- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by Praveen Sinha

To me, the biggest challenge and also the most exciting part about being a hacker is staying up to date with shit: getting plugged into the right mix of theory and hands on. I'd love it if people out there would share their casual science / tech feeds or journals. Whether it's on twitter or blogosphere or fuck even if it's behind an academic paywall. Here's some of mine from my twitter feed just to get started: @techreview MIT tech review @EurekAlertAAAS <https://twitter.com/EurekAlertAAAS> Eurekalert is a GREAT science discovery feed @Medgadget <https://twitter.com/Medgadget> biomedical device news @hyperallergic <https://twitter.com/hyperallergic> nyc based art blog

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Fwd: [i-announce@ischool] Don't miss tomorrow's special lecture: "Toward Reproducible Computational Science" with Victoria Stodden

by Troy Massey

"Trust is the key to any relationship. It must be earned first through respect then through shared experience. Lacking either of these leads to half hearted interest." ( G )oogle ( M )onitors ( A )LL ( I )ncoming ( L )etters Begin forwarded message: From: School of Information <events(a)ischool.berkeley.edu> Date: April 8, 2014 at 11:29:44 AM PDT To: i-announce(a)ischool.berkeley.edu Subject: [i-announce@ischool] Don't miss tomorrow's special lecture: "Toward Reproducible Computational Science" with Victoria Stodden Don't miss Tomorrow's Special Lecture at the UC Berkeley School of Information: Toward Reproducible Computational Science: Reliability, Re-Use, and Readability with Victoria Stodden Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm 210 South Hall The dissemination of reproducible computational research — where the code and data that generated the results are made conveniently available — is now widely recognized as a transformative movement within the scientific community. It is attracting attention not only from researchers but also from librarians and repository managers, journal editorial boards, funding agencies and policy makers, and scientific software developers. This talk motivates the rationale for this shift, and presents solutions I have been developing to facilitate reliable and re-usable computational research including: new empirical findings on changes to journal data and code publication policies; best practices for code and data release; the open source dissemination and access tool ResearchCompendia.org; and the "Reproducible Research Standard" for ensuring the distribution of legally usable data and code. Some of these results are described in the forthcoming co-edited books Implementing Reproducible Research and Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good. Victoria Stodden is assistant professor of statistics at Columbia University and serves as a member of the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee on Cyberinfrastructure (ACCI), and on Columbia University’s Senate Information Technologies Committee. She is one of the creators of SparseLab, a collaborative platform for reproducible computational research and has developed an award winning licensing structure to facilitate open and reproducible computational research, called the Reproducible Research Standard. She is currently working on the NSF-funded project “Policy Design for Reproducibility and Data Sharing in Computational Science.” Victoria co-chaired a working group on Virtual Organizations for the NSF’s Office of Cyberinfrastructure Task Force on Grand Challenge Communities in 2010. She is a Science Commons fellow and a nominated member of the Sigma Xi scientific research society. She also serves on the advisory board for hackNY.org, and on the joint advisory committee for the NSF's EarthCube, the effort to build a geosciences-integrating cyberinfrastructure. She is an editorial board member for Open Research Computation and Open Network Biology. She completed her Ph.D. and law degrees at Stanford University. Her Erdös Number is 3. More information: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20140409stodden More upcoming events at the I School: April 21, 2014 - "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens", with danah boyd April 23, 2014 - "Changing the Nature of Work", Dean's Lecture with Arnold Lund May 8, 2014 - "DataEDGE Conference 2014", Conference -- _____________________________________________ UC Berkeley School of Information http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu Facebook: http://facebook.com/BerkeleyISchool Twitter: http://twitter.com/BerkeleyISchool -- This message was sent to i-announce(a)ischool.berkeley.edu Unsubscribe or update your options: https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/options/i-announce@ischool.berkele…

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Fwd: Helpers needed : Software Carpentry Bootcamp for Women in Science and Engineering

by Marina Kukso

FYI! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Katy Huff <katyhuff(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 11:57 AM Subject: Helpers needed : Software Carpentry Bootcamp for Women in Science and Engineering To: pyladiessf(a)googlegroups.com Hello PyLadies, Software Carpentry <http://software-carpentry.org/> is a nonprofit organization for teaching scientists and researchers how to use computers more effectively. We teach basic python, databases, version control, and other skills. I and other female scientists are organizing a large Software Carpentry workshop running April 14-15 at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (just up the hill from UC Berkeley). This one is targeted specifically at Women in Science and engineering ( http://swcarpentry.github.io/2014-04-14-wise/). These dates overlap with PyCon, so while we've got the instructors we need, we're short-handed on helpers<http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/checklists/helpers.html>who can float the room to answer questions, deal with technical issues, etc. Mostly, all we can offer in return is a fun time, helping women to learn to code. There will also be a reception for wine, relaxation, and mingling. Would any of you be willing to join us and help? If so, please let me know and I'll fill in the remaining details off-list. Thank You, Katy Huff -- http://katyhuff.github.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyLadiesSF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pyladiessf+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to pyladiessf(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyladiessf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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May is East Bay ShareFest Month - Call for events to be added to the calendar

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, May is East Bay ShareFest Month with a month of events all focused around sharing/collaboration. Details here: http://oaklandwiki.org/East_Bay_ShareFest The folks organizing this received a $500 grant from Shareable to promote this month of activities and part of the money is being spent to print a calendar of events. To add a sharing-oriented event to the list of events that will be included on the calendar, please fill out this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ah4uy_w_yjidb5WRWnx0E2AU8AVOxrGHJCHssKSk_u… deadline was listed as April 6th, so if you have an event that you'd like to include, please add it ASAP!) Best, Marina

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last night was awesome

by Yar

So we never made it out to First Friday. It was sorta rainy, a lot of us were burned out, Marc had spent 48 hours straight trying to fix a sudomesh bug, and I was focused on the TWAC show. But that's really ok because I don't know if FF could have compared to the quantity and quality of outreach we got from TWAC. The space was totally packed with rad queer women, a lot of whom were very excited about what we're doing and want to get involved. We had 3D printers running the whole time, did a bunch of impromptu tours and 5-minute speed classes in printing, coding, etc. Sudo provided a nice low-key hacking environment as an outlet during show intermissions. They raised over $1k for the camp - which, to reiterate, will be an entirely free event for women, trans & genderqueer people to learn and skill-share about activism and all kinds of life-hacking and other hacking. They don't use the word hacking but that's totally what it is. Sudo built hella good will with a community of great folks last night. Also for such a huge event (at least 200 people came through) cleanup went really well. We only had to do a little bit this morning - collect bathroom trash, take trash & recycling downstairs and some light vacuuming. Things we still need to do better: * have extra toilet paper ready ahead of time, do regular bathroom checks * bag/rebag all trash cans ahead of time * Make sure the air control system actually works - things get uncomfortable with that many people and no ventilation. Don't be afraid of pressuring George to actually go on the roof and double-check that the power switch is actually on. When we introduce Sudoroom to the audience, remember don't stray too far off message. Some major bullet points need to be: * we're entirely free, volunteer-run and always accept (need) donations to keep us open * we're a community space for everybody, you don't have to identify as an artist/activist/hacker * we do awesome projects that benefit the community * we are open and welcoming and always want more members - we tend to shut the doors when the show gets loud, which is understandable as we're trying to hack/concentrate, but it also can make people feel intimidated. So it helps a lot to just give specific strong invitations for people to come in and join. A few people suggested a large sign on our door saying as much. * please respect the space as our guests - please recycle your beer cans, please clean up spills, please never write graffiti on the walls or bathrooms - as tempting or legit as the message may be, Sudoers are accountable to the landlord and have to pay the price for it.

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Fwd: Automation Alone Isn’t Killing Jobs - NYTimes.com

by Romy Snowyla

Well I'm a software engineer now & I love learning .. I'm good at book learning & am an autodidact so I don't think things are so bad for me in the future But what about the rest of the job market? I've pondered this over the years. Can you retrain factory workers to be tech workers very easily? Some people with experience tell me no Interesting article Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Romy Snowyla <romy(a)snowyla.com> > Date: April 5, 2014 at 11:08:50 PM PDT > To: Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> > Subject: Automation Alone Isn’t Killing Jobs - NYTimes.com > > > http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/business/automation-alone-isnt-killing… > > Automation Alone Isn’t Killing Jobs > > Although the labor market report on Friday showed modest job growth, employment opportunities remain stubbornly low in the United States, giving new prominence to the old notion that automation throws people out of work. > > Back in the 19th century, steam power and machinery took away many traditional jobs, though they also created new ones. This time around, computers, smart software and robots are seen as the culprits. They seem to be replacing many of the remaining manufacturing jobs and encroaching on service-sector jobs, too. > > Driverless vehicles and drone aircraft are no longer science fiction, and over time, they may eliminate millions of transportation jobs. Many other examples of automatable jobs are discussed in “The Second Machine Age,” a book by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, and in my own book, “Average Is Over.” The upshot is that machines are often filling in for our smarts, not just for our brawn ― and this trend is likely to grow. > > How afraid should workers be of these new technologies? There is reason to be skeptical of the assumption that machines will leave humanity without jobs. After all, history has seen many waves of innovation and automation, and yet as recently as 2000, the rate of unemployment was a mere 4 percent. There are unlimited human wants, so there is always more work to be done. The economic theory of comparative advantage suggests that even unskilled workers can gain from selling their services, thereby liberating the more skilled workers for more productive tasks. > > Nonetheless, technologically related unemployment ― or, even worse, the phenomenon of people falling out of the labor force altogether because of technology ― may prove a tougher problem this time around. > > Labor markets just aren’t as flexible these days for workers, especially for men at the bottom end of the skills distribution. Through much of the 20th century, workers moved out of agriculture and into manufacturing jobs. A high school diploma and a basic willingness to work were often enough, at least for white men, because the technologies of those times often relied on accompanying manual labor. > > Many of the new jobs today are in health care and education, where specialized training and study are required. Across the economy, a college degree is often demanded where a high school degree used to suffice. It’s now common for a fire chief to be expected to have a master’s degree, and to perform a broader variety of business-related tasks that were virtually unheard-of in earlier generations. All of these developments mean a disadvantage for people who don’t like formal education, even if they are otherwise very talented. It’s no surprise that current unemployment has been concentrated among those with lower education levels. > > There is also a special problem for some young men, namely those with especially restless temperaments. They aren’t always well-suited to the new class of service jobs, like greeting customers or taking care of the aged, which require much discipline or sometimes even a subordination of will. The law is yet another source of labor market inflexibility: The number of jobs covered by occupational licensing continues to rise and is almost one-third of the work force. We don’t need such laws for, say, barbers or interior designers, although they are commonly on the books. > > Many expanding economic sectors are not very labor-intensive, be they tech fields like online retailing or even new mining and extraction industries. That means it’s harder for the rate of job creation to keep up with the rate of job destruction, because a given amount of economic growth isn’t bringing as many jobs. > > A new paper by Alan B. Krueger, Judd Cramer and David Cho of Princeton has documented that the nation now appears to have a permanent class of long-term unemployed, who probably can’t be helped much by monetary and fiscal policy. It’s not right to describe these people as “thrown out of work by machines,” because the causes involve complex interactions of technology, education and market demand. Still, many people are finding this new world of work harder to navigate. > > Sometimes, the problem in labor markets takes the form of underemployment rather than outright joblessness. Many people, especially the young, end up with part-time and temporary service jobs ― or perhaps a combination of them. A part-time retail worker, for example, might also write for a friend’s website and walk dogs for wealthier neighbors. These workers often aren’t climbing career ladders that build a brighter or more secure future. > > Many of these labor market problems were brought on by the financial crisis and the collapse of market demand. But it would be a mistake to place all the blame on the business cycle. Before the crisis, for example, business executives and owners didn’t always know who their worst workers were, or didn’t want to engage in the disruptive act of rooting out and firing them. So long as sales were brisk, it was easier to let matters lie. But when money ran out, many businesses had to make the tough decisions ― and the axes fell. The financial crisis thus accelerated what would have been a much slower process. > > Subsequently, some would-be employers seem to have discriminated against workers who were laid off in the crash. These judgments weren’t always fair, but that stigma isn’t easily overcome, because a lot of employers in fact had reason to identify and fire their less productive workers. > > In a nutshell, what we’re facing isn’t your grandfather’s unemployment problem. It does have something to do with modern technology, and it will be with us for some time. > > TYLER COWEN is professor of economics at George Mason University. > > > > Sent from my iPhone

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Too hilarious

by Thomas Levine

I can't make this stuff up. http://thegovlab.org/coke-creates-volunteering-app-for-local-do-gooders/ http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/8e1eb5bd-7d03-4c15-a205-50f4…

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Re: [sudo-discuss] free workdesk & hutch - yay? nay?

by Yar

On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Danny Spitzberg <stationaery(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/4408735122.html and I just emailed the > person who posted to inquire about it > > yay? nay? yay but idk where we'd put it right now :/

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free workdesk & hutch – yay? nay?

by Danny Spitzberg

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/4408735122.html and I just emailed the person who posted to inquire about it yay? nay? D

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Job opportunity to teach 3D printing + cad to kids and adults in Oakland

by Max Ogden

HoneyBee3d, who recently opened a 3D Printing Store in Oakland and soon San Mateo are hiring CAD teachers for kids and adult classes email liza(a)honeybee3d.com to get details, they don't seem to have a job posting up www.HoneyBee3d.com <http://www.honeybee3d.com/>

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Sudo reboot comic

by Yar

I swear I stayed awake for the whole meeting and I really don't recall "getting naked" being a primary bullet point in our agenda, or even a secondary bullet point. I'd have probably raised some questions or objections. At worst this is creepy. At best it's false advertising.

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car battery charger

by Yar

It's two days until art murmur. A number of folks said they'd look into getting a car battery charger, but who's done it? Any progress?

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Malware removal

by Vicky Knox

Hi! Anyone up for this? Let me know and I'll get you in touch! I might also point them to Cryptoparty for general preventative advice. ;] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: 03/04/2014 10:43 PM Subject: [sfchalkboard] Malware removal To: "sfchalkboard" <sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net> Cc: > Hi Chalkies > > Need to find someone affordable or willing to trade for handmade beauty products to help me remove malware from a website I run. > > S.O.S. > >

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] Trying to sell Honda generator (pickup b4 9AM TOMORROW)

by Vicky Knox

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: [sfchalkboard] Trying to sell Honda generator My buddy is leaving the state this week and is looking to lighten his load. He is selling a Honda EU 2000 generator along with a 1500 watt power converter. Name your price. Has to be gone by 9 AM TOMORROW Call [PM Vicky for this number] Located in west Oakland

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Re: [sudo-discuss] membership reboot?

by Yar

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:39 AM, eddan.com <eddan(a)sudoroom.tv> wrote: > While I agree with concerns about top-down ownership, I think it is important to recognize their success in regards to diversity. Both in terms of who works there during the day and the kind of events they hold, I have been impressed by how connected the place is to the community - at any point in time you'll see a majority of people of color and more often more women than men That was not my experience, but I've only been to one of their handful of events (Oakland Data Day). I heard mixed reviews of their other events and can't comment on them. I could never afford the price of being there during the day, so I wouldn't know. I am refreshingly surprised that you care about this, Eddan. I think all Sudoers need to look critically at our work from an intersectional feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial frame. That especially includes being accountable to our privileges and learning to replace oppressive silencing behavior with ally behavior. How's that Sudo men's group going, btw? > both areas in which Sudo Room has struggled with since its inception. To be clear, it is women, people of color, queers and other oppressed groups who have struggled to be supported and represented at Sudoroom. I feel like saying the organization has struggled is a rhetorical erasure that adds to this problem. There are actually a lot of us, but we face a structural bias. > Additionally, I think there may be some misunderstanding about what having an open knowledge, commons-oriented set of agreements. The logic of open knowledge systems is to celebrate the spread of these norms as they become more widely adopted - concern about 'copying and pasting' seem to perpetuate an exclusive rights kind of thinking. Pretty sure Hol was being tongue-in-cheek. As I said in reply at the meeting, "it's more of a ctrl-x"

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Refuge Restrooms in the Common room next Saturday (April 12)

by Yar

Refuge Restrooms - a group developing free & open source apps to help trans & genderqueer people find safe bathrooms - would like to hold a hackathon at Sudoroom next Saturday (April 12). I think this is an AWESOME idea! But I want to know how much of the common area will be available. They want 10AM to 5PM, and our calendar also has: 2-3:45 Today We Learned (this happens in Sudoroom) 3:30 - 5:30 Counter Culture Labs: Lab Automation & Robotics So either CCL's event could happen inside Sudoroom, or they could share the common area with the hackathon - maybe the hackathon could cede the projector area and move to the couches at 3:30. Would this be disruptive? Thoughts? https://github.com/tkwidmer/refugerestrooms http://www.refugerestrooms.org/ You may also recognize their lead developer as "the person just below Sudoroom on Gittip." Soon we will collect them all! :)

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Table invitation for one-day conference.

by The Doctor

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Greetings and salutations. I know I don't post much here but I wanted to pass along something for consideration by Sudoroom. On 14 June 2014 the IEET is going to be holding a conference called Global Existential Risks & Radical Futures (http://brighterbrains.org/articles/entry/global-existential-risks-radical-f…). As the name implies, the overall theme of the day is disruptive and radical technologies (such as the grassroots stuff being done at Sudoroom). I'm posting to see how much interest there would be in in Sudoroom (as a boots-on-the-ground, actually-doing-stuff group of people) having a display and demo table at the conference to demonstrate things that are happening on the street and not inside a lab or on a bunch of whiteboards. Would Sudoroom be interested? If so, I can provide more information. If not, that's fine, hack on. - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703] [ZS] Developer, Project Byzantium: http://project-byzantium.org/ PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1 WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/ "I don't want to go off on a rant, but..." --Dennis Miller -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEAREKAAYFAlM9wSQACgkQO9j/K4B7F8F2ZwCggpCusl3NJv4fG/Yz/yp8n8Bj l8QAoJ+c4Xx84HFTXbgbIp7KOVu8di8D =hBXu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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car bettery charger

by Jake

people dont seem to understand. sudoroom needs a car battery charger now to recharge matt's battery that we used last time, so it can be used again to power the 3d printer while it goes around the block.

12 years

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Oakland wave of action events?

by Marina Kukso

hi all, i didn't see any oakland events listed here: https://waveofaction.org/ if you know of anyone working on something as a part of this, or want to do something, events can be added by emailing *Admin(a)WaveOfAction.org.* - marina

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Fwd: Fw: This Fri 3 pm

by David Keenan

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *George* <travology(a)mindspring.com> Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014 Subject: Fw: This Fri 3 pm To: david Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> ----- Original Message ----- *From:* George <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','travology(a)mindspring.com');> *To:* Matthew Senate <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mattsenate(a)gmail.com');> *Cc:* laurie Cooperman <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lscoop(a)comcast.net');> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 02, 2014 11:27 PM *Subject:* Re: This Fri 3 pm Am showing the staircase office to a videogame company at 3pm Friday, could you please try to clear the common area as best as you can and try to not have the space populated, and please pass the message along to the public school. Tks George

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Fwd: This Fri 3 pm

by Matthew Senate

fwd from landlord ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: George <travology(a)mindspring.com> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:27 PM Subject: Re: This Fri 3 pm To: Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> Cc: laurie Cooperman <lscoop(a)comcast.net> Am showing the staircase office to a videogame company at 3pm Friday, could you please try to clear the common area as best as you can and try to not have the space populated, and please pass the message along to the public school. Tks George

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Earn Money Helping Sudo Room: Write Grants - Get 50%.

by Maximilian Klein

Hello at this week's meeting we made a new fundraising strategy, that is participatory. ==Background== Last year we won two *$4,000 cash* grants, and a *$2,000 3D printer* just by being sudo room and filling out forms. ==New fundraising Idea== 1. Any sudoer can fill out, or add to this list of 41 grants to apply for. 2. The grant writers for an application will receive a recommendation at a sudomeeting to get * 50% commission* for applying on sudo's behalf. 3. We organize on fundraising(a)lists.sudoroom.org , so sign up there to discuss ==Medium-Term Strategy=== 1. We think that if the Omni-move-in happens, we would like to fundraise with them together as a unit. We will wait until July 1st. 2. If the Omni falls through, then we will have a sudo space individual fundraiser. Idea is a harmonious-hackathon / pay-what-you-can dev bootcamp one weekend. It can be paired with this idea: 2.1 Offer to host an RSVP Dinner w/ Francisco and Liberation Food Worker Cooperative

12 years

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Sudo reboot comic

by Romy Snowyla

Sent from my iPhone

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Sudo reboot graphic - any thoughts

by Romy Snowyla

Hey here's a Sudo reboot graphic. What does it mean to you? Just in one or two sentences??? Sent from my iPhone

12 years

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Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience

by Romy Ilano

Hi, My broken ankle is healing. When the time comes I will soon shed my walking boot, and in return for all that SudoRoom has given to me I would like to organize the first: *Russian bathhouse SudoRoom Bonding Experience* Praveen has discovered a suitable Russian bathhouse in San Francisco. Is anyone interested? I think a safe environment in which we can all be *naked* and talk about important things like powerpoint slides, arduinos, cooperatives, DAC, and feminist porn amid half-naked 50 year old russian men pouring steaming water on themselves grunting is *TOTALLY AWESOME.* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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