sudo-discuss April 2026

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by Peter Mui

SF Climate Week is this week and our Tuesday Project Night is listed on the event calendar at https://sfcw.climate-week.org/, we’ve got ten signups on luma so far: https://luma.com/5v5g3tx2 This is a great opportunity to showcase SudoRoom to an expanded audience; it would be nice to put our best face forward, e.g.: -Have at least one representative from WNB Coding Night, Radio Night, Dark Mode, and SudoMesh available to talk those up -Anyone have an interesting project they want to feature? (contingent on space on the table) -Get the robot working and the big projector showing interesting stuff -Any efforts to tidy up SudoRoom in advance are always greatly appreciated. -We might consider posting people on the street to watch cars: would anyone be interested in a tag-team effort doing that? -(Any other ideas?) Sincerely, -Peter

16 hours, 55 minutes

Fwd: [Wikimedia-SF] Re: Join us May 3 for WikiMediaWiki Workshop: learn about technical editing!

by Judy Tuan

Anyone wanna come to this with me? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Travis Briggs via Wikimedia-SF <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 11:23 Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Re: Join us May 3 for WikiMediaWiki Workshop: learn about technical editing! To: San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> CC: Bay Area Wikipedians <bayareawikipedians(a)proton.me>, Travis Briggs < audiodude(a)gmail.com> Thanks Emeline! Elan and I are working hard on designing the content for our workshop on *May 3 *(https://luma.com/l8417ca0), and we would love for you to join us! We are really aiming for a more intimate setting, so that we can all get hands on and learn from each other by working on a few projects, some real, some examples. We hope you can come away from this Sunday afternoon confident that coding for Wikimedia projects is something you can do, it's for you, it's possible (and you don't have to write PHP!). We're building a wiki developer community inside of BAWUG and I want to invite all of you who are interested to be a part of it! Also please spread the word to both the experienced hacker/wiki curious and the experienced wikipedian/hacker curious. Cheers, -Travis On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM Bay Area Wikipedians via Wikimedia-SF < wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Please save the date for our first ever hackathon! On *May 3rd*, join > fellow MediaWiki developers or learn how to become one at our WikiMediaWiki > Workshop. You can register here <https://luma.com/l8417ca0>. > > Our April WikiSalon > <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JpBX6XDR-bD4ymvcqwzp4PLKy_jYWmsjCU6…>was > a lot of fun! The discussion about *photography for the Commons* is > continuing on Discord <https://discord.gg/hkGn4gM6>, and if you are* > editing Bay Area pages*, I highly recommend SuperbOwl's custom search > engine <https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=31fa50825e4744e1d#gsc.tab=0>! > > See you soon! > e_mln_e for the Bay Area Wikipedians organizers > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list -- wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-sf-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list -- wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-sf-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

1 day, 5 hours

AB-2047 - Request for Technical Input / Testimony

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:52:53 -0700 Reply-To: Trishna Redd <trishna.redd at gmail.com> Hi, I’m the Media & Technology Chair for the District 5 Democratic Club in San Francisco. Bill AB-2047 (3D printer regulation) just passed Public Safety 6-0 and is moving to Judiciary, and is listed for an April 14 hearing. The bill would require certified firearm-blueprint detection plus certified software controls for printer models sold or transferred in California, with DOJ guidance due in 2027 and the sales restrictions becoming operative March 1, 2029. Here's a link to the full bill for your review: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520… At the last hearing I noticed there was limited technical and maker community representation. Given your work, I wanted to flag this, would your group be interested in submitting input, testimony, or a letter? We’d also welcome someone to join or briefly speak at our upcoming meeting where I will be addressing this issue at 6pm PST, April 7, 2026 . You can respond via email or RSVP using this link: https://d5dems.org/rsvp This is moving quickly and I believe your perspective would be very valuable. Thank you, and I appreciate your support in advance. Trishna Redd Rodriguez District 5 Democratic Club - Media & Technology Chair

1 day, 11 hours

Sawyer Robot at Circuit Launch Friday Evening

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: Come to the special monthly 3rd Friday Circuit Launch Open House tomorrow evening: https://luma.com/x7yc8sv0 In addition to being listed on the SF Climate Week calendar (see https://climateweeknetwork.org/sfcw-26/events?q=repair) we’ll also have someone bringing at least one or two Sawyer robots (https://robotsguide.com/robots/sawyer): “...I have one pair of controller/arm combo's that will most likely work. I have another arm with it's compute unit, but the HD is bad, and they are encrypted drives paired individually to a computer. The 3rd is is partially disassembled and the compute unit does not power on, I think it's a simple prob but I doubt I will have time to make progress on that this month…” Hope to see you there, -Peter

3 days, 12 hours

FPGA learning

by Larry Doolittle

Friends - People keep reacting positively when I suggest putting together an FPGA class. Angela, did you ever get something to work on the FOMU? David and I made some progress doing a TTL logic demo on March 2. We could try again this week. My schedule is pretty flexible. David, do you have plans to come in? Maybe Judy and/or Arik can join us. - Larry

4 days, 16 hours

Tonight is the night of ideas at the Asian art Museum and the SF Public library

by Romy Ilano

https://sfpl.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/NOI_2026_Brochure_FNL6%203.pdf Sent from my iPhone

1 week, 2 days

Fwd: sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 161, Issue 2

by Romy Ilano

You can fork the thingie here https://github.com/romyilano/SudoRoomOaklandData I vibe coded first, made the tutorial with vibe code, this is fun to riff on ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <sudo-discuss-request(a)sudoroom.org> Date: Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM Subject: sudo-discuss Digest, Vol 161, Issue 2 To: <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Send sudo-discuss mailing list submissions to sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to sudo-discuss-request(a)sudoroom.org You can reach the person managing the list at sudo-discuss-owner(a)sudoroom.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of sudo-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: AB-2047 - Request for Technical Input / Testimony (irish.masms) 2. Welcome the SudoCat! 3D model (Romy Ilano) 3. Re: Welcome the SudoCat! 3D model (Kent Leech) 4. OakData tutorial series (vibe coding) -> thought you'd like it (Romy Ilano) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:00:17 -0700 From: "irish.masms" <irish.masms(a)gmail.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Re: AB-2047 - Request for Technical Input / Testimony To: Judy Tuan <judytuna(a)gmail.com>, Larry Doolittle <larry(a)doolittle.boa.org> Cc: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org>, Trishna Redd <trishna.redd(a)gmail.com> Message-ID: <919dfa5b-9d08-4c2c-87d5-8e60b2fa465c(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed I tried talking with my representative about this two weeks ago, to not much success. Please include me in this effort, and 3d printing is very important to the retro computing community, as well as the right to repair efforts. On 4/7/2026 11:16 PM, Judy Tuan via sudo-discuss wrote: > Yes! > > A pod of us conversed upon this topic under the NAILS sign at sudoroom > tonight. A brief overview of our discussion includes: > - we have friends we can message about this > - you need people power (like, a thousand people!) to get them to pay > attention. picket signs! > - let's say we do make 3d printers live out of parts we print onsite > with other 3d printers lol. so many details need to be ironed out: power > source. tables. tent structure. where to do it. who we are targeting to > get their attention > - let's say we perform a teardown of a 3d printer with explanations of > each part and a long list of what else in all kinds of industries each > part is used in. this shows that 3d printer parts are not regulatable > individually! and that these are "commodity" parts > - YOU CANT REGULATE A SCREWDRIVER > > EFF is working on it too: > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print-blocking-anti-consumer- > permission-print-part-1 <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print- > blocking-anti-consumer-permission-print-part-1> > > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print-blocking-wont-work- > permission-print-part-2 <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print- > blocking-wont-work-permission-print-part-2> > > let's get involved! we don't have a plan yet but let's make one! email us! > ~judy > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 13:17 Larry Doolittle via sudo-discuss <sudo- > discuss(a)sudoroom.org <mailto:sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org>> wrote: > > Sudo members and Trishna - > > > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 01:09:33PM -0700, Jake via sudo-discuss wrote: > > Bill AB-2047 (3D printer regulation) just passed Public Safety > 6-0 and is > > moving to Judiciary, and is listed for an April 14 hearing. The > bill would > > require certified firearm-blueprint detection plus certified software > > controls for printer models sold or transferred in California, > with DOJ > > guidance due in 2027 and the sales restrictions becoming > operative March 1, > > 2029. > > Sounds predictably terrible. The timeline for doing anything is also > very tight. Dreaming a little here.. > > Could "we" get a protest/demo together up in Sacramento, where we > publicly and visibly build a bunch of 3D printers, to tangibly > show the legislators (and their staff) what it is that they are > foolishly trying to control? > > To make sense, it would have to be a scratch-build, RepRap-style, > not just unpacking a kit from China and bolting the pieces together. > The software needs to be Free with a capital F, and the parts need > to be commodities such that nobody can point at e.g. the extruder and > say "let's regulate that". > > By "we" I hope that includes some other Bay Area and Sacramento > maker communities, not just sudo room. Whatever can be arranged in > this stupidly short timeline. The political angle is important, > so Democratic Club help would also count. > > My mind races to lots of details. If anyone thinks this is a good > idea and possible to organize in this time frame, please continue > this thread! > > - Larry > > P.S. If anyone is in direct contact with Trishna, please ping her to > check her spam folder. Gmail almost always sends my emails to spam. > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org <mailto:sudo- > discuss(a)sudoroom.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org > <mailto:sudo-discuss-leave@sudoroom.org> > More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo- > discuss.sudoroom.org/ <https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/ > sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list -- sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org > To unsubscribe send an email to sudo-discuss-leave(a)sudoroom.org > More options at https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:59:00 -0700 From: Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Welcome the SudoCat! 3D model To: sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Message-ID: <CAFqWQB8g+hmHoKBycLOWj=iKeMhVhY9bi0_4atsFZzrVLwPJ8w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000abb753064f216790" Welcome to our wonderful SudoCat! https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sudocat-fa00769b537e4b1790b473efd72ab139 I "sketched" him about 10 years ago but used generative AI to rig and make a 3D model. I want to share him and show him walking around the space... more to come ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 week, 3 days

OakData tutorial series (vibe coding) -> thought you'd like it

by Romy Ilano

https://romyilano.github.io/SudoRoomOaklandData/ I vibe coded this first... have an open repo i will add to sudoroom as well. but it's basically got built first using data from oakData then made a tutorial series with claude Here's the website https://romyilano.github.io/SudoRoomOaklandData/ I guess is this ok to post on the blog? it hink it's kosher https://romyilano.github.io/SudoRoomOaklandData/tutorial/index.html I'll rif fon this but i really don't feel like learning web JS the normal way... ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 week, 3 days

Welcome the SudoCat! 3D model

by Romy Ilano

Welcome to our wonderful SudoCat! https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/sudocat-fa00769b537e4b1790b473efd72ab139 I "sketched" him about 10 years ago but used generative AI to rig and make a 3D model. I want to share him and show him walking around the space... more to come ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 week, 3 days

member meeting in 2 days! thu 4/9

by Judy Tuan

hi fronds! don't forget, it's soon to be the second Thursday of the month, which means sudoroom member meeting! Thursday, April 9, 2026 7-9pm sudoroom add agenda items: https://crypt.unredacted.org/pad/#/2/pad/edit/YkbmMDIXOS4qx97BrOjFvG68/ see all future scheduled member meetings: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/member-meeting/ see yall there! ~judy

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