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Women in Machine Learning/Data Science Meetup this Thursday!

by Mike Schachter

Hi, just wanted to pass this along, the inaugural meeting of the Bay Area Women in Machine Learning group is happening this Thursday: http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Women-in-Machine-Learning-and-Data-Science/ The organizer of the event attended and taught Noisebridge Machine Learning meetups all the way back to 2010, and I personally know many of the attendees to be very intelligent, successful, and resourceful. It should be a great opportunity for any women interested in data science. mike

12 years, 2 months

Fwd: [oaklandprivacyworkinggroup] 1/22 - League of Women Voters discussion on DAC

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: mary <mary(a)lovegadget.com> Date: Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 5:41 PM Subject: [oaklandprivacyworkinggroup] 1/22 - League of Women Voters discussion on DAC To: oaklandprivacyworkinggroup <oaklandprivacyworkinggroup(a)lists.riseup.net> EVENT: League of Women to hold discussion about Oakland surveillance (at the Chamber) Wed, 1/22, 6pm #DAC http://www.lwvoakland.org/VOTER-January-2014.html#hot NEXT HOT TOPIC: PUBLIC SAFETY AND PRIVATE LIVES How does a city like Oakland respond to residents' demands for more effective crime prevention and reduction while protecting everyone's civil liberties? How will the Domain Awareness Center impact Oakland? How much surveillance is enough -- or too much -- to enhance our law enforcement capabilities? Bring your ideas and a friend to discuss these important issues with knowledgeable resource people and fellow Oaklanders. We will meet on Wednesday, January 22 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce boardroom at 475 14th Street.

12 years, 2 months

is there a cryptoparty tomorrow? it's on the calendar.

by Marina Kukso

12 years, 2 months

developments in net neutrality

by Romy Ilano

yowsers! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/technology/appeals-court-rejects-fcc-rule… Would SudoMesh mitigate the ill effects of the disappearance of net neutrality? ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 2 months

Obama NSA reform speech

by eddan.com

Starting now. Live stream link below, embargoed copy of speech attached. Today will likely also be a good day to get people to sign the petition and shut down the Oakland DAC, following this NSA reform speech. > Here is a link for the livestreaming of Obama's speech for those interested: > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-signals-intelligence-… > > Starting in a few minutes. > > Embargoed copy attached. >

12 years, 2 months

Open source documentary

by Noemie Serfaty

Hello sudo-ers Let me introduce myself, although some of you know me already. My name is Noémie, I'm French - among other things. I discovered sudo-room last September. It was the first time I set foot in a hackerspace, and it kind of blew my mind. At sudo room, I discovered the concept of open source, a concept I didn't really know till then. That, together with a lot of really great encounters and conversations, kind of changed things for me, and made me realize that even in what I do in life (films), I can do things completely differently. Up to now the film industry has been very hierarchical, in many different ways, and it always made me uncomfortable. Only recently did I understand that if I sense that something’s not fair, I can actually do something about it. That was an empowering realization. So I've been playing with the idea of making an open source documentary film at/about sudo room. Before I go any further, I would just like to say that I saw you're trying to agree on a sort of chart about the conditions under which you'd be willing to have people film at sudo room, and it all seems very reasonable to me. I'd like to expose you my idea, for you to tell me what you think, and also, if anyone among you would like to participate. I’m hoping that (at least some of) the ones who will be in the film will also participate in the making of the film. The project would probably be scattered over a few months, so that it doesn't feel heavy, but also so that there is time to develop a genuine narrative, and to follow one or a few projects that could constitute the backbone of a story. The question I've been fiddling with is the following: how to make it open source? And beyond just putting the footage under CC license and leaving it available somewhere on the internet, how to make it an exciting experiment, an opportunity to create new processes in film making that are non hierarchical and more participative? To me the question is also a pragmatic one: how can this participative process allow to create compelling films with a vision, films that people actually want to watch, beyond the open source community? The idea is to develop a sort of github for editing movies in a collaborative way, so that as the film is being shot and made, there is a tool online that allows to do things together: - rate, annotate, underline the footage or parts of it, organize it - upload videos, music, etc. - edit sequences. - fork the project to create a different timeline and a different movie. This tool would be free of access and available not only to the people involved in the project but to anyone, and hopefully will generate a cool community of users who want to be empowered film viewers *and* makers. To me it's the continuation of genius director Chris Marker's work with the Medvedkin Groups in the 60's. * (see below if you want to know more about it!). I've been talking about the possibility of building this tool with a really great and talented hacker that some of you know, Robert M Ochshorn. He's already made some great advancement on the future of video (two works of his: http://interlace.videovortex9.net also check http://montageinterdit.net) and he'd be excited to continue with this project. I’m excited too actually! I think it could change the whole idea of how to make films, and what it is to be a spectator, and what is a truly participative movie... So I’m offering to do an experiment, and I think sudo room would definitely be the best place to do it, not only because of all places, it is the one where I would want to experiment in a fun way. Also because I envision a really good, touching, fun and awakening movie... hopefully more than one movie!! I hope that after the 1.0 movie is released, it is only the beginning of an adventure consisting in hacking the movie. Making a different version of it, maybe more than one. I'll be in Oakland starting from February and I'm thinking of spending some time at sudo - probably for other projects as well. I'd like to take this time to think of how to do it, what story (ies) to tell, talk about the project to whomever among you is interested in participating in it, and see more concretely how it could be done in a participative way, but also with a vision, and a unity, so that it actually has a reach. I wrote this email today because I’d like everyone to know about it, and open a discussion that I hope will mostly take place in real life when I’ll be here in February rather than on this email list, although I would be happy to already get some feedback, questions, advice or ideas that you think are relevant at this stage… Thank you! A bientôt :) Noémie * Chris Marker went to film the factory strikes in Besancon; and when he showed his film to the workers, they said that he’s completely incompetent, that it does not represent their point of view at all, that this director from Paris is just like the bosses that exploit them. Chris Marker agreed that the film was filmed from his point of view, and created with the workers the Medevkin groups. He shared with them the material, the means and the knowhow to create their own movies, and helped them to re-edit his own footage. Some of the films of the Medvedkin groups are amazing. -- Noémie Serfaty 108 rue du Faubourg du Temple 75011 Paris Tel: 06 27 76 88 84 Tel: 01 71 50 51 82 noemieserfaty(a)gmail.com

12 years, 2 months

Sudo Room open but no one here

by Vicky Knox

And the lights were out..that is all. Please be mindful about locking up if you're the last sentient being in the room.

12 years, 2 months

Fwd: [oaklandprivacyworkinggroup] DAC Petition on Boing Boing

by Marina Kukso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua Daniels <daniels.joshua(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 6:30 PM Subject: [oaklandprivacyworkinggroup] DAC Petition on Boing Boing To: oaklandprivacyworkinggroup <oaklandprivacyworkinggroup(a)lists.riseup.net> Whoa -- Eddan got Cory Doctorow to write a piece about DAC and the petition on Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/01/17/petition-kill-the-oakland-d.html Nice work!

12 years, 2 months

BAN FRACKING @ the captial

by Troy

From: Hillary Aidun <HAidun(a)biologicaldiversity.org> Date: January 17, 2014 Subject: Tell Gov. Brown at His State of the State Address: Ban California Fracking Now It's that time again — time for the California Governor's State of the State Address on Wednesday, January 22nd. And it's way past time for the state to ban the dangerous, destructive, climate-dooming practice of fracking. Join the Center, Californians Against Fracking, Food & Water Watch, CREDO, and others at a rally to tell Governor Jerry Brown: Ban fracking throughout California now. Activists from across the state will be there. Will you? Transportation will be provided from the Bay Area to the Capitol Building in Sacramento. Bus pick up times and locations: San Francisco Civic Center BART — 6:00 a.m. 1814 Franklin St. (at 19th St.), Oakland — 6:20 a.m. The bus will return to Oakland by 1:00 p.m. and San Francisco by 1:20 p.m. Click here to reserve your seat on the bus. Want to meet us in Sacramento? The rally will take place at 8 a.m. at the State Capitol Building on the north side, 1315 10th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. You can RSVP on our Facebook event page here or by emailing me. Hillary Aidun Anti-Fracking Organizer Center for Biological Diversity 415-632-5335 haidun(a)biologicaldiversity.org

12 years, 2 months

electronics recycling rumor @ Grocery Outlet this weekend

by Matthew Senate

hey all, I heard a rumor from my roommate that Grocery is setting up electronics recycling Saturday and Sunday, 2900 Broadway just up the street from sudo room. Any confirmations? I'm seeking one currently. If confirmed, anyone want to check it out to (a) drop stuff off we don't need (b) keep our eyes peeled for good fixable stuff!? // Matt

12 years, 2 months

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