I have many times gone into the upstairs (near the shower) bathroom and found
the hot water tap freely running. Every time I do, i turn off the supply valve
from underneath, because the problem is that the faucet valve is not sealing
and is likely continuing to run even when people shut it off.
this is basic maintenance that's not happening. The cost of running hot water
continuously is primarily energy, because the hot water heater is burning
natural gas (or is it electricity?) to heat …
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being sent down the drain.
The solution is to re-valve or replace the hot water faucet in the upstairs
bathroom so it shuts off properly.
-jake
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 23:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jake <jake(a)spaz.org>
To: discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org, building(a)lists.omnicommons.org
Subject: water leak in upstairs bathroom
i feel like i wrote this email a while ago but i'm not sure.
the bathroom in the corner of the upstairs bathroom (next to the kitchen) hot
water faucet is leaking, flowing openly continuously, unless it is vigorously
forced off. This does not happen.
when i go into that bathroom (which is not often) i see that the hot water is
just flowing. Because the seal in the valve is worn out. So i turned off the
service valve under the sink to turn off the water to the faulty valve. But
someone else turns it back on. and then people leave the water on.
Omni has probably used thousands of gallons and hundreds of dollars in water
alone, not to mention the wasted energy and money of heating all that hot water
that's then flowing into the sewers.
I am not going to replace the valve, but i'm here to point out the problem and
hopefully someone will fix it. If not, i'll block off the pipe since it's
something I know how to do, but it would be a waste of effort since it needs to
be repaired properly anyway.
will someone please confirm they'll take care of this?
-jake
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Hello All!
If you are interested on reading, watching videos and photos about the
Asylum Seekers Caravan, uncensored reports, please visit Jessie's Facebook
page at: https://www.facebook.com/jessie.sandoval. The reports are also
being logged here: https://asylumseekerscaravan.org.
Who is Jessie Sandoval? Jessie is a sister in struggle from Nicaragua, that
I met and worked with during Occupy. She went to Mexico a couple days ago
in support of the Asylum Seekers sisters and brothers, and she …
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sending reports on her Facebook account.
Her writing is blant, poetic, unapologetic, etc. I like her writing.
Before I go.. a quote from one her post from last night.
"
*I am not sleeping on cold hard earth, after traveling north for a month.**And
yet, there's been no burning, no breaking by this migrant community*"
~Jessie Sandoval Mexico City - 2018-11-07
Thank you in advance for any support to my/our brown folks.
I have Brown blood.
Daniel
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Hey guys, I know it's a little late on election day, but if you haven't
voted yet, I wanted to share a resource I found really helpful and a bit
amusing: https://yar-votes.github.io/
Thanks for putting this together, Yar :)
Lesley
the organizer for the Aaron Schwartz Day Hackathon on Nov 10 & 11 at the
Internet Archive asked me if i knew anyone who would lend a/some pis for
the pre-party on the 9th.
they need 8
if you have one/any you aren't won't be using on that weekend & would be
willing to lone them out, please, let me know
thx4hacking
~r
Lack of email reminders to members has been an issue for awhile now.
It occurred to me that perhaps this was just a Stripe setting - seems it
was!
So now members will be notified by email when their payment fails, and
notified 1 month in advance of an expiring card.
https://stripe.com/docs/receipts#failed-payment-alerts
Is this problematic to anyone?
CC'ing some CCL folks who've mentioned this before.
Jenny
Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
https://omnicommons.…
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"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
"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
--Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
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Checked across several devices, the Omni Commons ssid is not available. No
one present knows how to fix it. Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
--
*Donald Hanson*
Creative Technology <https://donaldhanson.net>
There was a (neighborhood wide?) power outage this morning.
Unfortunately, after power came back online, WiFi did not. There is no Omni
Commons ssid available (I checked in several locations through the Omni).
Also unfortunately, nobody present knows how to resolve things.
FYI, in case relevant, I believe that (internet access via) the modem came
back online after the outage (because the relevant lights on the modem seem
to be flashing correctly, as far as I can tell.) I've been told (but …
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not verified) that (at least some) wired connections here do have internet
access.
Sierk
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