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hey..please, do not throw garbage into bins without bag?

by David Keenan

I dumped out some 'inside' trash bins (i.e, non-Waste Management bins) that have been quietly rotting away in the basement, sudo and elsewhere throughout the space.. No problem really except people's penchant to not remember to put a bag in the bin. If you are throwing away something that does not get totally nasty, maybe you think, why even use a bag? Good point. I guess its because that others do thoughtless things like toss their half-eaten burrito into the bottom of a clean (or at least not totally nasty) bin, together with a pile of unwanted chips, and all of that gets mixed in with the non-nasty garbage. Now the bin, even emptied, smells really nasty, and needs to be cleaned. But, I don't feel like cleaning it, so it will just make whatever space it's in smell nasty, too. The point being, every bin should have a garbage bag. Bags mean that when you empty the bin, the bin doesn't need to be cleaned every time, or remain smelling totally gross. If you can't find a garbage bag, ask someone. If we are out of bags, go buy a box a block away at the 24h walgreens. Save the receipt, and the OOC will pay you back! If you are too broke or unmotivated to do those things, please take your garbage with you. To prevent rankness, and the fact that WE DEFINITELY HAVE RATS, please do not use any inside bin without a bag. Please? Thank you.. David

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [Mesh] 2014.07.30 Server Room Update!

by Somebody

Yar, thanks for you input. I like your idea too. No, we don't have any hacker asking for it. But I came out w that thought since NoiseBridge donated SudoMesh a couple of hundred of so wireless routers (boards). Chris, Sudomesh member, would be best to answer the question about who the racks where donated to. Thanks! yar <yardenack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> We have installed some switches on one of the three donated racks. >> >> Yes! We have a surplus of two switch racks. >> Please feel free to provide ideas on what should we do with them, so far we >> have the following ideas: >> a) Jeremy suggested that we should sell them, we can use the cash. >> b) I suggest that we keep one so we can install the spare switches and >> provide a managed switch resset/configuration workshop. And for the second >> one, I suggest, we offer it as a donation to other hacker space as a symbol >> of solidarity and sisterhood. > >Just to be clear - were these racks donated to Sudoroom or Sudo Mesh? > >If the latter, I'm ok with whatever that group decides. > >If the former, I would advocate for keeping them all. I think rather >than selling the rack, we could potentially make more money renting >space for colo servers to people in our community. Definitely more a >long-term than short-term goal, but I don't think we should start >selling off awesome infrastructure when we're just getting started in >our huge new space! > >If we were to share with a sister hackerspace, is there one in >particular that wants it?

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iota mesh network on kickstarter

by J Clark

Mesh group, Any thoughts on this project? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1226890823/iota-never-lose-sight-of-wh… j. -- *San Leandro Coworking* 400 Estudillo Ave., #204 San Leandro, CA 94577 +1-510-398-4000 http://sl-co.com

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Anyone got a laser cutter?

by craigrouskey＠gmail.com

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Stuff of John's in Sudo Room

by David Keenan

Btw all, the stuff of john's in sudo room is unfortunately Sudo's / Omni's responsibility to remove. If you are waiting for him to do it.. or pay for someone to do it.. ain't gonna happen. Sudo should take everything it doesn't want of johns and centralize it into one area if possible so its clear what is wanted of john's and what is not. Things like pallets should be put outside. Of course, I have heard there is a family of rats living in the stack of pallets by the SE corner of Sudo, so Sudo / omni may want to call pest control for some advice first. But regardless, Sudo should I think try not to mix in the stuff it wants, or its own stuff, with john's stuff it doesn't want. Let's get all the crap we don't want out of there. That stuff can be put in the utility room or the ballroom. This would be a very good project for Sudoers who are wondering how they can help. Go for it! David

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moving sudo stuff off of stage, into sudo room

by David Keenan

I don't know where to put all the bikes and stuff (kind of hidden behind the back curtain) on the stage, as well as all the sudo drumkits and things, so that I can start making the stage a workshop for doing carpentry and other needed work on the omni (as per my previous email) I will have to put these things in sudo somewhere.. but, I don't know the best place - I will just have to stack them somewhere in that room. So, if you are looking for you on-the-stage things, look in Sudo now? Love David

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Re: [sudo-discuss] 2014.08.02 Server Room Update

by Somebody

Awesome! Please bring them to Sudo when you get the chance. Thx! Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >they're both cat5E > >one is single-row and says cat5e on it > >the other is double-row and is model 1100PSE which the internet says is >cat5e > >On Sun, 3 Aug 2014, somebody(a)riseup.net wrote: > >> Hey Jake that would be cool! >> >> Do you happen to know what Category they are? >> Would be good have at least Cat5e. >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/gds/How-To-Tell-the-differences-among-Cat5e-Cat6-Cat6a-… >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >>> I would like to donate a couple of "Patch Panel for Server Rack" >>> >>> i have them just sitting here. >>> >>> -jake >>> >> >>

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Re: [sudo-discuss] 2014.08.02 Server Room Update

by Jake

I would like to donate a couple of "Patch Panel for Server Rack" i have them just sitting here. -jake

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Riotcon? Who's interested

by Gregg Horton

Hey everyone, I just got back from HOPE last week and i have some renewed energy to bring back a hackmeet type event. There will be a name change, now known as RiotCon. The emphasis will be on art, society, hacking, and rupture. I'd love to host it at sudoroom, but i don't know if that viable yet. Looking at doing it early next year most likely. If you're interested in helping plan it, let me know. Hurray! Gregg Horton

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NOT OK TO SELL YOUR USED BIKES OR PERSONAL ANYTHING OUT OF OMNI

by David Keenan

Hey guys, We are not open that means you cannot sell your used bike to someone off CL here in a way that can hold us liable. A family just drove down from Concord trying to buy someone's bike of craigslist in which the seller did not leave their name, actual email, or phone number, just the address. The seller was nowhere to be found. Is this bike stolen? That would get us in deep doo-doo. We are *not open* and there is absolutely no way individuals can legally use the omni to sell personal things especially like that and list our address on craig's list as if we are selling it. The omni does not have a sellers permit, are not insured for that, nor anything of the sort and we can be held liable if it is stolen. Whomever set this up, please contact me. I am not upset - but it is truly imperative we all understand this. (Yea TIL sells things, but they are a business with a clear reason to do so and don't advertise stuff anonymously on craigs list.) Anyhow if anyone reading this knows who this is or anyone selling anything like that out of here please inform the list asap. If anyone has any questions please call or come talk to me *and take down that ad please.* I attach the email from the buyer I asked them to forward, a screenshot of the CL ad, and the url: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4601012296.html Best, David ---------- Forwarded message ---------- El Aug 3, 2014, a las 4:05 PM, "craigslist 4601012296" < xn5xw-4601012296(a)sale.craigslist.org> escribió: 4799 telegraph ave oakland 94609 On Sunday, August 3, 2014, @reply.craigslist.org <86cc4e37f2973e19bfa50720b2d8d4e0(a)reply.craigslist.org>> wrote: > Ok me puedes mandar la dirección para ir por ella gracias > > Enviado desde mi iPad > > El ago 3, 2014, a las 3:49 PM, "craigslist 4601012296" < > xn5xw-4601012296(a)sale.craigslist.org> escribió: > > Tengo > > On Sunday, August 3, 2014, @reply.craigslist.org> wrote: > >> >> hi I'm interested in the bike still has it? >> >> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4601012296.html >> >> >> Enviado desde mi iPad >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Original craigslist post: >> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4601012296.html >> About craigslist mail: >> http://craigslist.org/about/help/email-relay >> Please flag unwanted messages (spam, scam, other): >> http://craigslist.org/mf/31cae89e329e4ffdb4f5485f9ad55f382a5e4554.1 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > ------------------------------ > Original craigslist post: > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4601012296.html > About craigslist mail: > http://craigslist.org/about/help/email-relay > Please flag unwanted messages (spam, scam, other): > http://craigslist.org/mf/2aa1160e237c2864d20f445caec61d39079b378f.1 > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------ > Original craigslist post: > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4601012296.html > About craigslist mail: > http://craigslist.org/about/help/email-relay > Please flag unwanted messages (spam, scam, other): > http://craigslist.org/mf/2b2381e132cef1f151594e398fde8988ba67f2d7.1 > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ Original craigslist post: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/4601012296.html About craigslist mail: http://craigslist.org/about/help/email-relay Please flag unwanted messages (spam, scam, other): http://craigslist.org/mf/28b28db4b10e78e275c6498788a67c92ce95aa36.2 ------------------------------

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Re: [sudo-discuss] welder in sudo room

by Jake

Hi Hol, that's a really neat welder! If you want to tune it up and make it work better, you might want to replace the tube that the wire gets pushed through. When it develops friction, the drive wheel can't push the wire through reliably. Fortunately the tube can be replaced with bicycle brake cable! Just get some of the good stuff (teflon lined) from a bike shop, and razor off the rubber coating so it fits in place of the original hose. The welder will work better than new! As for the flux-core wire, it is very dangerous to use that indoors, because the flux is for preventing oxidation - and our lungs need to oxidize! So it should never be used indoors (and using it outdoors will require a shield so passersby don't see the arc) At some point we should talk about making a ventilated corner of sudoroom, where welding and other fume-producing tasks can take place. Hell, maybe the Robot will be welding by then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osErRS4m4S8#t=55 -jake Hol wrote: i brought in a small wirefeed welder. it uses fluxcore wire so doesn't require a shield gas, just turn it on, clamp the ground to your work, point and click. the wheel that drives the wire from the box through the cable to the gun doesn't have very good traction, so check there if the wire doesn't feed. the welder uses 17 amps so only use directly plugged into an outlet (!!!) bring steel! the antique saw actually works really well for cutting stock down to size

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Re: [sudo-discuss] robot repair

by Somebody

Thanks for documenting whats happening w the Robot, Jake. Its like a little movie script in my mind. :) Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >the errors are definitely caused by the missing extra motors, and when i >reconnect the extra motor controller, one of the errors stops! > >so if i reconnect both extra motor controllers... the arm should be ready >to move. > >On Sat, 2 Aug 2014, Marc Juul wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >> omg i think i figured out what's wrong >> >> it's not throwing errors for servos 1 and 2 of the robot, it's referring to the two motors that are not connected, they were part of the >> assembly line. We actually have the controllers for both, they were in that huge metal box I put on the curb (after taking them out) but we >> only have one of the motors and anyway... >> >> >> Oh what? But doesn't it only list axis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6? If 1 and 2 are the extra axes then shouldn't there be axis 7 and 8 as well? >> >> >> on page 28 of http://servo-repair.com/documents/yaskawa/CACR-SR.pdf >> (labeled page 23 in the document) it shows the pins of the connector for the errors we're getting. >> >> I think if i short the right pins on the connectors, the errors will go away and it will think the two missing servo controllers are happy, >> even though we don't actually want to hook them up to anything. >> >> unfortunately, reconfiguring the ERC controller to know that it doesn't have two extra motors would require changing the EPROM, and even if we >> had a ROM burner handy I wouldn't know what to change. >> >> Does anyone want to play with the robot arm? >> >> >> Uh. Yes. I have some work-work but maybe I can sneak away for a bit in a bit. >> >> -- >> marc/juul >> >> >> -jake >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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robot repair

by Jake

omg i think i figured out what's wrong it's not throwing errors for servos 1 and 2 of the robot, it's referring to the two motors that are not connected, they were part of the assembly line. We actually have the controllers for both, they were in that huge metal box I put on the curb (after taking them out) but we only have one of the motors and anyway... on page 28 of http://servo-repair.com/documents/yaskawa/CACR-SR.pdf (labeled page 23 in the document) it shows the pins of the connector for the errors we're getting. I think if i short the right pins on the connectors, the errors will go away and it will think the two missing servo controllers are happy, even though we don't actually want to hook them up to anything. unfortunately, reconfiguring the ERC controller to know that it doesn't have two extra motors would require changing the EPROM, and even if we had a ROM burner handy I wouldn't know what to change. Does anyone want to play with the robot arm? -jake

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robot encoder data format

by Jake

whoa... the encoders are serial? I guess there's a lot of stuff in there. the pinout is on page 26 but look on page 31: http://servo-repair.com/documents/yaskawa/CACR-SR.pdf apparently the encoders power on, and report their absolute position with a serial data packet, and then they switch over to quadrature to report movement pulses. Maybe this is why the pinout includes "battery" and there is supposed to be a battery to allow the encoders to "remember" where they were before? i guess if we fix the battery, and fix whatever loose wires are causing servos 1 and 2 to not pass tests, then it will probably work. ------ forwarded message ------- There are more Yaskawa documents here: http://servo-repair.com/documents.php The robot was made by Yaskawa which is now know as Motoman (subsidiary of Yaskawa). However, it seems like Yaskawa does not put any documentation about this on their website. I don't know who made the encoder but I think it might be Stegmann. On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > Hi Lenson, > > I got that robot I showed you a picture of, and we have it at our > hackerspace now: > > http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/giantrobot/ > http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/giantrobot2/ > > and last night we powered it on! But it gives a couple of errors. Basically > it says that the encoders on servos 1 and 2 (but not 3456) are out of wack.. > pulse generator errors and absolute position errors and stuff. > > Do you know where i can get information about the encoders we have? They > are model: > > UTMAH-B15AS > > and they look like this: > > http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/giantrobot/IMG_20140707_151629.jpg > > any help or advice or schematics / documents / info you can give me will be > greatly appreciated. > > take care and thank you > -jake

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SudoBarge!

by Gregg Horton

http://gizmodo.com/googles-scrapping-one-of-its-mystery-barges-1614447336 The one in portland just got scrapped, but there is still one in stockton. -- Gregg Horton 510-283-8734 gregghorton.com

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Fwd: [sfchalkboard] DEEP WEBSITE HELP

by Vicky Knox

Any takers? Here's the original post with contact info: https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/sfchalkboard/2014-08/msg00002.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 2014-08-01 12:56 GMT-07:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] DEEP WEBSITE HELP To: sfchalkboard <sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net> Hi Chalkeristas/istos-- HELP! I am an artist doing complicated social projects and I need a web presence that makes sense. For instance, I am starting an alternative credit rating bureau, starting with one experimental loan to one person. It feels important to have a good way to communicate about this. I am not sure where to start, what to ask or search for, or how to value it. I have a small amount of money from a grant to work with, and I'm happy to do a money thing or a trade thing, and I'd even just be happy to get some advice. Thanks a million! -- *+whatever it takes+* STRIKE DEBT BAY AREA http://strike-debt-bay-area.tumblr.com FEMINIST REPRODUCTION W/ 3-D PRINTER http://wemakemeteorsnotmoney.tumblr.com POETS' SECURITY FORCE www.poetsecurity.net

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russia's insane internet controls

by Praveen Sinha

I don't normally post a lot of stuff on international tech politics to hackerspace lists, but I think it's worth generating a conversation around this. My friends from Russia have been describing Putin's insane environment of fearmongering and national media control and censorship. This article talks effectively a national walled garden. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/01/russia_bans_dissident_bl… How do you fight this?

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Radical digital mapping workshop @LOL Hackerspace

by Vicky Knox

A totally badass and very knowledgeable and kind friend of mine is co-hosting this event. I'll be there...come with me! :] Here's some info: [[August 17th, 2pm @ LOL 1234 23rd Avenue]] "come kickit with some great folks at a hands-on radical digital mapping workshop! we'll be mapping data sets about (1) charter schools replacing public schools in oakland, (2) payouts & settlements from OPD police brutality, and (3) foreclosures in the bay. good practice to learn how to make an engaging digital map to illustrate whatever struggles you might be in."

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Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Zine [call for submissions]

by Vicky Knox

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!!! The AMP Zine deadline is August 18th by email or postmarked by August 15th! The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is making a zine! The zine is part of the Narratives of Displacement project and aims to share individual and community stories, thoughts and feelings surrounding the gentrification of San Francisco and the Bay Area and the resulting flood of evictions. Reflections on home, community and displacement are welcome. Be creative! Entries can be as small as one word or a tiny doodle, and up to 800 words. Potential submission formats include: poem, short story, essay, thought, doodle, sketch, painting, comic, print, stamp, quote, joke, collage, pretty much anything you can or cannot think of. The zine is open to anyone who has something to express related to these issues, but we would especially love to see contributions from folks who have been personally impacted in one way or another by gentrification and/or displacement. Please specify if you would like to remain anonymous. Otherwise we would love to credit you for your work in the zine. We will not edit submissions, but we do have a particular political and artistic vision for the zine that some pieces may not fit into. However, our goal is to be as open and accessible as possible, especially as a platform for typically marginalized voices and stories. Questions and submissions can be sent to ampzine(a)riseup.net and/or Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, 558 Capp Street, SF, CA, 94110. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Some background on AMP, from our website: The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is a data-visualization, data analysis, and digital storytelling collective documenting the dispossession of San Francisco Bay Area residents. The project seeks to de-isolate those displaced and act as a tool for collective resistance. We use maps and digital storytelling to make the often invisible processes of eviction, displacement and gentrification clearly seen. We have released multiple maps, including our: - Eviction Pledge Map, where you can look up an address to determine its eviction history, and pledge never to rent or buy from a landlord or speculator who has profited off of displacement. - Our Crowdsourced Map of Loss and Displacement, where you can share your story, photo, of video on a geolocation platform, and add to the map. - Time-lapse maps of Ellis Act Evictions and all No-Fault Evictions that have taken place since 1997. We have also mapped evictions of seniors and people with disabilities over the last three years, with information about the landlords and speculators who have displaced them. - Map of serial evictions. - Map of income inequality. - Map of no-fault evictions surrounding tech bus stops. - And more! Check it out: https://antievictionmap.squarespace.com/ <https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fantievictionmap.squarespace.…>

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Re: [sudo-discuss] WLL SOMEONE BE THERE TO OPEN DOOR

by Somebody

Hi Johanna, thanks for replying. I have not read the other emails from you regarding this topic, but I wanted to let you know that someone (forgot his name) volunteered to be there this AM. Thanj you again for checking in. Daniel johanna faust <female.faust(a)gmail.com> wrote: >for the requested Sudoer, St., who has volunteered to await the server rack? > >-- >*Be seeing you.* >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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since no 1 confirmed to let him in, S has not left; now cannot be at the omni at 8.

by johanna faust

please confirm if you can let him in and he said he would await the server rack.... -- *Be seeing you.*

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WLL SOMEONE BE THERE TO OPEN DOOR

by johanna faust

for the requested Sudoer, St., who has volunteered to await the server rack? -- *Be seeing you.*

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Re: [sudo-discuss] We Need some1 @Sudo Fri 8am-noon: STEVE CAN-DO IF....

by johanna faust

this is a repost, not sure if sent. also i realize that the door question may have been answered elsewhere, but i am just now getting caught up on my mail. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: johanna faust <female.faust(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 06:06:55 -0700 Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] We Need some1 @Sudo Fri 8am-noon to receive Server Rack. To: Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> St. just now said he would do it -- but added the important caveat: he has to be able to get in. He says the last times he's tried his card of late, it did not work, and asks if the reader was now functioning. for my part, unfortunately i in fact can *not* do it. & may i add that if someone has to drive to do the door unlock thing, perhaps that person can also swing by and give Mr. St. a ride? that would be great, though not strictly necessary..... On 8/1/14, johanna faust <female.faust(a)gmail.com> wrote: > i will as last resort -- also if partial - am asking my honey -- call > me around 6:30 > > if you absolutely have to > > thank you for understanding the definition of 'last' and 'resort' > respectively... > > all hail the new digs! > > ffaust > > On 7/31/14, Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> Please reply if you can be there. >> >> Thx! >> >> Daniel >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> > > > -- > *Be seeing you.* >

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We Need some1 @Sudo Fri 8am-noon to receive Server Rack.

by Somebody

Please reply if you can be there. Thx! Daniel

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [omnilogistics] Front door stuck in unlocked position

by Matthew Senate

Ping to sudo && the jake On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Otis Pig <otispig(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey, the automated door seems to be stuck in the unlocked position, which > means that anyone can open the door by pushing it. > > Is anyone who knows how that thing works going to be at Omni today? seems > like it should be looked at by tonight at least. >

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Re: [sudo-discuss] [Mesh] 2014.07.30 Server Room Update!

by yar

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Somebody <somebody(a)riseup.net> wrote: > We have installed some switches on one of the three donated racks. > > Yes! We have a surplus of two switch racks. > Please feel free to provide ideas on what should we do with them, so far we > have the following ideas: > a) Jeremy suggested that we should sell them, we can use the cash. > b) I suggest that we keep one so we can install the spare switches and > provide a managed switch resset/configuration workshop. And for the second > one, I suggest, we offer it as a donation to other hacker space as a symbol > of solidarity and sisterhood. Just to be clear - were these racks donated to Sudoroom or Sudo Mesh? If the latter, I'm ok with whatever that group decides. If the former, I would advocate for keeping them all. I think rather than selling the rack, we could potentially make more money renting space for colo servers to people in our community. Definitely more a long-term than short-term goal, but I don't think we should start selling off awesome infrastructure when we're just getting started in our huge new space! If we were to share with a sister hackerspace, is there one in particular that wants it?

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Noisebridge Field Trip

by Torrie Fischer

Hi, sudoers :) Jenny told me last night that a bunch of folks are looking to get a noisebridge field trip going to come out and help us with the reboot. This Saturday starting at around 11am we're going to accomplish: * More floor refinishing work * Installing a bunch of bridle rings overhead * Running a bunch of Cat5 through those rings * Installing ethernet jacks throughout the space * Painting * Cleaning * Drywalling If you're an artist who wants to give a few walls and doors some artistic love, we're also looking for new artwork all over the space! For questions, feel free to e-mail me privately, nb-discuss, or this thread on sudo-discuss.

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robot progress

by Jake

the robot has been switched on. However, it won't move yet. It is having problems with a couple of encoders which may be just loose wire connections. it's turned off now, and the circuit breaker that powers it is well out of its reach, so there's no way it can go rogue and turn itself on. If you want to help fix and play with the robot, write me an email! -jake

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2014.07.30 Server Room Update!

by Somebody

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 2014.07.30 Server Room Update!: Switch Rack(s): ========= We have installed some switches on one of the three donated racks. Yes! We have a surplus of two switch racks. Please feel free to provide ideas on what should we do with them, so far we have the following ideas: a) Jeremy suggested that we should sell them, we can use the cash. b) I suggest that we keep one so we can install the spare switches and provide a managed switch resset/configuration workshop. And for the second one, I suggest, we offer it as a donation to other hacker space as a symbol of solidarity and sisterhood. Chris, who is the one that donated those two switch racks, said that he is cool with whatever we decide. Rack Switch: ======== It is on the way, and it is expected to arrive Thursday or Friday. The shipping company said today that will call me to arrange delivery time, so we need someone to be here (Sudo) to receive it. - -Marc said he could receive it, but only after 5pm, is anyone else available at earlier time? If so, please let me know so I can provide you w the info that you may need. Still Needed Items for a Server Room and Backbone Network CAT6A Ready: =============================================== * 1 Patch Panel for Switch Rack (2RU) * 1 Patch Panel for Server Rack (1RU) * 24 Category 6A Jack Modules * 50 RJ45 Connectors * Network CAT6A Bulk Cable * Network CAT6A Patch Cable *Patch Panel for Switch Rack (2RU):* * o Quantity: 1 o Item: Panduit MIni-Com Modular Patch Panels with Faceplates o Manufacturer: Panduit o Part #: CPPL48M6BLY o Item Details: Details Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/SpecificationSheets/D-OTSP29--WW-ENG-MiniComM…> Installation Instructions Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/InstallInstructions/PN207C.pdf> o Price: $62.12 <http://www.amazon.com/Panduit-CPPL48M6BLY-48-Port-Patch-Panel/dp/B008EKS86Q> *Patch Panel for Server Rack (1RU):* * o Quantity: 1 o Item: Panduit Mini-Com Modular Patch Panels with Faceplates o Manufacturer: Panduit o Part #: CPPL24M6BLY o Item Details: Details Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/SpecificationSheets/D-OTSP29--WW-ENG-MiniComM…> Installation Instructions Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/InstallInstructions/PN207C.pdf> o Price: $39.45 <http://www.amazon.com/Panduit-CPPL24M6BLY-24-Port-Patch-Panel/dp/B0083R9PHG> *Category 6A Jack Modules:* * o Quantity: 1 (Package of 24) o Item: Category 6A, RJ45, 10 Gb/s, 8-position, 8-wire universal Bulk Packaged o Manufacturer: Panduit.com o Part Number: CJ6X88TGAW-24 o Item details: Details Here <http://www.panduit.com/wcs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Panduit_Global%2F…> Installation Instructions Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/InstallInstructions/N-COPN-511--REVD--ENG.pdf> o Price: $ *RJ45 Connectors:* * o Quantity: 20 o Item: 8-position, 8-wire modular plug, for use with 28 AWG, Category 6, UTP copper cable. o Manufacturer: Panduit.com o Part Number: SP628-C o Item details: Details Here <http://www.panduit.com/wcs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Panduit_Global%2F…> Installation Instructions Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/InstallInstructions/N-COPN-554--RevB--ENG.pdf> o Price: $ * Network CAT6A UTP Bulk Cable:* * o Quantity: 1000 Feet o Item: Category 6A UTP Copper Cable o Manufacturer: Panduit o Part Number: CMP o Item details: Details Here <http://www.panduit.com/heiler/SpecificationSheets/D-COSP199--WW-ENG-Cat6AUT…> o Price: $325 <http://www.bestpricecables.com/blue-1000ft-cat-6-plenum-550mhz-premise-hori…> *Network CAT6A UTP Patch Cable:* * o Quantity: 24 o Item: Category 6A UTP Copper Cable o Manufacturer: Panduit.com o Part Number: o Item details: 4'-6' Length o Price: Please let me know if you know of anyone that would like to donate any of the items above. Many thanks! Daniel - -- ?Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.? ~Tibetan Quote -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJT2d7bAAoJEK2jBhiHY3O6W+UH/iGEnXNZX2obSob3paszWfqR 9snV6HjjOu1WrTsFZeuZhDAphhZutlNeNC6GJ/K1L0ZuSlHdwnaeaYvpbjbfvnG1 0fpHnyIkajtWdON37jWToWjFrAw7v5Lx08AVLXfRSuWPaph36OQIfuLQweDkwMYy JVLQUkSWlfwHAeZeUFmbjVZceZIEvy1z2RqV1sZ7SnouORy1E0PZXQ5lu+u6Yg1M mmnHbVg0RmRmk8rpp4urj21joKz4rJWibTYCPUvdMVUex39Io0u0hprQSdaCRoIt jRZLU3A3bwHXvtNr+lHcQXWS6SP/FgARkUuu6OeklENO72SDOXznRzQWQArjZnI= =u8yE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Meeting Notes 7/29

by Jenny Ryan

tl,dr announcements/discussions/decisions from tonight's meeting: * Please check your Gittip accounts as we've seen a sharp decline in the past week! Gittip doesn't notify users when their cards are declined. * Omni Kiosk will be put by the front door of the Omni tonight. Check in to help out with building management tasks so we can better distribute work among all interested participants! There's also a simple system set up for reserving common space areas for meetings and the like. * 'Newbie Night' every Friday evening with an oscillating array of facilitators to help welcome and onboard potential new members. Jenny can host this week - who would like to host next week? Marc sez yes. jake says friday is thought to be for partying, not ideal for newbie night ** Perhaps Mondays? Thoughts? * PROPOSAL: Proposal to ban non-member scott cohen for reasons of safety. ** 10 unanimous ayes, proposal passes * PROPOSAL: "If the Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco bans a person from their space for reasons of safety, that person is immediately & automatically banned from Sudoroom." ** Consenso: 9 ayes, 1 abstention * PROPOSAL: Add question for new members: "Have you ever been banned from a hackerspace?". ** Consenso: 9 ayes, no blocks or abstentions * Request of sudoers to read the in-process Omni Safer Space Policy: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Safe_Space_Policy ** To get involved, join the next Challenging Dominant Culture meeting, Saturday at 11am at Arbor Cafe * Permitting meeting on Friday afternoon anytime after 1! Come help! * Shop work party Saturday with Brendan! Full notes recorded for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-07-30 Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

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Re: [sudo-discuss] wiki.omni-oakland.org down?

by yar

On Jul 30, 2014 6:27 PM, "Patrik D'haeseleer" <patrikd(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> "Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties." I started apache & mysql. Neither daemon was running...

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wiki.omni-oakland.org down?

by Patrik D'haeseleer

"Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties." Any chance someone could take a look at this? We were hoping to discuss and vote on the Omni safe space and conflict resolution policies at the CCL board meeting, this evening at 7. Thanks! Patrik

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Bud and Miller Are Trying to Hijack Craft Beer—and It’s Totally Backfiring | Mother Jones

by Romy＠snowyla.com

http://m.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/07/craft-beer-revival Bud and Miller Are Trying to Hijack Craft Beer—and It’s Totally Backfiring Thomas Hawk/Flickr InBev and MillerCoors loom over the US beer landscape like…well, like one of those monstrous inflatable Bud Light bottles that spring up at certain football tailgate parties and outdoor concerts. Together, the two global giants own nearly 80 percent of the US beer market. InBev alone, corporate owner of Budweiser, spends a staggering $449 million on US advertising. But also like those vast blow-up beer bottles, their presence is not-so-faintly ridiculous and always teetering. The industry's signature light beers are suffering a "slow, watery death," BusinessWeek recently reported, their sales declining steadily. Meanwhile, independent breweries cranking out distinctive product—known as craft breweries—are undergoing an accelerating renaissance. "Sales of craft beers grew 16 percent in volume over the past year versus a 1.7 percent decline for the biggest U.S. beer brands," Bloomberg reported in January. And new craft breweries are budding like hop flowers in spring. Here are the latest numbers, just out from the Brewer's Association. Note that that the number of US craft brewers has nearly doubled since 2010, and grew 20 percent in the past year alone. Chart: The Brewers Association Now, here's an historical look at the situation, a chart that I also included the last time I looked at the craft-beer revival, back in 2011. Note that the number of breweries plunged with the coming of Prohibition, surged with the onset of legalization in the 1930s, and then began a long, slow decline as the beer industry consolidated into the hands of giants like Budweiser, Coors, and Miller. By the end of the 1970s, the entire US beer market was being satisfied, if that's thw word, by fewer than 100 large brewing facilities. And then, starting in the early '80s—with the gradual demise of Prohibition-era restrictions like the one that kept breweries from selling beer directly to the public, as well as people's growing distaste for watered-down swill—the craft-brew revival, the one reaching full flower today, emerged. Chart: Biodesic For its part, Big Beer has responded to the declining popularity of its goods in two ways. The first is relentless cost cutting. When Belgian mega-brewer InBev bought US corporate beer giant Bud in 2008, it very quickly slashed 1,400 jobs, about 6 percent of its US workforce. And the laser-like focus on slashing costs has continued, as this aptly titled 2012 BusineseWeek piece "The Plot to Destroy America's Beer" shows. The second is to roll out phony craft beers—brands like ShockTop and Blue Moon—and buy up legit craft brewers like Chicago's Goose Island, which inBev did in 2011. Other ersatz "craft" beers include Leinenkugel, Killian's, Batch 19, and Third Shift. The strategy has been successful, to a point. Bloomberg reports that InBev has seen its Goose Island and Shock Top sales surge. But there's a catch: These stealth Big Beer brands aren't "putting the microbrewers who started the movement out of business," Bloomberg reports. Rather, "the new labels are taking sales from already-troubled mass-market brands owned by the industry giants peddling these crafty brews." In other words, consumers aren't dropping Sierra Nevada or Dogfish Head and reaching for the Shocktop. Rather, ShockTop sales are being propped up by refugees from Bud Light and the like. Meanwhile, the beer world is buzzing about what would be the granddaddy of all mergers: rumors are swirling that InBev is preparing a bid to takeover SABMiller, a move that would give the combined company 30 percent of the globe's beer market. The motivation, reports the St. Louis Post Dispatch: "A-B InBev could reap $2 billion in cost-savings through an acquisition of their largest rival, through global procurement and shared services, and eliminating job redundancies." While Big Beer attempts to solve its problems with crafty marketing and yet more giantism, US craft brewers are trying out innovative business models. Big-name craft brewers Full Sail (Oregon), New Belgium (Colorado), and Harpoon (Boston) are all fully employee-owned. Here in Austin, Black Star Brewery and Pub is cooperatively owned by 3,000 community members and managed by a "workers assembly" as a "democratic self-managed workplace." It may sound like it should be a cluster, but the place is always packed, the service is brisk, the food is good, and the beer is excellent. And the employees proudly refuse tips, citing their living wage as the reason. Meanwhile, a forthcoming worker-owned project, 4thTap Brewing Co-op, is creating excitement among Austin beer nerds with its promise to "bring radical brewing to the forefront of the Texas craft beer scene." For me, all of this ferment underlines an important point about the US food scene: It may be dominated by a few massive, heavily marketed companies at the top, but that doesn't stop viable alternatives from bubbling from below. Sent from my iPhone

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Lost wax casting [was Re: robot arm]

by Patrik D'haeseleer

On the topic of lost wax casting... If someone knows a jeweler who has the equipment to 3D print in wax and then cast in metal, let me know! This is the process Shapeways uses for their precious metal 3D prints, but they charge an arm and a leg for them. I would love to be able to produce 3D printed jewelry at the same rates as these guys have figured out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fireandbone/fire-and-bone-tiny-digital… Also - you can totally do lost "wax" casting using 3D printed PLA instead of wax! Lost PLA Casting from 3D Prints <http://3dtopo.com/lostPLA/> Or you can even use low-melt alloys to cast directly into 3D printed ABS molds: Metal Casting with Your 3D Printer <http://makezine.com/projects/guide-to-3d-printing-2014/metal-casting-with-y…> Patrik PS: The "Field's metal" mentioned in the last link is a non-toxic alloy that melts at 144°F, and is named after its inventor, local South Bay mad scientist Simon Quellen Field. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:29 PM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > or we could do it ourselves :) > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost-wax_casting > > > > > On 2014-07-29 15:06, Vicky Knox wrote: > > Wax into bronze?!?!?!!?!?!?! :D I love chose your own adventure email > threads. I just clicked on the "..." on the sentence: "Also the people who > sold us the robot can turn wax into bronze..." > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing listsudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.orghttps://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >

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What We Are Fighting For: A Radical Collective Manifesto

by Julio Rios

Anyone checked out this book? Recommend it? http://www.akpress.org/whatwearefightingfor.html Also, let me know if anyone feels this is inappropriate for this list.

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New members during transition

by Paige Peterson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hey all- I visited the old location a few times about a year ago and have been out of the picture ever since for a plethora of reasons. Having just moved to the East bay (Richmond), I'm interested in picking up involvement with the Sudo community again but on a more committed basis (becoming a member, helping with projects when I can, being in the space in general, etc). That said, I know you all are still in a transition phase and Omni isn't officially open, yet. Reading notes from last week's Sudo meeting, it seems like a lot of processes are still being smoothed out and membership is being re-thought. If this is a bad time to try and get my feet back in the door, I have no problem waiting but I'm also available to help, too! I know new folks have always been encouraged to stop by - just wondering if that still holds in this transition period. Hope to reconnect soon! Cheers- Paige Peterson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJT1/D1AAoJEBfwQOvcZQ/pBIEH/0fhYACec6he6fhtLjDPSPWl nd4ulCjelljSfJcgl9An8tvXxBOtO498N32Ca4bfVeEL2+M2xrYKk+9u+cE9IscR ahLIX6k7F/KRXFVGt7VPEt5FGOjwT4MLKL+oR81nqMNtA8UM0B3w0zxQh9iuKFUF n7okKQ9ju8TiUaPyEAkuK61X0TVjNGdmNM07C6p2aqHGhVXAE0K+MMrenawRwsRW FtSlPOaOhW83cJIeps6D/AusKak4fXVyPCMhAYMdKwhHMKGB3RQUJ6+YHQ5k/arO wCsggT2qyJ8FqjpojMLV4DhfKJzNny47O2ulsom/PaGFpzj6KBDooH3gYA4fHwc= =Rhe6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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need better door policy

by Jake

Last night someone came to the omni and rang the doorbell. Someone inside Omni answered the door for this person, let them in, and then asked them questions like "which group are you with" and "who do you know here" and I guess the interaction didn't go ideally well. At this point I became aware of the interaction and went over, introduced myself to both people, and was reminded by the new person that we had met before at old sudoroom. I said that the problem was solved and asked each person if they needed anything else before going about their business, and they didn't. The person who opened the door apologized to the person who had been let in, and they went their seperate ways. The person who was let in may have felt that they were being questioned partially because of their race and that of the person who opened the door. They may have been right. Only a scientific study could tell us whether people are more likely to question someone of a different race in situations of power and responsibility like letting someone "in". Rather than continue such experiments, formally or informally, i suggest we accelerate toward a flat system for situations where a person rings the doorbell and the person who answers doesn't know them already. We can be very specific about the instructions and attach them to a laminated card tied near the door, so that the person being questioned knows that their treatment is 100% standard regardless of their race or appearance. The card should say something like this: If you answer the door and you don't know the person, ask them their name or nickname and which group's list they are on. You can check by typing their name / nickname into the computer near the front door, and it will tell you if they are on a list or not. (it may provide a picture or description depending on that persons' preference) If they are not on a groups' list, ask them if they are looking for someone who is present at the Omni right now. If they say yes, offer to help them find that person. (If you don't have time for this, don't answer the door) If they are not on a groups' list, and you can't find (with their help) the person whom they are looking for, you need to decide whether to host them as your guest or not. If a group you represent values community involvement, treat this as an opportunity to introduce a new person to your group by hosting them in the space while you're there. Offer them a tour of your groups' space, and tell them about the weekly meetings and how to get more involved, and how to become a member with door access (and getting their name on the list). Don't turn people away unnecessarily. If it seems appropriate, ask if they have a specific task they are trying to accomplish, such as retreiving or dropping off an item. If they want to take something, you will have to use your judgement as to whether it's OK to do so without consulting someone specific about it. Perhaps they can help you contact someone you trust over the telephone, or perhaps you believe them because their story sounds good. Just do what you think is best, and keep the person's feelings in mind when proposing an alternative, such as trying again another time. Keep in mind that when opening the door to someone without a key of their own, you are in a position of power over them. With this power comes great responsibility, and you are representing your group and the Omni collective in general to whoever is at the door. Your actions have the power to do great damage to years of community outreach, or to welcome wonderful new people who will bring more great people along with them. And remember that whatever responsibility you feel about protecting our spaces from theft of some replaceable piece of equipment is not nearly as important as your responsibility to treat each person with great respect and care as you represent your community at the Omni. Thank you, the door

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Gittip spinoff seeks advice on democratic governance & bylaws for web applications

by Rabbit

Hey all! Recently there was a controversy at Gittip which resulted in a project to fork or rebuilding it with better governance structures and more focus on the needs and safety of marginalized users. They are figuring out how to run a web application in a cooperative democratic way that focuses on the needs of the users, as opposed to a TaskRabbit like model where a central corporation controls or extracts value from their users and makes unilateral decisions. They're working on bylaws and legal structures for this, and would appreciate advice or connections to people with advice. Talk to them in IRC at #atunit, particularly @adrienneleigh, or send me resources to pass along. This is an exciting frontier for the cooperative movement. What if TaskRabbit was owned by the rabbits? Websites have very concentrated power structures compared to the number of users; what are effective ways to get input from so many people who might not all be very invested in the project? What other models can we draw from -- credit unions? What lessons can be learned from Wikipedia? Etc. This especially matters for this particular use case, recurring donations, because some people will be making their living off of proceeds from the site and it's important that their voice is heard. Sudoroom may be one of the largest users of this site when it launches, like we are now with Gittip. -Rabbit

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Tech Boom Spurs Changes in West Oakland | KQED News Fix

by yar

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: > whoever runs this list is free to ban me. I am not going to leave because you're too insecure in your position to be nuanced or thoughtful. I could ban you right now, but if I do, I want it to be VERY clear that it's not targeting a person or even a person's politics, but an ongoing pattern of racist behavior. I would much rather you REALIZE ON YOUR OWN that this is not the community for you. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: > that is what the whole gentrification convo is about! white > people writing about how bad gentrification is for black people! This is a white supremist perspective that, among other things, erases the many people of color who write about gentrification. > whatever you guys - i'm at work. the list can ban me, you can talk shit as > much as you want, if you have nothing better to do all day. trolling 101

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robot arm

by Jake

so, sudoroom has a robot arm now. It took a lot of people and creativity to get it in! I have started sorting out the control box and I am removing the "spare" box that housed motor controllers for the assembly line, which are seperate from the robot itself. The robot's last job was building parts for bridges! The robot and its control box (and the 48 foot long cables that connect them!) are dirty! If you want a good start with this thing, consider grabbing a towel and some soapy water and cleaning it off. Nobody likes a dirty dog that marks you when you play with it. At present, the robot arm itself is in the CENTER of sudoroom. I know this is not necessarily a good place for it once it's working, but since the pile of doors is still where it is (because we still don't have a shop-vac to clean out the place where the doors are going?) and I didn't want to put it by the wall (because then the cords wouldn't reach) and I have to return the pallet jack today (the only way to move it) it will have to stay there until we decide on wednesday where to put it. And then we will need to borrow a pallet jack from somewhere... I propose that we keep it in the middle of the room until we get it to work at all, because until then (and i don't know how long it will be) it is totally immobile and thus not dangerous. But we will have to talk about it at the meeting, of course. But my personal opinion is that we should keep it in the middle where it is, after tuning its control systems to make it impossible for it to move rapidly enough to hurt anyone. But I realize some people will object to that suggestion and I respect that. If you are interested in doing things with the robot arm, such as learning how it works and how to operate it, let's talk about it. Also, we can start thinking about what to use it for! I think we should find a material (such as wax) that we can allow it to extrude like a 3d printer (but with a large bead) so that we can practice making big things. Also the people who sold us the robot can turn wax into bronze... -jake

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Tech Boom Spurs Changes in West Oakland | KQED News Fix

by yar

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Also, no mention of the black retirees and heirs thrilled about their new wealth. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Please take your racist behavior and messages to some other space. It's not welcome at sudoroom. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> be more specific - do you think there are zero black homeowners in west oakland? >> that is a fact you can look up. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not getting into it Sonja. Please leave and unsubscribe. Please feel free to reply and back me up if you feel similarly. Agreed. Thank you Praveen for saying something. I think it's disgusting to hear a white person use other peoples' experience of racism as a rhetorical pawn in her petty off-topic arguments about housing policy. I do not want that to be the tone we set for Sudoroom.

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Tech Boom Spurs Changes in West Oakland | KQED News Fix

by Romy＠snowyla.com

http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2014/07/15/tech-boom-west-oakland Tech Boom Spurs Changes in West Oakland A new condo complex several blocks from the West Oakland BART station. (Sam Harnett/KQED) Once, you may have gone to West Oakland to hear James Brown or Aretha Franklin play the clubs on Seventh Street. The street was the center of a neighborhood rich in African-American history. NBA legend Bill Russell lived in West Oakland, and the Black Panthers had an office on Peralta Street. But the clubs closed decades ago and Bill Russell is long gone. In their wake, a new wave of residents are sweeping into the neighborhood — many of them white, and many of them coming from San Francisco because of the tech boom. According to the 2010 census, Oakland has more white inhabitants than black residents for the first time since the 1970s. Neighborhoods have been changing for decades, but the expanding tech industry is speeding up the process. Meanwhile, sky-high rents are pushing people out of San Francisco, with many ending up in West Oakland, the first BART stop on the east side of the bay. Over the last few decades, West Oakland has seen an increase of abandoned factories and shuttered businesses. Danita Robinson, a member of the Center Street Baptist Church on Tenth Street, says for a long time nobody would invest in West Oakland. But she says there is now more development in the neighborhood. The now-defunct Esther’s Orbit Room on Seventh Street in West Oakland. The unassuming club played host to many greats of jazz, blues and R&B, including Etta James, Al Green, B.B. King and Tina Turner. (Photo: RadioNicole/Flickr) For instance, developers recently built a high-end condo complex in West Oakland called Zephyr Gate. It’s a couple of blocks long and within walking distance from the West Oakland BART stop. “That was so abandoned for such a long time,” Robinson says. “Now it is all nice over there and Mr. Google and Mr. Doctor are living there.” Referring to to an old nickname for one section of the neighborhood, she asks, “What could we have put back there outside of these condos that would have been beneficial to the West Oakland area, especially what we call the lower bottoms down here?” Kenna Stormwell-Gougis lives in a Victorian across from the Center Street Baptist Church. She bought the house a decade ago. “I was the only white person on this block 10 years ago,” she says, “and now, I would say the block is 40 percent white.” She says lots of new people are riding by on bikes and popping in and out of old Victorian houses. Danita Robinson doesn’t think of the newcomers as West Oaklanders. “I call them San Franciscans,” she says. “Why else would you be moving to this area and not another area of Oakland? Because it’s three blocks from the BART station.” Dawn Phillips is the program co-director at Causa Justa::Just Cause. His organization published a report that shows some market-rate rents in West Oakland to be higher than in Rockridge and the Oakland Hills — two of the most affluent areas in the city. “When we looked at that data it blew us away,” Phillips says. “We did not know that.” Rent is rising throughout Oakland. The real estate company Trulia says rents increased 10.8 percent in May from the year before. That is the third highest rent hike in the country behind San Diego and San Francisco. The median price for a two-bedroom is now $2,450 a month. “This is a regional pressure that is being created,” Phillips says. “It is rippling out from San Francisco.” Soon he says, it will hit neighborhoods farther out in the Bay Area. In gathering data for their report, Causa Justa::Just Cause found an increase in the eviction and displacement of Africans-Americans from Oakland. Phillips says the current demographic change is just the final stage after decades of disinvestment in the area: “We understand gentrification to be pretty long-term, long-evolving historic process that is actually very systematic in nature.” 10th and Wood, a new sandwich shop near the Zephyr Gate condo complex. (Photo: Sam Harnett/KQED) Ron Lindsey can tell you first-hand how the long-term process played out in West Oakland, where he grew up. His father and uncle worked at the Navy shipyard. He saw that get shut down and the factory jobs shipped overseas. Then the businesses on Seventh Street started closing. He can still point out where they all were — a clothing store, a shoe shine parlor, barber shops, candy shops and night clubs. “All of these were black businesses,” Lindsey says. After companies outsourced the neighborhood’s factory jobs, the tax base eroded and social services were cut. Unemployment and violence spiked. Lindsey watched as highways and train lines carved up the neighborhood. The elevated BART rails got built right over Seventh Street. Now where there was once music, there is the screech of trains, drowning out everything below. People left. Eventually, so did Lindsey. Phillips says gentrification is this whole progression, from job loss to neighborhood decay to redevelopment. Danita Robinson says even though things are changing, there is no way for her to move up. “I don’t want to be low-rent,” Robinson says. “I don’t want to be low-income. I would like to move up. I can’t afford that condo. It looks nice. I want to be in that condo. But you killed all my jobs, so how am I gonna get in that condo?” Robinson cleans houses for a living, and her husband works two jobs. The couple is expecting a baby, so she hopes they can find better employment soon. Note: The caption for the top photo in this post has been updated. The original caption identified the condo displayed as part of Zephyr Gate, which KQED has not been able to confirm. Explore: Oakland, Priced Out, West Oakland Category: Housing Sent from my iPhone

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http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Sudo_Room, needs correction; showing old address.

by Somebody

Hello! FYI: The OO wiki sudoroom page: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Sudo_Room needs correction; wrong address. Thanks! -- “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.” ~Tibetan Quote

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Could use a sudo-er to hack me a hack

by Eddie Che

Hi there! Does someone who knows 3D-printing want to do a little project? I'm looking to add a few more blades to this, so that it spins quickly and becomes a super efficient wind turbine! For anyone who remembers last year when I was there, this Would be the perfect complement to the home-made alternator I made then. This picture should diagram it well, let me know if you can help put together something, sweet. -- Ed Che.

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moving gig help

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hi, if there is anyone who hasn't had enough of moving already, my friend isaac (whom you may have met during the move) was looking for one or two folks to help with a moving gig we're doing on august 26 or 27 or (less likely) august 28, lasting for several hours, paying $20 an hour. please contact me at nsw [preposition] sonic [punctuation] net. thanks. steve

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Re: [sudo-discuss] sudoroom.com

by yar

Apologies all, On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Available Domain <augustus.olevera(a)mindfulbiz.com> wrote: > sudoroom.com is coming available very soon. You can now take advantage of > securing this domain name for your business. This will not only help with > your notoriety, it will help you to further grow your business. I purposely let this spam through just to openly demonstrate the intentional predatory behavior of these domain squatters. But now I regret giving them a signal boost at all. Fuck these assholes. Please, nobody pay them anything ever.

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sudoroom.com

by Available Domain

Domain Availability Alert: sudoroom.com is coming available very soon. You can now take advantage of securing this domain name for your business. This will not only help with your notoriety, it will help you to further grow your business. Take action now: http://mindfulbiz.com/45160618weyalu-NGb Surround yourself with all the variations of your name. This will ensure you from losing out on potential new customers. Sincerely, The Domain Team 540 Heights Blvd Houston, TX 77007 If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, please follow this link http://mindfulbiz.com/u/45160618weyalu-NGb to UN-subscribe. 'Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor.) ' - Alan Sokal

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Fwd: This Tuesday! East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2014 Town Hall & Kick-Off @The Crucible

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Anyone planning to go to this? I've helped staff a booth at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire for the past three years, and it's a blast. Very different vibe from the giant San Mateo MF - much more family and local oriented. Plus, the site at which they've been holding the EBMMF is literally walking distance from the Omni! (Park Day School and Studio One Art Center, between 42nd and 45th near Broadway) If we're involved in the planning, we might be able to wing having a whole Omni pavillion to ourselves, with booths from all the member groups. Either way, I'm volunteering to help run a booth for CCL. Patrik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: East Bay Mini Maker Faire <info(a)ebmakerfaire.com> Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:26 PM Subject: This Tuesday! East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2014 Town Hall & Kick-Off @The Crucible To: Patrik <patrikd(a)gmail.com> East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2014 Call for Makers is OPEN NOW! <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…> Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser <http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81f9a8&id=91cffa5fa6…>. [image: East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2012] <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d8…> East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2014 Kick-Off at The Crucible The 5th annual East Bay Mini Maker Faire is gearing up for Sunday, October 19th, and to celebrate we're having a Kick-off Meetup and Town Hall <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…> at the East Bay's industrial arts learning and making nexus, T <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…>he Crucible <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d8…>. - *THIS COMING TUESDAY, July 29th, 2014* - Tour of The Crucible starts @6:30; Town Hall begins @7 - The Crucible, 1260 7th Street, Oakland, CA 94607 We'll be talking about "Maker City" initiatives in the East Bay, sharing food and beer (thank you Linden Street! <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d8…>), working up ideas for our fab fifth Faire, and meeting each other. Remember: arrive pronto @6:30 to get a tour of The Crucible <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…>'s incredible facilities. If you've never really checked the Crucible out, you will be ASTONISHED at this incredible East Bay treasure. Come on out and help spread the word about this year's Call for Makers (open now!) <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…>. *Let us know you are coming! Please RSVP one of two ways:* Facebook <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…> (and please share it with your maker community!) OR Eventbrite <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…>. *Regarding getting to The Crucible: note it's best to park in one of the nearby pay lots or the BART lot. Or park on 7th (not Union or nearby housing complex lots). Better yet, take BART or bike! * If you have questions or ideas, please get in touch at info(a)ebmakerfaire.com. Hope to see you there! *—The East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2014 team* Like us on Facebook <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d8…> Follow on Twitter <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d8…> Forward to a Friend <http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81f9a8&id=91c…> <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…> *get it in your calendar now:* East Bay Mini Maker Faire 2014 Sunday, October 19th, 2014 *10 am—5 pm* Park Day School campus + Studio One Arts Center in the Temescal district of Oakland, CA www.ebmakerfaire.com www.studiooneartcenter.net/ <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d8…> *East Bay Mini Maker Faire is independently organized and operated under license from O’Reilly Media, Inc. <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…>* unsubscribe from this list <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81…> | update subscription preferences <http://ebmakerfaire.us2.list-manage.com/profile?u=41b5f7bd2242e26ef4d81f9a8…>

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Can Mary take the empty boxes located in the basement?

by Somebody

Hello, Mary just asked if she can take the empty boxes located in the basement. I mentioned to her that I would find out, because I didn't know. I will be leaving Sudo soon, someone please feel free to tell her or John. And please let me know, so I know she has gotten the answer. Many Thanks! Daniel -- “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.” ~Tibetan Quote

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Re: [sudo-discuss] Arduino For Total Newbies workshop

by Somebody

Awesome! Mitch Altman <maltman23(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >I'm giving my very popular *Arduino For Total Newbies* workshop at Noisebridge! > > > >Saturday, 9-August, 1:00pm to 4:30pm > > > >You've probably heard lots about Arduino. But if you don't know what it is, or how you can use it to do all sorts of cool things, then this fun and easy workshop is for you. As an example project, we'll be creating a TV-B-Gone remote control out of an Arduino you can take home with you. > > >All ages, all welcome! > > > >For more info, and to register: > >http://tiny.cc/ArduinoNoisebridge > > > >Mitch. > > >_______________________________________________ >sudo-discuss mailing list >sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

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