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by Lesley Bell

Happy New Years Eve! Are you sick of Windows 10 showing you ads on the start menu? Get Linux! (Or just come dance.) Omni Ballroom 8PM BYOB Bring a USB drive if you have one and want to do an install. [image: 2017.gif]

9 years, 2 months

LibreTaxi - free and open source Uber/Lyft alternative.

by Romy Ilano

Have any of you checked out libre taxi? Is it any good? http://libretaxi.org/ Sent from my iPhone

9 years, 2 months

Stanford Liberationtech List Reminder

by Yosem Companys

We are Stanford Liberationtech. We are housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute in the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Our home page is here: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/libtech. To sign up to our 4K-strong mailing list, click here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. We have also curated a list of Liberationtech content at https://twitter.com/Liberationtech. If you prefer to read our list as a newspaper, you could always check our Paper.li account: http://paper.li/Liberationtech#/ Our Liberationtech blog has been dead for a while, but we are working on reviving it. If you are interested in helping out, please let us know. We also have a series of listservs on topics related to Liberationtech. The most important lists are the following: - Events: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/libera tiontech-events - Jobs: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech-jobs - CfP: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech-cfp For the aforementioned lists, we try to compile a list of all events, job opportunities, and call for papers related to Liberationtech from all over the world. It's not a comprehensive list, so your assistance would be helpful. If you hear of a job, event, or cfp that would be of benefit to Liberationtech subscribers, please let us know. Finally, we want to take Liberationtech to the next level. What that means, we don't know. But the world has changed a lot since we started back in 2008: Censorship is on the rise. Internet freedom is on the decline. And we have become much more of a community of hackers and cybersecurity professionals who seek to protect vulnerable communities around the world. So if you have ideas of projects you would like to see us take on, please let us know. We want the Liberationtech community to drive the process. Any idea is welcome. Dream big or small. Just let us know how you think we can best help. Thanks, Yosem (One of the moderators)

9 years, 2 months

How to set up Wi-Fi or Mesh Network for the City of San Bruno?

by Yosem Companys

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. We don't know whether the City will fund it, but we have grassroots volunteers ready to help. Also, I should note the City owns its own cable company. Best, Yosem

9 years, 2 months

ISPs will no longer send copyright alerts in the U.S.

by danarauz＠gmail.com

http://www.pcgamer.com/internet-service-providers-will-no-longer-send-copyr… Internet service providers will no longer send copyright alerts in the U.S.Failed strategy for fighting piracy. "For the past several years internet service providers (ISPs) have been sending copyright alerts to online pirates on behalf of movie studios and record labels. These letters often used intimidating language with threats of hefty fines and service throttling, but much to the dismay to those who supported the effort, the letters were about as effective as spitting in the ocean to raise the tide. Even so, many of those involved in the initiative called the voluntary program a success even though they're choosing not to extend it. “After four years of extensive consumer education and engagement, the Copyright Alert System will conclude its work. The program demonstrated that real progress is possible when content creators, internet innovators and consumer advocates come together in a collaborative and consensus-driven process. CAS succeeded in educating many people about the availability of legal content, as well as about issues associated with online infringement," members of the Center for Copyright Information said in a statement <http://www.copyrightinformation.org/statement/statement-on-the-copyright-al…> . The program offered considerable leeway to pirates. Potential penalties weren't levied until an offender ignored six or more warnings and generally did not include the cancellation of internet service. Part of the reason is that ISPs weren't comfortable with being liable for their customers' behavior and having to penalize them. It took years to hammer out an agreement between major ISPs and both the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Part of the agreement called for the creation of the Center for Copyright Information to take charge of the program and provide a way for those who received notices to challenge them in arbitration. While some are spinning the program as a successful education campaign, Steven Fabrizio, executive vice president and global general counsel at the MPAA, remains frustrated at the lack of results among the worst offenders. "These repeat infringers are the ones who drive ongoing and problematic P2P piracy. In fact, an estimated 981 million movies and TV shows were downloaded in the U.S. last year using P2P," Fabrizio said in a statement, according to Variety <http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/copyright-alerts-piracy-mpaa-comcast-a…> . As to the copyright alert system, Fabrizio said that even though a "significant number" of users stopped pirating content as a result of the alerts, the program "was simply not set up to deal with the hardcore repeat infringer problem." He also said that ultimately it's up to the ISPs to address the issue by leveraging the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). " -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 2 months

TV white spaces technology?

by Valent Turkovic

Hi, is anyone tracking how are things developing regarding TV white spaces technology [1] in US and EU? Microsoft has been doing some pilots [2] in Africa and Ofcom in UK [3], and there is a interesting study [4]. But I don't see if it is actually possible to buy any 2nd or 3rf gen devices either in US or EU. If anyone has some links please share them. What is the current legal situation, will tv white spaces spectrum be free to use, ie ISM or not? I have seen some discussions at the end od 2015regarding making tv white spaces ISM but nothing since then. I was trying to find some up to date information for EU and tv white space technology, but came short. If anyone is tracking this please share any info you have. Thanks, Valent. [1] http://www.techrepublic.com/article/white-space-the-next-internet-disruptio… [2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/dynamic-spectrum-and-tv-wh… [3] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2015/tvws-… [4] https://5gnorma.5g-ppp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015-09-30-to-white-sp…

9 years, 2 months

Part time javascript coder needed for sensor-based science education project

by Marc Juul

Coder needed for NSF-funded sensor-based science education project called InSPECT. The project focuses on using sensors and controllers for plant biology experiments. We're looking to hire someone part-time to work on programming (mainly in Javascript). Pay is $60/hour, All the software will be open source. Contact manylabs.org if interested.

9 years, 2 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Door hacking

by Jake

> I'll see what I can manage. Do you have a datasheet for the latch > release scheme you're using? i don't understand. you just flip the pin high for a few seconds like it does in the code and it unlatches the door. i guess you probably mean the motor controller shield, which is listed on line 12 of the code: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoMotorShieldR3 but we won't be using that anymore, so the latch function will be very simple, just flipping a pin to undo the latch. the complicated part will be driving the three-phase permanent-magnet motor that I just rigged up, which will be the front-door opener for the omni: http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/omnidoormotor1.png http://i.imgur.com/FUp1dvu.jpg basically i will be controlling about 6 pins to drive that motor, and monitoring 2 pins which will tell me quadrature of its position for that purpose. and another output pin will control the latch. this is a diagram of a similar motor, except it shows three hall-effect sensors and i think our motor might only have two, is that possible? I need to look. http://www.avdweb.nl/Article_files/Solarbike/Motor-controller/4-Pole-brushl… this is the chip in the motor controller that I will be using, i worked on it last night and am half-done wiring it up: http://www.intersil.com/en/products/space-and-harsh-environment/harsh-envir… there are three of those, to control two three-phase permanent-magnet motors, because each motor needs three I-bridges. Since we only need one motor to move the door, i'll just use one of the ones on the second side for the latch solenoid. here are pictures of what i was doing last night: http://spaz.org/~jake/pix/2017-01/doormotor.html all you need to do is get the RFID code that Henner wrote to compile in arduino, and i can do the rest. what do you think of that? i look forward to working with you on this, i think it will be more fun and rewarding than some of the stuff we were doing before, since we'll actually be getting the door to open and close from software. the other thing is that there's more of a deadline on this project, since we're apparently able to get in trouble for not being ADA compliant. -jake

9 years, 2 months

National Parks Climate Change report - should we save this on the sudoroom website?

by Romy Ilano

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/culturalresourcesstrategy.htm we live in interesting times =/ ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 2 months

Bitcoin and Blockchain

by Maureen Muldavin

I'm currently trying to learn about bitcoin and blockchain as quickly as possible. I'd love to buy anyone who knows about these topics dinner. Maureen Sent from my iPhone

9 years, 2 months

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