sudo-discuss October 2022

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20 participants
36 discussions

by Thomas Levine

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?

2 months, 1 week

Jitsi telescreen setup in sudoroom!

by Jake

I've set up a jitsi terminal on the wall in Sudoroom! It's a big TV made by Hitachi, and it has a feature where it can go into "power saving" mode when the HDMI signal is lost. That means the screen can power down when DPMS puts the monitor to "sleep". It has a webcam that's clearly labeled, and on a hinge so it can easily be aimed down at the floor if people are shy, and it has a Jabra USB speaker/microphone thing which should hopefully provide good speakerphone functionality. I have the computer setup to start firefox, and i have firefox set to open the jitsi page, where permissions are already enabled for webcam/audio. The only remaining need is to automatically wake the monitor from sleep (using "DISPLAY=:0 xset force dpms on") whenever there is anyone else detected in the jitsi "room" This feature is important so that people can see (on the screen) whenever someone is in the screen/camera/microphone with them. For now the monitor is either left on a lot, or blanks out due to a timeout. I've determined that the most direct ways to make the monitor turn on when anyone joins the jitsi channel are: 1. make an XMPP client in python or something, which connects to the server and finds out how many people are in the room (and whether there's anyone other than the telescreen in there) and sets the monitor on/off state accordingly 2. make a browser extension to find the element containing the number of "Meeting participants" and copy the number to the window title, where it can be observed from the shell with a command like wmctrl -l <div class="jss52">Meeting participants (2)</div> unfortunately the div class is not always jss52 but the innertext is always Meeting Participans(#) so it should be able to be found. The idea is that with this setup, people can go on jitsi and talk to whomever is in sudoroom, as well as each other. presently i'm using this link but that can change if we find something better: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles note: the telescreen in sudoroom is not signed in right now, not sure why but i'll fix it asap

4 months, 2 weeks

Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for your business! Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2585 Date: 10/01/2022 Due Date: 10/25/2022 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $4,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 09/01/2022 Balance Forward $16,000.00 Other payments and credits after 09/01/2022 -14,000.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 10/01/202 4,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 10/01/2022 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T ____________________________________________________________________________ SubTotal: $2,000.00 Tax: $0.00 -------------------------------------- Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00 Total Amount Due: $4,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

4 months, 3 weeks

possible 10GB fiber internet becoming available?

by Jake

it seems that AT&T is implying that 10GBps fiber is becoming available in our area. Hopefully this means that Sonic or LMI (resellers of AT&T infrastructure) can hook us up to that. If sudoroom had 10GBps fiber we could do a lot more IT stuff, even hosting to some extent. -jake ----------------------------- "AT&T Business" AT&T DEDICATED INTERNET: *Private fiber internet connection built to your business location *Build-out and installation fees covered by AT&T *Speeds up to 10GBps download and upload *99.99% Reliable connectivity backed by service level agreements *Provides you super-fast internet access over fiber with the speeds to connect with your customers and business partners Does this week or next work to connect for 10-15 minutes? Please let me know your preferred date and time that works for you. I look forward to meeting you. Regards, Alex Hile Fiber Solutions Executive alex.hile(a)att.com (832) 472-2476 AT&T Business Digital Marketing, 208 S Akard St, 150001, Dallas, TX 75202 USA © 2022 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other AT&T marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T intellectual property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.

4 months, 4 weeks

Is laser cutter working?

by Juliana A

A person who goes to WNB coding night asked me but I have no idea. Pls let me know and I'll forward the answer! -- julianaferreira(a)gmail.com she/her

4 months, 4 weeks

Meeting tonight

by Andrew R Gross

Hey everyone! This week‘s meeting is tonight at 8 PM. We’ll be meeting new members, discussing recent facilities improvements, and of course showing off projects. If you want something to be added to the agenda shout it out here. See you tonight! Andy -- *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

4 months, 4 weeks

telescreen computer down?

by Jake

For some reason the computer connected to the big screen in sudoroom (the Jitsi telepresence portal) is not answering ping, does anyone know if something happened to it? -jake

5 months

Hardware and softWEAR* Hacking Tuesday is tonight

by Jake

Hi everyone, You're getting this email either because 1) you're on the sudoroom discuss email list, or 2) because I BCC'd you directly. Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for those who want to come hack on whatever, in person, or through telepresence (see the last link in this email) ALSO NOW FEATURING: SoftWEAR hacking too: most Tuesday evenings the sewing area at Omni Commons (in the basement) is also active so bring your fabric and textile projects and technical repairs; we've got heavy duty and serger sewing machines available. You're also welcome to bring your own machine to have it checked out and tuned up for tip-top operation or to just sew alongside others. Remember that Omni Commons and Sudoroom policy is presently still that EVERYONE SHOULD WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE BUILDING (if you want to eat something you should go outside) in the past few weeks, we've had about 5-15 people over the course of the evening, not including remote participants who logged in through telepresence Jenny put it on the Omni calendar: https://omnicommons.org/blog/events/hardware-hack-night-3-2022-03-01/ Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2022-02-15/ that says 7PM but I try to be there earlier. if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get in, call me or someone else who's there to let you in! Email me if you don't have my phone number. Actually a great way to get our attention is to join the video chat link at the end of this email! We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it anyway! You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here: https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ and you should donate monthly to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here: https://sudoroom.org/humans and if you want to make a one-time donation, you can go here: https://sudoroom.org/donate if you can't make it in person: join the jitsi videochat with the room, and chat with each other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall: (not working right now but should be fixed tonight) https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles (don't worry if you're the only one in the "room", others will join eventually, and if the camera is pointed at the floor, just yell until someone comes and talks to you and then ask them to aim it back up into the room) see you soon! -jake

5 months

Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

5 months

Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

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