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medium article on tech and barriers to entry

by Praveen Sinha

https://medium.com/@GRardB/techs-high-barrier-to-entry-for-the-underprivile… There's some problematic stuff with the article, but I think it does a good job in highlighting broadband/wireless disparities and the critical role that open wifi and projects like mesh could do to pick up the slack where the municipal governments are totally failing...

9 years, 7 months

Radial arm saw a donation?

by beehappysolutions＠gmail.com

I want to know if sudo-room wants my radial arm saw in the sudo room space? I have been planning on bringing it over. But Jake suggested that I put it out on the list first. It's a Montgomery Ward model I believe and I've been using it for eight years and I just don't have room for it anymore. it's a really great tool and it cuts really straight lines and anybody can operate it. It comes with a stand that is made out of wood and it takes about 2' x 3' floor space (footprint ) and him the table let you cut is about 3 feet by about and then the arm saw is up at about 4 1/2 feet. I think it may also be on wheels for easy moving around I'm not sure about that. please tell me not to bring it if you feel strongly about me not donating it to Sudo room - otherwise I will plan on bringing over some time this week. Alice Ps intro to beekeeping class this Sunday in CCL 1-4 pm. Live bees, real honey, accidental mead. Sent from my iPhone

9 years, 7 months

Fwd: Oakland NeXt at the Omni

by yar

A new group wants to be an Omni collective. The notes from last week's Sudo meeting say nothing about this, so maybe nobody talked about it. This is pretty important, so I am forwarding it. Please start thinking of questions your delegate can ask at the next meeting. If you'd like to ask questions directly you can reply to the omni-consensus thread. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brandon Garrett <brandon.scott2do(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:28 PM Subject: [omni-consensus] Oakland NeXt at the Omni To: consensus(a)lists.omnicommons.org Oakland NeXt at the Omni 1. What is Oakland Next, what do we do, and what happens for the world because of our existance? Oakland NeXt is a progressive grassroots organization geared towards the technological and intellectual development of the people. In sucssesfully exacuting our vision we plan to create leadership in the Oakland community and surrounding cities. 2. Whats the origin and history of this group? Oakland Next started as an arts collective based in Oakland CA made up of community organizers for youth, community outreach and economic development. 3 .Why is Oakland NeXt interested in becoming a member of the Omni? To broaden the scope of influence to better serve the community and make it availible to all the people. How do we intend on using the space? what are the needs of Oakland NeXt? We will use the space for meetings, music, art, organizing events, and training Cyber security & guard card assistance Merchandise production Marketing training Talent scouting Music production Event planning and promotion paid cleaning crews & construction crews cook offs and nutrition training Public announcements & media projects Photography, Video and live stream projects Radio Fund Raising Classroom organizing Outdoor tripps/hiking/educational field tripps 4. How does Oakland NeXt support itself financially? what is your best plan for potential contribution to rent in the Omni? fund raising merchandising classes and events... Using events, fund raisers, Classes, Merchandising, Training, and studio time, we will be more than able to contribute to the over all rent for the Omni. 5. What would be dedicated space for Oakland NeXt in the Omni and how much sqr footage is needed? The basement study room for meetings. 6. Other contributions. The collectives of Omni want to eventually buy this location long term. the plan is for every group of the Omni is paying a share of rent, and the potenial plan includes groups sharing profit from activities and events. What is the best case scenario for using the Omni space to futher support Oakland NeXt? Donations, musical events, fund raising and community outreach. 7. Additional info we think would be useful. Oakland NeXt is about improving the very quality of people’s lives rather than a job or an obligation. Oakland NeXt gives a big thanks to the collecives of the Omni for considering us to be apart of this great opportunity to improve the lives of The People!

9 years, 7 months

Freelancers Union mtg coming up

by Vicky Knox

Is anyone familiar with these folks? I remember some Sudoers a short while back expressing interest in the idea of a tech freelancers' union. These might be interesting people to meet. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sam-Omar Hall <samomarhall(a)gmail.com> Date: 2015-02-13 2:20 GMT-08:00 Subject: [sfchalkboard] Freelancers Unite! To: sfchalkboard(a)lists.riseup.net Hey Chalkies: I'm a local member-organizer for the Freelancers Union <https://www.freelancersunion.org/>. It's a group (based out of New York) that advocates on behalf of freelancers of all types: from authors to zoologists. I wanted to put the word out about our February meeting — this Wednesday the 18th. Our monthly meetings are a time to meet other freelancers, share tips, network, and meet new people. There must be a lot of freelancers of all stripes on this list, and you guys are all more than welcome! (I myself am a freelance journalist but we've had developers, architects, artists, teachers, even a sword-maker...). Our theme this month is: Finding more clients in 2015 It's free and there'll be snacks. Wednesday evening, right next to Powell BART station. Check out the event page <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spark-san-francisco-score-more-clients-in-2015…> for details. Hope to see you there! Sam Sam-Omar Hall samomarhall(a)gmail.com 714 872 0769 @sozh www.facebook.com/samomar www.medium.com/@sozh To learn how to edit subscriber settings, visit: https://help.riseup.net/en/lists/list-user/subscribing

9 years, 7 months

DS18B20 temperature sensors

by Jake

does anyone have eight or more of these highly accurate temperature sensors? I am trying to use themocouples and it's a total disaster, they suck. I need to measure eight things very precisely and accurately. thank you -jake

9 years, 7 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] Fwd: Would Sudoroom like to host International Space Apps Challenge?

by yar

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Lisha Sterling <lisha(a)geekswobounds.org> wrote: > Today I'm writing to ask if you guys would be willing to be our host site > for the Oakland site for the International Space Apps Challenge April 10-12, > 2015. Hi Lisha! I'm looking at the Omni calendar for you right now: https://omnicommons.org/calendar/ It looks like the ballroom is already booked that Friday and Saturday night (April 10 & 11) for performances of Romeo & Juliet. After that, the next free weekend dates for the ballroom look like: Fri Apr 17: free Sat Apr 18: free Sun Apr 19: "visionary politics" panel starting at 1pm Fri Apr 24: anarchist cafe Sat Apr 25: free Sun Apr 26: AK Press 25th anniversary Fri May 1: free Sat May 2: Brazilian dance workshop 3-5:30pm Sun May 3: free

9 years, 7 months

SF TechnoActivism Third TUESDAY -- Matthew Garrett on TPMs, Management Engines and more, 6PM, Feb 17, EFF HQ

by Danny O'Brien

This month's San Francisco Techno-Activism Third Monday: 1) ... will take place on TUESDAY 17th FEBRUARY, because we didn't want to stomp all over your long weekend. 2) ... features an eye-opening and fascinating discussion led by: Matthew "mjg59" Garrett, free software kernel coder. 3) ... will have Matthew walk you through: "TPMs, Management Engines, Secure Boot, Trusted Boot and things in-between." Hardwired code that can prevent you swapping out your computer's operating system[1]. Hidden, cordoned-off processors embedded in your PC that runs secret code, and can read your computer's memory and talk over the Internet without your knowledge[2]. For the last decade, and largely unnoticed, computers and mobile devices have been sprouting features that challenge the idea that the owner of a PC has ultimate control over their own hardware and software. These "trusted computing" developments have been called "treacherous computing"[3] by free software advocates because of their ability to betray the control of your computer to strangers. But might they also hold out the promise of better protection against external surveillance and compromise? Matthew won the 2013 Free Software Foundations' Free Software Award for his work to ensure that open platforms could work in conjunction with Secure Boot, and is now a FSF board member. He writes at http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/ and http://twitter.com/mjg59 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_… [2] http://www.slideshare.net/codeblue_jp/igor-skochinsky-enpub [3] http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/drm.html 4) ... will take place at: EFF Headquarters, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 941110 http://eff.org/815eddy 5) ... is at February 17th, 6:30PM (get here for 6:00 for snacks and introductions) 6) ... has no need for you to RSVP but you should subscribe to https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/ta3m-sf for info of future talks. 7) ... is part of the global movement of Techno-Activism Third Mondays. TA3M is an informal meetup designed to connect software creators and activists who are interested in censorship, surveillance, and open technology. Currently, TA3M are held in fifteen cities throughout the world, and growing. As the name implies, it is held on the third Monday of each month. See https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays or https://ta3m.org/ for details of your local event. 8) ... will see you there!

9 years, 7 months

Mic's & cables missing help!

by David Keenan

The xlr & mic's are gone they are needed for a performance in the ballroom that starts in 2h - helllp! Anyone know where they are?

9 years, 7 months

Meeting Tonight

by null null null

Because, you know, there's stuff to talk about it.

9 years, 7 months

Special request for Thu 2/12 7-9pm: Quietness & use only 48th st door entrance?

by David Keenan

Hey y'all, I'm makin a special request that we all try not to run loud things like band saws and such during the 'quiet' times of this acoustic presentation on Thursday, that requires as much quietness as possible in order to for everyone to listen as closely as possible to the sounds of rainforest ecosystems in the ballroom. The quiet times need to be roughly: *7:30-7:45pm* (needs quiet) *8:45-9:00pm* (needs quiet) Depending on when it actually start, these times are subject to change but I will go through the building and let folks know - This particularly includes the La Commune area since it is close to the ballroom - door banging and bell-ringing could mess up the listening experience. For this reason I was putting out there that we could perhaps close the main door into La Commune, put tons of signs in and outside the building saying to use the entrance on 48th just for that time. Basically, to cut down on foot traffic through La Commune. I realize this is going to be tough given that Mesh & the GA are going on for example. But I'm hoping we can accomodate it for just this one time..? Can we try that? (More infos on the event below): Best, David -- An Environmental Sound-Art Presentation on the Acoustic Biodiversity of Rainforests! Presented by the Bay Area Public School @ the Omni (4799 Shattuck Ave @ 48th), in the ballroom: For this free special event, an high-definition 8-channel surround-sound speaker setup will be installed to the ballroom. Come hear unique high-definition field recordings of rainforest ecosystems captured in three dimensions with specialized equipment by David Monacchi, a professor of Eco-Acoustics in Pesaro, Italy. After a period of listening quietly in darkness, David will present a lecture, analyze the waveforms, and be open to any and all audience questions. This will be a highly unique opportunity to immersively listen to the sounds of the rainforest and rapidly disappearing ecosystems, and to talk with David about how such work is done, why it is vital, and how we can re-open ourselves up to listening more fully to the world around us. http://fragmentsofextinction.org/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1409886435978575 About David Monacchi: David Monacchi is a sound artist, researcher and eco-acoustic composer. He has been developing his multidisciplinary project Fragments of Extinction for nearly 15 years, conducting field research in the world’s last remaining areas of undisturbed primary equatorial rainforest. The recipient of multiple awards throughout Europe and North America, Monacchi is pioneering a new compositional approach based on 3D soundscape recordings of ecosystems to foster discourse on the biodiversity crisis through music and sound-art installations. A Fulbright fellow at UC Berkeley in 2007, he has taught at the University of Macerata since 2000 and is now professor of Electroacoustic Music Composition and Eco-acoustics at the Conservatorio “G. Rossini” of Pesaro. Since 1990 he has recorded throughout Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, North and South America. During a pilot project in the Brazilian Amazon (2002) in collaboration with Greenpeace he first collected high definition ‘sound portraits’ of an intact tropical ecosystem. With these unique recordings, he composed the eco-acoustic opera Fragments of a Sonic World in Extinction, which toured theatres and contemporary music venues across Europe and the United States. The current long-term research and environmental sound-art project, Fragments of Extinction, is now being developed with the multiple aim of: collecting three-dimensional 24-hour cycles of acoustic biodiversity from the most important rainforest hotspots at the equator, over the three continents; analysing and studying the field data from an ecological and, in parallel, aesthetical point of view; disseminating the results in research, educational and art contexts.

9 years, 7 months

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