Does sudo room have a photocopy machine or risograph? Or just access to one
at Omni Commons? Or does anyone have access to one that can make copies for
free? Just wanted to print some flyers for the WNB night and spread around
in the neighborhood.
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julianaferreira(a)gmail.com
Hey, that's my first email to the group👋 I sent the same msg below to `
info(a)sudoroom.org` and got some answers from Jake and Andrew, who told me
to post here. So here it goes:
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Hey, this is Juliana, a bit about myself, I'm originally from Brazil, have
been living in Oakland for 10 yrs, and in the last 3 ones I got more
involved in the tech world. In 2019 I joined a software eng bootcamp and
since 2020 I've been working as a software engineer. I never imagined I was
going to work in tech one day, much less be a software engineer. Having a
non-tech background and being a person from several underrepresented groups
in tech make it hard to imagine that's even a possibility.
Anyways, it's because of that that I've been trying to volunteer more and
more to help the community to conquer what I got, and that's where Sudo
Rooms gets in. I've heard about Sudo Room maybe 3 years ago but never had
the opportunity to be part of an event (cause pandemic..). I would love to
help organize some kind of event with women/nb only and have a "coding
night", where we can help each other in coding projects or even help ppl to
learn how to code. I see you folks have a JS night, so it would prob be
something similar.
I emphasize the women/nb only because this is a real barrier in tech, I
studied in a women/nb only bootcamp and that totally made a difference.
Even when men are allies and empathize with beginners, It's all about
seeing that other non-men can do that and feel empowered by that.
About my skills, I'm still Level I but have been working with Ruby on
Rails, Python, SQL, React, Typescript. I'm full stack although I prefer
backend :) So far I've volunteered/attended events from Techtonica, Women
who Code, Wnb.rb, Ruby for Good, Lesbians who Tech, PyLadies, etc.
My linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianaalmeida78/
My twitter @JFArebelyell
Let me know if this is something Sudo Room would be interested in hosting!
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julianaferreira(a)gmail.com
I changed the subject line to the other thread we were talking about, with a
public information monitor in the main entrance hall. I agree that sudoroom
should have one too.
Personally I don't like raspberry pi's, they're too expensive and I dislike
broadcomm...but if we have them then i guess they're good for this purpose and
are power-efficient. We have tons of monitors and can totally dedicate one on
the sudoroom tables, facing the entrance, for a welcome screen. I recommend
fixing the pi onto the back of the monitor and making the whole thing easy to
pick up and move around.
As for the entrance hall, it's the same basic idea, and so we should keep that
in mind and work on both equally.
We might even put a monitor outside the front door! If it gets vandalized, we
can recycle it and put another one out there, we have so many monitors it's not
a problem.
-jake
On Wed, 11 May 2022, Andrew R Gross via sudo-discuss wrote:
> I think we should set up a digital sign visible through the front doors,
> and use that for all sorts of general community communication. I'm going to
> try to find a small, light monitor, a Raspberry Pi, and a power source and
> then figure out how to mount it to the inside of the door, although
> realistically I have no timeline for this project, so if someone else wants
> to just take that idea and run with it, have at it.
>
> *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
> 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
>
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:27 AM Lucas Gonze <lucas(a)gonze.com> wrote:
>
>> A sign on the door would work socially. IMO it would also be a good
>> approach to mitigation.
>>
>> The sign would be something like this:
>>
>>> The current asymptomatic positive rate is: FOO%
>>> Masks are required when the rate is greater than: BAR%
>>>
>>
>> The problem is that somebody needs to do the work to update that. Maybe
>> there is a no-maintenance approach, like:
>>
>> Masks are required when the asymptomatic positive rate is greater than:
>>> BAR%
>>> See http://FOO for the current rate
>>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 10:05 AM Andrew R Gross via sudo-discuss <
>> sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm just getting over it, and I can attest: in the best case scenario it
>>> totally fucks up your month because you have to cancel so much stuff and
>>> can't go into work.
>>>
>>> Also, that link to wastewater testing is about the hundredth time during
>>> the last two years that I've wondered why I'm learning a piece of what
>>> feels like critical information for making good decisions from informal
>>> word-of-mouth. We can trace the virus through waste-water!?!?! SINCE
>>> WHENENENENNE!!!!f AHGHGGH WHY ARE WE DOING SO BAD AT FOLLOWING THIS AND
>>> COMMUNICATING RISKS!!!!!!1
>>>
>>> Okay. I'm good. Patrik, thank you for sharing this.
>>>
>>> I think we should base the masking requirement on the asymptomatic test
>>> rate and then just have a sign on the door and an email that goes out when
>>> the masking policy returns to effect or goes out of effect.
>>>
>>> *Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
>>> 412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 11:43 PM Patrik D'haeseleer via sudo-discuss <
>>> sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> With the discussion around masking, let me just forward this email that
>>>> I sent to the Omni discuss list yesterday...
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>> From: Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, May 9, 2022 at 4:44 PM
>>>> Subject: Covid numbers rising rapidly around the Bay
>>>>
>>>> For those of you who have gotten used to thinking that Covid is over -
>>>> here's a reminder that we are still very much in the midst of a pandemic!
>>>>
>>>> The two metrics that I personally put most stock in these days include
>>>> wastewater monitoring, and *asymptomatic* test positivity rates.
>>>>
>>>> Covid levels in East Bay wastewater have been rising rapidly over the
>>>> past few weeks, and are now back at levels we've seen during the main
>>>> Omicron surge early January:
>>>>
>>>> [image: image.png]
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CalSuWers-Dashboar…
>>>> <https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CalSuWers-Dashboar…>
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, only UCSF reports asymptomatic test positivity rate,
>>>> which is currently around 3.4% - see
>>>> https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/dashboard Meaning that if you are in a
>>>> room with 30 perfectly healthy looking people, there will likely be at
>>>> least one who has an asymptomatic infection and may be infecting others.
>>>>
>>>> The good news is that infection fatality rate has dropped to almost the
>>>> same level as the flu, thanks to vaccinations, protection from prior
>>>> infections, and improved drugs to treat Covid patients. It is still a
>>>> pretty nasty disease though, so do yourself a favor, and keep that mask on
>>>> indoors and whenever you're in a crowd!
>>>>
>>>> Patrik
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>>
>
With the discussion around masking, let me just forward this email that I
sent to the Omni discuss list yesterday...
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 9, 2022 at 4:44 PM
Subject: Covid numbers rising rapidly around the Bay
For those of you who have gotten used to thinking that Covid is over -
here's a reminder that we are still very much in the midst of a pandemic!
The two metrics that I personally put most stock in these days include
wastewater monitoring, and *asymptomatic* test positivity rates.
Covid levels in East Bay wastewater have been rising rapidly over the past
few weeks, and are now back at levels we've seen during the main Omicron
surge early January:
[image: image.png]
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CalSuWers-Dashboar…
<https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CalSuWers-Dashboar…>
As far as I know, only UCSF reports asymptomatic test positivity rate,
which is currently around 3.4% - see https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/dashboard
Meaning that if you are in a room with 30 perfectly healthy looking people,
there will likely be at least one who has an asymptomatic infection and may
be infecting others.
The good news is that infection fatality rate has dropped to almost the
same level as the flu, thanks to vaccinations, protection from prior
infections, and improved drugs to treat Covid patients. It is still a
pretty nasty disease though, so do yourself a favor, and keep that mask on
indoors and whenever you're in a crowd!
Patrik
Hey all,
I currently am getting over covid. I should be good to host next week but I
shouldn't come in this week. Is anyone willing to host this week?
Thanks,
Charles
Hi,
An acquaintance of mine is a documentary filmmaker. He's in the Bay Area now, and is looking for people to interview at a hackerspace, about Silicon Valley -- positive or negative or nuanced or whatever. I told him about Sudo Room and CCL, and he thought it would be a good place to interview people, if people there are OK with it, and if there is anyone there who would like to be interviewed (especially women and POC).
Cheers,
Mitch
Hi everyone,
The weekly meeting is scheduled for tonight at 8 PM. You can join in person
or at
*https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
<https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles>*
Among the topics to discuss are:
- an omni proposal to form a bipoc and oppressed gender safer space working
group
- Our code of conduct and statement of purpose (available here: About - Sudo
Room <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/About>) will be up for its final review.
If no one issues a block, it will be formally adopted. If you haven't read
it yet, please do!
If you have anything else to add, feel free to add it to the agenda:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroommeeting-keep.
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
when I got to Sudoroom, a guy named Patrick was here and not wearing a mask. I
welcomed him to sudoroom but I mentioned that building policy is presently that
everyone has to wear a mask. He asked me who's in charge and who made that
rule, and I explained how Omni is run by delegates from the individual
collectives etc, and that we were complying with the law I believe.
I would appreciate an update on our situation so that I can answer questions
about our mask policy more accurately, if anyone can help me with that.
As for Patrick, he explained that his "spiritual choice" (he doesn't like
religion) is to not wear a mask ever. Then he said that if this is our policy,
then he will gather his stuff and leave and never come back.
I asked if he wanted me to contact him if our policy changes, and he said no,
and left.
-jake
Hi everyone,
you're getting this email either because you're on the sudoroom discuss email
list, or because I BCC'd you directly. Tonight I'll be hosting Sudoroom for
those who want to come hack on whatever in person, or through telepresence of
any means you can invoke.
Remember that Omni Commons and Sudoroom policy is presently that
EVERYONE MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE BUILDING.
(if you want to eat something you should go outside)
in the past few weeks, we've had about 5-15 people over the course of the
evening, not including remote participants who logged in through the
telescreen.
Jenny put it on the Omni calendar:
https://omnicommons.org/blog/events/hardware-hack-night-3-2022-03-01/
Here it is on the sudoroom page:
https://sudoroom.org/events/hardware-hack-night-2022-02-15/
that says 7PM but I try to be there soon after 6pm.
if you get to the door (at the corner of 48th and shattuck) and you can't get
in, call me or someone else who's there to let you in! Email me if you don't
have my phone number. Actually a great way to get our attention is to join the
video chat link at the end of this email!
We don't always hear the doorbell and I don't answer it after 10PM anyway
because of diminishing returns :)
You should get on this sudoroom discuss mailinglist! click here:
https://sudoroom.org/lists/postorius/lists/sudo-discuss.sudoroom.org/
and you should donate to sudoroom, monthly, by signing up here:
https://sudoroom.org/humans
and if you want to make a one-time donation, you can go here:
https://sudoroom.org/donate
if you can't make it, join the jitsi videochat with the room, and chat with
each other as well as a giant TV screen/speakerphone on the wall of the space:
https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles
(don't worry if you're the only one in the "room", others will join eventually,
and if the camera is pointed at the floor, just yell until someone comes and
talks to you and then ask them to aim it back up into the room)
see you soon!
-jake
