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by Patrik D'haeseleer

The skylight with the heavy duty exhaust fan is leaking quite profusely with the recent rains, and was dripping down on a bunch of valuable looking electronics equipment stashed on and next to the table closest to the entrance. I slit open a large garbage bag and draped it over the equipment to protect it from further water damage, just as a stop-gap measure. If someone has a bit of time today, it would be good to clear that entire area of equipment, put a large bin under the leaks, and maybe try to dry off any valuable equipment we'd like to keep with a heat gun... Patrik

4 years, 5 months

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Urgent - mark leak spots w/ tape?

by David Keenan

I hear with heavier rains, there are now many leaks, and especially in case he ballroom. *Whomever may be at Omni right now, if you can, please mark the floor location of where drips land with a big, taped ‘X’? Such as with blue painters tape, masking tape, duct tape or similar - So we can better locate the corresponding leaking areas on the roof after the rain stops.* Thank you 🙏 David

4 years, 5 months

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Sudo fridge

by David Keenan

Hi, Tomorrow Monday 10/18, electrical maintenance will be conducted in Sudo such that Sudo’s fridge will no longer need a super long and non-code-compliant extension cord to be functional, and can just plug in directly. The fridge has been emptied of prior biohazard by some kind / selfless soul, but it is not itself cleaned.. It is still extremely gross. Now would be the time to bleach it, and perhaps deionize / bathe it in UVb light or otherwise sanitize it to determine whether it can be truly rid of mold in all the places we can’t see. As jake pointed out, it is a really nice fridge, so it is in some important respects worth saving. At the same time, we are coming up on our last planned batch of dump runs. It has been at least a couple months, and the fridge is still unsanitary (not complaining at all just stating the facts). If the fridge is not sanitized by the end of the week, unless there is any objection, I will plan to have it taken to the dump. Fairly soon we will have banks, insurance representatives et al walking the building. In its current condition, I would not want any of these parties them to randomly open the fridge placed right along the common path of travel through the building, so imo, this fridge needs to either be hecka cleaned, or gone. If a sudoer plans to take on this challenge, please let me know? Best, David

4 years, 5 months

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Invoice 2435 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 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2435 Date: 11/01/2021 Due Date: 11/25/2021 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $24,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 10/01/2021 Balance Forward $22,000.00 Other payments and credits after 10/01/2021 0.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 11/01/202 24,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 11/01/2021 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: $24,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

4 years, 5 months

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Simple omni wiring task for an enterprising soul

by David Keenan

- Task: Replace short lengths of existing 2-wire thermostat cable, with 3-wire min.18 gauge (18/3, solid or stranded) thermostat cable, connecting all basement furnaces with their thermostats (not needed for disco room furnace). These furnaces serve basement, entrance hall, and ballroom. - Reason: So we can have the option of running fans without heat - to help filter air even when heat isn’t needed - in order to reduce COVID risk/spread in the building (especially during events etc.) Anyone who has done basic inside wiring for telco / internet should be able to run this cable, which can be purchased by the door or in spools from HD for cheap. I don’t think we’ll need more than about 75’ in length at most. It is not necessary to attach the cable to thermostat or furnace, just run the cable. I can come attach it to thermostats and furnaces. One way to do this would be to: - remove any staples / ties affixing old cable - strongly tape new cable to ethe end of existing cable - pull old cable (connected to the new cable) through If anyone has spoons to take this on lmk. There are a lot of building maintenance tasks rn, and I don’t know when I’ll get to this. Omni is getting ballroom rental requests needed for omnis bottom line, and for everyone’s safety we really should have this feature in place before hosting public events. So, it is pressing, if there is a volunteer. Best, David

4 years, 5 months

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Area power outage hit omni 10:45a

by David Keenan

Hi, power is out to Omni’s block and beyond. I called Pg&e. Outage is ‘storm related’ affecting over 3K customers with no ETA to restore power as of yet. I signed up for text alerts relating to the outage. Best, David

4 years, 5 months

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weekly virtual meeting/hangout starting in 5 mins

by Marc Juul

Of course folks are welcome to also welcome to show up in person but I won't be there in person tonight. Meeting link: https://meet.jit.si/SudoRoomMeeting -- marc/juul

4 years, 5 months

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Hardware hacknight tonigt and door access

by Marc Juul

Hardware hacknight is happening tonight at 7 pm! The Omni door is currently undergoing upgrades so your keycard will not work. Please use the doorbell and someone will let you in. -- marc/juul

4 years, 5 months

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copy of sudo's recent lease with omni?

by David Keenan

Hi fellow sudoers, Does anyone have a copy of Sudo's most recent lease with omni? This is being asked in order to get all our paperwork in a row for new/cheaper insurance and for review by potential lenders - The most recent lease w/ sudo that I could find <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KgimyxNSZ5K_ipeWBBYGDPPIH6JYi6UZ/view?usp=…> is c.2016 w/ OOC (rather than OC), and I believe there normally would have been about two more rounds of leases since that time - If someone knows whether a more recent lease exists, or can provide a copy, that'd be super great - Thank you, David

4 years, 5 months

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CCL/Sudo area heater maintenance this wk (10/11>15)

by David Keenan

Hi CCL & Sudo, 1. On Monday 10/11, CCL Lab Manager Dave A. is scheduled to carefully clean the furnace mounted overhead on CCL’s north wall, in order to reduce the potential future disturbance of excessive dust during planned furnace maintenance. Please contact David A. (cc’d) for more info or to assist. 2. Following Dave’s work on 10/11, two maintenance tasks are projected to be undertaken sometime this week. The exact day and time for each task is not yet known, and it is unlikely we will get more than one day’s advance notice, which will be promptly passed on to CCL / Sudo as soon as received. - Electrical: Relocating the space heater’s on/off switch from highish up in the BSL, to a more accessible height near the north doorway into CCL/Sudo room, where it will be replaced with a timer switch. This work is not anticipated to precipitate an excessive disturbance of dust, and should not impact electrical service to this room. However, the electrician will be working in this area, likely on a ladder, which may temporarily block access to some of the freezers et al in CCL’s NE area, for approximately <2h (barring unforeseen circumstances). - Furnace: The blower (and air filter) for the furnace in this room is due to be replaced by an HVAC professional. With the area cleaned in advance per item 1 above, it is not anticipated to involve the disturbance of excessive dust. It is not anticipated that this work will impact electrical service to CCL. The work will involve the placement of a large ladder below / adjacent to this furnace, impacting access to cabinets & storage below the furnace. To reduce Omni’s labor costs, I would ask CCL/Sudo members to please allow these technicians the elbow room needed to safely complete their work with a minimum of conversation, barring of course any safety concerns. Rather, if anyone has any questions about the above planned work, as always please feel free to contact me directly at any time. Many thanks everyone, David // 415-430-8362

4 years, 5 months

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Sudo elec. maintenance Monday 10/18

by David Keenan

Hi all, Per prior discussion, electrical maintenance will be conducted to increase the number of available receptacles in the southeast portion of sudo room, near sudo's fridge & stairs down to basement, in order to remove life-safety hazards presented by excessive extension cords / power strips in this location under/adjacent to an unrated mezzanine etc. This work is now planned for *Monday 10/18 in the AM.* This work will likely require temporarily de-powering one or more circuits to Sudo Room presently feeding receptacles in this particular area and along portions of the south wall. Please ensure all steps are taken to save work and safely depower equipment in this area prior to this work, *or provide me with instruction to safely do these things*, *including the sudo mesh cage. This work may impact internet access within the building while work is being undertaken.* The maintenance window is not planned to last longer than a single day. 'Small' one-off jobs like this can be difficult to affordably schedule well in advance, as they are typically subject to electricians' squeezing in the work around bigger jobs they have elsewhere. Therefore, in most cases we are unlikely to get more than ~2 days advance notice as in this case. Separately, on Sunday 10/17, an electrical assessment will be undertaken to see how providing more compliant power to the ad-hoc / DIY exhaust fan on sudo's roof (south roof area of back room) could be accomplished. Providing more permanent electrical power to this fan will not necessarily be undertaken sunday, but it is possible. Assessing / addressing the roof fan issue should not directly impact power to sudo or ccl on Sunday, but if and when this becomes required, I will notice sudo and ccl. Thanks to everyone for bearing with these ongoing life-safety improvements to the building and please hit me up with any questions or concerns. Thank you, David // 415-430-8362

4 years, 5 months

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[Hiring] Python+ Software Developer for defending human rights online

by Jenny Ryan

Hey community! Anyone looking for an ethical, fulfilling programming job? Reach out! eQualitie is seeking an experienced software developer to play a key role on technology projects empowering freedom of expression and association online. Our new colleague shares the company’s _values_ <https://equalit.ie/values/> and is ready to lead software development on a DDoS mitigation infrastructure <https://deflect.ca> and contribute to tooling underpinning a censorship circumvention web browser <https://censorship.no>. In turn, you will get exposure to and a say in the design of current and future _defensive web technologies_ <https://github.com/deflect-ca> and _decentralized solutions_ <https://github.com/censorship-no/> for avoiding Internet censorship, as well as personal satisfaction that your contributions create real change for people around the world. This is a relatively fast-paced environment with a strong sense of individual contribution and close-knit project teams. *Job Description* You will work on existing software code across project teams and lead the development and release of new software systems, working with other developers, devops and systems operation staff. Your primary responsibilities will include building and upgrading tools to improve attack mitigation and network service availability, performance, and Internet censorship resilience. You will introduce and adhere to common development processes for a variety of in-house technologies, spanning DDoS mitigation, a clearinghouse for anomalous network behaviour and a decentralized peer-to-peer web caching network. You will take an “document everything” approach and publish your work as FLOSS. *About you* You understand the building blocks of the Internet and are familiar with its core protocols. You value infrastructure-as-code systems and believe in test-driven development, prototyping, fine-tuning software configurations and performance monitoring as the primary ways to improve an Internet- reliant product or service. You have a depth of knowledge, experience and a passion for Internet technologies that allow you to learn new systems relatively quickly. Also, you should have: * 5+ years experience in Python development; * Experience in network programming (HTTP/S, UDP, DNS) and web caching; * Experience with multi-platform package and release management; * Demonstrable experience deploying and managing technology using Docker and/or Kubernetes; * Go development experience a strong asset; * C++ development experience an asset; * An active appreciation for reading and writing documentation! *Now, a little bit about us…* <https://equalit.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eq-logo-site.jpg>eQualitie <https://equalit.ie> is a growing technology company that puts its principles before profits. We solve complex technical problems for improving digital defences, introducing privacy to online activity and enabling freedom of expression and association online. We are a remote-first company and offer flexible working arrangements, contributions to private health care, annual pay raises, prospects for professional growth and social opportunities. eQualitie welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. <https://deflect.ca>The _Deflect project_ <https://deflect.ca> protects website platforms from cyber attack, serving over a million people everyday. Deployed on bare-metal infrastructure around the world, Deflect offers web caching, secure hosting and defence-in-depth mitigation options, including the _Baskerville_ <https://equalit.ie/portfolio/baskerville/> clearinghouse and forensic attack investigations <https://deflect.ca/solutions/investigations/>. <https://censorship.no>_CENO Browser_ <https://censorship.no/> is a tool designed to circumvent the most pervasive forms of Internet censorship. Built on Mozilla for Android and the _Ouinet libraries_ <https://github.com/equalitie/ouinet>, CENO enables users to retrieve and share web content peer-to-peer over Bittorrent’s DHT, during periods of heavy censorship and Internet shutdowns. *Metadata* * Start Date: asap * Job Location: Montreal, Canada (remote OK) * Job Type: 12 month contract, possibility of full-time thereafter * Salary: 80,000 USD + benefits * Application deadline: October 30, 2021 *How to apply: *Please send your resume and a cover letter explaining how your experiences and motivation match our requirements. Please make sure to include your GitHub (or similar) profile where we can see your previous work and/or code: *https://equalit.ie/job-post/python-software-dev/ * <https://equalit.ie/job-post/python-software-dev/>

4 years, 5 months

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sudo room meeting and infrastructure hacking tonight at 6 pm!

by Marc Juul

Come hang out at sudo room! Meeting will be max 1 hour and then we'll hack on both virtual and physical sudo room infrastructure :D Virtual meeting here: https://meet.jit.si/SudoRoomMeeting -- marc/juul

4 years, 5 months

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need a new laser cutter computer

by Jake

Tonight at Sudoroom we had hardware hacking tuesdays. A new hacker showed up and helped hook up the exhaust for the big red laser cutter! but we were unable to set it up because the desktop computer nearby is gone. Does anyone know how to set up software to use the laser cutter? I made a new desktop computer over at the 3D printer desk, and I can make another one for the laser cutter if we can't figure out what happened to the old one. -jake

4 years, 5 months

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Hardware Hacking Tuesday tomorrow?

by Anca Mosoiu

Hi folks, Is this happening tomorrow? What time? I'd like to drop by with my project, but don't have a keycard so I can only come when other folks are around. Thanks, Anca. -- -=-=-=- Anca Mosoiu | Tech Liminal anca(a)techliminal.com M: (510) 220-6660 http://techliminal.com | T: @techliminal | F: facebook.com/techliminal

4 years, 5 months

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Agar Art this Saturday at CCL!

by Marc Juul

Forwarded from Patrik at CCL: Make your own Agar Art with Counter Culture Labs and the American Society for Microbiology, this Saturday 3-5pm. We will be painting with live colored bacteria on Petri dishes. Participants will have the option to submit their designs to the yearly ASM Agar Art contest <https://asm.org/Events/ASM-Agar-Art-Contest/Home>. Come join us for our first IN PERSON workshop of the year at CCL - yay! Mask wearing and proof of vaccination required. Space is limited to make sure to RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/281311663/. Class fees are $15/person. No one turned away for lack of funds. Hope to see you all there! Patrik [image: Leonardo.png]

4 years, 5 months

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Hardware Hacking Tuesday tomorrow?

by Edwinsaurus

I'm not sure if this will send, my name is Lovi and I'm typing from Eddy's machine. I'm here at the Sudo room and want to join but no one has been around. I was told about this space by the Hackitorium, and I was given a tour by Dane. I am here all afternoon working on processing javascript (p5) and am on discord. I intend to be here all day. Hoping other people show up for the meeting. I don't think the doorbell is working however, it seems missing since the first day I was here. Lovi on Eddy's machine.

4 years, 5 months

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desktop pc with DNH label

by Jake

there's a desktop computer under the table on the east side of the room with a white sticker on it labeled "do not hack, project: jan (510) 434-8806" I called the number but got no answer, I'm just going through stuff in pseudo room and trying to get rid of things that are not useful or don't belong. Does anybody know what this computer is about? over the years I have encountered projects in hacker spaces with minimal information on the labels, no date, so I try to figure out these mysteries. A few years ago there was somebody who set up some server on the rack that was doing who knows what...

4 years, 5 months

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Cupcake Challenge

by Eric O'Connor

https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Global_Hackerspace_Cupcake_Challenge_2022 Ideas: - cupcake compressor/maximizer — 4 lb cubic cupcake - on-site robotic manufacturing - an internal gyroscope keeps the cupcake upright - sacrifice on taste, focus on our strengths (compressive strength: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331801189_Mathematical_to_Predict_… ) - judging without input validation — include 0x80000000 references to “fragile” or “handle with care” on the box and hope for int32 wrap around - SEO growth hack: use GPT-3 to write thousands of blog posts referencing the cupcake (+3 points each) - shoot the moon: achieve a perfect minimal score without being disqualified, because all press is good press.

4 years, 5 months

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sudo room's 10 year anniversary brainstorm!

by Marc Juul

sudo room's first meeting was on 2011/11/14 How should we celebrate? What do folks feel like? Should we have it outdoors so we can have food/snacks/drinks? Share your ideas! -- marc/juul

4 years, 6 months

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Regarding furnaces, space heaters and CCL.

by Nenufar Molecules

Regarding furnaces, space heaters and CCL. I don’t recall anyone asking CCL if we needed or wanted a furnace or a space heater. I think the whole process of working on the furnace and space heater is distracting to the lab work we are doing, it is also making extra work for us, and putting an added risk factor in place. I for one don’t want to repair the furnace or space heater in CCL. Some of my reasons are: 1. Oakland, CA has the best weather in the world. As far as cold weather, the thermometer only rarely goes below 45 degrees F at night in winter. This is not Siberia or N. Dakota, it’s Oakland. Back in the 90’s was the last time it got cold enough to turn on a heater for a few nights. 2. It’s true that someone brought in a small electric heater to CCL. I think they were sleeping at the lab or doing some web surfing. The Temescal library is only a few blocks away and they will likely have the heat turned up for people to be comfortable as they read and snooze. I have worked at CCL even late at night for 5 years and have not noticed any extremes of cold there. CCL is a lab and it’s warm enough to do lab work there year round. There’s some garments that used to be known as “Long Johns” Those and a cap or hoody all anyone ever needs to keep warm in CCL in winter. I think there should be a ban on heaters at CCL. The small heater I found left on with no one in the lab multiple times and unplugged it. 3. CCL is about working on making a better tomorrow and we have a lot of challenges to meet with things like global warming. That’s something I think we all need to take responsibility for. Humans will soon be higher on the endangered species list if we don’t. Furnaces and heaters, large or small draw a lot of power, gas and/or electricity, and are not sustainable, and not energy efficient by any means. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to heat a space the size of the Omni commons building. What effect does this use of gas and electricity have on global warming? Does it not make perfect sense to put on warm socks and underwear, a wool cap and be warm as toast without using large amounts of these resources to heat a large space? Hello, this is the 21st century and we do need to mend our ways for the sake of future generations, and life on earth in general. So as far as CCL goes, I say no to heaters. 4. I have been informed by our treasurer, Michael Arent that CCL and also the Omni are facing some financial difficulties. It seems like at this time we need to be careful about spending money. There are a number of projects at the Omni commons that would seem to have priority over heating concerns. A roof that doesn’t leak when it rains, for example. Paying for gas and electricity to heat the building doesn’t seem to be necessary at all. Let’s consider selling the furnace as scrap metal and raise some small funds for repairing the Omni. 5. Lab work takes a great deal of focus and we don’t wish to have the disturbances of any work going on overhead. We have a great deal of materials and time invested in what we are doing. I’m the one who asked for the COI and an incident is fresh in my memory of a friend’s lab in Oakland where some work was being done and a very heavy piece of metal came crashing down from a high roof to land on a workstation, damaging equipment. If anyone had been sitting at that workbench at the time, they probably would have been killed or crippled. Of course I want to know who is going to be responsible for any injuries or damage done and that COI should be approved by CCL before any work takes place at the lab. Then I wouldn't need to bring it up at an inconvenient time. We also strongly feel that the labwork we are doing is so much more important than working on the heating system. A couple projects at CCL are involved with public health (matters of life and death) and we don’t wish to be distracted by activities overhead or have to do additional cleanup work because of them. We really have enough on our plates and would appreciate being left alone to do our work undisturbed. Please desist. No need for heaters at CCL. Let's hear from some of the others who are in the lab year round, are you reasonably comfy or not? What concerns do you have and what improvements would you like to see at CCL in the year to come? Best wishes always, Eddy Spinner CCL Lab Rat

4 years, 6 months

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sudo room meeting starting in 5 mins (6 pm)

by Marc Juul

I'm not there in person today and I don't know if anyone else is but we're definitely doing virtual: https://meet.jit.si/SudoRoomMeeting -- marc/juul

4 years, 6 months

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We have an all Bay Area Hackerspace Mailing list and Chatroom

by sunjam＠james.network

Hi all, we've re-started the Bay Area Consortium of Hackerspaces (bach) mailing list and chat. Was active from 2013 - 2014 previously. Details at https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Bay_Area_Consortium_of_Hackerspaces Join our friendly Mailing List https://lists.hackerspaces.org/listinfo/bach Chat on IRC #bach:libera.chat or from Matrix #BACH:matrix.org #bayarea:hackspaces.org

4 years, 6 months

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

4 years, 6 months

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Hardware hacknight tonight at 7 pm

by Marc Juul

Hi sudoers. Hardware hacknight will be happening tonight at sudo room starting at 7 pm. Last week: * An old laser was torn down into its useful components * Some folks repaired a broken stereo amplifier * Some of us opened up an old Macintosh SE/30 and got rw access to the ancient 60 MB harddrive from a modern linux PC, then set up System 7.5 in an emulator and attempted to talk to the old Mac over serial Tonight: * We'll be trying to get the old mac browsing the modern web and set up at sudo room's front table. * We'll attempt to turn two broken very high pressure syringe pumps (HPLC) into a single working one. * <insert your project here> Come hang out! Mask required at all times when indoors and vaccination required (proof of vaccination not required). If you want to eat you must do so outside (last week we had a pizza break out on the sidewalk). There's a new doorbell on the front door that should get our attention in case you don't have an access card. -- marc/juul

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