- sudo-discuss - sudoroom.org

by Andrew R Gross

Hi everyone, This is a reminder that we have a meeting tonight at 8 PM. Agenda: - organizing working groups - The return of sudo mesh - show & tell! You can participate locally or at: Http://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles If you’d like to add anything to the agenda, just reply to this email. Cheers, Andy -- *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

3 years, 3 months

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Proposal: Sudo Room should organize working groups to coordinate core functions

by Andrew R Gross

Hey Sudoers, I'd like to submit a proposal in advance of a meeting next *Wednesday, January 11th at 8 PM:* *The proposal: *I propose we organize working groups for membership, facilities, finances, promotion, and general administration. *The goals:* I think we should focus in 2023 on bringing in new people. Hosting more events. Finding new sources of revenue like grants. Organizing the tools, repairing the roof, and installing a mezzanine. I think all of these would be more attainable if we had a bit of structure that makes it easier for new people -- and old! -- to find similarly minded collaborators and organize and communicate to do these things collaboratively. *The details: *I see three elements to this proposal, which I'm listing to make it easier to offer suggestions or alterations: *1)* I think we should define a set of core functions which require coordination: membership, facilities, finances, promotion, and administration (miscellaneous general operation). *2)* I think we should promote coordination by establishing working groups, primarily consisting of an email list and a wiki page, but with broad leeway in how each group wants to organize and communicate. The facilities working group could decide to set up a Discord channel. The building group could choose to have regular in person meetings. The admin group could operate mostly on Signal. These don't have to be dictated in this proposal, as long as everyone knows how to get in touch with these working groups. *3)* I propose that participation and role assignment be presumed open, but managed by the groups themselves. I am actively choosing not to propose that they groups have a leader or a minimum number of participants, or a qualification to join. As proposed, I imagine anyone who likes fixing 3D printers when they clog can sign up for the facilities working group and now they're an equal member to everyone else. But if the membership working group is just one person answering new member questions, that's fine. The finance group and promotion group will presumably set guidelines on who has login credentials for accounts. Under this proposal, anyone can join any group and no member of a group has elevated privileges unless they establish them by consensus separate from this proposal. What do you all think? Would you like to join any of these groups? I'd like to get lots of feedback and then discuss this next Wednesday to incorporate the feedback received over email. Cheers, Andy *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

3 years, 3 months

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Re: Hack-o-mat - Sudo Room - anyone know who has the lock.

by Romy Ilano

Ya Thomas, I'd be up for vending from the machine with a special code instead of coins. But I still have a long way to go to get to know it. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 6:24 PM Thomas Levine <_(a)thomaslevine.com> wrote: > I am happy to help with software. But only software. Stuff is too > difficult for me. > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 1:34 PM Romy Ilano via sudo-discuss > > Is there also a way to make tokens so certain items can be free? I like > > the way the stuff is displayed in a vending machine it looks cool. > > Sent from my iPhone > > Like, instead of tokens, how about a special code? For example, > there could be a special discount if you insert one coin at 13 minutes > after the hour and another at 37 minutes after the hour. >

3 years, 3 months

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Wnb night is canceled tonight for omni’s fumigation

by Juliana A

See you folks new Monday

3 years, 3 months

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Project left out on laser cutter computer

by Andrew R Gross

I found someone's project on the laser cutter computer and moved it to the main table. Let's all remember to leave spaces in a usable state when we finish working. Thanks!

3 years, 3 months

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anyone know the latest on the sewing room? Our wiki page is 5 years old...

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Sewing Does anyone know the latest on the sewing room in the multimedia lab or whom to contact? Our current wiki is about 5 years old, I'd like to update it so that we can promote it on the front page more ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

3 years, 3 months

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Do people have video snippets for a sudoroom overview on the front page?

by Romy Ilano

I'd like to put something more fresh on the front page as a video. While there is stuff on instagram, it's a PITA to download it (or is it?) I think we can even make simple videos off screenshots, but stuff like the robot arm moving is pretty nice. If you have anything could you please email me or put it in a common folder? I'll make effort to do this as well. I'd like to get our activities off being only on social media... ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

3 years, 3 months

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would like to get some art stuff going (relying entirely on the wiki at this point)

by romy＠snowyla.com

At this point I'm relying entirely on the wiki for anything tracking what projects go on. While it's nice to have slack, email or discord, I cannot work with those mediums to get anything done, they just seem more focused around chatting and holding cool meetings instead of developing ideas to me. https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Art#Art_Meetups_at_SudoRoom ^^^ this list is old and crusty. I know some people have been making art with the laser cutting machine and the multi media lab. Are there any other contributions?

3 years, 3 months

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would like to get some art stuff going (relying entirely on the wiki at this point)

by romy＠snowyla.com

At this point I'm relying entirely on the wiki for anything tracking what projects go on. While it's nice to have slack, email or discord, I cannot work with those mediums to get anything done, they just seem more focused around chatting and holding cool meetings instead of developing ideas to me. https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Art#Art_Meetups_at_SudoRoom ^^^ this list is old and crusty. I know some people have been making art with the laser cutting machine and the multi media lab. Are there any other contributions?

3 years, 3 months

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[sudo-info] Hiring Laser Cutting Repair (fwd)

by Jake

the above message came in to info(a)sudoroom.org with a picture of the exact same laser cutter as we have, Model No. SH-G570 ------- forwarded message --------- Hi, Looking for a laser cutter technician for a friend. He has a laser cutter and it isn't working. Can't even pulse the laser or communicate with the computer to upload the design. Do you have someone I can hire? Below are pictures of the laser cutter. Cheers, Haley Zhao -- (415) 347-1423 HaleyZhao(a)gmail.com Scan to Add Contact -- Cheers, Haley Zhao -- (415) 347-1423 HaleyZhao(a)gmail.com

3 years, 3 months

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Meeting notes from Jan. 11 2023

by Andrew R Gross

Hey everyone. Here is a summary of tonight's meeting, which is also available at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2023-01-11 * We had three new member applicants introduce themselves * We discussed a plan to create five working groups to help organize the space. There were no blocks or requests for amendment, so now the proposal sits for one week to see if anyone has any objections. The text of the proposal can be seen in the link above. * Glen unveiled a Discord server he set up to see if people like using this as a way to interact. If you want to join, click this link: https://discord .gg/bA3pmbXG Cheers! *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

3 years, 3 months

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update the wiki?

by Jake

thanks so much Romy for making this great wiki page! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Cool_Projects we have a lot of pages that need updating, and here's an easy example: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Printing the first part is "2D Printing" also known as paper printers. but it hasn't been updated in a while! Amusingly, we do have a few 2D printers but the list is inaccurate. Who wants to fix it? I know that presently, we have a working laser printer (last seen on the table in front of the vending machine) and a working inkjet printer/scanner combo (next to the laser cutter). Instructions on how to connect to them would be great! if you don't have a wiki login, please request one and it will be approved! -jake

3 years, 3 months

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Sudo Room Member Discord

by Glen Fitton

hey come check out the Sudo Room Discord for Members! (This is a temp link) https://discord.gg/bA3pmbXG

3 years, 3 months

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Vending machine feedback

by Thomas Levine

The vending machine now provides some more feedback after money is put in. Source code associated with my contribution is here. I haven't documented the other components of the vending machine. https://thomaslevine.com/scm/sudo-vending Based on the implementation details, it appears to me that the bill acceptor is in fact plugged into one board (Arduino Leonardo) that is connected by serial to another board (Raspberry Pi). Why is the former board used at all? That is, why is the bill acceptor not plugged directly into the latter board?

3 years, 3 months

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Updating the sudoRoom website, pointing to the wiki for cool new projects

by romy＠snowyla.com

I'm updating the sudoRoom website. For the projects link in the header it's now pointed to the wiki for the cool projects (new placeholder for the fixit clinic, etc) https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Cool_Projects I'm also adding what meetings we do have in there... I guess folks should know even an hour before or how meetings transpired int he past! Also will be sprucing up the blog with photos that Andrew took this year. thanks Andrew sorry I neglected it

3 years, 3 months

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Hack-o-mat - Sudo Room - anyone know who has the lock.

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Hack-o-mat Anyone know who has the lock to the SudoRoom hack o mat Sent from my iPhone

3 years, 3 months

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delegates meeting

by Jake

Tonight we have a delegates' meeting. I didn't make it to the last one and I didn't do a good job of relaying the discussions (seen in the following meeting notes) to this list so that people could weigh in on them: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/12/15_Delegates Tonight in the meeting the elephant in the room was a sudden proposal to open the ballroom (and basement to some extent) to use as an "emergency shelter" as written here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13JXhQ5Oefuf5DXvSd_sZZI6QbeKcrsmjOOtV5MW… that proposal is for opening parts of the omni tomorrow until wednesday as an emergency shelter. We talked about it at length, and personally i am hopeful that everything will go smoothly. Advertisements for Omni as a shelter have somehow already appeared on instagram and twitter and even been retweeted/advertised by the city of oakland on a list of storm shelters. When it came time for the delegates to vote, I abstained or "stand aside" on behalf of Sudoroom since I didn't get a chance to get input from our membership on this proposal. It passed though, there were enough yes votes. If anyone wants to help support ah shit this email isn't even going out until the last day of the scheduled shelter event. They are now talking about extending it another day. As your delegate i should really be more on-top of things and not postpone emails in the middle until they're too old to send. -jake

3 years, 3 months

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Reminder: Voice of America Show "The Road to Zero" at Sudoroom tonight

by Peter Mui

Hi: A friendly reminder that the Voice of America Show "The Road to Zero" will be filming at Sudoroom tonight starting around 8PM so bring your stuff to work on. They'll be asking the questions below. Hopefully see you later, -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Media Inquiry] Fixit Voice of America Show "The Road to Zero" Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 03:25:33 +0000 From: Petra Wehbi <petra(a)boghosentertainment.com> To: Fixit Clinic <fixitclinic(a)gmail.com> CC: Shova Ale Magar <salemagar(a)smcgov.org>, Anthony Merchak <anthony(a)boghosentertainment.com>, RAFFI BOGHOSIAN <raffi.media(a)gmail.com>, austin boghosentertainment.com <austin(a)boghosentertainment.com>, ALEX WEBER <alex(a)boghosentertainment.com>, Mario Bou Madi <mario.boumadi(a)gmail.com>, assignment boghosentertainment.com <assignment(a)boghosentertainment.com>, Yves Chlela <yveschlela(a)gmail.com> Hi Peter, These are the questions in preparation for tomorrow’s filming. _Peter Mui_ 1. What are the main principles of a Circular Economy that make it the exact opposite of a linear one? 2. What is the main obstacle keeping people from partaking in a circular economy? 3. Introduce us to Fixit Clinics 4. How did you come up with the idea? 5. How much waste has been diverted from the landfill thanks to this initiative? 6. What are other benefits of Fixit Clinics? 7. What do you think is the best way to get people to responsibly and collectively stand up to this global challenge? 8. How is the US a favorable place for initiatives like yours to flourish? 9. What do you envision for the future with everything being done to foster a circular economy in the country? _Fixit Coach_ 1. What is your role in this place? 2. How rewarding is it when you succeed in helping someone repair their broken things? 3. How proud are you of contributing to a more circular economy? 4. What do you hope for in the future in this course? Are you hopeful? _Participants_ 1. What have you come here to repair? Tell us its story 2. Tell us about your experience if you have ever repaired something with Fixit before. How’s the ambiance, how helpful people are etc. 3. Describe your feeling when you see your broken item working again. 4. Repairing and reusing instead of throwing away is a major contribution to a more circular economy. How urgent do you think it is that we get there? 1. How proud are you of the positive environmental outcome of being here and of the community aspect of this event? Please reach out if you have any questions. Best, *Petra Wehbi * Assistant Producer Direct +1 (818) 860- 9120 Office +1 (323) 543- 4441 Fax +1 (323) 543- 4442 > On Jan 3, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Petra Wehbi > <petra(a)boghosentertainment.com> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > We’ll have the crew arrive at 8PM. We’re going to be attending only > one workshop that is on the 10th. > > Also If possible we will need to speak to coaches who are helping > people repair their stuff. > > > Happy New Year, > *Petra Wehbi * > Assistant Producer > Direct +1 (818) 860- 9120 > Office +1 (323) 543- 4441 > Fax +1 (323) 543- 4442 > >> >>>>>>>> My name is Petra, Assistant Production Manager reaching out >>>>>>>> again on behalf of Alhurra to feature Fixit for an episode for >>>>>>>> Alhurra's new show, The Road to Zero. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Our show, The Road to Zero, follows the race to zero GreenHouse >>>>>>>> Gas emissions by changing the way we make things, consume >>>>>>>> things, and grow things. Scientists warn that the world is >>>>>>>> getting warmer due to human activities. The show shall address >>>>>>>> the big question of why we need to get to net-zero in the >>>>>>>> fields of transportation, manufacturing, buildings, and >>>>>>>> agriculture. >>>>>>>> The show is to investigate initiatives and/or existing >>>>>>>> solutions on how to reduce carbon emissions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Our network, Alhurra, is a U.S.-based public Arabic-language TV >>>>>>>> channel targeting the MENA region and funded by the U.S. >>>>>>>> government. >>>>>>>> Alhurra is part of Voice of America, the largest and oldest >>>>>>>> U.S.-funded international broadcaster producing in 47 different >>>>>>>> languages. >>>>>>>> making it biodegradable to keep plastics out of landfills and >>>>>>>> the sea. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Our vision is to film the fun community-based workshops where >>>>>>>> neighbors, friends and families work collectively to learn how >>>>>>>> to repair broken items. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please reach out if you have any questions about our inquiry. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Petra Wehbi >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Assistant Producer >>>>>>>> Direct +1 (818) 860- 9120 >>>>>>>> Office +1 (323) 543- 4441 >>>>>>>> Fax +1 (323) 543- 4442 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >

3 years, 3 months

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WNB Coding night

by Juliana A

HNY! 🎆 I got a booster shot yesterday, so I’m feeling under the weather rn, prob not going to make it. But pls come over! I know the emergency shelter is still happening at Omni C, so it may be useful for those showing up to check if they need volunteers for anything ♥️ julianaferreira(a)gmail.com she/her

3 years, 3 months

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Spot welder for batteries?

by Taylor Alexander

Hello everyone, Jake said someone might be borrowing one of the spot welders. Does anyone know if there is a suitable spot welder for batteries that my friend could use in the space on Tuesday night? Thank you! Taylor

3 years, 3 months

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Tuesday Night: Voice of America Show "The Road to Zero" at Sudoroom

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See below: I've arranged for Voice of America's Show "The Road to Zero" to film at sudoroom Tuesday night Jan 10. They're primarily interested in seeing repairs so if you've got something broken to work on please bring it to sudoroom Tuesday night. Hope to see you then, -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Media Inquiry] Fixit Voice of America Show "The Road to Zero" Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 18:54:05 +0000 From: Petra Wehbi <petra(a)boghosentertainment.com> To: Fixit Clinic <fixitclinic(a)gmail.com> CC: Hi Peter, We’ll have the crew arrive at 8PM. We’re going to be attending only one workshop that is on the 10th. Also If possible we will need to speak to coaches who are helping people repair their stuff. Happy New Year, *Petra Wehbi * Assistant Producer Direct +1 (818) 860- 9120 Office +1 (323) 543- 4441 Fax +1 (323) 543- 4442 ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My name is Petra, Assistant Production Manager reaching out >>>>>>> again on behalf of Alhurra to feature Fixit for an episode for >>>>>>> Alhurra's new show, The Road to Zero. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Our show, The Road to Zero, follows the race to zero GreenHouse >>>>>>> Gas emissions by changing the way we make things, consume >>>>>>> things, and grow things. Scientists warn that the world is >>>>>>> getting warmer due to human activities. The show shall address >>>>>>> the big question of why we need to get to net-zero in the fields >>>>>>> of transportation, manufacturing, buildings, and agriculture. >>>>>>> The show is to investigate initiatives and/or existing solutions >>>>>>> on how to reduce carbon emissions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Our network, Alhurra, is a U.S.-based public Arabic-language TV >>>>>>> channel targeting the MENA region and funded by the U.S. government. >>>>>>> Alhurra is part of Voice of America, the largest and oldest >>>>>>> U.S.-funded international broadcaster producing in 47 different >>>>>>> languages. >>>>>>> making it biodegradable to keep plastics out of landfills and >>>>>>> the sea. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Our vision is to film the fun community-based workshops where >>>>>>> neighbors, friends and families work collectively to learn how >>>>>>> to repair broken items. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please reach out if you have any questions about our inquiry. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Petra Wehbi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Assistant Producer >>>>>>> Direct +1 (818) 860- 9120 >>>>>>> Office +1 (323) 543- 4441 >>>>>>> Fax +1 (323) 543- 4442 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >> >

3 years, 3 months

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RAINY WEATHER FORECAST!

by Jake

can someone make sure we have buckets under the leaks??? -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 18:03:36 -0800 From: Tom Simpson <korats17(a)gmail.com> To: discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org, consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org, Tom Simpson <KORATS17(a)gmail.com>, BUILDING(a)lists.omnicommons.org Subject: [omni-building] Fwd: WEATHER FORECAST RAINING ALL WEEK. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT. OMNI ROOF WILL BE LEAKING ALL WEEK. PREPARE FOR WATER DAMAGE. TOM ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tom Simpson <korats17(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Dec 25, 2022 at 5:23 PM Subject: WEATHER FORECAST To: <EBFNB(a)lists.omnicommons.org> RAINING ALL WEEK. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT. TOM

3 years, 4 months

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Free Laser Cutter (Needs Repair)

by Tim Dobbs

Hi all, My company had a fire incident with a laser cutter (let this be a lesson for all of us about laser cutter safety!). Although most of the parts are still good, they've decided to simply replace the entire machine with a new one. Let me know if you are interested in taking the old one. It's offered as-is with no guarantees made and no responsibility taken, but we think it could be brought back to working condition with a little elbow grease and, obviously, replacing the cover. The laser still works, as do the Y and Z axes. The X axis needs the belt changed and the cover needs to be completely replaced. Then everything will have to be recalibrated. We estimate it's something like 6-10 hours of work. You would also need to arrange for transport from West Oakland. It's a 100W Omtech unit <https://omtechlaser.com/products/100w-co2-laser-engraver-cutter-usb-gr57-us>, selling new for $3899. We really liked it, and replaced it with an identical model. Let me know if interested and when you could pick it up. Tim

3 years, 4 months

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Embroidery machine

by ninevra

Hi! I was at sudoroom a few months ago and saw that there was an embroidery machine (babylock ellageo esg2 i think) in the downstairs sewing lab. It was kind of disassembled at the time. Does anyone happen to know if it's working or needs parts/repairs? -- -ninevra Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

3 years, 4 months

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sudoroom payments to omni commons actual balance please?

by Jake

dear Finance comrades, can someone with access to Quickbooks and Unify CU please tell us whether sudoroom is "paid up" to omni commons, and/or how much is in the "sudoroom" CU account? thank you and happy new year! -jake

3 years, 4 months

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Open Positions @ eQualitie!

by Jenny Ryan

Dear community, Greetings and happy 2023! Sharing a few open positions at eQualitie, a wonderful org that works for digital freedom via a combination of technical services, infrastructure, educational trainings and hackathons in censorship-prone countries around the world: *1. **Regional Ambassadors for Deflect + CENO Browser <https://equalit.ie/job-post/regional-ambassadors-for-ceno-deflect/>**:* We are looking for informed and motivated individuals to promote our tools and services to local media, civil society, democratic movements and activist organizations. You will help us define and lead outreach strategies in your country/ies of focus, offer onboarding support and help users coordinate with our helpdesks. In turn, you will receive training on the given tools and services. We are looking for regional ambassadors from the 2023 priority list (see bottom of this email). *2. **CENO Chrome Extension Developer <https://equalit.ie/job-post/chrome-extension-developer-for-the-dweb/>**: * eQualit.ie is seeking an experienced developer for the decentralized web who is motivated by FOSS solutions for defending freedom of expression and association online. The short contract is to create a Chrome extension that will replicate the functionality of *CENO Browser* <https://censorship.no> on desktop environments. CENO (short for Censorship.no!) is a tool designed to circumvent the most repressive forms of Internet censorship and provide content distribution continuity during network shutdowns. Built on Mozilla for Android, CENO Browser utilizes the *Ouinet library <https://ouinet.work>* (also built by the eQualitie team) to retrieve and then share web content peer-to-peer over BitTorrent’s DHT. Your responsibilities would include: * Research and development of a prototype Chrome extension for Ouinet, the peer-to-peer library powering CENO Browser; * Technical feasibility analysis and project roadmapping for future stable release; * Documenting work toward long-term maintenance and reproducibility. *3. **iOS Developer for OuiSync + Briar: <https://equalit.ie/job-post/ios-developer-for-the-decentralized-web/>*** Working within a tight-knit team on OuiSync <https://ouisync.net/>, Briar <https://briarproject.org/> and [potentially] CENO Browser <https://censorship.no/>, your responsibilities would include identifying, prototyping and documenting methods for an iOS app to achieve the following goals: * Discover and connect to nearby peers (iOS and Android) without needing internet access (e.g. Bluetooth, local multicast); * Investigate use of mDNS and DNS-SD on iOS and its interoperability with Android; * Investigate options for the app to run in the background under various networking conditions; * Sharing application data as files with other iOS applications. Please share with your networks and feel free to email me privately if you have any questions. eQ is a remote-first organization. Please apply via the links above. Warmly, Jenny Ryan CENO / OuiSync Project Manager, eQualitie https://censorship.no ||https://ouisync.net ||https://equalitie.org PGP Fingerprint: 8AA3 7DFF 2190 ADA3 7C08 05F2 E76E BE2F D25B 0F57 *Priority language groups and regions for 2023:* *1. Portuguese* * Angola * Brazil * Mozambique * Timor Leste *2. Spanish* * Bolivia * Colombia * Ecuador * Guatemala * Honduras * Nicaragua * Venezuela *3. English* * Tanzania * Zimbabwe * Uganda * Zambia *4. Arabic* * Iraq *5. Urdu* * Pakistan *6. Turkish and/or Azerbaijani* * Azerbaijan * Turkey *7. Farsi* * Afghanistan * Iran *8. French* * Djibouti * DR Congo * Mali *9. Russian* * Belarus * Russia

3 years, 4 months

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Right to repair just passed in New York state!

by Andrew R Gross

The New York governor just signed a rate repair bill. It’s the first one, I think, and apparently the industry groups came down on her, super hard after the legislature passed it overwhelmingly. I honestly didn’t expect she had that chutzpah! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/weakened-right-to-repair-bill-is-si… Now let’s do one here! -- *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

3 years, 4 months

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

by Omni Commons

3 years, 4 months

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It’s time to come back to sudoroom

by Peter Mui

Hi: Sudoroom’s back and better than ever: sign in or sign up and start/restart your membership (or just donate): https://sudoroom.org/donate/ Here are some sample photos of what you could be doing: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7vZq61EE5oaHFeak7 -We’re holding Hardware and SoftWEAR Hacking Tuesdays -We’ve activated the Media Lab/Sewing Lab for fabric and textile clothing and soft goods repair and hacking. -We’re holding regular Fixit Clinics -We’re repairing and upgrading bicycle lights – both for safety and for ornamentation -We’ve been holding Women and Non-Binary Coding Night Mondays C’mon back and join us: we’d love to see you! -Peter

3 years, 4 months

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Miscellaneous Electronics Available Tomorrow 10:30AM

by Peter Mui

Hi Sudoers: See below: Jack Soares heads the Oakland Tool Lending Library Volunteers and gets calls for estate clean-outs regularly: contact him directly for more details if you're interested. -Peter -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Of Possible Interest: Miscellaneous Electronics Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:51:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Jack Soares <jacksoares(a)sbcglobal.net> To: petermui(a)gmail.com <petermui(a)gmail.com> Peter-- A real estate agent who contacts me when she have a house with tools to empty has a place in the Elwood District that has to be cleaned out by January 4. Celena and I visited today. The owners had a load of electronic gear and cables that might be of interest to your crew. If not, it's headed to e-waste. I'll be there tomorrow at about 10:30, if you or any of the FixIt folk want to join us. On a Related Front: Years ago I picked up some electronics that had been used to install solar hot water systems. Nice-looking old-style meters that I'd intended to install in our grandkids' treehouse to give it a second life as a space ship or submarine. They weren't interested and the stuff has been gathering dust in my shop. Does that sort of thing hold any interest for you? On a Related Front #2: Picked up many bolts of cloth from an upholstery shop cleaning its warehouse. Four or five of them didn't pass my wife's inspection. Would your sewing shop be interested? And so on like that... --Jack.

3 years, 4 months

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Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for your business! Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2637 Date: 12/01/2022 Due Date: 12/25/2022 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $8,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 11/01/2022 Balance Forward $6,000.00 Other payments and credits after 11/01/2022 0.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 12/01/202 8,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 12/01/2022 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: $8,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

3 years, 4 months

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Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for your business! Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2637 Date: 12/01/2022 Due Date: 12/25/2022 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $8,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 11/01/2022 Balance Forward $6,000.00 Other payments and credits after 11/01/2022 0.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 12/01/202 8,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 12/01/2022 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: $8,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

3 years, 4 months

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Omnicommons.org wordpress compromised, for weeks with no progress?

by Jake

if you go to https://omnicommons.org/blog/calendar/ you see a "sign up for our newsletter: Email address ______________ Subscribe" banner, partially covering up Ashley, 26 (who is online now) but not covering her boobs. It's been like this for weeks apparently (I just noticed) and we don't know what's going on. Does anyone know wordpress and IT security and can take a look and figure out what's going wrong in there? -jake

3 years, 4 months

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Laser cutter

by Kyle Schmolze

Hi all 👋 I’ve used the laser cutter at noisebridge a bunch of times but never at sudo room. Instructions here look pretty good! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Big_red_laser_cutter Do people prefer if I get a training from someone at sudo room to use it? I need to do some last minute laser Xmas gifts, hoping to come by tmw afternoon and give it a shot. Thoughts? Alternatively, is there anyone who is comfortable with the laser printer and might be around tomorrow afternoon? Kyle/Max

3 years, 4 months

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Has anyone thought about connecting to cool community oriented stores on Temescal?

by Romy Ilano

I've mentioned this before, but there are cool crafts, board games, and thrift stores just across the street from the Omni Commons. I know that the fix it clinic was trying to get some workshops organized with the east bay depot for reuse too. When I bicycle to SudoRoom (as opposed to driving) I usually spend more time at the neighboring shops since they're ont he protected bike lane. (When I'm in the car i just park my car and beeline fro sudoroom heh!). I usually notice each of the shops has a community class night. There was a kitchenware crafts store that had an educational night for learning how to grow mushrooms. The board game shop has community board game nights... an event that we have plenty of tables and equipment for! I don't think we have to be too commercial but there has to be a way to bring all that foot traffic to sudoroom somehow. and not just during special community events. ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

3 years, 4 months

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Reminder: Pledge [Pledge No.] from Omni Commons

by Omni Commons

Dear Sudo Room, Just a reminder that we have not received a payment for this invoice yet. Let us know if you have questions. Thanks for your business! Omni Commons ---------------------------------- Invoice --------------------------------- 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94609 US +1 5105456582 https://omnicommons.org Invoice #: 2637 Date: 12/01/2022 Due Date: 12/25/2022 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $8,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 11/01/2022 Balance Forward $6,000.00 Other payments and credits after 11/01/2022 0.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 12/01/202 8,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 12/01/2022 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: $8,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

3 years, 4 months

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Invoice 2659 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 #: 2659 Date: 01/01/2023 Due Date: 01/25/2023 Terms: Net 25 Amount Due: $10,000.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill To: Sudo Room 4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland, CA 94607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ****************************** Account Summary ***************************** 12/01/2022 Balance Forward $8,000.00 Other payments and credits after 12/01/2022 0.00 New charges (details below) 2,000.00 Total Amount Due (activity through 01/01/202 10,000.00 **************************************************************************** Date Activity Qty Rate Amount 01/01/2023 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: $10,000.00 Greetings Sudo Room! This is your monthly donation invoice. Thank you for stewarding the commons! Love and solidarity, Omni Commons Finance Working Group

3 years, 4 months

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WNB coding night

by Juliana A

👋 WNB coding night is happening tonight at 7pm! This is prob going to be the last one of the year for me. Does sudo room meetings usually go on a recess or just keep it open to whoever can show up? Pls join if you identify as woman/nb! Also feel free to join the Slack group: https://join.slack.com/t/wnbcodingnight/shared_invite/zt-1h7dndnc2-ATl1XnMO… 💻💻🎉🔥♥️💻 https://sudoroom.org/events/wnb-coding-night-2022-10-03/ -- julianaferreira(a)gmail.com she/her

3 years, 4 months

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we still gotta save the omni!!!!

by Romy Ilano

guys! we still gotta save the omni!! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

3 years, 4 months

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Man I passed out during the meeting and didn’t make it - is helping with fire still going on Thursday

by Romy Ilano

I’ll try to make it tonight ! Also Thursday sounds like a good project night ! Sent from my iPhone

3 years, 4 months

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The Every Day Calendar $250

by Jake

Brand new! Programmable! open source! Inspiring! Yours for a donation of $250 to sudoroom! https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/d/oakland-the-every-day-calendar/75684… -jake

3 years, 4 months

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Sudo room meeting tonight at 8-9

by Andrew R Gross

Hey everyone! Tonight is our regular meeting from 8 - 9. We’ll be reviewing preparedness for tomorrow’s big fire inspection, introducing prospective members, sharing projects, and discussing plans for 2023! Join in person or at http://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles -- *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)* 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>

3 years, 4 months

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office shutdown giveaway friday..

by Ajay Tallam

hey sudo room! There's a company in SF following the trends and shutting down its office this week. There's all kinds of free things available, wondering if anyone here would be interested in them, either personally or for Sudo/Omni? here's what they wrote " numerous office supplies, cabinets, all the kitchen supplies, a lot of electronics including 15 computer towers (hard drives have been removed but you can buy decent internal or external drives inexpensively), 10 older desktop monitors, 20 Shoreline VOIP phones, all the office desk cubicles, chalk boards, white boards, and a whole lot more " in the video I saw office supplies, kitchen supplies, cleaning supplies as well.. I heard that the computers are gone, but i'll verify that when i go. My car got stolen in october, and i'm wondering if anyone would be interested+available in going with me friday morning ~10a to the north beach neighborhood of SF to see what they have and if it can be of use for you, your orgs/house, omni, sudo, etc.. ttfn, ajay

3 years, 4 months

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Hustling

by Peter Behr

Hi Sudo! I'm looking for work. If you'd like to share a relevant JD, do an intro, or just chat, just holler! Summary below, more available on request, and thanks for reading. =) *My skillsets & work experience!* - Frontend UI JavaScript development - Graphic design & editorial illustration - Professional fluency in Mandarin Chinese & Polish - Product design (specifically sports apparel) - Math BA from fancy school (m'brain's empty but who needs to know?) - Highly detail- and order-oriented (with medications to boot!) *What kind of role?* - Want to use and grow my coding skills, but most excited to combine with creative work across disciplines. - Especially interested in anything involving user interfaces and data, at any level. - Open to QA, user-testing, or similar roles where systematicity and meticulousness is an asset, but it wouldn't be my end-goal. - If you think I could contribute to a position that doesn't match the above, I'm still very open to exploring new possibilities. - Not too jazzed about traditional software engineer or full-stack developer roles, unless short-term or on a remarkable team and project. *What kind of employment arrangement?* - Fulltime is the main goal, but also interested in short-term including contract. - I've been freelancing since 2019 and am open to new projects that are solid, interesting, and funded. - Would like to work at least partially onsite with a flex schedule, but I do have location constraints within the Bay Area. - Required travel could actually be exciting, but under 25% of total time. - Compensation past basic needs is whatever to me, it's everything else that matters. - I have US and EU citizenship. *What kind of company?* - Organizations with 20 to 200 people are my fave, but that's not a strict dealbreaker. - Municipal and other public employers rank highly in my book. - I like a team's core philosophy to emphasize service to society in some way. - Company culture should be able to retain curious and empathetic people over time. *Which industry?* - Health (most relevant experience) - Fabrication (some experience in textiles but overall interest is high) - Mobility esp. public transit - Utilities esp. energy & sanitation - Education - Visual arts - Sports & entertainment Contact if you'd like more info, and thanks again! -- Peter Behr http://peterbehr.net

3 years, 4 months

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Fwd: [dorkbotsf] CCA seeking instructors for intro programming/Arduino course

by Patrik D'haeseleer

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: J.D. Zamfirescu <zamfire(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:06 AM Subject: [dorkbotsf] CCA seeking instructors for intro programming/Arduino course To: Dorkbot-Blabber <dorkbotsf-blabber(a)googlegroups.com> Hi all, It was great to see some friendly faces on Zoom last month! Apologies in advance for the spam -- CCA has been seeking new faculty to join the Computational Practices minor, a new program there for students from across the college to develop technical literacy with code, hardware, and other computational tools, and apply that literacy to their work as artists and designers. This specific call is for an adjunct instructor to teach Computational Practices 1, which is being offered in person on the San Francisco campus in Spring 2023, running Thursday evenings 7:15-10:15pm. The course covers JavaScript (via p5.js) and Arduino in an introductory setting, focusing on basic authoring in the context of small interactive sketches and sensing robots. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested, and feel free to reach out with questions -- or apply directly at: https://cca.submittable.com/submit/222237/critical-studies-adjunct-pool-par… Best, J.D. -- PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "dorkbotSF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dorkbotsf-blabber+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CAO5ydeGQ6mJ5dY%3D%2BXd… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dorkbotsf-blabber/CAO5ydeGQ6mJ5dY%3D%2BXd…> .

3 years, 4 months

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started a circus arts page with juggling at sudoroom!

by Romy Ilano

I started a circus arts project and I'm going to start with self-taught juggling at sudoroom! https://sudoroom.org/wiki/CircusArts I ordered my juggling balls, now is the time. I am pretty busy but I think I'm going to try to put in at least 10 minutes of juggling at least during hardware hack night. I know a lot of you nerds probably juggle too and just imagine all the cool hardware hack projects we can wreak! I went to Mexico and met some cool circus arts performers from the tlacuachircus in Sayulita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfsjzbJ51DA&t=53s Maybe someday we can cosmically link to them either in person or virtually through light projections! At the very least we can support their efforts! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

3 years, 5 months

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[omni-consensus] Proposal: Hire Emily as Omni Financial Coordinator (CFO) (fwd)

by Jake

Hi Sudoroom, in two weeks we will have another Delegate's meeting and I will be asked to represent Sudoroom's position on hiring this person (on a contract basis) to be a Financial Coordinator for Omni. Emily has been coming through sudoroom occasionally for years, including bringing catering food when it was left over after big events. I trust she'll do a good job in this position, and provide Omni with a lot of guidance toward finding a new lender, as well as other related financial tasks we have to keep working on. Please discuss! Ideally we will have a meeting and discuss it, but don't hesitate to talk about it here. -jake ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:39:53 -0800 From: Emily B <accurate1707(a)gmail.com> To: consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org Subject: [omni-consensus] Proposal: Hire Emily as Omni Financial Coordinator (CFO) Hi Consensus, It has been discussed through finance and the delegates meeting to hire someone who can coordinate exciting financial tasks that keep the building going. Discussion at the recent meeting can be found here: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Event:2022/11/17_Delegates Delegates requested I send a proposal for bringing me on as the Financial Coordinator, including a description of what that role is. In another organization this might be called Chief Financial Officer or Head of Finance, but given the horizontal structure we went with "Omni Financial Coordinator" to illustrate it is a point person or coordination role. The title and description is following a two hour interview done in the delegates meeting and time spent outside with the Finance working group. A description of qualifications is located in the consensus archive listed here: https://omnicommons.org/pipermail/consensus/2022-November/003720.html *Proposal*: Hire Emily as Omni Financial Coordinator (CFO) using the description and outline below *Description* Financial Coordination - budgeting, analysis, forecasting, and reporting to delegates the financial status of Omni accounts in the past, present, and future Fiscal Sponsorship and Funds Support - financial operations and transactional support to internal teams Financial Operations - coordination of accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, general ledger accounting, and statutory filings for the Omni and associated entities Grants and Impact Investments - grants and impact investment priorities, policies, and strategies Real Estate - coordination of financial aspects of property in East Bay "What does this mean?" The focus is on understanding what the Omni needs to keep the building going, maintaining and improving those processes (with input when people have interest as this is an often overlooked role). *Examples of focus projects in financial coordination* - Omni mortgage loan coordination (keeping the building collectively owned, and open) - Organizing finance data to bank standards for a mortgage team - Coordination of tax exemption status with orgs and city - Creation of workflows and training for finance roles - Review of grants list for non-loan income These are things everyone does a bit of, with a person who has expertise in the field making sure they are happening and that there are people available and trained for the tasks to happen. *Prior discussions* - It was at first proposed to have one position for all things. Then to break that into Finance Coordinator and Building Operations Coordinator because there is enough work for those to be individual roles. My qualifications were for either and I am focusing on Finance for this period - The amount of time per week was suggested to be 10-15 hours per week to start, and full time at some later point. Time per week can be changed with agreement from both parties as needed - It has been debated whether to use W2 employee or 1099 contractor - - Omni's advice was that if the person is already doing work in the field a 1099 is acceptable under CA rules - A question was asked what if the contract needs to end early. The answer is to include a termination provision. This releases legal liability of contract length. An accessible language explanation can be found here: https://www.insperity.com/blog/how-to-smoothly-end-an-independent-contracto… - The Omni has historically hired finance contractors As such the proposal is for Emily to be hired as a Financial Coordinator in a contract role at 10-15 hours a week for six months, at a rate discussed by finance, with time to be adjusted if agreed by both parties. Thank you for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you all. Warmly, Emily B

3 years, 5 months

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Last Month's Income & Expenses

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3 years, 5 months

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Member vs. Comrade

by Ira Brightman

*Hi All,* *Can someone please tell me the difference between a comrade and a member? Specifically, can a comrade attend meetings and use the Omni?* *I have been paying dues as a comrade for quite some time now. Do I need to apply for membership, or does it not make much of a difference?* *Stay safe.* *Stay aware.* *Best,* *Ira Brightman*

3 years, 5 months

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RFID ink tube project

by sylvia

Hi Sudoroom, I'm writing from the Long Haul in Berkeley, a space kinda similar to the Omni. We are quickly accumulating a bunch of half full ink tubes which our printer decides are empty based on reading/writing the RFID chip on the tube. Its calculated based on the number of pumps. The machine is a Riso RZ990. I am wondering if anybody at Sudo is interested to collaborate on keeping these tubes out of the landfill by re-writing the RFID chips to show a full tube? Maybe this is something to drop by Hardware hack night on? (In the longer term we hope to fix the machine to avoid this problem in the first place. Come visit us sometime and see our print room - it's great for making posters and zines.) reprographixed.com Best Sylvia sylvxa(a)protonmail.com

3 years, 5 months

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