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Statistics through Doodles this Saturday at 2 pm

by Thomas Levine

As documented on the wiki, I'm going to teach statistics through doodles. https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned#July_20:_Statistics_through_doodl… With the help of some doodles on paper (or possibly the floor), I'll will explain the purpose and meaning of various measures of the relationships between different variables (specifically covariance, variance, correlation and least-squares regression). This class assumes literally no knowledge of math, not even basic arithmetic. But I'll try to skip things that people already know as not to bore everyone. For the symbolically inclined, I can relate the doodles to the symbols you might have seen in an introductory statistics course. I've done this a few times, so I have enough of a mental script that I'd like to video it and put it on the website. I'll bring a camera. It would be awesome if someone could bring a tripod or if someone held my camera for part of the session. Or we could make a tripod-alternative out of some wood, a small tripod from the closet and some duct tape. Tom

12 years, 1 month

Trans* Hackathon

by Rabbit

There's a hackathon happening in Oakland to build tools that are helpful to transgender people Apply by August 2 Happens on Sept 13-15 http://transhack.org/ "WHY A HACKATHON FOCUSED ON THE TRANS COMMUNITY? Research shows that transgender people are unemployed at 2x the national rate–4x for transgender people of color; have incomes of less than $10,00 a year; experience homelessness at 2x the rate of non-trans people; and suffer overwhelming discrimination when it comes to accessing adequate healthcare and legal services. This problem not only affects transgender adults but trans and gender nonconforming youth as well. A necessary step in addressing anti-transgender bias is to create technology that socially empowers transgender individuals. Imagine if there existed a mobile phone app that helps individuals find trans friendly doctors or an app that profiles safe space job opportunities for trans people across the country? Trans*H4CK is a space in which to turn these possibilities into reality."

12 years, 1 month

Meeting Minutes 7/17

by Jenny Ryan

*Check out the Meeting archives here: ** https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Minutes*<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Minutes> https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommaintenance July 17 2013 *=Attending= * *Bill, Jordan, Max, Jenny, Marc, Rock, Timon(photos), Anthony R, Benji (stars), Antho (pipes), Tyler(no screen saver). *Question favourite screen saver from history? *=Introductions=* - Brief personal intros (< 20 sec per person) - Icebreaker *=Announcements (Consent Agenda)=* - Every Monday 7pm: LOL / Oakland Makerspace Open Hack Night (1234 23rd Avenue) - Every Thurs. at 7PM: Oakland Wiki meetup! http://www.oaklandwiki.org - ALSO: Take the 2014 Mayor Key Issues Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cGV6N9pmpmJmHiKS8VmQAGlwJQ4mioShXyyxmrD-Ka… - Every Thurs. at 8:30pm: Mesh Networking meetup: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh - Next BACH Event: Third Saturdays, next is 7/20, 6pm at Hacker Dojo - http://ba.chgrp.org - Register here: http://bach-roundtable-4.eventbrite.com/ - Talk to Jenny about carpooling! - RADIO!!!! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sudo_Radio - sign-ups https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodDVaZnJ4TW1ndC1jd1… - Regular check-in between The Public School and Sudo Room - Thursday evening Supper Club potlucks starting at 6 - POSSE [Potluck Orientation Skill-share Swap-meet Event] this Friday - first in a monthly series, hosted by the Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank - https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/bace-timebank-posse-party/?instance_id=663… - Rusty and Andrew are having a Jurassic Park-themed housewarming party this Friday, party-o-clock (contact Andrew or Rusty for details) - We now have a shared calendar for the common space! http://2141broadway.wordpress.com/calendar/ - Sudo Room Inventory / Cleanup weekend - take the poll to find the best date! http://www.doodle.com/e8vwvvs6e24wkwy4 - Looks like the weekend of the 27th/28th... *=Notes=* - Tax Status and Organizational Structure - Bill spoke with Danny (NB) about 501c3 umbrella-ing and Jenny spoke with James (SchoolFactory)om - Non-profit benefits include matching donations (employees & - Getting an LLC is cheap and easy to do, ~700/year for taxes in California - Liz Henry is doing a lot of research on 501c3 status for the feminist hackerspace starting in SF - http://jeremychenlaw.com/what-is-a-california-benefit-corporation/ *= ACTION ITEMS =* *Old Action Items:* - Add to the Sudo Room Neighborhood Outreach spreadsheet and take on a few to reach out to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMj… - allow comments in tamale secrets file (jordan) *New Action Items:* - 1. Research tax structures [ https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_Structure_Research] 2. [...] 3. Profit! - Shelf by downstairs door *Postponed*: - Add robots.txt for sudo room (open item for anyone to take on) MATT (out of town) - [Postponed until necessary] Eddan - Reference letter from George - Set up date for label-printing organizing of stuff event - Jenny!1 -troy - git-ify & flow-diagram-ify our articles - POSTPONED - Jenny to call bank to find out about online access - Add calendar 2141broadway.wordpress.com to Infobot's screensaver [Max] - Library - until RPS - Catalog - Max - Move more books inside Sudoroom - push Articles to Github - Set up a Google Voice number that transcribes and forwards to an email address, which then forwards to a list of us (Tom) *=Fiscal Solvency=* ''*In this section we review our current financial situation and budget, approve monthly budgets, and discuss any other finance-related issues.*'' Exchequer: Marina Co-Facilitator: - +300 to be deposited from the lockbox - Marina received an email setup thing from the bank, but it didn't work. Bill never got one. Marina will call the bank to GET SOME ANSWERS. ** Pay your dues :)* * Review and consensus process: ** Fiscal Solvency Spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12x3ZUhDUmx2… ** Rent: $1500; Utilities: $220; Services: $50 **Target membership contribution: $88 per member (based on approx. 30 people) *=Amendments to the Articles of Association=* *=Conflict Resolution=* *=Discussion Spillover=* *=Post-Meeting Groups=* - clean up electronic crap downstairs ------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

12 years, 1 month

Sudoroom Street camera

by William Budington

Context: This comes in the wake of George wanting to clear out the iMac in the entrance, saying it looks unprofessional and is in the way. I figured the unused workstation tower (thin) is somewhat more out of the way, and installed software on it to stream the street. Thanks to Jenny for helping me do documentation, which I hate doing. ------------------------------------- The downstairs thin tower is now streaming video of the street. You can find out its IP address by listening via the audio out of the machine. Every 60 seconds it transmits its IP address via text-to-speech! Right now, that address is 192.168.1.159. If you go to 192.168.1.159:8080 from within the space on your web browser, and click Stream, you can now see the street Additionally, this is accessible via VLC, at the network url: http://192.168.1.159:8080/?action=stream *Specifications:* *MJPG_Streamer *Random headless tower *Random webcam found in the space *Next Steps:* *Set up recording on one of the local servers in the space *Most likely software candidate for recording is ZoneMinder, which can define a remote source for recording.

12 years, 1 month

trying to troubleshoot door, but need a multimeter and don't know how to fix our battery-less one

by Max Klein

read on if you have a multimeter to lend, or want to understand the door more: ==so-far== a wire came off the rpi gpio pinout. i looked in the code and realized that it is supposed to go to GPIO11, reattached it but still wasn't working, even though confrimed opendoor.py was being called then i shorted past the relay that gpio11 goes to and the door buzzed. we dont have a multimeter so i can confirm if gpio11 is going high, or the relay is burned out. can you help please?

12 years, 1 month

Fwd: I School Announces Master of Information and Data Science

by Troy Massey

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AnnaLee Saxenian <news(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:58 AM Subject: I School Announces Master of Information and Data Science To: ecoeconomist11(a)gmail.com Email not displaying correctly? View webpage<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=G190DvpYR9pDeeRiZ9nQmA> [image: Berkeley School of Information] [image: datascience@berkeley] *UC Berkeley School of Information launches Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) degree* Dear Alumni and Friends of the I School, I am thrilled to share the news that the School of Information is launching a Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) degree with the first cohort of students starting in January 2014. This will be the country’s first fully online Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS)<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=jgDIsKHXfN45z35djKXw-Q>program. The I School faculty developed this new degree in response to the rapidly growing need for well-trained professionals who can organize, analyze, and interpret the deluge of often messy and unorganized data now available from the web, sensor networks, mobile devices, and elsewhere — often referred to as “big data.” The MIDS is a rigorous 27-unit graduate degree aimed at the working professional. It will combine live, face-to-face classes with interactive, online course work that can be accessed from anywhere. While the coursework will be entirely online, all students will also participate in a one-week immersion in Berkeley that allows them to meet one another and the faculty as well as to interact with leading data science professionals from the San Francisco Bay Area. The program will provide hands-on experience with the diverse tools and methods for exploring and finding patterns in complicated, real-world data, and for communicating the findings with decision makers. Just like all other degree programs at the School of Information, I School faculty will teach in the program alongside experienced professionals. If you would like to learn more about the Master of Information and Data Science program, please visit us online<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=oaY1Pim2okA1ZkYYkX_2HA>to request more information or call 855.678.MIDS. Sincerely, Anno Saxenian Dean, UC Berkeley School of Information *UC Berkeley School of Information<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=5tAeN199Vl1I-GveQsmzCg> * - 102 South Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4600 *Master of Information and Data Science<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=Hhgws-DROnfU-aET1JrxBQ> * Find us on Facebook <http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=Zb3xjRPkRqofAEv6tq4_Dw>| Follow us on Twitter <http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=vzV7g6WeKj5r0uAM2uAPVA> Update email preferences<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=WGmWlXzJFPF74jKd2YS_GQ>| Tell a friend <http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=GWGrS6IX0zsFbVoZLY3Dwg> | Unsubscribe<http://my.berkeley.edu/site/CO?i=33FMk2X-F1MxgO4HXCJVSucvrDGr6KDZ&cid=1383> Sincerely, Troy Massey 510.383.6117 LIBRARIAN www.SUDOroom.org 2141 Broadway Oakland Ca, 94612 PRINT ROOM COORDINATOR Bay Area Alternative Press 1847 Alcatraz Berkeley Ca, 94703 COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR www.CommunityDemocracyProject.org "You are the source of freedom. The price of freedom is awareness and action."

12 years, 1 month

Obtainium Cup?

by J.C.

Anyone been to or checking this out... Welcome to the 2nd Annual Obtainium Cup Contraptor’s Rally July 21, 2013, 3pm-9pm Come one, come all! Bring your strange and wonderful vehicles to the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard for adventure! http://www.obtainiumworks.net/obtainium-cup/ -- ThanX, ;+) https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort

12 years, 1 month

Fwd: [Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Learning Shelter Hackathon at Freespace!

by rachel lyra hospodar

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Saw this, passing it along, another potential hackerspace in SF, this one focused on teaching diy/hacker/maker skills to homeless folks and those in shelters! ~ ** What is the learning shelter? ------------------------------------------------------------ On June 1st, [freespace] fellow Marc Roth ( http://freespace.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ce59e3d8c3d2c1c7e944ba3… ) shared his vision for the Learning Shelter: a shipping container outfitted with maker tools – 3D Printers, Laser Cutters, welders, plasma cutters and more – to serve as a skills training center for those living in homeless shelters. The Learning Shelter will also provide housing to program participants (30 at a time for a 90-day intensive). 43 days later, there are 5 shipping containers in the parking lot at 1131 Mission! HOW CAN YOU HELP? Join the Hackathon ( http://freespace.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ce59e3d8c3d2c1c7e944ba3… ) this Friday from 7-10pm and Saturday 11:30am - 8pm to contribute your skills and address the following: * Branding/logo design * Creating a crowdfunding campaign * Making a website for the Learning Shelter * Designing curriculum for program participants * Brainstorming projects for participants to create * Sharing best practices for recruiting participants from local homeless shelters HOW ELSE CAN YOU HELP? We're looking for local leaders who work with the homeless to share their knowledge and experience, and provide insights to help guide your creativity. Contact: ilana(a)freespace.io (mailto:ilana@freespace.io) We want you to be fed. Can you help bring food Saturday? Please email kyle(a)freespace.io (mailto:kyle@freespace.io) RSVP on Facebook ( http://freespace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ce59e3d8c3d2c1c7e944ba34… ) and Eventbrite ( http://freespace.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ce59e3d8c3d2c1c7e944ba34… ) to see the full schedule of events. _______________________________________________ Noisebridge-discuss mailing list Noisebridge-discuss(a)lists.noisebridge.net https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss

12 years, 1 month

SudoBook

by Romy Ilano

I enjoyed seeing the TIL with git... the SudoBook was an example https://github.com/sudoroom/SudoBook Is anyone interested in continuing this project? It would be neat to do some art through it too...

12 years, 1 month

for all the lovers and fighters . . .Sudo Room is open

by Raymond Lai

Hazah is a palindrome.

12 years, 1 month

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