The vending machine now provides some more feedback after money is put in.
Source code associated with my contribution is here. I haven't documented
the other components of the vending machine.
https://thomaslevine.com/scm/sudo-vending
Based on the implementation details, it appears to me that
the bill acceptor is in fact plugged into one board (Arduino Leonardo)
that is connected by serial to another board (Raspberry Pi). Why is
the former board used at all? That is, why is the bill acceptor not
plugged directly into the latter board?
Dear sudoers,
As of tomorrow, sudo room will officially be 3 months overdue for Omni rent
($6K), with an additional $2K due September 25th for October rent.
I am transferring about $1K from our Paypal now, which will increase our
total money-in-the-bank to approximately $2900, enough to pay off one
month's back rent.
I want to give a shoutout to all who've stepped up to donate more and/or
sell some of our assets via eBay in recent months - Thank you for your
support! And please send an update on that progress!
I'm attaching a PDF of sudo room's history of pledges owed and payments
made in 2020, as well as 2018, 2019, and 2020's YTD Profit & Loss reports.
The following proposal up for consensus, which would put us meagerly back
in the black:
*Proposal to Omni Commons for sudo room consensus: *
Sudo Room is requesting a retroactive 50% reduction in rent for the months
of April-October (Pledge #s 2052, 2062, 2071, 2086, 2185, and 2195). This
is a six-month reduction in rent. Attached are sudo room's financial
reports from 2018 - 2020-to-date, reflecting ongoing inability to match
income to expenses (our only expenses being Omni rent and our web hosting
services). Sudo Room's donation from Sudo Mesh in 2018 of $10K was
predicted to create the necessary buffer for lack of sufficient income
through until mid-2020, and this prediction has unfortunately been correct.
We will be working actively to increase our income and report-back to the
Delegate's and Finance WG in October 2020.
<3
Jenny Ryan
*Nonprofit Bookkeeping and Technology Consulting*
315.292.4656 | jennyryan.net
If anyone has a disaster radio board they'd like to lend me, I'd like to experiment with a long-haul LORA link from here (coastside) across the bay to Oakland.
-ken
does anyone know the right ffmpeg or mencoder commands to speed up an MKV video
file by 20X while reducing its file size accordingly? Bonus if it doesn't take
twice the lifetime of the universe to do it
thank you!
-jake
price is negotiable but the scope is basically brand new, and new ones are at
least $1600 so reasonable offers only please.
20% of sale price goes directly to sudoroom
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/d/oakland-rigol-ds1204b-4ch-200mhz/721…
please email me here if you don't want to be treated like a craigslister :)
-jake
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
------------------------ Pledge Summary --------------------------
Invoice # : 2230
Invoice Date: 11/01/2020
Due Date: 11/25/2020
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $10,000.00
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
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Hey friends!
Looking to help out a teacher who needs a PC laptop for remote teaching /
video streaming. She’s willing to pay for something used. Wondering if Sudo
has any laying around?
Thanks in advance!
Niki