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by Paige P

Hey everyone, Heads up that a donation of really old computers came today. We have good contact with owner and he is coming by tomorrow. I am leaving it out on the main table for the hw hacking crowd to check out, but I will be in tomorrow to move as required for hacking workspace needs. But should be fun to talk with the donor about all this gear tomorrow night. His name is Tom and he said hed come by at 7 and is happy to take back whatever we dont want. So we should figure out what we want now. Or later and deal with it some time soon along with all are other ewaste (another discussion...). The big one todays crowd was excited about was the Osborne 1. But the other stuff seems sellable but depends on if we can get it turning on. Paige

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Photos & Graphics of Omni Commons!

by Z Silver Zahn

Hello everyone! We are trying to update Omni Commons website, landing pages for community space search engine and general audiences gaze of Omni Commons. Please send over or upload images, videos and or even graphics you have of Omni Commons from o er the years! Let’s show them a beautiful story of our collective building in visual format ❤️ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-84ZsmC7alzSFPU1i9w9LUqzrABCtSUz

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Reminder: Sudo's big August meeting is tomorrow night: Wednesday, August 2nd!

by Andrew R Gross

Hi everyone! This *Wednesday, August 2nd @ 8 - 9 PM* is our usual big monthly meeting, in person and at meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles! *Why should you come?? I'm glad you asked!* As always, there's a carrot and a stick: The 🥕: Show up to have fun and see awesome shit like the new old terminal computers and the analog synth, and set up a day to decorate computers and maybe shirts?!? We're also discussing road safety proposals in our community, and sharing show-n-tell as always! The 🏒 : Another month has passed, and again we find ourselves at a recurring crossroads: more people are showing up, more people are joining, but less time remains for us to meet our goals to help ensure Omni has a future in 2024. Involvement is how we survive. *See you tomorrow night!* *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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Laptop party

by Z Silver Zahn

Hey y’all Johnathon brought up a laptop decorating party post rebranding it. Then they need a bit of hacking to they are ready for deployment , how do folks feel about me sharing this flyer Johnathon and I made? Can make a google form for folks Intrests

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Heads up: if you want Grand ave. to go on a road diet, the city needs to hear from you on Tues.

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers, I just learned that Oakland's city planners are being pressured by AC Transit to curtail their bikable city plan on Grand Avenue! And there's a public hearing meeting on *Tuesday, July 25 at 6:30 - 7:30* here: https://meet.google.com/tzk-sbcu-uwk You can read more details here (SF Streetsblog) <https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/07/18/oakdot-killing-grand-avenue-road-diet…>, but the short version is that the city said it wants to make Grand Avenue look more like Telegraph, which I love, and instead the bus company is like, "No, fuck that, add in another lane of high speed traffic through an urban neighborhood. We might want it in the future. Fuck parks and restaurants, we want concrete and steel suffocating the community. If you've got a minute during Hardware Hacking Tuesday, drop in and be heard. This is crazy, and I really hope we can speak loudly enough to keep AC Transit from fucking up a good plan. Lots of love, *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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[sudo-info] Computer Donation (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:26:45 +0000 From: Gabriell Valentine <gvalentine(a)sfaf.org> To: "info(a)sudoroom.org" <info(a)sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-info] Computer Donation Good morning! I work for the San Franciso AIDS Foundation's IT department, I'm reaching out because my org is restructuring, and we will be clearing out our inventory soon. We have a large collection of micro form-factor desktops (2-5 year old ThinkCentre's and HP Pro Desks mostly) that will get e-wasted if no one has any interest in them, which I think is a waste. Would your collective have any interest in this hardware or know anyone else that would? The hardware is business class, and is good for small scale projects, project servers, automation, ect. Cheers, Gabriell Valentine (it /its) Business Process & Automation Specialist San Francisco AIDS Foundation 1035 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103 gvalentine(a)sfaf.org | https://www.sfaf.org [SFAF logo] Find updates about SFAF programs and services at https://sfaf.org/covid19 Support local emergency HIV and harm reduction services at https://sfaf.org/donate

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Re: old, old computer donation today

by Hilary Naylor

Wow! You have to be pretty old to have ever even heard of an Osborne 1! A revolution in portable computing -- a 30 lb suitcase! :) I knew Adam Osborne slightly, he was a member of the Berkeley Amnesty International chapter for a while. He became frustrated because Amnesty decision-making moves so slowly -- not nimble and adventurous like innovative entrepreneurial types like Adam. It should be an interesting evening, sorry I can't make it. cheers Hilary --- Original Message --- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 01:18:39 -0700 From: Paige P <pgeplan(a)gmail.com> Subject: [sudo-discuss] old, old computer donation today To: SudoRoom <sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> Hey everyone, Heads up that a donation of really old computers came today. We have good contact with owner and he is coming by tomorrow. I am leaving it out on the main table for the hw hacking crowd to check out, but I will be in tomorrow to move as required for hacking workspace needs. But should be fun to talk with the donor about all this gear tomorrow night. His name is Tom and he said he'd come by at 7 and is happy to take back whatever we dont want. So we should figure out what we want now. Or later and deal with it some time soon along with all are other ewaste (another discussion...). The big one todays crowd was excited about was the Osborne 1. But the other stuff seems sellable but depends on if we can get it turning on. Paige --- Hilary Naylor, Ph.D. www.a2zed.us Oakland CA

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8/1 Osborn Computer presentation @ hardware hack night! – Sudo Room

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/8-1-osborn-computer-presentation-hardware-hack-night/ Updated the meetup and instagram too 🕺 Sent from my iPhone

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

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SudoRoom hardware hack night theme for 8/29 - Audio hardware hacking!

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2023-08-29/ Just for fun I added a theme for the August 29 hardware hacking night. I realized that people feel pressure to aleady have a completed hardware project when coming to the space - I decided it'd be cool to have starting off points for exploring specific areas. So I will bring worksheets like "how to design your own hardware hack!" and we can even do stuff like explore the history of the DJ and audio equipment you have! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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[sudo-info] Need Laser Engraving! (fwd)

by Jake

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:27:07 -0700 From: Michael Davidson <michaeld(a)octant.bio> To: info(a)sudoroom.org Subject: [sudo-info] Need Laser Engraving! Hello, I was given your alls info by a friend. I need laser engraving done on a toaster. Would you all be able to do that? Here is the toaster: https://us.balmuda.com/collections/toaster Michael -- Michael Davidson Operations - Facilities / Lab Operations michaeld(a)octant.bio | (510) 502-0757

2 years, 8 months

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New 7/1 women & non binary night theme - Coding with AI tools & the social impacts!

by Romy Ilano

we have a new theme for our monday event. https://sudoroom.org/upcoming-nonbinary-night-using-ai-tools-social-impacts… For this session we’ll have a short presentation and demo of using AI to do live coding. - Is coding with an AI agent “cheating” and will it make you a weaker programmer or - Is it like pair programming with a cool senior or dumb junior dev that makes you a better engineer? - What are the pitfalls? How would people catch bugs? Is the AI version the proper solution when there are so many different ways to tackle the problem? - How much will this be used in everyday life in the future? It’d also be cool to see people who never code use some of these tools to make code. *Impact on women and nonbinary folks* Before the advent of digital processes in graphic design in the 1970s design was very much a “man’s” world and very macho. (See the film Making Graphics <https://computerhistory.org/blog/making-graphic-means-an-interview-with-des…>) Automation and digital processes enabled many women enter the field, creating a ton of pink collar design and graphics jobs. Often women were selected because they were cheaper, and it created a huge cultural shift, though men retained the prize higher level jobs. With the advent of AI agents will more women enter the space in pink collar jobs or will they be able to be a greater part of the product design process? If all goes well maybe we can make a quickie group project and put it up on our sudoroom GitHub! we also had a nice discussion the other night. Like women coding events always seem to be around either: * parenting topics * career trajectories and career counseling we'd like to explore more stuff around doing things creatively in a safe space! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Invoice 2982 from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thank you for stewarding the commons. Love and solidarity, Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2982 Date: 08/01/2023 Due Date: 08/25/2023 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $1,925.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 07/01/2023 Balance Forward $2,000.00 08/01/2023 Payments and credits already applied to this -75.00 Other payments and credits after 07/01/2023 -2,000.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 08/01/202 1,925.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 08/01/2023 Furnishing Fa 1 2,000.00 2,000.00T ____________________________________________________________________________ SubTotal: $2,000.00 Tax: $0.00 -------------------------------------- Total Of New Charges: $2,000.00 Total Amount Due: $1,925.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

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Update on Wednesday's party

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers, First, if you haven't already, please answer the three question *July Member Survey* <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfBIFiym1lzDB4J0tGRqTXylMCJj-6_-z…> . Second: does anyone know how to turn on JacksMill <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/JacksMill>? It is surprisingly difficult to turn on. The good news is that we've got a sick whiteboard now! I didn't bring in any markers yet, but will next week. If you've got any, go try it out and collaborate on some shit! Last thing: I want a Sudo Room shirt. Do we have any shirt designs floating around? And does anyone want to go in on an order? Cheers! *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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3rd Friday Build Nights at Circuit Launh

by Peter Mui

The 3rd Friday of every month at Circuit Launch is Build Night and me at CC are there running Fixit Clinic: you're most welcome to attend. https://www.meetup.com/circuit-launch/events/294549177/

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Call for Exhibitors Sat Sept 23 San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Community Day

by Jake

this event is free and looks like it might be fun -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:56:53 -0600 From: dean(a)dmccully.com To: info(a)sudoroom.org Hi Friends at Sudo Room Calling all groups in the Valley to host a FREE booth and strutting your stuff to 10,000+ enthusiastic young people and families... FREE BOOTH SPACE APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the Saturday Sept 23 For San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Community Day After a few years of COVID-era chilling etc, the Silicon Valley STEAM Fest crew is baaaaacccckkkk.... And we're helping build the next STEAM Fest & Aviation Faire at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Community Day Saturday September 23, 2023!!!! Where: San Jose Reid Hillview Airport 2500 Cunningham Ave, San Jose When: Saturday September 23, 2023, 10am-3pm. Our target is to attract at least 10,000 attendees. So we expect big crowds. Got cool stuff to show off? Fancy science-y stuff, aircraft, fire trucks, hands-on science stuff, robots, RC airplanes, community resources of any kind, education stuff, recreation stuff, sports stuff, you name it, bring it on! ** Example: Got Science Technology Engineering Arts Math S.T.E.A.M? Or History too? OR anything educational and cool? Bring on the educational stuff ** Example: Got Robots? We are building a 'Robot Zoo' with a bunch of robotics-ed stuff. Bring on the bots! ** Example: Got Emergency Vehicles? We are building a 'Disaster Alley' featuring fire trucks, police, military, etc. Got emergency hardware? Or CPR classes or emergency prep or disaster response? Bring it on! ** Example: Got Community Service Booths? Boy Scout or Girl Scout or 4H etc recruiting, Rotary/Interact, Kiwanis/Key-Club, Boys & Girls Clubs, At Risk Youth programs, Volunteer Activities, Enviro/Eco groups, you name it? If it serves the community, this is a great crowd for outreach. ** Example: Got Education or Career or Military Service etc? We are spotlighting educational and career opportunities for local youth. Are you a recruiter for a college, trade school, armed forces, whatever? Apply for a booth and we'll get you in front of a bunch of potential students/recruits/etc ** Example: Got Airplanes? Well it is an airport after all, so if you have cool aircraft to display, let us know. And yes, we are working on high tech self-driving air taxies etc. What would be better at an Aviation/STEAM fest than demos of self-driving air taxis!?!? Apply online asap and we'll try to fit you in: https://www.friendsofrhv.org Spread the word to people with other cool stuff to show off. The more cool exhibitors, the merrier! We hope to see you Sept 23 at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport. In the meantime have a great rest-of-the-summer! Stay safe and healthy! Blue Skies! Dean McCully

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Oppenheimer Event at UC Berkeley

by Peter Mui

Oppenheimer-related event at UC Berkeley Friday Jul 28 11:30am : if interested RSVP soon, it'll fill up: https://mailchi.mp/0b81e7dc0176/join-us-for-oppenheimers-berkeley-years-pio…

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Tonight’s Wednesday party plan

by Andrew R Gross

Hey sudoers. I’m going to be in tonight at 8 setting up a cnc, hanging a white board, and working in general facilities upgrades. If this is your jam, please stop by and/or message me, by email or phone (412.657.5332)! Cheers, Andy -- *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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need better links to "login" to sudo-humans

by Jake

i've been tripped up this myself!!! People don't know where to go to log into sudo humans (our monthly dontaions portal) and we don't make it easy! when people go to https://sudoroom.org there is a "login" button but it takes people to the wordpress login! they're trying to login to that with their Sudo Humans credentials and getting nowhere. And we need the money! so can we change that login button to a disambiguation that makes sure that people know where they're logging into? to remind everyone, the proper link for sudo humans is this: https://sudoroom.org/humans -jake

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events page needs more info so people can get in!

by Jake

unfortunately somewhere along the lines we stopped telling people how to actually get our attention to be let into the building. The Jitsi telepresence link is present but we need to explain that that's how to get our attention to be let in. Otherwise people will show up and assume the doors will be open. We should edit the text at this meetup so it explains that! https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2023-06-27/ -jake On Mon, 17 Jul 2023, Romy Ilano via sudo-discuss wrote: > https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/ > > D'oh I don't know why I didn't do this before but I copied all the sudoroom > events so they're very visible on our meetup page until mid august. > Sometimes people can't make it to one event so they look to the next one in > the future! > > Feel free to change anything - I can add you as an admin or I can change > the listing myself. I started putting the fixit it clinic in here too > > > ============================= > > Romy Ilano > romy(a)snowyla.com >

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Online Conference: Bridging California’s Digital Divide

by Peter Mui

Some of you might be interested in this free, online conference "Bridging California’s Digital Divide" - happening now and the next two days: https://www.ppic.org/event/bridging-californias-digital-divide/

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SudoRoom Meetup events - copied them until mid august!

by Romy Ilano

https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/ D'oh I don't know why I didn't do this before but I copied all the sudoroom events so they're very visible on our meetup page until mid august. Sometimes people can't make it to one event so they look to the next one in the future! Feel free to change anything - I can add you as an admin or I can change the listing myself. I started putting the fixit it clinic in here too ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Meetup created for fixit clinic Tuesday nights!

by Romy Ilano

I can't make it to this one (Have family in town this week) - feel free to ask me to be an admin on this experimental Meetup account I'm testing out. You can then modify the events. We're using them because it gives more visibility to SudoRoom and appears in people's meetup feeds. https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294875035/?utm_medium=referral&utm_c… ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

2 years, 8 months

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made some more meetups for this week (part of my experiment)

by Romy Ilano

I'm paying for the meetup account as an experiment. It's been successful in bringing "outsiders" in for the women and non binary group (I always point back to the sudoroom meeting page too) https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294842373/ I made one for the hardware hack night adnt he women's coding night. Is the Thursday group active? I can't make it this week, but are there any nights when nobody or another group is using the ballroom? I'm probably going to bring in some outside folks and try to absorb them into sudoroom for the audio visual event. I went to a nice art show in Berkeley, it sort of devolved into an involuntary childcare event for all the women, but there were serious artists, wondered if Is hould invite them to the space for an art show! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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Awesome stuff happening this week

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers. There's a lot going on this week: *Tuesday, July 11 (Tonight!) @7 PM:* Hardware & SoftWEAR hacking night (thx to Romy for posting this on Meetup! <https://www.meetup.com/sudoroom/events/294719087/>) *Weds. July 12 @8 PM:* Facility Upgrades! We're reinstalling a CNC! We'll also be installing a whiteboard if there's time. *Thurs. July 13 @8PM:* Everyone Codes (everywhere! All at once!). Come hang out, code, whatever. *Fri. July 14 @7:30 PM: *East Bay Bike Party is riding from the El-Cerito BART station. Participants are encouraged to wear alternative clothes (but not nothing). https://www.facebook.com/events/960821201802628 *Sat. & Sun., July 15-16, all day: *The Open Sauce maker con is happening this weekend in SF at the Embarcadero. I know a couple Sudoers who will be there, and I think Noisebridge people too. If you're going, respond to this message so folks can travelpool or just hang out! Cheers, *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

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