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This Evening (Tues Sep 10): Greet for Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic tonight?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sodoers: We had a great time at last night’s USA-CA-South San Francisco Library Fixit Clinic Repair Advice Workshop https://www.ssf.net/Events/Fixit-Clinic-Repair-Advice-Workshop-Sept-2024 (Photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/qyXw5zNzzf9XkEYv8) - We’ve got one person (Terry) who registered for tonight’s Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic at https://bit.ly/itemcheckins: Desktop computer Cyberpower PC C Series / ET8160-47547 Turns on, but shows nothing when connected to monitor I went to Best buy, they suggested fried motherboard - Also: Sudoroom member Hilary is going to bring some linux-converted Chromebooks she needs help with. Typically on Tuesdays we have lots of new people visiting the space and it can be intimidating if you don't know anyone and don't know where to go and what to do. So can someone try to arrive early, say, 7:30 or so to greet people for Sudoroom (or SoftWEAR downstairs) and get them started on their projects? And to keep an eye out for people who are standing tentatively in the entrance between Counter Culture Labs and Sudoroom and be welcoming to them? Extra Credit: 1) confirm that the VOIP phone number 442-252-8386 is working by dialing it 2) put the Fixit Clinic sandwich sign out on the sidewalk. Many thanks, -Peter

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Fwd: Women & Non-Binary Night: Female Audio Pioneers, Open Source AI, & hardware & analog audio hacking is live on Luma

by Romy Mimi Ilano

Does anyone have any cool tidbits bout audio engineering or female pioneers of audio? Next week is a theme *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Luma <noreply(a)luma-mail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 12:53 PM Subject: Women & Non-Binary Night: Female Audio Pioneers, Open Source AI, & hardware & analog audio hacking is live on Luma To: <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com> Sep 16 *Women & Non-Binary Night: Female Audio Pioneers, Open Source AI, & hardware & analog audio hacking has been created! 🎉* *Congratulations!* Now, it's time to share your beautiful new event page and invite your guests. Invite Guests <https://lu.ma/event/manage/evt-DoD1YVPIiVGfPYQ> What's next? 💬 Share Your Link The public link to your event is https://lu.ma/vpk792rm. 🎨 Customize Your Event Update the description, add questions for your guests, update security settings, and more. Visit the Manage Event page <https://lu.ma/event/manage/evt-DoD1YVPIiVGfPYQ>. 🎟 Sell Tickets You can hook up your bank account and start selling tickets to your event in under 5 minutes. Set up tickets <https://lu.ma/event/manage/evt-DoD1YVPIiVGfPYQ/registration>. 📱 Download the Check In App Scan your guests' QR codes quickly and easily. [image: Download on the App Store] <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/luma-delightful-events/id1546150895> [image: Get it on Play Store] <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luma.studio> *Have questions?* Reply to this email 😎. Happy hosting! <https://lu.ma> <https://lu.ma/ios> <https://twitter.com/lumahq> <https://instagram.com/luma_hq> Host your event with Luma ↗ <https://lu.ma/create?ref=email>

1 year, 6 months

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Could you guys email me inspiring open source projects and why they're important?

by Romy Ilano

The prompt for this week's hardware hack night is "open source" So far I got PSUD Inkstich / inkscape Could you mention in a snippet why the open source has helped you and why? Blender is a biggie - I will put this hopefully in a blog post when I have time. https://sudoroom.org/mochi-at-hardware-hack-night-custom-cushions/ Also, next week's theme is "hidden potential" and wil feature inventors who have beat the odds to overcome stuff like child marriage, lack of formal educatio and even famine to shine! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 6 months

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This week's newsletter - :)

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/september-2024-newsletter-continuously-updated-this-mo… note: we are leaving meetup.com forever this week! please direct people to lu.ma/sudoroom <https://lu.ma/sudoroom> instead!!! EVENTS <https://sudoroom.org/events/> THIS WEEK <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-1.png>*we look at transportation during our coffee & algorithm session this thursday* Sign up on our lu.ma/sudoroom <https://lu.ma/sudoroom> site – we are leaving Meetup.com! - 9/9 (Monday) 7-9pm – *WOMEN & NON-BINARY HACKER MEETUP – AI GAME PROJECT PEACEKEEPING & HARDWARE HACKING* –* we continue making an AI game for refugees & more *https://lu.ma/ds4lt2hs - 9/10 (Tuesday) 2-11:59pm – *OPEN SEWING & MAKING MEDIA LAB <https://sudoroom.org/events/media-lab-sewing-fashion-art-making-2/>* https://lu.ma/ff2t7ng6 - 9/10 (Tuesday) 8pm-???* Hardware Hack Night: <https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2024-09-10/> Open Source Theme* – https://lu.ma/v7zicr87 our prompt: which open source projects inspire you? - 9/12 (Thursday) 9am-11am – *Coffee & Algorithms: Transportation Networks and joy with graph algorithms* – https://lu.ma/9exljrbd whiteboarding, coffee, and finding the love of algorithms again - 9/13 (Friday) 2-2:15pm – Open Source: we look at the Signal repo in GitHub and socialize! one of the few remote meetups. https://lu.ma/ukvoon9x FIXIT CLINIC FEATURED ON KQED https://sudoroom.org/fix-it-clinic-featured-on-kqed/ [image: image.jpeg] YOU CAN’T UNSEE IT! AT THE SF MOMA During our “Where is the Math and Science in Art?” museum walk someone pointed out that the Calder mobile is on the cover of MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms <https://sudoroom.org/you-cant-unsee-it-calder-at-our-where-is-the-math-in-a…>! Once you see it you can’t unsee it! This event has been so successful that we are planning a third round at the Oakland Museum on October 6 <https://lu.ma/ml7zb8ka>, Sunday afternoon. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 6 months

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More Sewcialist Software • Seamly2D

by Muirén NíSídach

https://github.com/FashionFreedom/Seamly2D https://seamly.io https://forum.seamly.io Seamly2D is pattern design software to create scalable, sharable custom-fit patterns using bespoke tailoring, haute couture, and historical pattern drafting techniques. Seamly2D saves time and improves fit by creating patterns as reusable, editable parametric CAD engineering documents. Unlike other pattern design software, Seamly2D allows designers to have complete control of the patternmaking process. Each Seamly2D pattern can read multi-size tables for boutique sizing and read individual measurement files for custom-fit. Seamly2D is open-source software released under the GPLv3+ license. Seamly2D is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. To learn more about Seamly2D on a personal level, join our friendly, active, international, multilingual user forum. On our forum you may post questions about patternmaking and Seamly2D in any language you choose, as sewing terms are rich with idioms that are not always translatable word-for-word.

1 year, 6 months

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Group Museum Visit at the Oakland Museum next first Sunday in October

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/events/omca-free-first-sunday/ Hey folks, the "where is the art and math?" in the museum has gone pretty well! It's so fun! We decided to continue, and Sunday sounds like a great day to go to visit our very own Oakland museum. Sunday is the free day too - and it's a great time to go, a lot less stressy than the first Thursdays which clash with other events. Brainstorming stuff to think about, but the Oakland Museum has a cool history section with a "Silicon Valley Garage" that is really neat! *Date/Time* Date(s) - 2024/10/06 *2:00 pm - 5:00 pm* - Sign up at https://lu.ma/ml7zb8ka <https://lu.ma/ml7zb8ka> ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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Fixit Clinic on KQED -- again!

by Peter Mui

KQED states this February podcast about Fixit Clinic is “one of our most popular episodes (ever!)” so they’ve re-released it today: https://www.kqed.org/news/12003361/right-to-repair-communities-help-consume… And remember we hold Fixit Clinic at Sudoroom every Tuesday night as part of Hardware and SoftWEAR hack night: join us!

1 year, 7 months

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A flurry of Fall Fixit Clinics: can you Coach?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: In addition to the regular Tuesday night Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack nights at Sudoroom we have a flurry of fall Fixit Clinics around the Bay Area: can you coach at any of these? Sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup. -This Monday Sep 9 5:30-7:30: Repair Advice Session at South San Francisco Library: we hope to hold these monthly (see https://www.ssf.net/Events/Fixit-Clinic-Repair-Advice-Workshop-Sept-2024) Even if you can’t make it right at the start you’re welcome to drop in anytime and hang out with us. -Fri Sep 27 10:30-12:30 Repair Advice Session at Redwood City Library: we hope to hold these monthly. -Sat Sep 28 1-4: Fix-it Fest at Willard Middle School, Berkeley (see https://sites.google.com/berkeley.net/fixitfests/home) -Sat Oct 5 11-2 Maker Nexus, Sunnyvale (see https://www.linkedin.com/events/7227933684132110336/) -Sat Oct 19 11-2 Hayward Library -Sat Oct 26 11-2 East Palo Alto Library -Sat Nov 16 1-4: Fix-it Fest at King Middle School, Berkeley (see https://sites.google.com/berkeley.net/fixitfests/home) -Sat Dec 7 11-2 San Mateo Library Sign up at http://bit.ly/inpersoncoachsignup; and if you know anyone else who would make a good Coach: bring ‘em along! Hope to see you soon, -Peter Peter Mui @ Fixit Clinic www.fixitclinic.org – Neighbors helping neighbors in collaborative repair +1 408 647 5790 fixitclinic(a)gmail.com

1 year, 7 months

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common tools for common sociotechnical + environmental problems: event proposal

by unixjazz

Dear all, I have been asking around the space to see if folks would be interested in having an event for skill-sharing of "common tools" to respond to social, technical, and environmental problems. Here is a rough draft of what we came up with thus far: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/common-tools-event-oakland I was wondering if more people would like to participate / help organize? All the details are still TBD! Best wishes, LF.

1 year, 7 months

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Thanks so much for updating the open source embroidery post!

by Romy Ilano

Muiren, Aaaron and others - thank you very much for helping me update the open source embroidery post. Is anyone comfortable with me giving attribution (I wasn't sure so I left you rnames off of the page). https://sudoroom.org/open-source-embroidery-software-there-is-none/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Greet for Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic tonight?

by Peter Mui

Hi Sodoers: We’ve got one person (Sagnicthe) who registered for tonight’s Hardware and SoftWEAR Hack Night /Fixit Clinic at https://bit.ly/itemcheckins: Polaroid camera Mi first One of the buttons does not work I pulled it apart to figure out the problem Sagnicthe (I’ll bring in some things to work on too.) Typically on Tuesdays we have lots of new people visiting the space and it can be intimidating if you don't know anyone and don't know where to go and what to do. So can someone try to arrive early, say, 7:30 or so to greet people for Sudoroom (or sewing downstairs) and get them started on their projects? And to keep an eye out for people who present tentatively between Counter Culture Labs and Sudoroom and be welcoming to them? Extra Credit: 1) confirm that the VOIP phone number 442-252-8386 is working by dialing it 2) put the Fixit Clinic sandwich sign out on the sidewalk. Many thanks, -Peter

1 year, 7 months

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How would you design your hardware hack night project as a museum display? – Sudo Room

by Romy Ilano

1 year, 7 months

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Refugee Girl's Journey Home game

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom-peacekeeping-session.glitch.me/ Project from the women and non-binary workshop Last night

1 year, 7 months

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This September 2024 newsletter is gonna be updated over the month...

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/september-2024-newsletter-continuously-updated-this-mo… I guess the theme of this month is - thank you guys for sticking together. and thanks for surviving. we can only survive so much as we have each other! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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Think Simple, think wise

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/invisible-technologies-rainbook-appropriate-technology… Invisible Technologies, Rainbook Appropriate Technology 1977 <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…> Be resourceful, clever and wise. Some inspiration from Rainbow way back from 1977 From Rainbow Appropriate Technology, 1977: INVISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES The best technologies are often the invisible ones-where people have figured out how to avoid problems rather than to solve them. Often all that is required is a perceptual change such as seeing grasshoppers as an airborne mobile protein harvesting and conversion unit-a food source-rather than a destructive pest. Or living near where we work rather than building better transportation technologies. Or eating lower on the food chain so you don’t have to pay for or grow food for the conversion losses of meat animals. Or planting trees rather than air conditioners. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…> The second-best technologies are also invisible. They’re based on people’s skills and relationships rather than machines -the skilled calligrapher drawing a line or carpenter cutting a line rather than needing a jig or machine: good neighbors rather than locks on doors; caring for the ill or elderly at home rather than in a Home; hiking rather than mini-biking: an auto mechanic or piano tuner’s ear rather than a tuning machine. But there’s always a range of skilis and scales and situations where things need to happen, and we’re interested in expanding the range of tools for situations that have been neglected, and learning when there are good reasons for choosing one scale rather than another. One size can’t fit every situation well, and a technology that tries is likely not to fit any well. Having to solve problems without money usually results in people getting resourceful and finding creative ways to use wbat is already there. Money usually makes us lazy and we end up paying for our laziness and second rate solutions to problems. Appropriate Technology repeatedly contains good examples of a.t. equipment and ideas. Here are some of the interesting projects they’ve covered recently. • A Nigerian project making medical aids such as arm splints, spinal jackets and cervical collars from broken plastic drain-pipes. The products are made by marking the pipe with a paper template, cutting out with a hacksaw and handstretching the plastic softened over a flame. The resulting equipment works better than previous products, as they can be easily adjusted by a nurse or doctor for a perfect fit for every individual and are waterproof, strong, cheap and reusable. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…>*Nigerian medical devices* - A candle-making merry go-round that produces 600 candles per hour with a single operator (could be solar heated?). - Nethouse horticulture in Botswana, where it is noted that a high percentage of a plant’s water requirement is not for growth but to cool it during respiration. Nethouses shade and cool, reducing water use by 2/3, and keep birds, insects and hail out. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…> Be resourceful, be clever, be wise. <https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-02-at-11…>Think Simple, Think Wise ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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open source embroidery software – there is none! – Sudo Room

by Romy Ilano

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Ask HN: What happened to hackerspaces? | Hacker News

by Romy Ilano

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37981294 Sent from my iPhone

1 year, 7 months

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we had fun looking over SIgnal's open source code - does anyone know any Signal People?

by Romy Ilano

we had fun looking over SIgnal's open source code this week. We're going to explore their repositories, they create a lot of cool libraries. They used to hang out at SudoRoom from time to time, but that was a while ago. I'm not proposing we do advertising or anything, but they are totally open source and share so much - is there any way any of them would be interested in coming in and giving a lightning talk? Messaging and surveillance is in the news lately and they are neat, it would be cool to just have a roundtable and whietboarding ... ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Omni and EB PREC/CALLI

by Paige P

Hello, I wanted to give a recap on what's happening with Omni Commons building sale and operations. Earlier this month, Omni Commons had three options to prevent foreclosure. The most promising option was to sell the building to CALLI (an affiliate nonprofit of EB PREC https://ebprec.org/). Once EB PREC confirmed they were able to fund the purchase, there's been a big push to work as fast as possible to finalize, given we are on a tight deadline to prevent foreclosure. *Acronyms: CALLI stands for Collective Action and Land Liberation Institute, and EB PREC stands for East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperation. CALLI does not have any projects under its belt yet, but its board are all current staff at EB PREC. Everyone currently renting spaces in Omni Commons are getting offered leases to stay. These leases are still in negotiation, and that's the main work that's left for us to do right now. Sudo Room is being offered a 34 year lease to stay in the bocce ball court space. We will have to pay more, but we are also going to have some well-needed commons upgrades (roof renovation is planned, bathroom renovations, rat proofing, etc all to come!). Also there will be some new much needed help in managing the building day-to-day and in conflict resolution. How the building is operated will ultimately be decided by CALLI, but there's lots of back and forth and they really want to work with us on this. Some plans include creating separate entrances and exits for SR and CCL, and restricting access hours + full building access. The entrance hall will continue to host the Free Store for now, with plans to add a cafe again up front later. That is not the focus right now though as there is this big hurry just to meet foreclosure legal work deadlines and finalize collective + tenant leases. This is really exciting, because just a month ago we were at a super severe risk of foreclosing. We still are cutting it really close, with us currently having received a notice of default from the foreclosure agency, and for us being in property tax default. The consensus among the building was that foreclosing would not be worth the uncertainty, difficulty, and harm to the community that the building being bulldozed would likely cause. So that EB PREC was able to step in at this short notice with the funds at hand, and a willingness to dedicate all this time into making something work out is really unbelievable. All of the meeting notes are public on the wikis if you want more info, but also I'm happy to share more info as requested. Omni Commons meeting notes: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Meetings Sudo Room meeting notes: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meetings Thanks, Paige

1 year, 7 months

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Sudo Meeting Tonight

by William Myers

It's been suggested that we have a meeting tonight to discuss the final steps transferring the building. I'm not sure we have a ton to talk about but I'll be on at 7pm Today. I'll send the link when it starts. William

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Folks, this week we have events going on 5 days a week! we are no longer a Tuesday only shop!

by Romy Ilano

https://lu.ma/sudoroom (I also have links on the SudoRoom.org page, but it kept crashing the other week) thanks for all the energy!!! we are now a 5 day a week space! hopefully as more people join, we can be 7 days a week! woo hoo!!!!!!!! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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UC Berkeley events started - starting up "sudoRoom" field trips so we can be inspired by lectures,

by Romy Ilano

https://events.berkeley.edu/events/event/260794-refactoring-cs-education-in… oh yeah! UC Berkeley just started session and i was thinking of doing a SudoROom field trip and coffee for all the folks in the upcoming semester - 1. i think the idea is "be inspired at UC Berkleey" then take your i nspiration back to sudoroom or noisebridge and hack on something 2. [11:39 AM] there's nice stuff like this which was yesterday! https://events.berkeley.edu/events/event/260794-refactoring-cs-education-in… Stay tuned ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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Fwd: [Admin Copy] Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace

by Romy Mimi Ilano

Meet Real People Solving Real Prroblems Most of our events are in-person, with little pressure to share LinkedIn profiles or go 100% transactional. We favor doing things with our hands, solving problems by coming up with solutions on the fly, and learning face to face instead of through screens. Virtually none of our events have slides either. [image: Image] *Romy Mimi Ilano* *romy.ilano(a)gmail.com <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com>* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: SudoRoom <sudoroom(a)calendar.luma-mail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM Subject: [Admin Copy] Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace To: <romy.ilano(a)gmail.com> 8/26 – Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots and more) – Women &… <https://lu.ma/sudoroom> SudoRoom <https://lu.ma/sudoroom> Events this week at SudoRoom Hackerspace - 8/26 – *Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots and more) – Women & Non-Binary hack night <https://lu.ma/cin107ny>* 7-9 pm Monday – get your hands dirty and control the future - 8/27 Open Sewing and Making lab <https://lu.ma/5akloqgd> 2-11pm! so you can start in the afternoon - 8/27 Lynn Conway Hardware Hack Night <https://lu.ma/lvoudjla> 8-??? - 8/29 – Thursday mornings 9-11am –* Coffee & Algorithms: REVOLUTION! <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* - 8/30 –* Design your own Museum Exhibit with Open-Source Blender <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* – A 30 minute remote meetup teaser for an in-person Blender event https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-is-made-of-people-august-2024-newsletter/ Thank you all for your support! <https://lu.ma> <https://lu.ma/ios> <https://twitter.com/lumahq> <https://instagram.com/luma_hq> Host your event with Luma ↗ <https://lu.ma/create?ref=email>

1 year, 7 months

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Events this week (newsletter) with signups

by Romy Ilano

- 8/26 – *Octavia Butler predicts the future (Agents and debates with robots and more) – Women & Non-Binary hack night <https://lu.ma/cin107ny>* 7-9 pm Monday – get your hands dirty and control the future - 8/27 Open Sewing and Making lab <https://lu.ma/5akloqgd> 2-11pm! so you can start in the afternoon - 8/27 Lynn Conway Hardware Hack Night <https://lu.ma/lvoudjla> 8-??? - 8/29 – Thursday mornings 9-11am –* Coffee & Algorithms: REVOLUTION! <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* - 8/30 –* Design your own Museum Exhibit with Open-Source Blender <https://lu.ma/63kxcvnu>* – A 30 minute remote meetup teaser for an in-person Blender event - 8/19 Monday – *OCTAVIA BUTLER & OPEN-SOURCE AI: RAG & VECTOR DB – WOMEN & NONBINARY HACK NIGH*T <https://sudoroom.org/events/women-nonbinary-hack-night-2024-08-19/> *we continue our open-source AI workshop focused on Octavia Butler* (see some of the prequels <https://sudoroom.org/inspiration-from-goat-octavia-butler/>) https://sudoroom.org/sudoroom-is-made-of-people-august-2024-newsletter/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

1 year, 7 months

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"we rule because we don't make you look at LinkedIn profiles or do powerpoint presentations"

by Romy Ilano

trying to play on our strengths :) https://sudoroom.org/another-scene-from-media-lab-hardware-hack-night/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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