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OC WiFi Signal to Noise Ratio in 2015

by danarauz

Looking into a web server that most likely got hacked... (ahaha) I came across these images: https://danielarauz.com/sudoroom/mesh/omni-commons-basement-signal-to-noise… https://danielarauz.com/sudoroom/mesh/omni-commons-basement-signal-to-noise… For those interested.. :)

1 year, 3 months

room for thought on online learning, social media, and reworking how we learn

by Romy Ilano

Starting off a series on learning at SudoRoom and beyond! We had a nice time as I said Monday. I feel it worked best with no hybrid, remote participation, and getting away from our laptop screens was the best possible way of interacting and talking to each other. https://www.kth.se/en/om/nyheter/centrala-nyheter/online-time-can-hobble-br… While you are browsing online, you could be squandering memories – or losing important information. Working memory enables us to filter out information and find what we need in the communication, says Erik Fransén, Professor in Computer Science at KTH. Contrary to common wisdom, an idle brain is in fact doing important work – and in the age of constant information overload, it’s a good idea to go offline on a regular basis, says one KTH researcher. Erik Fransén, whose research focuses on short-term memory and ways to treat diseased neurons, says that a brain exposed to a typical session of social media browsing can easily become hobbled by information overload. The result is that less information gets filed away in your memory. The problem begins in a system of the brain commonly known as the working memory, or what most people know as short-term memory. That’s the system of the brain that we need when we communicate, Fransén says. “Working memory enables us to filter out information and find what we need in the communication,” he says. “It enables us to work online and store what we find online, but it’s also a limited resource.” Models show why it has limits. At any given time, the working memory can carry up to three or four items, Fransén says. When we attempt to stuff more information in the working memory, our capacity for processing information begins to fail. “When you are on Facebook, you are making it harder to keep the things that are ‘online’ in your brain that you need,” he says. “In fact, when you try to process sensory information like speech or video, you are going to need partly the same system of working memory, so you are reducing your own working memory capacity. “And when you try to store many things in your working memory, you get less good at processing information.” Watch Crosstalks TV See Erik Fransén discuss information overload with other experts on Crosstalks TV. <http://crosstalks.tv/talks/have-our-brains-reached-information-overload/> You’re also robbing the brain of time it needs to do some necessary housekeeping. The brain is designed for both activity and relaxation, he says. “The brain is made to go into a less active state, which we might think is wasteful; but probably memory consolidation, and transferring information into memory takes place in this state. Theories of how memory works explain why these two different states are needed. “When we max out our active states with technology equipment, just because we can, we remove from the brain part of the processing, and it can’t work.” *David Callahan* *Want to know more about information overload and its implications on the human brain? **Check out Crosstalks TV <http://crosstalks.tv/talks/have-our-brains-reached-information-overload/>. * Erik Fransén’s ongoing work includes research on the link between disease and properties of nerve cells (ion channels). The project is a collaboration with Stockholm Brain Institute <http://stockholmbrain.se/> and a clinical consortium led by Martin Schmelz <http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/izn/researchgroups/schmelz/>, from the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg. Learn about the computational modelling <http://www.csc.kth.se/~erikf/Ion%20channels%20HighRes.pdf>Fransén is contributing to the study: ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 3 months

last night we started our learning module ... initial wiki set up!

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/LearningToLearn hey mr. maroukis (sorry I'm bad with names) - I set up a wiki. I'm swamped right now but will find a way to do online as well in the coming months! I am not against software learning and edtech, but I find that overreliance on this stuff leads to people promoting a company or start-up, plus were trying to incorporate creative analog learning as well. But we can have segments that are just on laptop learning as well. https://x.com/sudoroom/status/1798058428344177059 ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 3 months

June 2nd Resource Fair(See yall Sunday!)

by July Tenenbaum

Hi All! I'm writing to thank you all for your willingness to attend Wod Street's resource fair and block party. We'd love it if people tabling can show up by noon but we also totally understand time constraints- if you can only join us for a few hours you are still hugely welcome and appreciated. If you need a table or chairs, I think there is some limited tables available but we're a little short on those so if you are bring your own, that's amazing. See you soon! -July [image: Wood st flyer.png]

1 year, 3 months

Hackable door lock recommendations

by Arthur Ulfeldt

I’ve been using a home made electric door lock for years, it’s got that exposed wires delight ♥️ I’m looking for an actually reliable electric door lock that I can reasonably easily hack to use my own software or replace the microcontroller entirely. Do any of you have a recommendation?

1 year, 3 months

BBQ invite

by July Tenenbaum

Hi all, A little off topic from normal but we're having a community BBQ for the holiday on June 19th. Anyone who's interested is invited! [image: Screen Shot 2024-05-29 at 10.37.58 PM.png]

1 year, 3 months

Re: Need funds for May Mulberry mortgage payment

by Paige P

> > Can collectives be prepared to prepay April *June *if necessary? Given the time it takes for external transfers to come in, the only way to pay this in time to my understanding is to transfer money from either the SR and/or SMAC account to pay this bill [because SR and SMAC also have funds in Unify account, so its not external]. The amount transferred could be quickly returned after other collectives pay rent + from a donation that was offered. The amount still needed to transfer temporarily from SR/SMAC would need to total around $1800. Is this okay with collectives, especially SR and SMAC? It is very crucial we pay our mortgage payment, especially given that Mulberry is still deliberating whether or not to foreclose on us. Paige On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 11:06 PM Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jesse, our lawyer, has said "Once the foreclosure is filed, [Mulberry] > won't be able to accept any further payments." I checked the mail and see > no foreclosure letter, so I believe we still need to be paying our mortgage > payment for May sometime in the next couple days. > > Our current balance in our checking account is $153 + $3200 pending SR and > SMAC rent that was just sent this night. > > The mortgage payment is $5,677.89. So we are short $2324.89... > > I do not know what other bills are due or if we are waiting on rent from > other collectives. > > Can collectives be prepared to prepay April if necessary? > > Paige > >

1 year, 3 months

Hardware Hacking Tuesday is tonight

by Jake Watters

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) in the past few weeks, we've had about 10-20 people over the course of the evening Here it is on the sudoroom page: https://sudoroom.org/events/categories/sudo-room-events/ I am usually there by 8PM but people do show up before me! if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get in, call our telephone to get someone to let you in! (442)252-8386 is our phone number, which spells "I HACK AT FUN" We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it anyway! You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailing list! 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 We'll be having a Sudoroom meeting tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7PM. Show up! see you soon! -jake

1 year, 3 months

Trump Satire

by Ira Brightman

Hi All, I've written a Donald Trump satire, and would like to get it out into the public as quickly as possible for obvious reasons. It's an update of a previous version that I self-published on Amazon (KDP). Below are reviews from that book (it's been updated). I also included a copy of the cover. The work is ostensibly a briefing and guide book written for DJT by staff for when he becomes the president again in 2025. I've been a professional comedian and comedy-writer, but I'm a technical moron and can't figure out how to put this book up on a website, or on Substack. Since time is short, my plan is to offer it for free and ask for donations at the end. I would like to hire someone to get it up on an appropriate venue. If interested, contact me, I'll email you the entire book (about 80 pages) and we can discuss. Best, Ira Brightman Amazon Reviews: Top reviews from the United States Roberta Spike (Berkeley, CA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R7HPCM270AZ79/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2022 Good for a laugh - but unfortunately too true! Ira really gets it! Michael Singer (Boston, MA) 4.0 out of 5 stars Never too late <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3TOSTSNEYPY4O/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rv…> Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021 This spoof of the Trump presidency is still a hysterical reminder of the danger that the former president posed, and that his surrogates are still out there. Though this book is very funny, it also points out that Trump really isn’t a laughing matter. Jennifer Sappington (Richmond, VA) 5.0 out of 5 stars Laughter really is the best medicine - thank you, Dr. Ira! <https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RYU9ZU9Y4CO7W/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw…> Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018 There’s a lot of Trump humor out there, but Ira’s stands out because it’s clever, and unique (the “Meet [insert dictator/world leader]” sections were my favorite), and just a delight to read. Also, if you don’t laugh at Ira’s “suggestions” to Trump for cabinet members, it’s probably because you’re unconscious or wearing Q-anon pajamas. [image: image.png]

1 year, 3 months

Memorial Day Monday - we're still hosting the women & nonbinary Monday hack night!

by Romy Mimi Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/301185976/?isFirstPublish=true Thanks Paige for stepping up! I accidentally deleted the first meetup posting, this is the new one. Share and pass around! *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>*

1 year, 3 months

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