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Hello! Brainbot is looking to hire a hardware engineer! All experiences levels welcome to apply.

by Lily Wang

Hey everyone, I'm Lily at Brainbot! We're making a wearable mindfulness device that vibrates when you are stressed or distracted, using awareness of your real-time HRV signals to help guide you back to a place of calm and focus. We're based in San Francisco and working on our fourth prototype design. We've raised some angel funding and in July we'll join HAX - a hardware accelerator based in Shenzhen, China - for a three-month program to rapidly prototype and go to production on our device. After the program we'll be back in San Francisco to launch! We're looking for a great hardware engineer to come along on the ride - we offer a lower salary than Apple but substantially more equity for the right person - and the chance to create something from scratch at the earliest stage. Send us an email at team(a)brainbot.me if this sounds like something you might love to do. We're particularly looking for some combination of the following interests/skills/experience: Arduino prototyping Biosensors Embedded systems Digital signal processing Rapid prototyping Manufacturing Soft goods and industrial design PCB layout and design Mindfulness or meditation practice Thanks for reading. Let us know if you have any questions! --Lily

9 years, 3 months

CONGRATS CCL!

by Ryan

Guess who JUST hit their Kickstarter goal? But hey, anything above and beyond will make science even more accessible for Oakland so if you haven't donated yet, you should: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836537355/counter-culture-labs-your-b…

9 years, 3 months

AMA: Counter Culture Labs!

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Starting right now! *https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3947na/we_are_biohackers_in_oakland_starting_an_open/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3947na/we_are_biohackers_in_oakland_…>* *Title of AMA*: We are biohackers in Oakland starting an Open Science Lab where anyone can learn how to edit DNA! AMA *Date/Time (PST)*: 8:30 pm *Background/description of AMA subject*: We're launching a new biohacker space in Oakland, CA and some of us have been running another biohacker space in Sunnyvale, CA. We're here to answer questions about how science and genetic engineering can and must happen outside of academia and industry and to promote our kickstarter to fund the new lab <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1836537355/counter-culture-labs-your-b…> *Username being used for AMA*: CounterCultureLabs *Proof*: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CG3-x0LVAAAXGKl.jpg Need more proofs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCL fundraiser" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ccl-fundraiser+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ccl-fundraiser(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ccl-fundraiser/CAL4ejvSnbaA5Ep8ZreJQcNpqB… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ccl-fundraiser/CAL4ejvSnbaA5Ep8ZreJQcNpqB…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] AMA: Counter Culture Labs!

by Marc Juul

If you want to help out, come ask us some questions and upvote! -- marc/juul

9 years, 3 months

Digital Rights in Libraries Un/Conference at Noisebridge !

by April Glaser

Hi friends, I'm writing to let you all know about an un/conference at Noisebridge on June 29-30, Digital Rights in Libraries. You're all super invited, and we also have a call for volunteers (keep reading)! We've got some killer speakers lined up: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-right… For more info, please check our our press release and poster that I've pasted below! Also, the Library Freedom Project has had some fun media lately (here <http://www.onthemedia.org/story/librarians-vs-patriot-act/?utm_source=local…> and here <http://www.thenation.com/article/206561/librarians-versus-nsa> and here <http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/06/03/usa_freedom_act_before_s…>), if you're curious. Additionally and importantly, we could use a few technology trainers to help with some of our open sandbox privacy tools sessions. We know a lot of librarians want to build some skills, and so in these sessions we were hoping to have ample technology trainers available to help participants learn as much as possible. The times we're looking for people to come by and help are: Monday, June 29 @ 2-3 Monday, June 29 @ 4-5 Tuesday, June 30 @ 2:30-3:30 Tuesday, June 30 @ 5:30-6:30 Let me know if you might be available or have any questions. Also let me know if you know someone else who might be interested. Or anything at all. Peace. And thanks a million. <3 Oakland. April --- DRiL *Librarians Convene With Leading Anti-Surveillance Advocates and Technologists In San Francisco to Defend Digital Rights â June 29-30, 2015* Librarians, technologists, and privacy activists and are gathering in San Francisco on June 29-30 to strategize about initiatives to protect reader privacy, reform digital lending, combat censorship, and champion access to information technology in light of emerging concerns over government surveillance, censorship, and other forms of electronic exploitation of personal data. The two-day event <https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-right…>, which will take place at San Francisco's iconic Noisebridge hackerspace, falls directly after the American Library Association's Annual Conference; it's also being held in San Francisco this year. Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who are leading lawsuits challenging the legality of the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs, will present, along with experts on copyright and the future of digital lending from Creative Commons and the Internet Archive. Technologists from the Freedom of the Press Foundation (where Edward Snowden is a board member) and Mozilla will be onsite providing in-depth technology training at the hackerspace. The event also features librarians from a number of libraries, including the San Francisco and Oakland Public Library systems, as well as Oakland-based Hack the Hood, speaking on the challenges of providing access to technology and training for Bay Area youth. Librarians have long been working on the front lines of information activism and their communities' right to research. Whether by providing access to technology and the Internet, as well as free education, or by standing firm for over a decade as staunch opponents of the USA PATRIOT Act, librarians are at the grassroots of the Internet freedom debate and are uniquely plugged into serving the information needs of local communities, especially those that lack technological or financial resources. The conference is being organized by the Library Freedom Project, a recent grantee from the Knight Foundation that is a partnership among librarians, technologists, attorneys, and advocates to teach librarians about surveillance threats, digital rights, and privacy-protecting technology. The Nation Magazine recently featured <http://www.thenation.com/article/206561/librarians-versus-nsa> the work of the Library Freedom Project as a cover story. Â What: "Digital Rights in Libraries" Date: June 29-30, 2015 Where: Noisebridge hackerspace, 2269 Mission Street; San Francisco Website: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-right… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__libraryfreedomproject.…> Â *Contact:* Alison Macrina alison(a)libraryfreedomproject.org <mailto:alison@libraryfreedomproject.org> April Glaser april(a)libraryfreedomproject.org <mailto:april@libraryfreedomproject.org> -- 0x54FC570B

9 years, 3 months

Car towed by City/OPD

by lewis_black

Hi all, My car was recently towed in Oakland. I've come to terms with letting it go if I must, hence I do not have the funds nor desire to pay their exhorbitant fees for extrortion. My question is if anyone has gone through a similar situation in Oakland or California for that matter. Do you have any advice/best practices? While I'm not necessarily concerned with my credit, I am concerned with my ability to eventually drive a car legally and staying out of jail. Much love, -Luis M. "Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California omnicommons.org/donate?v=es"

9 years, 3 months

Don't leave valuables in your car!

by Patrik D'haeseleer

I regularly see broken windshield glass on the sidewalks in Temescal. Sounds like there are some thieves who systematically cruise the neighborhood looking for anything they can grab out of parked cars - check the eye witness report from one of our members below. Temescal is a relatively up-and-coming neighborhood in Oakland, but you really should not be leaving any valuables visible in your car *anywhere* in the Bay Area... I know the apartment building across the street had its security camera trained on the Omni for a while. If you experience a car break-in, there's a possibility the police may be able to use that tape to catch these A-holes. If you see anything suspicious (like in this case, a car driving up on the wrong side of the road checking out parked cars), make sure to jot down a license plate if you can... Patrik ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ken osborn <misterkenosborn(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:04 PM Subject: Re: Any new pics from fungal microscopy meetup? To: Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Hi Patrik - I went to the meetup and even brought a microscope, but as I was unloading my car another drove up on the wrong side of the road and opposite the car parked in front of me. Then what happened next was hard to believe, but I then witnessed a smash-and-grab. It happened very fast and was more than a bit confusion because at the same time that was happening I was on the cell with my daughter and another call came in just as the car drove up so I was paying attention completely until I heard the sound of a window breaking, almost like a gun shot. I did not leave immediately but went into the meetup interrupting Alan to let folks know that they should make sure if they drove to the meetup and left anything visible inside their car they should move it so it was not visible. What I saw clearly demonstrated that these guys cruise looking for something they can grab rapidly. They also are very brazen. This was in broad daylight and I don't think they could have missed seeing me while I was on the phone. While I was not about to put myself in harm's way to stop them I did attempt to get the license number but by the time I got to the street they were too far away for me to read the plate. I'm not sure if there is a solution to this as a potential problem for attendance, but I may be taking BART in the future. The problem with that is my wife freaked and said it would be better to have the care damaged than her husband walking alone at night in that part of town. Maybe. The other possibility is to talk to the Oakland PD and see if they would have a patrol car in the area on a regular basis. I have seen lots of broken glass in the street and now recognize it as car break-ins that must be taking place more than occasionally. - Ken On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > How was the fungal microscopy meetup yesterday? Sorry I couldn't make it - > woudl have loved to! > > We're putting together an article about CCL - possibly for TechCrunch or > some guest blog post. - and I was wondering if there were any more cool > pics that came out of the meetup yesterday, since it seemed like you had a > good crowd signed up. > > If you have any on the "people having fun doing real work in the lab" > category, and you wouldn't mind getting credited somewhere high-profile, > let us know... > > Thanks! > > Patrik > -- Ken Osborn Misterken Photography Web: www.flickr.com/photos/misterken Email: kozborn(a)sbcglobal.net

9 years, 3 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] seeking 26-pin gpio cable for Pi Model B

by Jake

> Anyone got a spare 26-pin cable I could give you $ for? Need one for > use with an extension board. Thanks. you can use a ribbon cable for an IDE/PATA hard drive, or a floppy disk drive, they have more than enough pins. if there are too many pins you can just hacksaw off the extras. Just don't cut too close to the last row you need - leave an extra full row just to be safe. And then glue the cut end of the ribbon cable clip so it doesn't pull off when you forget you cut it.

9 years, 3 months

one-time donations via Stripe on sudoroom.org

by Jake

does anyone know how to edit the Support Us! thing on the left side of http://sudoroom.org ? i want to add support for a one-time donation through stripe. I am told it is something like this: https://stripe.com/blog/stripe-checkout of course it would need to be a locked link, so nobody can change it and redirect donations toward themselves.. and I don't know how access control works. I also don't know anything about how to actually install this function or any function into a webpage. I have no idea what i'm doing. does anyone reading this list know how to set up one-time donations on our webpage? Can we do that now? Is there anything i can do to help? thank you! -jake

9 years, 3 months

seeking 26-pin gpio cable for Pi Model B

by James Sundquist

Anyone got a spare 26-pin cable I could give you $ for? Need one for use with an extension board. Thanks.

9 years, 3 months

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