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by Romy Ilano

We need a SudoRoom wiki page on trains. Many members are huge train enthusiasts, taking the Capitol Corridor to work on the South Bay or the Caltrain. A lot of SudoRoom members regularly Amtrak their way to hacker conferences all over the country! Nerds are fierce bike and Caltrain advocates in Silicon Valley, and they are known to pelt well meaning but surprised officials with elaborate spreadsheets explaining the lower cost per rider of a bike train place than a parking spot place. It'd be cool to see more hacker advocacy, as local trains have increased service this year on the Amtrak due to higher ridership. Preliminary Wondering[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Trains&action=edit&…> ] - How do trains work? - Are trains still hackable? - What ever happened to model trains building and collecting? How will we live with ourselves until the 2019, when the model train section <http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/exhibitions/transport/model-railway/> of the Deutsches Museum is open for the public again? - Will the USA ever get the gleaming speed trains being put up with blinding speed in China? - Has anyone ever tried to illegally hack together a new railways system in some kind of squatter/burning man area or interesting part of town? - Some people are building handmade railcars to explore abandoned railway systems at the TechShop - Neat! http://www.instructables.com/id/Railcar-Project-Techshop/ https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Trains ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 3 months

Mac Minis donation

by Carl Gorringe

Hey Sudoers, I came by Sudo Room Wednesday and dropped off a donation of 13 Mac Minis! They were donated by Liz from Mozilla. Some other hackerspaces also got some including Noisebridge. Specs: mid-2010 model, Core 2 Duo cpu, 4 or 8GB RAM, 320 GB HD (wiped clean), DVD-RW drive, HDMI video out. They are missing power cables (but they're standard and power is built-in). They'll work with the latest Mac OS - just need to be installed. Or you can install Linux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#Specifications_3 Enjoy! -Carl G

9 years, 3 months

Cooperative alternatives to Sharing Economy platforms (Uber, AirBnb)

by Glenn Meader

Here's an interesting article about cooperatives/worker-owned services http://www.shareable.net/blog/11-platform-cooperatives-creating-a-real-shar…

9 years, 3 months

Hardware Hack Night: Movement - Car and bike related stuff

by Romy Ilano

Hey everyone, I'm excited about Hardware hack night. I'm continuing my connected car hack (using the automatic API) so I can track my car and do fun experiments: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement I'm going to focus on completing a project and having something to present by the next meeting, and giving tips on how I did it. In the future I'd like to: - Encourage people who drive cars to exercise more - Find ways to enable people to ride the Amtrack more by make tools that solve the last mile problem, since we sorely need more rail in the East Bay - explore topics around hacking wheelchairs. Best, Romy ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 3 months

Paper towel dispensers?

by Patrik D'haeseleer

How do we feel about paper towel dispensers at the Omni? Are we intentionally doing without, to save some trees? Are people worried the paper towel roll will get stolen? Or have we just not bothered putting any up yet? I'm planning to get one for our lab sink in CCL, but I'd love to have one in each bathroom at the Omni. Touchless towel dispensers start at $25 at Office Depot. There's probably better places to get them too... Patrik PS: Ditto for wall-mounted soap dispensers...

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Adam Flynn

by danarauz＠gmail.com

fyi #daniel On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Sudo Room <info(a)sudoroom.org> wrote: > (Pseudo)nym or Name: Adam Flynn > Email: adamwflynn(a)gmail.com > Why do you want to be a member of sudo room?: I've been working from > home, and instead fretting about the state of the world. So instead, I'd > like to have a place to both 1) do my day job, and 2) plan, organize, and > bring the new world into being. (This may depend on the viability of Sudo > room as a workspace...If it's less viable I may just become a more sporadic > member.) > If you know already, what are you excited to do at sudo room?: Build out > infosec and opsec capacities, ask dumb math and science questions, > whiteboard furiously. > If you know already, what are you excited to share with the sudo room > community?: Historical thoughts on technology and the shape of social > change, and also the concept of "solarpunk" which I kinda helped popularize. > Have you ever been banned from another hackerspace? If so, when and why?: Nope! > Also if you need endorsements of character, you can ask Johannes from > Monochrom. > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Michael Huang

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello Mike, not sure if you have been contacted regarding your application, but I am forwarding to our main discussion email. I hope someone would reply to you soon! And if you hear or not from anyone, I highly recommend that you stop by Sudoroom and introduce yourself, and start hanging there to know folks, and for folks to get to know as well. Thanks! #daniel On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Sudo Room <info(a)sudoroom.org> wrote: > (Pseudo)nym or Name: Michael Huang > Email: mike(a)htwins.net > Why do you want to be a member of sudo room?: I want to meet people with > similar interests and also learn to solder > If you know already, what are you excited to do at sudo room?: Solder > If you know already, what are you excited to share with the sudo room > community?: Friendship and money > Have you ever been banned from another hackerspace? If so, when and why?: I > have never been to a hackerspace > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] Funding

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello Barrett, (I am not sure if this email is spam or legit. I hope is the second one.) I don't know about how you can get funds for your book, and I am not sure if members of Sudoroom can help you either, since that is not necessarily in our mission. However, I am forwarding your email to our main discuss list, and if you would like to provide more information on a second email, please do, so I can forward that one as well. Good luck! #daniel On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Barrett Booth <bbooth0000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Barrett Booth. > > I am interested in learning about ways of obtaining funding for a book > project. Thank you! > > Sincerely, > > Barrett > > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 3 months

Fwd: [sudo-info] Makerspace for Oakland Park and Rec

by danarauz＠gmail.com

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: danarauz(a)gmail.com <danarauz(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:13 AM Subject: Re: [sudo-info] Makerspace for Oakland Park and Rec To: Rick Abruzzo <rick(a)ricksemail.org> Hello Rick, I am sorry for this delay to acknowledge your email if you have not received any replies. Regardless, I am forwarding your email to the main discuss list. I hope someone will get back to you soon! Thanks! #daniel On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Rick Abruzzo <rick(a)ricksemail.org> wrote: > Hello Sudo > > I'm reaching out to you today because I have been given the opportunity to > submit a proposal to Oakland Park and Rec to turn a park facility into a > makerspace/workshop, mostly oriented towards programming for children and > their families, in the surrounding community. Jonathan Foote and Mitch > Altman suggested your organization as a potential partner and I would like > to sit down with your team and discuss ideas on how best to proceed. > > If your organization has interest in being part of this endeavor, please > let me know and we can setup a meeting in the immediate future. > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > > Sincerely, > Rick Abruzzo > > -- > > FIGMENT Oakland: oakland.figmentproject.org > Oakland Awesome Foundation: awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/oakland/ > <http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/oakland/> > Dancehall of Beautiful Radiant Things: dancehallofbeautifulra > diantthings.com > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/rick.abruzzo> | Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/rickinthe510/> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/rickabruzzo> > > Portfolio <http://ricksproductionportfolio.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 3 months

Fwd: [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Steve Leach

by danarauz＠gmail.com

fyi #daniel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sudo Room <info(a)sudoroom.org> Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:07 PM Subject: [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Steve Leach To: info(a)sudoroom.org (Pseudo)nym or Name: Steve Leach Email: stevenaleach(a)gmail.com Why do you want to be a member of sudo room?: Too much time on my hands? I'm a geek recently returned to coding and obsessed with machine learning and distributed systems. Also, a van dweller inhabiting a 160 ft^2 box truck that sat in a field for 20 years sinking into the ground before I got it - access to tools now and again during renovation and rehabilitation might be important :-) If you know already, what are you excited to do at sudo room?: A few hardware projects that must wait until I can fund them, in the meantime, my current primary obsession is machine learning and some ideas for distributing training across a p2p environment with a shared parameter space. If you know already, what are you excited to share with the sudo room community?: What spotty skills I have to offer, I'm a rusty lapsed C guy recently turned to Python+Theano+Lasagne. I'm pretty excited about IPFS (Interplanetary Filesystem) at the moment. Beyond that, I'm good with a broom and mop, so there's that. Have you ever been banned from another hackerspace? If so, when and why?: No _______________________________________________ Info mailing list Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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