sudo-discuss April 2024

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15 participants
26 discussions

Japanese study on how analog. / handwriting learning trumps digital only learning and note taking

by Romy Ilano

https://www.pocketprep.com/posts/should-you-study-with-paper-or-screens/ Especially sobering since so many elementary and high schools are switching to stuff like Chrom Books and online distance learning instead of tactile learning with notecards and paper "Our take-home message is to use paper notebooks for information we need to learn or memorize. Professor Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, a neuroscientist at the University of Tokyo " ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

13 hours, 4 minutes

SudoRoom report last week (April)

by Romy Ilano

Last week was pretty great! - I held down the fort and explored web-based virtual reality projects during the women and nonbinary hack and do whatever nights. In the middle of job searching so can't do much more but I plan a workshop on Blender + web virtual reality between all headsets. Tuesday hacker night Continues to be cool. I went and haven't had time to mess with the robot, but Jake is making progress. Had a dream of one day hooking up a virtual reality headset with a game controller to the robot so that people with a Quest or VisionPro could view the space with their headsets and interact with people. Maybe there's a cheaper open source way to do it with webcams. That would be cool! Might be a future project. More people coming to the space that I met at Augmented reality hackathons. It's cool! Hope we can get more artsy people in too. It's just great to be able to socialize and talk in the space. While we do talk start-up shop talk, it's nice to have a space where you're not pressured to monetize by VCs. The last sessions at SudoRoom have been fun, I had time to explore and hack. While it's nice to see presentations by outside people, it's nice to return to the roots of sudoroom, which is using it as a hackerspace. For orientation maybe we can have "here's how to contribute to the wiki" We had a nice session two weeks back where many people expressed interest in using Blender. So a "Blender for noobies" event. The MADE game museum in Old oakland has meetups wednesdays for digital creators. Would like to involve them with SudoRomo, especially around light projectors Just don't have time lately. Women who code has disbanded, which leaves a big spaces for people who want to meet. Fortunately and unfortunately most women's groups revolve around people who are looking for a job =P While I'm an idealist and want to have spaces for people who love programming for the fun of it (long term I think these people are also more employable) will probably plan some "get a job" leetcode heck meetups for the women and non binary night. Some not so fun stuff: There are a number of VC-funded "third space" "hackerspaces" popping up in San Francisco mostly. They are great, but I've noticed some of them are planting people in SudoRoom sometimes to get them to go to those for profit spaces. It's a strong hunch I believe to be true, but if you are doing so, please be transparent. Have had encounters with people who come to hackerspaces (they won't be named) using it as a dating service. FYI sudoroom and Noisebridge are not dating services for guys desperate to have a girlfriend. I have yet to meet a cool woman who comes to hackerspaces who is hot to date guys there. Dating apps are great for that kind of thing, and there are speed-dating meetups in the city. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

16 hours, 32 minutes

Fwd: RPSC May Newsletter ❤️

by Romy Ilano

Here is the latest RPS Collective newsletter. I used to be a member and they started the Oakland Art Murmur (which became the First Fridays). They are very active, have a space and I hope to involve them more in SudoRoom and Nosiebridge hackerspaces in the year after I get a dang job! https://mailchi.mp/rpscollective/lt4u0evd8n-16530417?e=7146f52f19 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rock Paper Scissors Collective <info(a)rpscollective.org> Date: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 9:29 AM Subject: RPSC May Newsletter ❤️ To: <romy(a)snowyla.com> News + Events from Rock Paper Scissors Collective View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/rpscollective/lt4u0evd8n-16530417?e=7146f52f19> May 2024 May the art be with you! Check out our upcoming events and ways for you to engage with our community. We look forward to the art you will create this month. - Workshops - Events - Volunteer - Zines - Ara Jo Memorial Fund Workshops * All activities take place at 2120 MLK Jr. Way in Oakland, unless otherwise noted. * *Masking not required but suggested for all workshops.* * ASL interpreters and SSPS available upon request. If an ASL interpreter or SSP is desired, please email leslie(a)rpscollective.org <leslie(a)rpscollective.org> one week before the workshop or event*. *Creating a Visual Diary* *Saturday, May 4th from 2:00-4:00pm* Join us for this art journaling class with our awesome guide Lisa. Discover a valuable tool to develop your creative voice. Register on Eventbrite <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> *Pine Needle Basket Weaving* *Saturday, May 11th from 1:00-3:30pm* Learn some basic weaving techniques and create your own little basket. Talented instructor Ramona leads this very popular workshop. Register on Eventbrite <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> *Share Your Story!* *Saturday, May 18th from 1:30-3:30pm* The shortest distance between two people is a story. Paula will help you build the skills to craft a story from your own life. Register on Eventbrite <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> Want to share a skill? Teach a workshop with us! Fill out the *Teach a Workshop form* <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> or contact us at workshops(a)rpscollective.org Events *Art Ride* On Hiatus. Check our Instagram for updates. *Friday, May 10th & 24th* *4:30 - 7:00 PM* 2120 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland Email:nic@rpscollective.org Join us to drop in, play chess, and celebrate queerness. Don’t know how to play chess? No problem, we’ll teach you how! All materials provided. No experience or registration necessary! *Be the first to know about new workshops!* Follow us on Eventbrite! <https://rpscollective.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e541f258945afffea9…> Workshop sizes are small and often sell out, so it’s best to register quickly. Don’t forget to bring a friend! *Teach a workshop or host an event at RPSC!* We’re always looking for new workshops and events to offer at our gallery space in downtown Oakland. Let’s make it happen in 2023! Get in touch! <workshops(a)rpscollective.org?subject=Teaching%20a%20Workshop%20at%20RPSC&body=null> ✂️ *Zines* 🖊️ *Calling All Zinesters! * Join us to make, trade, and talk zines! Contact us at zines(a)rpscollective.org to find out how you can plan zine things like events, zine library organization, or whatever else you can think of! Contribute to our Zine Library! You may send one copy of your zine to our PO box address, provided at the bottom of this email. Sell your zine(s) through RPSC! 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16 hours, 40 minutes

Foreclosure

by William Myers

Hello SUDO, I'm sorry to announce that the Foreclosure is moving forward and will have ~ 90 days to come up with around 1 million dollars or the building can be sold. - We will keep the ball rolling with our conversations with CAST to potentially come up with the needed funds - We will of course be looking into any other funding options, ideas are always welcome Best William *Below is correspondence and some notes from our Lawyer: * *Just wanted to let you know that the Mulberry Trust will be proceeding with foreclosing on the property. A new trustee will be taking over the work and proceed with the foreclosure. Mulberry Trust also wanted to let you know that they'll be adding a late fee of $283.90 to the principal since Omni didn't make a payment for April. Once the foreclosure is filed, they won't be able to accept any further payments. It's truly unfortunate that this happened but the MT did not have any other choice given the circumstances, and it does not look like there will be an assignment of the note to another individual or entity. * *Below is an email I sent you previously regarding the timeline and Omni's right to pay the debt even after foreclosure begins. Note that the longer you wait, the more legal incurred by lender Omni will have to pay. Let me know if there's any way I can help.* *----* *If they proceed as quickly as possible, they can schedule a* *foreclosure sale no sooner than 90 days after the date on which theyrecord a notice of default. Because the loan is a commercial loan, itis on a fast timeline.1. They have to give you notice of recording the notice of default.After the notice of default is recorded, the lender has to mail, post,record and publish a notice of sale.Omni has a right to pay the debt up to 5 business days before theforeclosure sale date. (See Civil Code Section 2924c(e). The dateis extended in various ways if the foreclosure sale doesn't happen.*

3 days, 10 hours

CAST Introduction

by William Myers

Hello Folks, The meeting with CAST was incredibly sweet and wholesome. They shared more about their values. We shared a number of our existing problems OMNI has had in the past, we also shared the essence of who we are, what we do, and what we believe. They appeared to be genuinely impressed and excited. We also gave them a tour of the building. While they didn’t give us much information on whether they have intention to help us with our many needs, I believe they see hard work that has gone into the OMNI, the positive outcomes it has delivered in the past, as well as the potential it has for great things in the future. The next meeting is on May 1 (6:30-8PM) to discuss representation and experience for QTBIPOC Collective Members. If you are QTBIPOC and would like to attend please reach out. We should invite QTBIPOC folks to represent their experience at SUDO, if you know someone who you feel would be at this please reach out to them directly. *Feel free to:* - Invite members to this event personally - Reply to this thread if you are interested in attending. - Email Directly to confirm attendance (williamrmyers(a)gmail.com) I'm Looking forward to working with them to make great things happen! Best William

4 days, 8 hours

Last night some more explorations of WebXR (virtual reality on the web)

by Romy Ilano

Hung out at SudoRoom last night, met some cool people and am continuing to bring new and fresh faces to the hackerspace! I'm still exploring web hosting of virtual reality. Aframe is a promising framework and this would make for a clean and easy workshop! https://github.com/aframevr/aframe It's great socializing with folks. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

5 days, 13 hours

How is everyone doing? What have you worked on this week?

by Romy Ilano

I'm all in on augmented reality. I'm still thinking a lot about light projection. I have been busy, haven't had time to stop by. Will try to make it to hardware hack night Tuesdays! One positive change is that I've been minimizing as much as possible the presentations I've had to look at this week. I think I just saw too many. Another thing is, I'd like to come to sudoroom and focus entirely on hacking. I feel like I was on that track, but really cool people would distract me and try to get me into that the past few weeks. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

6 days, 1 hour

volunteers wanted for Omni eco exchange, Saturday april 27

by Paige P

Omni Commons is having an eco-exchange event this Saturday. I will be around during the event, but if others can join too, let me know. If enough people are willing, we could advertise a fixit clinic session in sudo room. event info https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-eco-exchange-tickets-882712897037 volunteer sign up https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScl4IIH60nPHbLsz1wF2EkUUnzNpT3UKxD…

6 days, 3 hours

wheeeeee did my first virtual reality capture of sudoroom in webxr

by Romy Ilano

https://fancy-charming-physician.glitch.me It's surprisingly easy with glitch! If you have vision Pro or a quest headset and have your web XR enabled, jump straight into SudoRoom at this very moment :) https://fancy-charming-physician.glitch.me I think this capture has peter in it =D This is fun, looking forward to building more webXR / virtual reality web environments in the future! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 week

Safety Volunteers at SUDO/OMNI

by William Myers

Recently the OMNI has experienced some serious safety issues, including a situation that resulted in police being called into the space. The delegates are asking for volunteers that can be available generally to respond to safety issues relating to Safe Space Bans, and other safety issues... - responding quickly to Safe Space bans - making sure building access is revoked for banned people - making sure that the Process's for safe space bans, as well as and a process for reporting unsafe behavior, are publicly visible and available in the space. This will likely be formalized into an official committee later on, which will include de-escalation training, but for now we would like to ask for more volunteers. If you have time for helping improve Safety at SUDO and OMNI please reach out! Thanks William

1 week, 4 days

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