donating time, money, performances to create a cool environment for making
stuff!
We plan to repeat the event after the next Oakland First Friday February 7.
If anyone is interested, has cool videos, performances, drop me a line!
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
hi all,
please forgive me this one-time abuse of the sudo list for discussing
non-sudo issues, but i thought that this might be relevant to you or
someone you know.
i work at the nonprofit localwiki <http://localwiki.org> and due to travel
plans that will mean that we won't need to use our office in february,
we're looking for a subletter for the month.
the office fits 3 people, is furnished, has fast wifi, and is about a 10
min walk from 16th st. mission bart. it's $600/month.
if you or someone you know is interested, get in touch.
thanks,
marina
I found a cardboard box, open, shipping label says recipient was ZAFER
YASA of FEMTOCHROME RESEARCH in berkeley (shipped in april 2013)
it contains seven FPGA development boards in various states of
construction and hacking, wires hanging off etc. including a bunch of
open-hardware boards like the LX9 v1.0
there is a paper note that says W.I.P. SEPTEMBER 21
which stands for Work In Progress probably. Well it has been almost four
months, when do we get to start hacking on this stuff? There is no other
information that I can find.
Does anyone know anything about this stuff?
-jake
hi everyone,
if you're interested in meeting others working in open source, open
knowledge, open data, open [ ], this is a social event just for that.
- marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dan Whaley <dwhaley(a)hypothes.is>
Date: Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:17 PM
Subject: SF Open Drinks, East Bay Edition, Jan 21 6pm
To: Dan Whaley <dwhaley(a)hypothes.is>
Hey Folks,
We’re hosting this month’s Open Drinks event in the East Bay, because … of
course!
Based on the suggestions of yonder denizens, we have settled on Free House
http://www.berkeleyfreehouse.com/
It’s just a short jaunt from the Downtown Berkeley BART station for all you
SF people.
http://goo.gl/maps/THRtN
We’ll gather around 6pm on Tuesday January 21
Look forward to seeing you all there. Moving forward we'll try to stick to
getting together every month or two, and alternating more or less both
sides of the bay based on the evolving attendance.
Please help get the word out to anyone in the open source, open science,
open data and open knowledge communities.
Also, there’s a twitter account now: @SFOpenDrinks
And I’ve just tweeted out these details, here. Perhaps you could help with
a RT. Thanks!
https://twitter.com/sfopendrinks/status/421837903052804096
See you there,
Dan
Here's a step-by-step guide to donating with Gittip:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Gittip
We're up to $200/week! Can we make $250 today? Have any of you been
meaning to sign up but not done it yet?
It looks like we're ramping up to move to a bigger space sometime
soon. Are you more likely to give money if we have a bigger space with
more room for projects, industrial equipment, classes, meetings, etc?
Would you be more likely to use the space? If so, would you consider
starting to give now? It will help us plan for the future to know how
much people are willing to give!
Thanks so much!
