From a.madman at gmail.com Wed Oct 1 20:09:39 2014 From: a.madman at gmail.com (Jens) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 13:09:39 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Makerspace Bootcamp In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Dom! It looks like this will be hosted at Maker Works in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Tom Root and Dale Grover, founders of the space, will lead it. From reading their site it appears this is the first time they have run a workshop like this It's a great idea, but just seems like a lot of money for the first time out. When I saw it featured by Make, I assumed it would be the folks from Artisan's Asylum since they have some history with helping other spaces get going. Since I don't know much about the Ann Arbor group, I would be hesitant to go. Maybe others here can vouch for their legitimacy? Jens (also from MakeICT) On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Dominic Canare wrote: > http://makezine.com/2014/09/26/makerspace-operations-bootcamp/ > > Has anyone attended one of these bootcamps? We'd love to hear personal > experiences - especially regarding what you learned and whether it's worth > attending for the price. > > > *Dominic Canare* > President, MakeICT > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scotta at obrary.com Wed Oct 1 21:23:47 2014 From: scotta at obrary.com (Scott Austin) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:23:47 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Free Open Design Library Message-ID: Hey folks I?d like to introduce Obrary to this group. At Obrary, we?re creating a library of open designs. You can see it at http://obrary.com/collections/open-designs. We currently focused on designs that are made from a CNC Router or Laser Cutter. Please browse our library and download any designs that you are interested in making. 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Message-ID: <54314DE7.5090704@phinn.de> Hi there, so i'm going on a trip to south east asia, mostly vietnam (also laos and cambodia) and was wondering if anybody of you knows anything about a hacker scene in any way? The entries about ho chi minh city / hanoi hacker spaces on the hackerspaces.org wiki seem to be outdated. Well, if anybody knows any folks or places to hang out, meet, get to know, please drop me a line. Cheers, Julian From almarzuki2011 at hotmail.com Tue Oct 7 00:31:53 2014 From: almarzuki2011 at hotmail.com (hadi) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 01:31:53 +0300 Subject: [hackerspaces] change the return address to point to shellcode Message-ID: Im using linux and I have c program, I would like to change the return address to point to my shellcode, im unable to do it. 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This is contentious - we are trying to hit a decent compromise given the state of the current scientific literature. There is limited research on vaping on Pub Med. Shirley Hicks Board member, secretary & business admin Red Mountain Makers 5502 1st Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35212 Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org www.redmountainmakers.org ----------------------------------------------------------- Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sfxman at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 05:50:46 2014 From: sfxman at gmail.com (Michel Gallant) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 23:50:46 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Free Open Design Library In-Reply-To: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> References: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> Message-ID: I like the emphasis on CNC cuttable designs. Last time I looked for a Raspberry Pi case every single design needed a laser cutter for 90 degree internal corners. So I think it's more useful too. On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson wrote: > Alright, I'm gonna ask what seems obvious but nobody's saying it: Is this > intended as a "more pure" version of Thingiverse, basically minus the > Makerbot stink? > > -Nate B- > > Scott Austin wrote: > > Hey folks > > I?d like to introduce Obrary to this group. At Obrary, we?re creating a > library of open designs. You can see it at > http://obrary.com/collections/open-designs. We currently focused on > designs that are made from a CNC Router or Laser Cutter. Please browse our > library and download any designs that you are interested in making. If you > do make one, please post a photo of it in the forums. Also, please send me > an email if you would like to add a design of yours to the library. > > Feedback welcome. > > Thanks! > > > *Scott Austin* > > President and Co-Founder, Obrary > > + 1 619 356 1465 > > [image: 02_facebook] [image: > 01_twitter] [image: 13_pinterest] > [image: 10_instagram] > [image: 03_youtube] > [image: > 07_linkedin] > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sam.ley at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 06:14:35 2014 From: sam.ley at gmail.com (Sam Ley) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> References: <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: <1412741674853.6bb5e5ba@Nodemailer> Public policy in most states is leaning toward "vaping is cigarettes". It is possible that your existing laws already cover the situation.? In our case we ask members to smoke cigarettes and joints outside. Vaping tobacco or weed is ok, but encouraged to be kept in our metalworking areas that have better ventilation. Sam Phoenix Asylum (Colorado) ? Sent from Mailbox On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Shirley Hicks wrote: > How are you all dealing with vaping and e-cigarettes at your spaces? > Issue has come up at ours, and after a PubMed literature search, we are at a loss regarding making a decision that suits everyone. > What we're considering is: > No vaping around persons under age 18. > Vaping permitted (as less bad than smoking) unless the vapor requested to not do it in a given workshop by other member working there. > This is contentious - we are trying to hit a decent compromise given the state of the current scientific literature. There is limited research on vaping on Pub Med. > Shirley Hicks > Board member, secretary & business admin > Red Mountain Makers > 5502 1st Avenue North > Birmingham, AL 35212 > Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org > www.redmountainmakers.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From crasch at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 06:26:25 2014 From: crasch at gmail.com (Chris Rasch) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:26:25 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: We're new enough that it hasn't been an issue yet, but our policy will likely be "Vape as you want, so long as it isn't bothering someone nearby. If it is, go someone else in the space or outside." Chris On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Shirley Hicks wrote: > How are you all dealing with vaping and e-cigarettes at your spaces? > > Issue has come up at ours, and after a PubMed literature search, we are at > a loss regarding making a decision that suits everyone. > > What we're considering is: > > No vaping around persons under age 18. > Vaping permitted (as less bad than smoking) unless the vapor requested to > not do it in a given workshop by other member working there. > > This is contentious - we are trying to hit a decent compromise given the > state of the current scientific literature. There is limited research on > vaping on Pub Med. > > Shirley Hicks > Board member, secretary & business admin > Red Mountain Makers > 5502 1st Avenue North > Birmingham, AL 35212 > > Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org > www.redmountainmakers.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at nycresistor.com Wed Oct 8 06:38:01 2014 From: matt at nycresistor.com (matt) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:38:01 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: I think all of our members are considerate enough that this discussion has never arisen. Also I don't think any of our members 'vape'. That's kind of a middle america / lower class thing. >=D On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Chris Rasch wrote: > We're new enough that it hasn't been an issue yet, but our policy will > likely be "Vape as you want, so long as it isn't bothering someone nearby. > If it is, go someone else in the space or outside." > > Chris > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Shirley Hicks > wrote: > >> How are you all dealing with vaping and e-cigarettes at your spaces? >> >> Issue has come up at ours, and after a PubMed literature search, we are >> at a loss regarding making a decision that suits everyone. >> >> What we're considering is: >> >> No vaping around persons under age 18. >> Vaping permitted (as less bad than smoking) unless the vapor requested to >> not do it in a given workshop by other member working there. >> >> This is contentious - we are trying to hit a decent compromise given the >> state of the current scientific literature. There is limited research on >> vaping on Pub Med. >> >> Shirley Hicks >> Board member, secretary & business admin >> Red Mountain Makers >> 5502 1st Avenue North >> Birmingham, AL 35212 >> >> Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org >> www.redmountainmakers.org >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at davidfrancos.net Wed Oct 8 12:24:21 2014 From: me at davidfrancos.net (David Francos) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:24:21 +0200 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: 2014-10-08 6:38 GMT+02:00 matt : > I think all of our members are considerate enough that this discussion has > never arisen. Also I don't think any of our members 'vape'. That's kind > of a middle america / lower class thing. >=D > At Dlabs Hackerspace none of our members vape that we know, but our policy is very strict on that: No smoking, any kind. But, anyway, we've got a pretty small and not-very-well ventilated space, wich might not be your case. Consider: - Is your space big enough? - Do you have someplace outside where smokers can "smoke" or "vape"? Vaping is less bothering than smoking inside, but it still produces smells, and probably some substances that people might not like. -- Gracias, David Francos Cuartero (davidfrancos.net) -------------------------------------------------------------- President - Dlabs Hackerspace (www.dlabs.co) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dh405okc at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 13:39:05 2014 From: dh405okc at gmail.com (Derek H) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 06:39:05 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: Let's look at the vapor itself. It is derived from propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, usually food-grade or better flavoring agents, and usually (not always) a small amount of nicotine. * Propylene Glycol is basic fog juice, same as you would use in a fog machine. There are some people who have allergic reactions to PG, but usually that's only in large concentration. * Vegetable Glycerin is a very harmless medium. It's one of those things that we consume all the time anyhow. * The flavoring agents are mostly harmless. The only danger here is that some of them are not fully tested to show no harm when they are heated and inhaled. I think the worst thing people have found has been diacetyl, which is the base for pretty much all fake butter flavoring. It has been shown to be harmful when inhaled.. on industrial scales over years of working in plants that produce diacetyl or work with it extensively. * The nicotine itself isn't nearly as bad as many people feel. Is it something I'd give to a kid? Certainly not. Much like how caffeine attaches to the adenosine receptors to work as a stimulant, nicotine binds to the acetylcholine receptors in the brain. It's not something great to take in huge quantities. The secondhand vapor exhaled from your average vaper is going to contain just tiny amounts of nicotine. The secondhand risks are minimal. That said, some people do not like it. If someone doesn't like vapor or the usually-pleasant smells, then vapers shouldn't bother them and should refrain from using their e-cigarettes. If the vaper is a real jerk about it, someone may unfortunately have to spread some "enforced politeness." Banning ecigs altogether out of uninformed fear is a show of weak and lazy leadership. Educate yourself and your membership. Matt, your comment on vaping being a middle america or lower-class "thing" was distasteful and classist. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:24 AM, David Francos wrote: > > 2014-10-08 6:38 GMT+02:00 matt : > >> I think all of our members are considerate enough that this discussion >> has never arisen. Also I don't think any of our members 'vape'. That's >> kind of a middle america / lower class thing. >=D >> > > > At Dlabs Hackerspace none of our members vape that we know, but our policy > is very strict on that: No smoking, any kind. > But, anyway, we've got a pretty small and not-very-well ventilated space, > wich might not be your case. > > Consider: > - Is your space big enough? > - Do you have someplace outside where smokers can "smoke" or "vape"? > > Vaping is less bothering than smoking inside, but it still produces > smells, and probably some substances that people might not like. > > -- > > Gracias, > > David Francos Cuartero (davidfrancos.net) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > President - Dlabs Hackerspace (www.dlabs.co) > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From itg at itechgeek.com Wed Oct 8 13:39:43 2014 From: itg at itechgeek.com (ITechGeek) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 07:39:43 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: Vaping itself isn't harmful to others as far as anything I've read (I haven't read any research on pubmed, but in other places). The only thing that would be a problem to others is either the sight of it (people think vaping is the same as smoking and feel the same about it as smoking) or the chemicals involved in the flavor/smells (people can have a bad reaction to any chemical, particularly in enclosed spaces). I think the proposed rule in the original email is fair and I would also attach a suggestion for the vapor to avoid flavors (one person's rose could be another's skunk). Now I'm against <18 using it just because that is our arbitrary cut off in the US between child and adult and you can easily get A LOT more nicotine from an e-cig. On a lighter note, a friend had someone report him to metro (DC's subway system) security cause they could "smell the tobacco" almost a full car away on the platform of a large station. I think he said he was vaping non-flavored at the time. He has also had people tell him to "put out his cigarette" when smoking a blue tipped e-cig, threaten to report him for the fire hazard, threaten to kick him out of places cause they could smell the tabacco, etc). I haven't looked into vaping weed, but I would imagine it is like vaping nicotine and only the vapor gets the thc and would be ok w/ that being treated the same. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ITG (ITechGeek) ITG at ITechGeek.Com https://itg.nu/ GPG Keys: https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:24 AM, David Francos wrote: > > 2014-10-08 6:38 GMT+02:00 matt : > >> I think all of our members are considerate enough that this discussion >> has never arisen. Also I don't think any of our members 'vape'. That's >> kind of a middle america / lower class thing. >=D >> > > > At Dlabs Hackerspace none of our members vape that we know, but our policy > is very strict on that: No smoking, any kind. > But, anyway, we've got a pretty small and not-very-well ventilated space, > wich might not be your case. > > Consider: > - Is your space big enough? > - Do you have someplace outside where smokers can "smoke" or "vape"? > > Vaping is less bothering than smoking inside, but it still produces > smells, and probably some substances that people might not like. > > -- > > Gracias, > > David Francos Cuartero (davidfrancos.net) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > President - Dlabs Hackerspace (www.dlabs.co) > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From walter at revspace.nl Wed Oct 8 14:17:18 2014 From: walter at revspace.nl (Walter van Holst) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:17:18 +0200 Subject: [hackerspaces] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_Vaping_in_Spaces=3F?= In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: On 2014-10-08 14:00, ITechGeek wrote: >> I think all of our members are considerate enough that this >> discussion has never arisen. Also I don't think any of our members >> 'vape'. That's kind of a middle america / lower class thing. >=D > > For the record everyone I know who vapes is a working professional in > the DC area and by no stretch would any of them be "lower-class". Don't feed the douche. FTR, this matter has never come up at RevSpace. Regards, Walter From ramgarden at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 15:35:54 2014 From: ramgarden at gmail.com (Joshua Pritt) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 09:35:54 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: This hasn't come up at Melbourne Makerspace but I'm sure the #2 rule to be excellent to each other would apply. The vaper person should be considerate enough to do it outside so no one else has to breathe it. If it were me I would go outside and far away from the front or side doors. I wish there was a mask of some sort like a reverse gas mask where vapers and smokers could keep 100% of their chemicals to themselves and not bother anyone else with it. I don't care what you do to yourself as long as you don't do it to others around you. I use this example: Let's say you like to cut yourself with a razor from time to time but when people are around you also cut them just a little bit. Not a lot, just a tiny little poke with the corner of the razor, no big deal. I'm pretty sure people around you would have a problem with that. Kinda silly but also kinda similar. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Walter van Holst wrote: > On 2014-10-08 14:00, ITechGeek wrote: > >> I think all of our members are considerate enough that this >>> discussion has never arisen. Also I don't think any of our members >>> 'vape'. That's kind of a middle america / lower class thing. >=D >>> >> >> For the record everyone I know who vapes is a working professional in >> the DC area and by no stretch would any of them be "lower-class". >> > > Don't feed the douche. > > FTR, this matter has never come up at RevSpace. > > Regards, > > Walter > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 16:58:36 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (Mark Janssen) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 09:58:36 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: Vaping is the lazy person's way of not fixing the world. There's a reason for craving. Giving into the addiction doesn't settle it. Each drug has a different reason. You don't see these issues within certain demographics, because people who live on Truth get fed naturally. Vaping is essentially Jesus`s farts. There: now you know. Cheers! Marxos From hadez.hso at nrrd.de Wed Oct 8 17:21:55 2014 From: hadez.hso at nrrd.de (hadez) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 17:21:55 +0200 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: The issue came up at shackspace and it got to a point where some folks felt offended and the vapers in question ignored / downplayed / ridiculed all pleads to please take it outside or even move by an inch. Since we already have a strict "no indoor smoking" rule established, we simply decided to treat vaping the same way. So far, to my knowledge, neither side of the argument was able to present compelling, peer-reviewed and tested research in favor of their party. At the moment there are indications that vapor - while less toxic than smoke - still does contain several chemicals identified as carcinogens[0,1]. So without moving the goal post around too much, we've decided as a group to err on the side of caution and treat vaping the same way we treat smoking: Feel free to do it, as long as you do it outside. [0] Gonewicz ML, Knysak J, Gawron M, et al. Levels of selected carcinogens and toxicants in vapour from electronic cigarettes. Tob Control. doi:10: 1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050859 [1] Schripp T, Markewitz D, Uhde E, et al. Does e-cigarette consumption cause passive vaping? Indoor Air 2013; (1):25-31. -- hadez From sam.ley at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 18:56:28 2014 From: sam.ley at gmail.com (Sam Ley) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 10:56:28 -0600 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Mark Janssen wrote: > You don't see these issues within certain demographics, because people > who live on Truth get fed naturally. > I agree completely. At our space we have a strict requirement that members be pure of mind, body and spirit. The application process consists of them sitting on top of a pillar of amethyst, and subsisting only on natural sunlight and rainwater for 14 days and 14 nights. On the final night, should they survive the trials, we write down their ravings in our wiki, as pure Truth unbiased by toxins of the outside world. God willing, we will prevail in peace and freedom from fear and in true health through the purity and essence of our natural fluids. God bless you all. -Sam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbzurn at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 19:10:36 2014 From: jbzurn at gmail.com (JB Zurn) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:10:36 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: There used to be a group of people at FamiLAB who vaped quite a bit, and the smell bothered another group who was there quite a bit. A large part was though, the vaping also involved hacking, they were taking apart ecigs. Which helped give me an idea for a project (www.senti8.com) How the issue got resolved - there was the usual ruckus that comes with all disagreements. In the short term, the vapers started doing most of their vaping in the warehouse near the garage door, which worked for them because they could sit near the outside and hang out. In the long term, the primary vapers ended up getting a job at an ecig store closer to their university, and spent less time in the lab. So some of the stuff kinda resolves itself if you wait it out. -Brooks On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Sam Ley wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Mark Janssen > wrote: > >> You don't see these issues within certain demographics, because people >> who live on Truth get fed naturally. >> > > I agree completely. At our space we have a strict requirement that members > be pure of mind, body and spirit. The application process consists of them > sitting on top of a pillar of amethyst, and subsisting only on natural > sunlight and rainwater for 14 days and 14 nights. On the final night, > should they survive the trials, we write down their ravings in our wiki, as > pure Truth unbiased by toxins of the outside world. > > God willing, we will prevail in peace and freedom from fear and in true > health through the purity and essence of our natural fluids. God bless you > all. > > -Sam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at mrmccabe.com Wed Oct 8 19:44:45 2014 From: matt at mrmccabe.com (Matthew McCabe) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 10:44:45 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping leads to any kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people inhaling the vapor 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical journals, I would love to read them.) When we founded ATX Hackerspace, a few of our members vaped indoors without incident though I don't know what their policy is today. All of that being said, be sure to check your local laws as some cities like Seattle and San Francisco have made it illegal to vape indoors. So if you are concerned about following the letter of the law in your space, you may need to ask people who vape to do so outside. Also, I have (antidotally) heard of people who are mildly allergic to the vapors but that is probably not a good reason to ban them outright in a space. IMO, yes, be excellent and if vaping causes someone else physical discomfort, don't do it around them. Though, the "OMG you are smoking indoors and smoking is bad" kind of attitude is just ridiculous. Vaping != smoking. -Matt On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:10 AM, JB Zurn wrote: > There used to be a group of people at FamiLAB who vaped quite a bit, and > the smell bothered another group who was there quite a bit. A large part > was though, the vaping also involved hacking, they were taking apart ecigs. > Which helped give me an idea for a project (www.senti8.com) > > How the issue got resolved - there was the usual ruckus that comes with > all disagreements. In the short term, the vapers started doing most of > their vaping in the warehouse near the garage door, which worked for them > because they could sit near the outside and hang out. In the long term, the > primary vapers ended up getting a job at an ecig store closer to their > university, and spent less time in the lab. > > So some of the stuff kinda resolves itself if you wait it out. > > -Brooks > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Sam Ley wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Mark Janssen >> wrote: >> >>> You don't see these issues within certain demographics, because people >>> who live on Truth get fed naturally. >>> >> >> I agree completely. At our space we have a strict requirement that >> members be pure of mind, body and spirit. The application process consists >> of them sitting on top of a pillar of amethyst, and subsisting only on >> natural sunlight and rainwater for 14 days and 14 nights. On the final >> night, should they survive the trials, we write down their ravings in our >> wiki, as pure Truth unbiased by toxins of the outside world. >> >> God willing, we will prevail in peace and freedom from fear and in true >> health through the purity and essence of our natural fluids. God bless you >> all. >> >> -Sam >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This still needs further discussion. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Dave wrote: > Making Awesome is a makerspace in Tallahassee Florida. Recently we were > booted from our original location and are moving into a new space. We're > keeping our doors closed to the public for a couple of months while we > build out the new space and tighten up our organization. > > That brings up this request. > > We are looking for best practices/good examples/advice on membership > requirements and on policies/expectations for tools loaned to the space by > members or others. > > Cheers, and thanks, > David Brightbill > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 20:31:47 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:31:47 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: >> You don't see these issues within certain demographics, because people >> who live on Truth get fed naturally. > > I agree completely. At our space we have a strict requirement that members > be pure of mind, body and spirit. The application process consists of them > sitting on top of a pillar of amethyst, and subsisting only on natural > sunlight and rainwater for 14 days and 14 nights. On the final night, should > they survive the trials, we write down their ravings in our wiki, as pure > Truth unbiased by toxins of the outside world. I should refrain from further comment, but like most, you've been misled by postmodernism into thinking that there is no Truth, or that "it's all relative". These are tools for cowards and the weak. You probably justify it to yourself with thoughts like "one can never really know", etc., yet you've put unrestrained confidence in science and evolution as Truth, yes? > God willing, we will prevail in peace and freedom from fear and in true > health through the purity and essence of our natural fluids. God bless you > all. That's very good. We may be seated. Marxos, the-no-vapr-in-Truth-cowboy-hacker. From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 20:38:50 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:38:50 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe wrote: > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping leads to any > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people inhaling the vapor > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical journals, I > would love to read them.) The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> Q) is not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of vaping, and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely made to gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your local laws", etc.) Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the OneTruePath. Marxos From sam.ley at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 20:54:58 2014 From: sam.ley at gmail.com (Sam Ley) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:54:58 -0600 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:31 PM, John Q. Hacker wrote: > yet you've put unrestrained confidence in science > and evolution as Truth, yes? > I wouldn't say I have unrestrained confidence in anything. That said, to the original poster's question, we don't have to decide whether vaping is inherently good or bad, just what level of policy a hackerspace should have regarding it. My intuition is putting the danger of moderate vaping somewhere between breathing solder fumes and drinking diet coke, which is bad enough that I don't want to do it myself, but not so bad that I'll slap it out of someone's hands. I'm a proponent of "no new rules unless absolutely necessary", and I think that any existing "respect your fellow members" policies should adequately cover disagreements about vaping indoors. Of course if people refuse to play nicely, or there are specific local laws you have to follow, then you may need to get more specific. -Sam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at mrmccabe.com Wed Oct 8 20:56:46 2014 From: matt at mrmccabe.com (Matthew McCabe) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 11:56:46 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: Warning: trolls ahead, use caution On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe wrote: > > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping leads to any > > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people inhaling the > vapor > > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical journals, I > > would love to read them.) > > The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No > evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same > argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any > liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no > medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). > > Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> Q) is > not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of vaping, > and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely made to > gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your > local laws", etc.) > > Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the OneTruePath. > > Marxos > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sparr0 at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 21:00:07 2014 From: sparr0 at gmail.com (Sparr) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 14:00:07 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Shirley Hicks wrote: > How are you all dealing with vaping and e-cigarettes at your spaces? It's less harmful than soldering, welding, or metal grinding. From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 21:15:41 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 14:15:41 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: >> How are you all dealing with vaping and e-cigarettes at your spaces? > > It's less harmful than soldering, welding, or metal grinding. That's probably not true and you might endanger yourself making such a claim. The "soul" (for want of a better term) has use for those activities so can organize the immune system around it (even soldering). Getting free highs isn't the same. Since there's no evidence that it's safe, it's actually safer to assume that it isn't than believe otherwise, particularly, given the history of such products (RJReynolds, et al). Marxos From jbzurn at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 21:46:12 2014 From: jbzurn at gmail.com (JB Zurn) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:46:12 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe wrote: > Warning: trolls ahead, use caution > On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" > wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe >> wrote: >> > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping leads to any >> > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people inhaling the >> vapor >> > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical journals, I >> > would love to read them.) >> >> The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No >> evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same >> argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any >> liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no >> medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). >> >> Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> Q) is >> not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of vaping, >> and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely made to >> gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your >> local laws", etc.) >> >> Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the OneTruePath. >> >> Marxos >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scotta at obrary.com Wed Oct 8 21:51:20 2014 From: scotta at obrary.com (Scott Austin) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:51:20 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Free Open Design Library In-Reply-To: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> References: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> Message-ID: Nate The short term improvements we?re making to open designs include: ? Using one license type across all designs so people know how they can use it without having to read yet another license type file. ? Providing source (CAD) files so anyone can edit and modify the design. ? Ensuring that designs are buildable, not just concepts. ? Allow commercial use of designs and products. Then there?s longer term improvements we?re making to the digital fabrication process: ? Having parametric models that allow variety in the product?s dimension from a single design. ? Streamlining the bulky process that exists today between CAD, CAM and GCode. While I understand the comparison to Thingiverse, it?s not wholly accurate. We are looking at the whole digital fabrication process, not just cloud storage of design files. 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Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 below that's still no excuse. - skroo. On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: > Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. > It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. > > If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into > the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe > wrote: > > Warning: trolls ahead, use caution > > On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" > wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe > > wrote: > > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping > leads to any > > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people > inhaling the vapor > > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical > journals, I > > would love to read them.) > > The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No > evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same > argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any > liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no > medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). > > Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> > Q) is > not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of > vaping, > and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely > made to > gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your > local laws", etc.) > > Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the > OneTruePath. > > Marxos > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From matt at nycresistor.com Wed Oct 8 22:12:17 2014 From: matt at nycresistor.com (matt) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:12:17 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: Uhm... do people allow people into their space who haven't bathed? That seems insane. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Volatile Compound < volatilecompound at gmail.com> wrote: > If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical thing to > do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with > soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing > their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, > WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 > below that's still no excuse. > > - skroo. > > On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: > > Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. > > It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. > > > > If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into > > the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe > > wrote: > > > > Warning: trolls ahead, use caution > > > > On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" > > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe > > > wrote: > > > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping > > leads to any > > > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people > > inhaling the vapor > > > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical > > journals, I > > > would love to read them.) > > > > The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. > "No > > evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT > same > > argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any > > liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no > > medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). > > > > Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> > > Q) is > > not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of > > vaping, > > and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely > > made to > > gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check > your > > local laws", etc.) > > > > Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the > > OneTruePath. > > > > Marxos > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org> > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From volatilecompound at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:14:12 2014 From: volatilecompound at gmail.com (Volatile Compound) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:14:12 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: <54359B14.8050407@gmail.com> There have been... Banishments, at least until such time as the offending odours have been rectified. But yeah, without some sort of codification of personal hygiene, it seems like there's a good chunk of the populace out there who just don't bother with it. - skroo. On 10/8/14 1:12 PM, matt wrote: > Uhm... do people allow people into their space who haven't bathed? > That seems insane. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Volatile Compound > > wrote: > > If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical thing to > do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with > soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing > their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, > WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 > below that's still no excuse. > > - skroo. > > On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: > > Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. > > It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. > > > > If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into > > the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe > > >> wrote: > > > > Warning: trolls ahead, use caution > > > > On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" > > >> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe > > > >> wrote: > > > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping > > leads to any > > > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people > > inhaling the vapor > > > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical > > journals, I > > > would love to read them.) > > > > The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig > industry. "No > > evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that > EXACT same > > argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any > > liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There > is no > > medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). > > > > Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against > (P -> > > Q) is > > not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of > > vaping, > > and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely > > made to > > gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to > check your > > local laws", etc.) > > > > Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the > > OneTruePath. > > > > Marxos > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From tkrabec at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:15:23 2014 From: tkrabec at gmail.com (Tim Krabec) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:15:23 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: Why is there such a big discussion about this. Talk to your local members, figure out what is right for YOUR space, then put in some rules, look at them in few months to a year and see if it still makes sense. Then be polite to visitors who may not know your policy. If your visiting a space, ask what their rules are. Tim Krabec tkrabec.com Bio On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, matt wrote: > Uhm... do people allow people into their space who haven't bathed? That > seems insane. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Volatile Compound < > volatilecompound at gmail.com> wrote: > >> If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical thing to >> do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with >> soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing >> their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, >> WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 >> below that's still no excuse. >> >> - skroo. >> >> On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: >> > Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. >> > It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. >> > >> > If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into >> > the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. >> > >> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe > > > wrote: >> > >> > Warning: trolls ahead, use caution >> > >> > On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" < >> dreamingforward at gmail.com >> > > wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe >> > > wrote: >> > > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping >> > leads to any >> > > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people >> > inhaling the vapor >> > > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical >> > journals, I >> > > would love to read them.) >> > >> > The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig >> industry. "No >> > evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT >> same >> > argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any >> > liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no >> > medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). >> > >> > Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> >> > Q) is >> > not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of >> > vaping, >> > and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely >> > made to >> > gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check >> your >> > local laws", etc.) >> > >> > Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the >> > OneTruePath. >> > >> > Marxos >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> > >> > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org> >> > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From volatilecompound at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:18:33 2014 From: volatilecompound at gmail.com (Volatile Compound) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:18:33 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: <54359C19.6060907@gmail.com> See, that's the reasonable thing to do. Unfortunately, someone asked the question on this list, and, well, it all went to hell from there in a handbasket of opinion in lieu of just using common sense. But, hey, inboxes are for email, amirite? - skroo. On 10/8/14 1:15 PM, Tim Krabec wrote: > Why is there such a big discussion about this. Talk to your local > members, figure out what is right for YOUR space, then put in some > rules, look at them in few months to a year and see if it still makes > sense. Then be polite to visitors who may not know your policy. If > your visiting a space, ask what their rules are. > > > > Tim Krabec > tkrabec.com > Bio > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, matt > wrote: > > Uhm... do people allow people into their space who haven't > bathed? That seems insane. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Volatile Compound > > wrote: > > If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical > thing to > do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with > soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing > their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for > fuck's sake, > WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it > was 40 > below that's still no excuse. > > - skroo. > > On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: > > Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. > > It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. > > > > If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into > > the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe > > >> wrote: > > > > Warning: trolls ahead, use caution > > > > On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" > > >> > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe > > > >> wrote: > > > There is no documented medical evidence showing that > vaping > > leads to any > > > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people > > inhaling the vapor > > > 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed > medical > > journals, I > > > would love to read them.) > > > > The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig > industry. "No > > evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is > that EXACT same > > argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get > out of any > > liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes > ("There is no > > medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). > > > > Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence > against (P -> > > Q) is > > not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad > consequence of > > vaping, > > and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe > is purely > > made to > > gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure > to check your > > local laws", etc.) > > > > Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the > > OneTruePath. > > > > Marxos > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From shirley at velochicdesign.com Wed Oct 8 22:22:52 2014 From: shirley at velochicdesign.com (Shirley Hicks) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:22:52 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: Before everyone has a jolly time veering off into the analogies, logic and digressions on the subject and ends at Godwin, may I respectfully request restraining input to that of answers to the original question? The thread is illustrating the sheer vexatiousness that vaping in shared spaces generates. So far, the answers to my original question have been useful in giving me a sense of what decisions other spaces are finding useful. Thanks! :) Shirley Hicks Red Mountain Makers. On Oct 8, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Volatile Compound wrote: > If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical thing to > do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with > soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing > their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, > WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 > below that's still no excuse. > > - skroo. > > On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: >> Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. >> It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. >> >> If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into >> the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe > > wrote: >> >> Warning: trolls ahead, use caution >> >> On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" > > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe >> > wrote: >>> There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping >> leads to any >>> kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people >> inhaling the vapor >>> 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical >> journals, I >>> would love to read them.) >> >> The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No >> evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same >> argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any >> liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no >> medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). >> >> Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> >> Q) is >> not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of >> vaping, >> and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely >> made to >> gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your >> local laws", etc.) >> >> Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the >> OneTruePath. >> >> Marxos >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:29:07 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:29:07 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Tim Krabec wrote: > Why is there such a big discussion about this. Talk to your local members, > figure out what is right for YOUR space, then put in some rules, look at > them in few months to a year and see if it still makes sense. There is a big discussion about this, because the issue gets in the middle to two major value systems: the desire of a system without rulez, and the desire to accommodate everyone if it doesn't hurt anybody else. Unfortunately those two are on opposite ends of the spectrum and are always in tension: just like it is for the basis of America: liberty and justice for all -- two contrary aims. The solution for this is leadership, a leader in the sense of someone willing to take the responsibility for their space`s decision and also helps defend everyone else within it. Marxos From volatilecompound at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:30:11 2014 From: volatilecompound at gmail.com (Volatile Compound) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:30:11 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> OK, let's make this easy: Go with whatever local ordinances may apply at the hackerspace in question. Some locales don't classify e-cigarettes the same way as tobacco; some do. Follow that lead. If some other decision needs to be reached, then come to it internally. This is not something that requires group consensus to come to a resolution on, except perhaps within the hackerspace in question itself. - skroo. On 10/8/14 1:22 PM, Shirley Hicks wrote: > Before everyone has a jolly time veering off into the analogies, logic and digressions on the subject and ends at Godwin, may I respectfully request restraining input to that of answers to the original question? The thread is illustrating the sheer vexatiousness that vaping in shared spaces generates. So far, the answers to my original question have been useful in giving me a sense of what decisions other spaces are finding useful. > > > Thanks! :) > > Shirley Hicks > Red Mountain Makers. > > > On Oct 8, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Volatile Compound wrote: > >> If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical thing to >> do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with >> soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing >> their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, >> WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 >> below that's still no excuse. >> >> - skroo. >> >> On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: >>> Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. >>> It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. >>> >>> If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into >>> the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe >> > wrote: >>> >>> Warning: trolls ahead, use caution >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" >> > wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe >>> > wrote: >>>> There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping >>> leads to any >>>> kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people >>> inhaling the vapor >>>> 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical >>> journals, I >>>> would love to read them.) >>> >>> The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No >>> evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same >>> argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any >>> liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no >>> medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). >>> >>> Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> >>> Q) is >>> not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of >>> vaping, >>> and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely >>> made to >>> gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your >>> local laws", etc.) >>> >>> Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the >>> OneTruePath. >>> >>> Marxos >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:33:21 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:33:21 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Volatile Compound wrote: > OK, let's make this easy: > > Go with whatever local ordinances may apply at the hackerspace in question. Apparently, you don't live around here and should probably refrain from commenting on the law (or human health). Laws are often years, even decades behind. People have to start with themselves if they are forming a collective, not wait for the government to say what to do. marxos From tkrabec at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:34:52 2014 From: tkrabec at gmail.com (Tim Krabec) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:34:52 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> Message-ID: John, You said it. "if it doesn't hurt anybody else" The argument could be made simply that nicotine is a drug, and if you don't want that drug in your system you should not have to breath the vapor from others. So at the very least, if you want to vape around people who are not vaping ask, if you are not a vaper and you want to use equipment or use something around the vapers, let them know (politely) you don't like the smell/whatever and ask if you could get some time on said equipment with out vapor. We are supposed to be adults and we're supposed to be able to use our words. Tim Krabec tkrabec.com Bio On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:29 PM, John Q. Hacker wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Tim Krabec wrote: > > Why is there such a big discussion about this. Talk to your local > members, > > figure out what is right for YOUR space, then put in some rules, look at > > them in few months to a year and see if it still makes sense. > > There is a big discussion about this, because the issue gets in the > middle to two major value systems: the desire of a system without > rulez, and the desire to accommodate everyone if it doesn't hurt > anybody else. Unfortunately those two are on opposite ends of the > spectrum and are always in tension: just like it is for the basis of > America: liberty and justice for all -- two contrary aims. > > The solution for this is leadership, a leader in the sense of someone > willing to take the responsibility for their space`s decision and also > helps defend everyone else within it. > > Marxos > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shirley at velochicdesign.com Wed Oct 8 22:35:27 2014 From: shirley at velochicdesign.com (Shirley Hicks) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:35:27 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.co m> Message-ID: <4B3F872C-40F4-4CD2-8C41-948869D48CE1@velochicdesign.com> Thanks for the input from all. I had asked to get a sense of how individual spaces were making the decision, simply because it has proved difficult. Our state and city have not yet clarified this, so it is up to individual organizations to determined their own policies. Needless to say, the local results have varied. -- Shirley Hicks Red Mountain Makers On Oct 8, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Volatile Compound wrote: > OK, let's make this easy: > > Go with whatever local ordinances may apply at the hackerspace in question. > > Some locales don't classify e-cigarettes the same way as tobacco; some > do. Follow that lead. > > If some other decision needs to be reached, then come to it internally. > > This is not something that requires group consensus to come to a > resolution on, except perhaps within the hackerspace in question itself. > > - skroo. > > On 10/8/14 1:22 PM, Shirley Hicks wrote: >> Before everyone has a jolly time veering off into the analogies, logic and digressions on the subject and ends at Godwin, may I respectfully request restraining input to that of answers to the original question? The thread is illustrating the sheer vexatiousness that vaping in shared spaces generates. So far, the answers to my original question have been useful in giving me a sense of what decisions other spaces are finding useful. >> >> >> Thanks! :) >> >> Shirley Hicks >> Red Mountain Makers. >> >> >> On Oct 8, 2014, at 3:10 PM, Volatile Compound wrote: >> >>> If we're banning things based on smells, then the only logical thing to >>> do is also adopt a policy requiring everyone to take a shower (with >>> soap) before coming over to the hackerspace in addition to brushing >>> their teeth. Also, no farting in the hackerspace. And for fuck's sake, >>> WIPE PROPERLY. It's 102 degrees out there today, but even if it was 40 >>> below that's still no excuse. >>> >>> - skroo. >>> >>> On 10/8/14 12:46 PM, JB Zurn wrote: >>>> Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. >>>> It smells. Some people are bothered by smells. >>>> >>>> If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into >>>> the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> Warning: trolls ahead, use caution >>>> >>>> On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe >>>> > wrote: >>>>> There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping >>>> leads to any >>>>> kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people >>>> inhaling the vapor >>>>> 2nd hand. (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical >>>> journals, I >>>>> would love to read them.) >>>> >>>> The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry. "No >>>> evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same >>>> argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any >>>> liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no >>>> medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer."). >>>> >>>> Just in case you missed the fallacy: no evidence against (P -> >>>> Q) is >>>> not the same as ~Q, given P. Q being some bad consequence of >>>> vaping, >>>> and P being vaping itself. The rest of his diatribe is purely >>>> made to >>>> gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your >>>> local laws", etc.) >>>> >>>> Logic-is-good, evil is bad. Get clued-in and follow the >>>> OneTruePath. >>>> >>>> Marxos >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>>> >>>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss From volatilecompound at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:36:41 2014 From: volatilecompound at gmail.com (Volatile Compound) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:36:41 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5435A059.6050207@gmail.com> Nice try, but if you're going to bait me into debating your flawed reasoning you'll have to do a lot better than that. Do feel free to fight the power, bring down the man, rage against those machines, etc. in the interim if it makes you happy, though. <3, - skroo. On 10/8/14 1:33 PM, John Q. Hacker wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Volatile Compound > wrote: >> OK, let's make this easy: >> >> Go with whatever local ordinances may apply at the hackerspace in question. > > Apparently, you don't live around here and should probably refrain > from commenting on the law (or human health). Laws are often years, > even decades behind. People have to start with themselves if they are > forming a collective, not wait for the government to say what to do. > > marxos > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From dreamingforward at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:38:52 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:38:52 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: <5435A059.6050207@gmail.com> References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> <5435A059.6050207@gmail.com> Message-ID: > Nice try, but if you're going to bait me into debating your flawed > reasoning you'll have to do a lot better than that. > > Do feel free to fight the power, bring down the man, rage against those > machines, etc. in the interim if it makes you happy, though. Thank you. And, for you, please continue to suck the cock of the anti-Christ, be a shill for private industries, and otherwise get a free ride on the sacrifices made for your convenient lifestyles. Cheers! Marxos From sfxman at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:42:59 2014 From: sfxman at gmail.com (Michel Gallant) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:42:59 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> <5435A059.6050207@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 8, 2014 4:38 PM, "John Q. Hacker" wrote: > > > Nice try, but if you're going to bait me into debating your flawed > > reasoning you'll have to do a lot better than that. > > > > Do feel free to fight the power, bring down the man, rage against those > > machines, etc. in the interim if it makes you happy, though. > > Thank you. And, for you, please continue to suck the cock of the > anti-Christ, be a shill for private industries, and otherwise get a > free ride on the sacrifices made for your convenient lifestyles. > > Cheers! > > Marxos > Dude. Not cool. _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tallycast at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 22:45:57 2014 From: tallycast at gmail.com (Dave) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:45:57 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> <5435A059.6050207@gmail.com> Message-ID: Don't feed the troll. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Michel Gallant wrote: > > On Oct 8, 2014 4:38 PM, "John Q. Hacker" > wrote: > > > > > Nice try, but if you're going to bait me into debating your flawed > > > reasoning you'll have to do a lot better than that. > > > > > > Do feel free to fight the power, bring down the man, rage against those > > > machines, etc. in the interim if it makes you happy, though. > > > > Thank you. And, for you, please continue to suck the cock of the > > anti-Christ, be a shill for private industries, and otherwise get a > > free ride on the sacrifices made for your convenient lifestyles. > > > > Cheers! > > > > Marxos > > > > Dude. Not cool. > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tallycast at gmail.com Wed Oct 8 23:02:28 2014 From: tallycast at gmail.com (Dave) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 17:02:28 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Help with membership agreement and tool loan policies In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Does anyone have a loan agreement that we can review and hopefully, copy? On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Joshua Pritt wrote: > 1. Make sure people know about LOANING a tool vs DONATING a tool. If > loaned the member can take it back if they move or whatever. Donating > means it's part of the shop's assets. > 2. Create a wiki page on your space's wiki (you do have a wiki, right?) > with a table showing who loaned or donated which tools. Or if multiple > members paid for a tool. > 3. If loaned make sure to put your name on it with a labelmaker or > engraver, etc. > 4. Make a rule that if someone breaks a tool they should help pay for > fixing or replacing it. Rational people should automatically offer to help > fix it. > 5. Some people have asked about valuating tool donations so that if they > donate a tool it will pay for their membership for some time. This still > needs further discussion. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Dave wrote: > >> Making Awesome is a makerspace in Tallahassee Florida. Recently we were >> booted from our original location and are moving into a new space. We're >> keeping our doors closed to the public for a couple of months while we >> build out the new space and tighten up our organization. >> >> That brings up this request. >> >> We are looking for best practices/good examples/advice on membership >> requirements and on policies/expectations for tools loaned to the space by >> members or others. >> >> Cheers, and thanks, >> David Brightbill >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dh405okc at gmail.com Thu Oct 9 02:29:33 2014 From: dh405okc at gmail.com (Derek H) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 19:29:33 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Vaping in Spaces? In-Reply-To: References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <54359A2B.5080400@gmail.com> <54359ED3.1050502@gmail.com> <5435A059.6050207@gmail.com> Message-ID: You're a nutter and a jerk. I'll use my "soul" to align my chakras in such a manner as to tell you that you're being massively inappropriate here. The answer to the question, in my opinion, is to guide the members to follow the holy DBAD rule. If they can't follow DBAD, then perhaps they aren't socialized enough for group spaces. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:38 PM, John Q. Hacker wrote: > > Nice try, but if you're going to bait me into debating your flawed > > reasoning you'll have to do a lot better than that. > > > > Do feel free to fight the power, bring down the man, rage against those > > machines, etc. in the interim if it makes you happy, though. > > Thank you. And, for you, please continue to suck the cock of the > anti-Christ, be a shill for private industries, and otherwise get a > free ride on the sacrifices made for your convenient lifestyles. > > Cheers! > > Marxos > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randall.arnold at texrat.net Thu Oct 9 16:12:40 2014 From: randall.arnold at texrat.net (Randall Arnold) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 09:12:40 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [hackerspaces] Tarrant Makers: Fall of a Foundation In-Reply-To: References: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> Message-ID: <102080885.57036.1412863960160.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> I think I told everyone but this list, but our local maker nonprofit, Tarrant County Maker Community Foundation, recently imploded. Sabotage is a better word, but I'm gritting my teeth and trying to be polite. Three years of hard work on my part and ~two years on the part of a few dedicated others down the tubes. There were a variety of elements that contributed... our regressive, non-collaborative culture here was a big one. But ultimately it came down to a handful of factors that I describe here: http://texrat.net/tarrant-makers-fall-of-a-foundation/ We're not the only ones to experience the stumbling blocks I describe; I know many of you made it past them, too. It's just sad that we became an example of failure for the book I'm working on... Randy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dreamingforward at gmail.com Thu Oct 9 16:35:58 2014 From: dreamingforward at gmail.com (John Q. Hacker) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 09:35:58 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Tarrant Makers: Fall of a Foundation In-Reply-To: <102080885.57036.1412863960160.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> References: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> <102080885.57036.1412863960160.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> Message-ID: There is where you can tell all the idiots who didn't want to integrate hacktivist culture into the hackerspace ethos and pathos to bugger off. Without a higher purpose, hackerspaces simply aren't righteous enough to keep community interest or profitable enough to keep relevant. Marxos From randall.arnold at texrat.net Thu Oct 9 16:44:33 2014 From: randall.arnold at texrat.net (Randall Arnold) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 09:44:33 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [hackerspaces] Tarrant Makers: Fall of a Foundation In-Reply-To: References: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> <102080885.57036.1412863960160.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> Message-ID: <883198941.59174.1412865873996.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> Agreed... and I did what one person could. What it boiled down to is that a few of us understood the value of hackerspace ethos, as well as the need for purpose, and we were outgunned by naysayers and do-nothings. In hindsight, the only way to have overcome that was a different organizational/executive structure than we wound up with. General culture in the Fort Worth area, though, is a BIG part of the problem. I can't overstate that. In some ways the lone cowboy culture is charming, but in others it impedes progress... especially where the maker movement (and tech opportunity in general) is concerned. More on that: http://texrat.net/dfw-and-tech-opportunities-a-fish-story/ Randy > > On October 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM "John Q. Hacker" > wrote: > > > There is where you can tell all the idiots who didn't want to > integrate hacktivist culture into the hackerspace ethos and pathos to > bugger off. > > Without a higher purpose, hackerspaces simply aren't righteous enough > to keep community interest or profitable enough to keep relevant. > > Marxos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In > hindsight, the only way to have overcome that was a different > organizational/executive structure than we wound up with. > > General culture in the Fort Worth area, though, is a BIG part of the > problem. I can't overstate that. In some ways the lone cowboy culture is > charming, but in others it impedes progress... especially where the maker > movement (and tech opportunity in general) is concerned. > > More on that: http://texrat.net/dfw-and-tech-opportunities-a-fish-story/ > > Randy > > On October 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM "John Q. Hacker" > wrote: > > > There is where you can tell all the idiots who didn't want to > integrate hacktivist culture into the hackerspace ethos and pathos to > bugger off. > > Without a higher purpose, hackerspaces simply aren't righteous enough > to keep community interest or profitable enough to keep relevant. > > Marxos > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randall.arnold at texrat.net Thu Oct 9 17:20:34 2014 From: randall.arnold at texrat.net (Randall Arnold) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:20:34 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [hackerspaces] Tarrant Makers: Fall of a Foundation In-Reply-To: References: <1412705560821362428@telcodata.us> <102080885.57036.1412863960160.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> <883198941.59174.1412865873996.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> Message-ID: <284871712.61801.1412868034870.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> You guys rock. I can't wait to get your story in our book (email me privately if you want to get in on contributor pilot) Randy > On October 9, 2014 at 10:17 AM matt wrote: > > I'd just like to point out NYC Resistor is going strong into year 7 with > no discernible problems. > > > Also we have no hacktivist culture at all. You cray cray. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Randall Arnold < > randall.arnold at texrat.net > wrote: > > > > > > Agreed... and I did what one person could. What it boiled down to is > > that a few of us understood the value of hackerspace ethos, as well as the > > need for purpose, and we were outgunned by naysayers and do-nothings. In > > hindsight, the only way to have overcome that was a different > > organizational/executive structure than we wound up with. > > > > General culture in the Fort Worth area, though, is a BIG part of the > > problem. I can't overstate that. In some ways the lone cowboy culture is > > charming, but in others it impedes progress... especially where the maker > > movement (and tech opportunity in general) is concerned. > > > > More on that: > > http://texrat.net/dfw-and-tech-opportunities-a-fish-story/ > > > > Randy > > > > > > > > > > On October 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM "John Q. Hacker" > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > There is where you can tell all the idiots who didn't want to > > > integrate hacktivist culture into the hackerspace ethos and > > > pathos to > > > bugger off. > > > > > > Without a higher purpose, hackerspaces simply aren't righteous > > > enough > > > to keep community interest or profitable enough to keep > > > relevant. > > > > > > Marxos > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> (Shirley Hicks's message of "Tue, 7 Oct 2014 22:43:56 -0500") References: <1DE996BF-5807-4641-B677-77D2D9B8405E@redmountainmakers.org> <50580E9C-CF3A-4314-BA43-C883C4E4EA52@velochicdesign.com> Message-ID: Shirley Hicks writes: > How are you all dealing with vaping and e-cigarettes at your spaces? > > Issue has come up at ours, and after a PubMed literature search, we are at a > loss regarding making a decision that suits everyone. > > What we're considering is: > > No vaping around persons under age 18. > Vaping permitted (as less bad than smoking) unless the vapor requested to not do > it in a given workshop by other member working there. > > This is contentious - we are trying to hit a decent compromise given the state > of the current scientific literature. There is limited research on vaping on Pub > Med. At HeatSync Labs we took on a fairly liberal policy of "VAPE HARD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp7OuVsk1q4 > Shirley Hicks > Board member, secretary & business admin > Red Mountain Makers > 5502 1st Avenue North > Birmingham, AL 35212 > > Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org > www.redmountainmakers.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Home email: shirley at velochicdesign.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss From floev22 at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 00:01:24 2014 From: floev22 at gmail.com (Florencia Edwards) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:01:24 -0300 Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? Message-ID: Hello everyone, today we were discussing what you can sell and what you can't sell in a hackerspace. For example "how to make a hackerspace", is something i believe everyone should be able to access, because the design patterns are free and available for everyone since 2007: we want more hackerspaces around and if the knowledge was shared with us why not keep sharing it back. So what caught my attention is this "Makerspace operations bootcamp" to learn how to make a makerspace,, that artisan's asylum offers. Why is it so expensive? 2000 dollars for person... Maybe i'm being naive and it's good, so the makerspace can sustain itself? : http://maker-works.com/classes/makerspace-operations-bootcamp-2/ Also checking their workshops i believe they are a little expensive, i always think that for education. it's better that it has the lowest cost possible, because education is a right. But again, maybe i'm wrong and if you can't charge workshops, how can a hackerspace sustain itself My real question is, what is ethical to sell in a hackerspace so it can sustain itself and what is not, what should we give to the community for free because it helps people and it makes a better world.Also, I know that the fact that things have a cost, or the fact of winning money is not a bad thing in itself. We need it to live and paying somone for their job is also helping them. So where are the limits, how can you know what to sell, at what price, and what never to sell. - Florencia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stroboptics at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 00:13:14 2014 From: stroboptics at gmail.com (Brian Rich) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:13:14 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think it's always OK to sell a Tee-shirt with the hacerspace's unique design or logo. This becomes both a pride-wear item, and advertising for your space. Selling easily used-up materials (at cost) is also appropriate. Stuff Like the filament for 3D printers. On Oct 14, 2014 3:01 PM, "Florencia Edwards" wrote: > Hello everyone, today we were discussing what you can sell and what you > can't sell in a hackerspace. For example "how to make a hackerspace", is > something i believe everyone should be able to access, because the design > patterns are free and available for everyone since 2007: we want more > hackerspaces around and if the knowledge was shared with us why not keep > sharing it back. So what caught my attention is this "Makerspace operations > bootcamp" to learn how to make a makerspace,, that artisan's asylum offers. > Why is it so expensive? 2000 dollars for person... Maybe i'm being naive > and it's good, so the makerspace can sustain itself? : > http://maker-works.com/classes/makerspace-operations-bootcamp-2/ > > Also checking their workshops i believe they are a little expensive, i > always think that for education. it's better that it has the lowest cost > possible, because education is a right. But again, maybe i'm wrong and if > you can't charge workshops, how can a hackerspace sustain itself > > My real question is, what is ethical to sell in a hackerspace so it can > sustain itself and what is not, what should we give to the community for > free because it helps people and it makes a better world.Also, I know that > the fact that things have a cost, or the fact of winning money is not a bad > thing in itself. We need it to live and paying somone for their job is also > helping them. > > So where are the limits, how can you know what to sell, at what price, and > what never to sell. > > - Florencia > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blueback09 at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 00:19:11 2014 From: blueback09 at gmail.com (Matt Maier) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:19:11 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There isn't AN answer, there is only a range of options from which you pick whatever you want based on what's important to you. For example, if you try to make things easy and clear-cut by talking about only registered charities, where what they do is obviously focused on a cause and not on profit, there is still a huge variety of approaches. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=419 "*Savvy donors know that the financial health of a charity is a strong indicator of the charity's programmatic performance. They know that in most cause areas, the most efficient charities spend 75% or more of their budget on their programs and services and less than 25% on fundraising and administrative fees. However, they also understand that mid-to-large sized charities do require a strong infrastructure therefore a claim of zero fundraising and/or administrative fees is unlikely at best. They understand that a charity's ability to sustain its programs over time is just as important as its short-term day-to-day spending practices. Therefore, savvy donors also seek out charities that are able to grow their revenue at least at the rate of inflation, that continue to invest in their programs and that have some money saved for a rainy day*" So, according to an organization devoted to ranking how well charities do their job, the benchmark is <=25% on overhead. So if your hackerspace operated at a proportion like that it should be beyond reproach, since your hackerspace probably isn't an actual charity. That implies a balance between the things you really want to give away, and other things you have to do to fund the things you want to give away. If you're a straight up charity you can start with donations and sell enough to make up any shortfall, and it wouldn't make sense for anyone to object to that. If you're not a charity, you kind of have to reverse those; start with selling things and then ask for donations to make up the shortfall. If you want to be self-sustaining you should probably start the balancing act with the amount of money you can bring in, and then decide how much stuff you can give away based on that. The actual thing you choose to give away or sell probably doesn't matter much. If you decide to sell something that somebody thinks you should give away, they can just go find (or found) a different organization that gives that thing away and sells something different. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Florencia Edwards wrote: > Hello everyone, today we were discussing what you can sell and what you > can't sell in a hackerspace. For example "how to make a hackerspace", is > something i believe everyone should be able to access, because the design > patterns are free and available for everyone since 2007: we want more > hackerspaces around and if the knowledge was shared with us why not keep > sharing it back. So what caught my attention is this "Makerspace operations > bootcamp" to learn how to make a makerspace,, that artisan's asylum offers. > Why is it so expensive? 2000 dollars for person... Maybe i'm being naive > and it's good, so the makerspace can sustain itself? : > http://maker-works.com/classes/makerspace-operations-bootcamp-2/ > > Also checking their workshops i believe they are a little expensive, i > always think that for education. it's better that it has the lowest cost > possible, because education is a right. But again, maybe i'm wrong and if > you can't charge workshops, how can a hackerspace sustain itself > > My real question is, what is ethical to sell in a hackerspace so it can > sustain itself and what is not, what should we give to the community for > free because it helps people and it makes a better world.Also, I know that > the fact that things have a cost, or the fact of winning money is not a bad > thing in itself. We need it to live and paying somone for their job is also > helping them. > > So where are the limits, how can you know what to sell, at what price, and > what never to sell. > > - Florencia > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at nycresistor.com Wed Oct 15 00:22:54 2014 From: matt at nycresistor.com (matt) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:22:54 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hackerspaces are defined by your community. If your community are greedy and oily salesmen... that's what your hackerspace will be perceived as. If your community are mother theresas... that's what your hackerspace will be perceived as. Your community decides what your hackerspace is. Everyone else decides what it is perceived as. And whether you care about the consequences of that is up to you. Whether you are effected by those consequences is not. -Matt On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Matt Maier wrote: > There isn't AN answer, there is only a range of options from which you > pick whatever you want based on what's important to you. For example, if > you try to make things easy and clear-cut by talking about only registered > charities, where what they do is obviously focused on a cause and not on > profit, there is still a huge variety of approaches. > > http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=419 > "*Savvy donors know that the financial health of a charity is a strong > indicator of the charity's programmatic performance. They know that in most > cause areas, the most efficient charities spend 75% or more of their budget > on their programs and services and less than 25% on fundraising and > administrative fees. However, they also understand that mid-to-large sized > charities do require a strong infrastructure therefore a claim of zero > fundraising and/or administrative fees is unlikely at best. They understand > that a charity's ability to sustain its programs over time is just as > important as its short-term day-to-day spending practices. Therefore, savvy > donors also seek out charities that are able to grow their revenue at least > at the rate of inflation, that continue to invest in their programs and > that have some money saved for a rainy day*" > > So, according to an organization devoted to ranking how well charities do > their job, the benchmark is <=25% on overhead. So if your hackerspace > operated at a proportion like that it should be beyond reproach, since your > hackerspace probably isn't an actual charity. That implies a balance > between the things you really want to give away, and other things you have > to do to fund the things you want to give away. If you're a straight up > charity you can start with donations and sell enough to make up any > shortfall, and it wouldn't make sense for anyone to object to that. If > you're not a charity, you kind of have to reverse those; start with selling > things and then ask for donations to make up the shortfall. If you want to > be self-sustaining you should probably start the balancing act with the > amount of money you can bring in, and then decide how much stuff you can > give away based on that. The actual thing you choose to give away or sell > probably doesn't matter much. If you decide to sell something that somebody > thinks you should give away, they can just go find (or found) a different > organization that gives that thing away and sells something different. > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Florencia Edwards > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, today we were discussing what you can sell and what you >> can't sell in a hackerspace. For example "how to make a hackerspace", is >> something i believe everyone should be able to access, because the design >> patterns are free and available for everyone since 2007: we want more >> hackerspaces around and if the knowledge was shared with us why not keep >> sharing it back. So what caught my attention is this "Makerspace operations >> bootcamp" to learn how to make a makerspace,, that artisan's asylum offers. >> Why is it so expensive? 2000 dollars for person... Maybe i'm being naive >> and it's good, so the makerspace can sustain itself? : >> http://maker-works.com/classes/makerspace-operations-bootcamp-2/ >> >> Also checking their workshops i believe they are a little expensive, i >> always think that for education. it's better that it has the lowest cost >> possible, because education is a right. But again, maybe i'm wrong and if >> you can't charge workshops, how can a hackerspace sustain itself >> >> My real question is, what is ethical to sell in a hackerspace so it can >> sustain itself and what is not, what should we give to the community for >> free because it helps people and it makes a better world.Also, I know that >> the fact that things have a cost, or the fact of winning money is not a bad >> thing in itself. We need it to live and paying somone for their job is also >> helping them. >> >> So where are the limits, how can you know what to sell, at what price, >> and what never to sell. >> >> - Florencia >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From volatilecompound at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 00:24:40 2014 From: volatilecompound at gmail.com (Volatile Compound) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:24:40 -0700 Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <543DA2A8.7030601@gmail.com> In addition to the other comments, consider also other costs that may be incurred in the normal running of the space - as an example, it's not unreasonable to ask a fee for materials used in a class or project. If someone brings their own, great, but letting folks know in advance that there's a fee of $whatever to cover consumables or components can help greatly. - skroo. On 10/14/14 3:19 PM, Matt Maier wrote: > There isn't AN answer, there is only a range of options from which you > pick whatever you want based on what's important to you. For example, if > you try to make things easy and clear-cut by talking about only > registered charities, where what they do is obviously focused on a cause > and not on profit, there is still a huge variety of approaches. > > http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=419 > "/Savvy donors know that the financial health of a charity is a strong > indicator of the charity's programmatic performance. They know that in > most cause areas, the most efficient charities spend 75% or more of > their budget on their programs and services and less than 25% on > fundraising and administrative fees. However, they also understand that > mid-to-large sized charities do require a strong infrastructure > therefore a claim of zero fundraising and/or administrative fees is > unlikely at best. They understand that a charity's ability to sustain > its programs over time is just as important as its short-term day-to-day > spending practices. Therefore, savvy donors also seek out charities that > are able to grow their revenue at least at the rate of inflation, that > continue to invest in their programs and that have some money saved for > a rainy day/" > > So, according to an organization devoted to ranking how well charities > do their job, the benchmark is <=25% on overhead. So if your hackerspace > operated at a proportion like that it should be beyond reproach, since > your hackerspace probably isn't an actual charity. That implies a > balance between the things you really want to give away, and other > things you have to do to fund the things you want to give away. If > you're a straight up charity you can start with donations and sell > enough to make up any shortfall, and it wouldn't make sense for anyone > to object to that. If you're not a charity, you kind of have to reverse > those; start with selling things and then ask for donations to make up > the shortfall. If you want to be self-sustaining you should probably > start the balancing act with the amount of money you can bring in, and > then decide how much stuff you can give away based on that. The actual > thing you choose to give away or sell probably doesn't matter much. If > you decide to sell something that somebody thinks you should give away, > they can just go find (or found) a different organization that gives > that thing away and sells something different. > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Florencia Edwards > wrote: > > Hello everyone, today we were discussing what you can sell and what > you can't sell in a hackerspace. For example "how to make a > hackerspace", is something i believe everyone should be able to > access, because the design patterns are free and available for > everyone since 2007: we want more hackerspaces around and if the > knowledge was shared with us why not keep sharing it back. So what > caught my attention is this "Makerspace operations bootcamp" to > learn how to make a makerspace,, that artisan's asylum offers. Why > is it so expensive? 2000 dollars for person... Maybe i'm being naive > and it's good, so the makerspace can sustain itself? : > http://maker-works.com/classes/makerspace-operations-bootcamp-2/ > > Also checking their workshops i believe they are a little expensive, > i always think that for education. it's better that it has the > lowest cost possible, because education is a right. But again, > maybe i'm wrong and if you can't charge workshops, how can a > hackerspace sustain itself > > My real question is, what is ethical to sell in a hackerspace so it > can sustain itself and what is not, what should we give to the > community for free because it helps people and it makes a better > world.Also, I know that the fact that things have a cost, or the > fact of winning money is not a bad thing in itself. We need it to > live and paying somone for their job is also helping them. > > So where are the limits, how can you know what to sell, at what > price, and what never to sell. > > - Florencia > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From floev22 at gmail.com Wed Oct 15 00:42:57 2014 From: floev22 at gmail.com (Florencia Edwards) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:42:57 -0300 Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? In-Reply-To: <543DA2A8.7030601@gmail.com> References: <543DA2A8.7030601@gmail.com> Message-ID: this is really great , please keep the answers coming 2014-10-14 19:24 GMT-03:00 Volatile Compound : > In addition to the other comments, consider also other costs that may be > incurred in the normal running of the space - as an example, it's not > unreasonable to ask a fee for materials used in a class or project. If > someone brings their own, great, but letting folks know in advance that > there's a fee of $whatever to cover consumables or components can help > greatly. > > - skroo. > > On 10/14/14 3:19 PM, Matt Maier wrote: > > There isn't AN answer, there is only a range of options from which you > > pick whatever you want based on what's important to you. For example, if > > you try to make things easy and clear-cut by talking about only > > registered charities, where what they do is obviously focused on a cause > > and not on profit, there is still a huge variety of approaches. > > > > http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=419 > > "/Savvy donors know that the financial health of a charity is a strong > > indicator of the charity's programmatic performance. They know that in > > most cause areas, the most efficient charities spend 75% or more of > > their budget on their programs and services and less than 25% on > > fundraising and administrative fees. However, they also understand that > > mid-to-large sized charities do require a strong infrastructure > > therefore a claim of zero fundraising and/or administrative fees is > > unlikely at best. They understand that a charity's ability to sustain > > its programs over time is just as important as its short-term day-to-day > > spending practices. Therefore, savvy donors also seek out charities that > > are able to grow their revenue at least at the rate of inflation, that > > continue to invest in their programs and that have some money saved for > > a rainy day/" > > > > So, according to an organization devoted to ranking how well charities > > do their job, the benchmark is <=25% on overhead. So if your hackerspace > > operated at a proportion like that it should be beyond reproach, since > > your hackerspace probably isn't an actual charity. That implies a > > balance between the things you really want to give away, and other > > things you have to do to fund the things you want to give away. If > > you're a straight up charity you can start with donations and sell > > enough to make up any shortfall, and it wouldn't make sense for anyone > > to object to that. If you're not a charity, you kind of have to reverse > > those; start with selling things and then ask for donations to make up > > the shortfall. If you want to be self-sustaining you should probably > > start the balancing act with the amount of money you can bring in, and > > then decide how much stuff you can give away based on that. The actual > > thing you choose to give away or sell probably doesn't matter much. If > > you decide to sell something that somebody thinks you should give away, > > they can just go find (or found) a different organization that gives > > that thing away and sells something different. > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Florencia Edwards > > wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, today we were discussing what you can sell and what > > you can't sell in a hackerspace. For example "how to make a > > hackerspace", is something i believe everyone should be able to > > access, because the design patterns are free and available for > > everyone since 2007: we want more hackerspaces around and if the > > knowledge was shared with us why not keep sharing it back. So what > > caught my attention is this "Makerspace operations bootcamp" to > > learn how to make a makerspace,, that artisan's asylum offers. Why > > is it so expensive? 2000 dollars for person... Maybe i'm being naive > > and it's good, so the makerspace can sustain itself? : > > http://maker-works.com/classes/makerspace-operations-bootcamp-2/ > > > > Also checking their workshops i believe they are a little expensive, > > i always think that for education. it's better that it has the > > lowest cost possible, because education is a right. But again, > > maybe i'm wrong and if you can't charge workshops, how can a > > hackerspace sustain itself > > > > My real question is, what is ethical to sell in a hackerspace so it > > can sustain itself and what is not, what should we give to the > > community for free because it helps people and it makes a better > > world.Also, I know that the fact that things have a cost, or the > > fact of winning money is not a bad thing in itself. We need it to > > live and paying somone for their job is also helping them. > > > > So where are the limits, how can you know what to sell, at what > > price, and what never to sell. > > > > - Florencia > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org> > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dereksigler at yahoo.com Thu Oct 16 16:52:41 2014 From: dereksigler at yahoo.com (Derek Sigler) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:52:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [hackerspaces] What should you sell or shouldn't you sell in a hackerspace? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1278103236.71074.1413471161750.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10626.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> I say good for these guys!? There is a market right now for instruction on building out makerspaces.? We have a local library that was granted 100k to make one and they are starving for help.? Every school in our area seems to want advice and help.? I think the Maker Works people are just fishing for 1-3 people? to come and get first hand training and advice.? I don't view traditional grassroot hackerspaces as their target audience, mostly schools and libraries.? Maker Works identified an opportunity and hopefully will have a product to produce revenue to help the space.? I think all this is on the up and up.? 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In-Reply-To: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: Publishing an email on a public website so that the public can contact you is one of ways spammers can scrape your email address to add to their database. But it's just one of the things to deal with if you truly want the public to be able to contact you. I think changing your email is a good way to go but if you gave out a lot of business cards or flyers with your email it might not be easy or even possible. So our best bet is to use all the anti-spam tools at our disposal to try to get rid of it. It's not going to go away so we just have to stay ahead of them and be able to add their email addresses, domains, subject lines, and email bodies to a spam database that can be used for smart filters. We've set up our admin at melbournemakerspace.org main email to bounce to several board members that mostly use Gmail. So if any spam has gone to our email address I, for one, have not seen it thanks to Gmail's spam filtering. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson wrote: > We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in a > while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the > address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these > folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. > > I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the > volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to > contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone > else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and > what this suggests for the future of the resource. > > -Nate B- > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From team at sector67.org Mon Oct 27 15:50:31 2014 From: team at sector67.org (Sector67 Team) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:50:31 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: I think Nate is talking about targeted "spam" around the latest Kickstarter project for hackers to support, etc - not so much the typical Viagra or low budget stock options spam. There have been a few lately that haven't BCC'd, so it was apparent that they're just gathering all of the addresses from a single location (probably this site) and then bugging everyone. I would suggest putting a CAPTCHA to reveal the contact address, but knowing that the map still isn't fixed, I don't think this is going to fall into a high priority bucket. Chris Chris Meyer Director Sector67 608-241-4605 http://sector67.org 2100 Winnebago St Madison, WI 53704 On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Joshua Pritt wrote: > Publishing an email on a public website so that the public can contact you > is one of ways spammers can scrape your email address to add to their > database. But it's just one of the things to deal with if you truly want > the public to be able to contact you. I think changing your email is a > good way to go but if you gave out a lot of business cards or flyers with > your email it might not be easy or even possible. So our best bet is to > use all the anti-spam tools at our disposal to try to get rid of it. It's > not going to go away so we just have to stay ahead of them and be able to > add their email addresses, domains, subject lines, and email bodies to a > spam database that can be used for smart filters. > We've set up our admin at melbournemakerspace.org main email to bounce to > several board members that mostly use Gmail. So if any spam has gone to > our email address I, for one, have not seen it thanks to Gmail's spam > filtering. > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson > wrote: > >> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in a >> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the >> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these >> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. >> >> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the >> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to >> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone >> else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and >> what this suggests for the future of the resource. >> >> -Nate B- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ramgarden at gmail.com Mon Oct 27 15:58:10 2014 From: ramgarden at gmail.com (Joshua Pritt) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:58:10 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: Ah OK I see. It would help to hide the email addresses behind a captcha perhaps but we still have the email right on our contact page of our main website. So a crafty crawler could still find it from the hackerspaces.org links to our websites... on a side note: What needs to be fixed on the map? Do we need to implement the Space API on Google Maps or just glean the addresses from each space's entry on the main hackerspaces.org website and plot it on a Google map? I just recently added a Google map plugin for Solarwinds Orion software so they can see the red, yellow, green markers on the map to quickly see the state of their network on a map of the state of Alabama. Perhaps I could help fix the map? On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Sector67 Team wrote: > I think Nate is talking about targeted "spam" around the latest > Kickstarter project for hackers to support, etc - not so much the typical > Viagra or low budget stock options spam. There have been a few lately that > haven't BCC'd, so it was apparent that they're just gathering all of the > addresses from a single location (probably this site) and then bugging > everyone. > > I would suggest putting a CAPTCHA to reveal the contact address, but > knowing that the map still isn't fixed, I don't think this is going to fall > into a high priority bucket. > > > Chris > > Chris Meyer > Director > Sector67 > > 608-241-4605 > http://sector67.org > > 2100 Winnebago St > Madison, WI 53704 > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Joshua Pritt wrote: > >> Publishing an email on a public website so that the public can contact >> you is one of ways spammers can scrape your email address to add to their >> database. But it's just one of the things to deal with if you truly want >> the public to be able to contact you. I think changing your email is a >> good way to go but if you gave out a lot of business cards or flyers with >> your email it might not be easy or even possible. So our best bet is to >> use all the anti-spam tools at our disposal to try to get rid of it. It's >> not going to go away so we just have to stay ahead of them and be able to >> add their email addresses, domains, subject lines, and email bodies to a >> spam database that can be used for smart filters. >> We've set up our admin at melbournemakerspace.org main email to bounce to >> several board members that mostly use Gmail. So if any spam has gone to >> our email address I, for one, have not seen it thanks to Gmail's spam >> filtering. >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson > > wrote: >> >>> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in >>> a while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the >>> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these >>> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. >>> >>> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the >>> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to >>> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone >>> else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and >>> what this suggests for the future of the resource. >>> >>> -Nate B- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emptyset at freesideatlanta.org Mon Oct 27 16:51:22 2014 From: emptyset at freesideatlanta.org (Alan Fay) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:51:22 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to your members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an open public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, but they are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell our members or social media audience on something. 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, this person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their behalf, for free. 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot and recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of something with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, access, and recruitment - for free. 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that we've received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host children's puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share presentation variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson wrote: > We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in a > while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the > address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these > folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. > > I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the > volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to > contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone > else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and > what this suggests for the future of the resource. > > -Nate B- > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbzurn at gmail.com Mon Oct 27 17:04:52 2014 From: jbzurn at gmail.com (JB Zurn) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:04:52 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: Re #2, if there's a local consulting/custom manufacturing business, it's easy enough to just refer them on. Then it doesn't even have to become a discussion. -Brooks Zurn On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Alan Fay wrote: > It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four > distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): > > 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to your > members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an > open public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, > but they are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell > our members or social media audience on something. > > 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no > compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, this > person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their behalf, > for free. > > 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and > hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot and > recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of something > with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, access, > and recruitment - for free. > > 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, > exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that we've > received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host children's > puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share presentation > variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson > wrote: > >> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in a >> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the >> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these >> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. >> >> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the >> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to >> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone >> else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and >> what this suggests for the future of the resource. >> >> -Nate B- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbzurn at gmail.com Mon Oct 27 17:23:41 2014 From: jbzurn at gmail.com (JB Zurn) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:23:41 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] looking to start a hardware accelerator? Message-ID: The Small Business Administration gave my business a grant to help other small hardware accelerators get started. So I'm looking for people who are trying to do this, since I have some money to try to help them with this. If you haven't heard of one already, a hardware accelerator is like a hackerspace, but set up so you can actually run/start a business out of it. What I'd really like to do is try to get together a group of these in various locations, & combine some of the administrative tasks. There's some common needs like security systems, payroll & benefits, that seem to be simpler and cheaper at a larger scale. So far I've got security and payroll set up. If this sounds interesting to you, send me an email! You can also check out my website to get an idea of what I'm talking about. http://www.sunshinelabs.com Or even if you just have thoughts about this. I'm going to Washington DC in a couple weeks for the awards ceremony and if people have questions/concerns I can bring them to the Small Business Administration and try to get some input on them. -Brooks Zurn Sunshine Labs LLC http://www.sunshinelabs.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cweiss at gmail.com Mon Oct 27 17:31:44 2014 From: cweiss at gmail.com (Chris Weiss) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:31:44 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] looking to start a hardware accelerator? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I know this is pedantic, but "machine shop" refers to metal working specifically. from the equipment list, you have a wood shop. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:23 AM, JB Zurn wrote: > The Small Business Administration gave my business a grant to help other > small hardware accelerators get started. So I'm looking for people who are > trying to do this, since I have some money to try to help them with this. > > If you haven't heard of one already, a hardware accelerator is like a > hackerspace, but set up so you can actually run/start a business out of it. > > What I'd really like to do is try to get together a group of these in > various locations, & combine some of the administrative tasks. There's some > common needs like security systems, payroll & benefits, that seem to be > simpler and cheaper at a larger scale. So far I've got security and payroll > set up. > > If this sounds interesting to you, send me an email! > > You can also check out my website to get an idea of what I'm talking about. > http://www.sunshinelabs.com > > Or even if you just have thoughts about this. I'm going to Washington DC in > a couple weeks for the awards ceremony and if people have questions/concerns > I can bring them to the Small Business Administration and try to get some > input on them. > > -Brooks Zurn > Sunshine Labs LLC > http://www.sunshinelabs.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From matt at nycresistor.com Mon Oct 27 17:34:59 2014 From: matt at nycresistor.com (matt) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:34:59 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] looking to start a hardware accelerator? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I read that in the comic book guy ( the simpsons ) voice. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: > I know this is pedantic, but "machine shop" refers to metal working > specifically. from the equipment list, you have a wood shop. > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:23 AM, JB Zurn wrote: > > The Small Business Administration gave my business a grant to help other > > small hardware accelerators get started. So I'm looking for people who > are > > trying to do this, since I have some money to try to help them with this. > > > > If you haven't heard of one already, a hardware accelerator is like a > > hackerspace, but set up so you can actually run/start a business out of > it. > > > > What I'd really like to do is try to get together a group of these in > > various locations, & combine some of the administrative tasks. There's > some > > common needs like security systems, payroll & benefits, that seem to be > > simpler and cheaper at a larger scale. So far I've got security and > payroll > > set up. > > > > If this sounds interesting to you, send me an email! > > > > You can also check out my website to get an idea of what I'm talking > about. > > http://www.sunshinelabs.com > > > > Or even if you just have thoughts about this. I'm going to Washington DC > in > > a couple weeks for the awards ceremony and if people have > questions/concerns > > I can bring them to the Small Business Administration and try to get some > > input on them. > > > > -Brooks Zurn > > Sunshine Labs LLC > > http://www.sunshinelabs.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbzurn at gmail.com Mon Oct 27 17:39:17 2014 From: jbzurn at gmail.com (JB Zurn) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:39:17 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] looking to start a hardware accelerator? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for the input. I updated it to "Tool Shop" to be a little more general. We have a Flashcut CNC with a small Bridgeport mill but I've been waiting to promote that until I'm confident it works as expected. One of our members has a Tormach milling machine which we've used for metalworking, but it is currently located off-site, hence not listing that either. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: > I know this is pedantic, but "machine shop" refers to metal working > specifically. from the equipment list, you have a wood shop. > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:23 AM, JB Zurn wrote: > > The Small Business Administration gave my business a grant to help other > > small hardware accelerators get started. So I'm looking for people who > are > > trying to do this, since I have some money to try to help them with this. > > > > If you haven't heard of one already, a hardware accelerator is like a > > hackerspace, but set up so you can actually run/start a business out of > it. > > > > What I'd really like to do is try to get together a group of these in > > various locations, & combine some of the administrative tasks. There's > some > > common needs like security systems, payroll & benefits, that seem to be > > simpler and cheaper at a larger scale. So far I've got security and > payroll > > set up. > > > > If this sounds interesting to you, send me an email! > > > > You can also check out my website to get an idea of what I'm talking > about. > > http://www.sunshinelabs.com > > > > Or even if you just have thoughts about this. I'm going to Washington DC > in > > a couple weeks for the awards ceremony and if people have > questions/concerns > > I can bring them to the Small Business Administration and try to get some > > input on them. > > > > -Brooks Zurn > > Sunshine Labs LLC > > http://www.sunshinelabs.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dosman at packetsniffers.org Mon Oct 27 18:01:04 2014 From: dosman at packetsniffers.org (dosman) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:01:04 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: Lol yea what is it with the children's puppet shows? Not that i'm against puppet shows for kids and all that. I'm just not going to pay for one to operate at our space for an evening. -dosman On Oct 27, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Alan Fay wrote: > 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that we've received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host children's puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share presentation variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... > From team at sector67.org Mon Oct 27 19:37:07 2014 From: team at sector67.org (Sector67 Team) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:37:07 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: The issue with the map is only displaying a random assortment (usually the last edited) of 500 spaces, rather than all 1000+ locations, the issue becomes someone doesn't catch the note at the bottom of the map, zooms in, and concludes there's nothing in their area. The solution is to search in the search box at the left for the state or country of interest, then you see all of the results for that area. Even if this is a Google maps API issue (number of concurrent hits, etc), or otherwise, I can't imagine it's that hard to pull the GPS location once, cache it locally, and then just plot out the locations on the map (or use a different system to plot them?) Chris Chris Meyer Director Sector67 608-241-4605 http://sector67.org 2100 Winnebago St Madison, WI 53704 On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Joshua Pritt wrote: > Ah OK I see. It would help to hide the email addresses behind a captcha > perhaps but we still have the email right on our contact page of our main > website. So a crafty crawler could still find it from the > hackerspaces.org links to our websites... > > on a side note: > What needs to be fixed on the map? Do we need to implement the Space API > on Google Maps or just glean the addresses from each space's entry on the > main hackerspaces.org website and plot it on a Google map? I just > recently added a Google map plugin for Solarwinds Orion software so they > can see the red, yellow, green markers on the map to quickly see the state > of their network on a map of the state of Alabama. Perhaps I could help > fix the map? > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Sector67 Team wrote: > >> I think Nate is talking about targeted "spam" around the latest >> Kickstarter project for hackers to support, etc - not so much the typical >> Viagra or low budget stock options spam. There have been a few lately that >> haven't BCC'd, so it was apparent that they're just gathering all of the >> addresses from a single location (probably this site) and then bugging >> everyone. >> >> I would suggest putting a CAPTCHA to reveal the contact address, but >> knowing that the map still isn't fixed, I don't think this is going to fall >> into a high priority bucket. >> >> >> Chris >> >> Chris Meyer >> Director >> Sector67 >> >> 608-241-4605 >> http://sector67.org >> >> 2100 Winnebago St >> Madison, WI 53704 >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Joshua Pritt >> wrote: >> >>> Publishing an email on a public website so that the public can contact >>> you is one of ways spammers can scrape your email address to add to their >>> database. But it's just one of the things to deal with if you truly want >>> the public to be able to contact you. I think changing your email is a >>> good way to go but if you gave out a lot of business cards or flyers with >>> your email it might not be easy or even possible. So our best bet is to >>> use all the anti-spam tools at our disposal to try to get rid of it. It's >>> not going to go away so we just have to stay ahead of them and be able to >>> add their email addresses, domains, subject lines, and email bodies to a >>> spam database that can be used for smart filters. >>> We've set up our admin at melbournemakerspace.org main email to bounce to >>> several board members that mostly use Gmail. So if any spam has gone to >>> our email address I, for one, have not seen it thanks to Gmail's spam >>> filtering. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson < >>> myself at telcodata.us> wrote: >>> >>>> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in >>>> a while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the >>>> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these >>>> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. >>>> >>>> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the >>>> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to >>>> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone >>>> else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and >>>> what this suggests for the future of the resource. >>>> >>>> -Nate B- >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From team at sector67.org Mon Oct 27 19:38:17 2014 From: team at sector67.org (Sector67 Team) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:38:17 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: Lol - and I thought we were special! I get the exact same set of 4 requests all the time :-) Chris Chris Meyer Director Sector67 608-241-4605 http://sector67.org 2100 Winnebago St Madison, WI 53704 On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Alan Fay wrote: > It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four > distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): > > 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to your > members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an > open public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, > but they are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell > our members or social media audience on something. > > 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no > compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, this > person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their behalf, > for free. > > 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and > hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot and > recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of something > with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, access, > and recruitment - for free. > > 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, > exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that we've > received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host children's > puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share presentation > variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson > wrote: > >> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in a >> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the >> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these >> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. >> >> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the >> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to >> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone >> else has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and >> what this suggests for the future of the resource. >> >> -Nate B- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myself at telcodata.us Mon Oct 27 21:25:50 2014 From: myself at telcodata.us (Nathaniel Bezanson) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:25:50 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> Message-ID: <1414441550415475208@telcodata.us> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience building things from scratch that are sent into space, be able to work with an exciting dynamic team, already have qualifications that probably enable them to have a steady 6-figure job, and be willing to quit a moment's notice to work for $24K a year in a 60-hour per week filming schedule that could end with no notice. Bonus points for having movie star looks and prior film experience. To apply, send a resume and a 10-minute, professionally-produced video to this burner gmail address. Oh, and fill out this 16-page "maker challenge." Expect to hear from us several times per day until we pick someone else and this e-mail and skype address get disconnected and we disappear." Arclight On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson wrote: > Okay, the children's puppet shows are a new one, I haven't seen that. We > usually get: > > A) Crowdfunding spam. SO MUCH crowdfunding spam. Because when Kickstarter's > community guidelines say not to do a bunch of things, they go and do > precisely those things. And yeah, project promotion is explicitly welcome on > our public list, if it has any sort of local relevance, but see, joining our > public list would mean people might ask questions back, and they're totally > not interested in that. Just the spam, thanks! (And every single one is > convinced that nobody has ever crowdfunded a 3d printer or a robotics kit > before so THEIRS is SPECIAL.) > > B) "Please do my market research for me" or "please do my thesis for me", > usually with questions about how many investors we have, or whether we feel > our transformative resource has recontextualized the dynamic millieu of > hyperlocal fluxmuster ideation. > > C) "We just created a site to make a list of all the makerplaces / 3d > thingers / communiwhats in the world, but we really mean just the US because > all the international bits are broken, and now we want you to spend a few > hours creating an entry on our list which is a 99% mimic of what you've > already put on hackerspaces.org". It's to the point where simply updating > our listings on all the various sites we could be listed on, would be a > full-time job. And when checking back on these things later, invariably they > end up with *more* cobwebs than the actually-quite-good list on the wiki in > the first place. > > (Above this line, the true bulk ones. Below this line, the > specifically-directed-at-us ones.) > > D) "Do you want my rotting barn full of e-waste?" Actually some of these are > real gems, and we try to be nice to them while directing the majority of the > real junk to a recycler. Much worse are the ones who just show up with a > truckload of festering CRTs and pound on the door, or worse yet, unload it > and flee the scene. > > E) "Do you want to staff our workshop for free? I've never met anyone from > your group and never set foot in your space on a visitor's night, and will > refuse an invitation to come do so, but I'll be sure to email you a dozen > times asking if you have any members who are just made of free time and want > to come babysit small children in a halfway-maker-related exercise of some > sort". Actually some of these do sound interesting, but an awful lot of them > boil down to daycare. > > F) "Can I join as a member and then be cranky when there aren't trainers > standing by every machine 24/7 waiting to spoon-feed me? I'm allergic to > reading wikis or otherwise trying to teach myself anything. I really want > something like Techshop but even more tolerant of needy jerks, but for way > less than half the price and with more equipment. Also why don't you have a > blast furnace?" > > G) "We're running a mini maker faire in [town 1,200 miles away], can you > bring [large project that doesn't travel well] to it?" > > H) "My associates and I are flying in on a private plane next week, and want > to meet with your early stage investors about the collaborative model and > how we can bring something similar to [city-redacted]. After doing some > digging we found your [oldest, and largest in the area] space. We've got all > the right people leading the tech charge, can we jump on a call? Really hope > to connect!" > > Okay that last one only happened once, but it's a very close paraphrase of > the original email and I had to include it for laughs. (Bonus: they seemed > to be unaware of an also-years-old actual hackerspace right in their own > hometown. Wow.) > > I'm gonna include, by way of positive example, some of the really GOOD ones > we get: > > I) "I'm from [not-quite-local area] and working on putting together a group > that might end up starting a space here. I've read a bunch of stuff on your > wiki and have a few specific questions, is this an appropriate venue to ask > for details about a few things? Also I'll be in your area next week." > > J) "My student group is working on a documentary about local DIY resources, > and we'd like to arrange a time to come do some filming and interviews with > your members, if that's OK. I've attached our standard talent release so you > can make sure it's acceptable ahead of time." > > K) "We're a [slightly similar group] in [neighboring town] and it looks like > people interested in your classes might be interested in ours too. Plus > we're totally interested in yours. Can we work something out, maybe a > reciprocal deal? Or let's just see how we can help each other." > > -Nate B- > > > Sector67 Team wrote: > > Lol - and I thought we were special! I get the exact same set of 4 > requests all the time :-) > > > Chris > > Chris Meyer > Director > Sector67 > > 608-241-4605 > http://sector67.org > > 2100 Winnebago St > Madison, WI 53704 > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Alan Fay > wrote: >> >> It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four >> distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): >> >> 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to your >> members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an open >> public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, but they >> are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell our members >> or social media audience on something. >> >> 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no >> compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, this >> person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their behalf, >> for free. >> >> 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and >> hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot and >> recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of something >> with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, access, >> and recruitment - for free. >> >> 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, >> exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that we've >> received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host children's >> puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share presentation >> variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson >> wrote: >>> >>> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once in a >>> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the >>> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that these >>> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. >>> >>> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the >>> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to >>> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether anyone else >>> has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and what >>> this suggests for the future of the resource. >>> >>> -Nate B- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > From randall.arnold at texrat.net Mon Oct 27 21:55:52 2014 From: randall.arnold at texrat.net (Randall Arnold) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:55:52 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> <1414441550415475208@telcodata.us> Message-ID: <1442961421.810075.1414443352322.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> Oh god you HAD to dig that one up... > > On October 27, 2014 at 3:54 PM Arclight wrote: > > > Let's not forget this type of inquiry: > > "We're a talent agency seeking enthusiastic, diverse creators to host > the most AWESOME reality show about makers ever. It will be like The > Kardashians meets Junkyard Wars, with a little Jurassic Park thrown > in. . > > The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience building > things from scratch that are sent into space, be able to work with an > exciting dynamic team, already have qualifications that probably > enable them to have a steady 6-figure job, and be willing to quit a > moment's notice to work for $24K a year in a 60-hour per week filming > schedule that could end with no notice. Bonus points for having movie > star looks and prior film experience. > > To apply, send a resume and a 10-minute, professionally-produced video > to this burner gmail address. Oh, and fill out this 16-page "maker > challenge." Expect to hear from us several times per day until we pick > someone else and this e-mail and skype address get disconnected and we > disappear." > > Arclight > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson > wrote: > > Okay, the children's puppet shows are a new one, I haven't seen that. We > > usually get: > > > > A) Crowdfunding spam. SO MUCH crowdfunding spam. Because when > > Kickstarter's > > community guidelines say not to do a bunch of things, they go and do > > precisely those things. And yeah, project promotion is explicitly > > welcome on > > our public list, if it has any sort of local relevance, but see, joining > > our > > public list would mean people might ask questions back, and they're > > totally > > not interested in that. Just the spam, thanks! (And every single one is > > convinced that nobody has ever crowdfunded a 3d printer or a robotics > > kit > > before so THEIRS is SPECIAL.) > > > > B) "Please do my market research for me" or "please do my thesis for > > me", > > usually with questions about how many investors we have, or whether we > > feel > > our transformative resource has recontextualized the dynamic millieu of > > hyperlocal fluxmuster ideation. > > > > C) "We just created a site to make a list of all the makerplaces / 3d > > thingers / communiwhats in the world, but we really mean just the US > > because > > all the international bits are broken, and now we want you to spend a > > few > > hours creating an entry on our list which is a 99% mimic of what you've > > already put on hackerspaces.org". It's to the point where simply > > updating > > our listings on all the various sites we could be listed on, would be a > > full-time job. And when checking back on these things later, invariably > > they > > end up with *more* cobwebs than the actually-quite-good list on the wiki > > in > > the first place. > > > > (Above this line, the true bulk ones. Below this line, the > > specifically-directed-at-us ones.) > > > > D) "Do you want my rotting barn full of e-waste?" Actually some of these > > are > > real gems, and we try to be nice to them while directing the majority of > > the > > real junk to a recycler. Much worse are the ones who just show up with a > > truckload of festering CRTs and pound on the door, or worse yet, unload > > it > > and flee the scene. > > > > E) "Do you want to staff our workshop for free? I've never met anyone > > from > > your group and never set foot in your space on a visitor's night, and > > will > > refuse an invitation to come do so, but I'll be sure to email you a > > dozen > > times asking if you have any members who are just made of free time and > > want > > to come babysit small children in a halfway-maker-related exercise of > > some > > sort". Actually some of these do sound interesting, but an awful lot of > > them > > boil down to daycare. > > > > F) "Can I join as a member and then be cranky when there aren't trainers > > standing by every machine 24/7 waiting to spoon-feed me? I'm allergic to > > reading wikis or otherwise trying to teach myself anything. I really > > want > > something like Techshop but even more tolerant of needy jerks, but for > > way > > less than half the price and with more equipment. Also why don't you > > have a > > blast furnace?" > > > > G) "We're running a mini maker faire in [town 1,200 miles away], can you > > bring [large project that doesn't travel well] to it?" > > > > H) "My associates and I are flying in on a private plane next week, and > > want > > to meet with your early stage investors about the collaborative model > > and > > how we can bring something similar to [city-redacted]. After doing some > > digging we found your [oldest, and largest in the area] space. We've got > > all > > the right people leading the tech charge, can we jump on a call? Really > > hope > > to connect!" > > > > Okay that last one only happened once, but it's a very close paraphrase > > of > > the original email and I had to include it for laughs. (Bonus: they > > seemed > > to be unaware of an also-years-old actual hackerspace right in their own > > hometown. Wow.) > > > > I'm gonna include, by way of positive example, some of the really GOOD > > ones > > we get: > > > > I) "I'm from [not-quite-local area] and working on putting together a > > group > > that might end up starting a space here. I've read a bunch of stuff on > > your > > wiki and have a few specific questions, is this an appropriate venue to > > ask > > for details about a few things? Also I'll be in your area next week." > > > > J) "My student group is working on a documentary about local DIY > > resources, > > and we'd like to arrange a time to come do some filming and interviews > > with > > your members, if that's OK. I've attached our standard talent release so > > you > > can make sure it's acceptable ahead of time." > > > > K) "We're a [slightly similar group] in [neighboring town] and it looks > > like > > people interested in your classes might be interested in ours too. Plus > > we're totally interested in yours. Can we work something out, maybe a > > reciprocal deal? Or let's just see how we can help each other." > > > > -Nate B- > > > > > > Sector67 Team wrote: > > > > Lol - and I thought we were special! I get the exact same set of 4 > > requests all the time :-) > > > > > > Chris > > > > Chris Meyer > > Director > > Sector67 > > > > 608-241-4605 > > http://sector67.org > > > > 2100 Winnebago St > > Madison, WI 53704 > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Alan Fay > > > > wrote: > >> > >> It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four > >> distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): > >> > >> 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to > >> your > >> members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an > >> open > >> public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, but > >> they > >> are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell our > >> members > >> or social media audience on something. > >> > >> 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no > >> compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, > >> this > >> person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their > >> behalf, > >> for free. > >> > >> 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and > >> hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot > >> and > >> recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of > >> something > >> with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, > >> access, > >> and recruitment - for free. > >> > >> 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, > >> exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that > >> we've > >> received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host > >> children's > >> puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share > >> presentation > >> variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson > >> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once > >>> in a > >>> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at > >>> the > >>> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that > >>> these > >>> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. > >>> > >>> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the > >>> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to > >>> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether > >>> anyone else > >>> has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and > >>> what > >>> this suggests for the future of the resource. > >>> > >>> -Nate B- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at nycresistor.com Mon Oct 27 22:00:14 2014 From: matt at nycresistor.com (matt) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:00:14 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: <1442961421.810075.1414443352322.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> <1414441550415475208@telcodata.us> <1442961421.810075.1414443352322.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxuslxltgw07.lxa.perfora.net> Message-ID: those aholes have been sending out that fucking casting call for ten fucking years and haven't put out their fucking show yet. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Randall Arnold wrote: > Oh god you HAD to dig that one up... > > On October 27, 2014 at 3:54 PM Arclight wrote: > > > Let's not forget this type of inquiry: > > "We're a talent agency seeking enthusiastic, diverse creators to host > the most AWESOME reality show about makers ever. It will be like The > Kardashians meets Junkyard Wars, with a little Jurassic Park thrown > in. . > > The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience building > things from scratch that are sent into space, be able to work with an > exciting dynamic team, already have qualifications that probably > enable them to have a steady 6-figure job, and be willing to quit a > moment's notice to work for $24K a year in a 60-hour per week filming > schedule that could end with no notice. Bonus points for having movie > star looks and prior film experience. > > To apply, send a resume and a 10-minute, professionally-produced video > to this burner gmail address. Oh, and fill out this 16-page "maker > challenge." Expect to hear from us several times per day until we pick > someone else and this e-mail and skype address get disconnected and we > disappear." > > Arclight > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson > wrote: > > Okay, the children's puppet shows are a new one, I haven't seen that. We > > usually get: > > > > A) Crowdfunding spam. SO MUCH crowdfunding spam. Because when > Kickstarter's > > community guidelines say not to do a bunch of things, they go and do > > precisely those things. And yeah, project promotion is explicitly > welcome on > > our public list, if it has any sort of local relevance, but see, joining > our > > public list would mean people might ask questions back, and they're > totally > > not interested in that. Just the spam, thanks! (And every single one is > > convinced that nobody has ever crowdfunded a 3d printer or a robotics kit > > before so THEIRS is SPECIAL.) > > > > B) "Please do my market research for me" or "please do my thesis for me", > > usually with questions about how many investors we have, or whether we > feel > > our transformative resource has recontextualized the dynamic millieu of > > hyperlocal fluxmuster ideation. > > > > C) "We just created a site to make a list of all the makerplaces / 3d > > thingers / communiwhats in the world, but we really mean just the US > because > > all the international bits are broken, and now we want you to spend a few > > hours creating an entry on our list which is a 99% mimic of what you've > > already put on hackerspaces.org". It's to the point where simply > updating > > our listings on all the various sites we could be listed on, would be a > > full-time job. And when checking back on these things later, invariably > they > > end up with *more* cobwebs than the actually-quite-good list on the wiki > in > > the first place. > > > > (Above this line, the true bulk ones. Below this line, the > > specifically-directed-at-us ones.) > > > > D) "Do you want my rotting barn full of e-waste?" Actually some of these > are > > real gems, and we try to be nice to them while directing the majority of > the > > real junk to a recycler. Much worse are the ones who just show up with a > > truckload of festering CRTs and pound on the door, or worse yet, unload > it > > and flee the scene. > > > > E) "Do you want to staff our workshop for free? I've never met anyone > from > > your group and never set foot in your space on a visitor's night, and > will > > refuse an invitation to come do so, but I'll be sure to email you a dozen > > times asking if you have any members who are just made of free time and > want > > to come babysit small children in a halfway-maker-related exercise of > some > > sort". Actually some of these do sound interesting, but an awful lot of > them > > boil down to daycare. > > > > F) "Can I join as a member and then be cranky when there aren't trainers > > standing by every machine 24/7 waiting to spoon-feed me? I'm allergic to > > reading wikis or otherwise trying to teach myself anything. I really want > > something like Techshop but even more tolerant of needy jerks, but for > way > > less than half the price and with more equipment. Also why don't you > have a > > blast furnace?" > > > > G) "We're running a mini maker faire in [town 1,200 miles away], can you > > bring [large project that doesn't travel well] to it?" > > > > H) "My associates and I are flying in on a private plane next week, and > want > > to meet with your early stage investors about the collaborative model and > > how we can bring something similar to [city-redacted]. After doing some > > digging we found your [oldest, and largest in the area] space. We've got > all > > the right people leading the tech charge, can we jump on a call? Really > hope > > to connect!" > > > > Okay that last one only happened once, but it's a very close paraphrase > of > > the original email and I had to include it for laughs. (Bonus: they > seemed > > to be unaware of an also-years-old actual hackerspace right in their own > > hometown. Wow.) > > > > I'm gonna include, by way of positive example, some of the really GOOD > ones > > we get: > > > > I) "I'm from [not-quite-local area] and working on putting together a > group > > that might end up starting a space here. I've read a bunch of stuff on > your > > wiki and have a few specific questions, is this an appropriate venue to > ask > > for details about a few things? Also I'll be in your area next week." > > > > J) "My student group is working on a documentary about local DIY > resources, > > and we'd like to arrange a time to come do some filming and interviews > with > > your members, if that's OK. I've attached our standard talent release so > you > > can make sure it's acceptable ahead of time." > > > > K) "We're a [slightly similar group] in [neighboring town] and it looks > like > > people interested in your classes might be interested in ours too. Plus > > we're totally interested in yours. Can we work something out, maybe a > > reciprocal deal? Or let's just see how we can help each other." > > > > -Nate B- > > > > > > Sector67 Team wrote: > > > > Lol - and I thought we were special! I get the exact same set of 4 > > requests all the time :-) > > > > > > Chris > > > > Chris Meyer > > Director > > Sector67 > > > > 608-241-4605 > > http://sector67.org > > > > 2100 Winnebago St > > Madison, WI 53704 > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Alan Fay > > > wrote: > >> > >> It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four > >> distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): > >> > >> 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to > your > >> members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an > open > >> public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, but > they > >> are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell our > members > >> or social media audience on something. > >> > >> 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no > >> compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, this > >> person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their > behalf, > >> for free. > >> > >> 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and > >> hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot > and > >> recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of > something > >> with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, access, > >> and recruitment - for free. > >> > >> 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, > >> exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that > we've > >> received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host > children's > >> puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share > presentation > >> variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson < > myself at telcodata.us> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once > in a > >>> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the > >>> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that > these > >>> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. > >>> > >>> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the > >>> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to > >>> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether > anyone else > >>> has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and > what > >>> this suggests for the future of the resource. > >>> > >>> -Nate B- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myself at telcodata.us Mon Oct 27 22:01:38 2014 From: myself at telcodata.us (Nathaniel Bezanson) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:01:38 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> <1414441550415475208@telcodata.us> Message-ID: <1414443698361215677@telcodata.us> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ramgarden at gmail.com Mon Oct 27 22:10:32 2014 From: ramgarden at gmail.com (Joshua Pritt) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:10:32 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] So, how much spam do you get? In-Reply-To: <1414443698361215677@telcodata.us> References: <1414419568927871109@telcodata.us> <1414441550415475208@telcodata.us> <1414443698361215677@telcodata.us> Message-ID: We actually made a video for them a while back. No call backs though. I wonder why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDFajptdfsA On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson wrote: > Spot-on, Arclight! You forgot the bit about "big personalities", which is > Hollywood code for "you're gonna need to make Gordon Ramsay look like > Gandhi". > > -Nate B- > > Arclight wrote: > > Let's not forget this type of inquiry: > > "We're a talent agency seeking enthusiastic, diverse creators to host > the most AWESOME reality show about makers ever. It will be like The > Kardashians meets Junkyard Wars, with a little Jurassic Park thrown > in. . > > The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience building > things from scratch that are sent into space, be able to work with an > exciting dynamic team, already have qualifications that probably > enable them to have a steady 6-figure job, and be willing to quit a > moment's notice to work for $24K a year in a 60-hour per week filming > schedule that could end with no notice. Bonus points for having movie > star looks and prior film experience. > > To apply, send a resume and a 10-minute, professionally-produced video > to this burner gmail address. Oh, and fill out this 16-page "maker > challenge." Expect to hear from us several times per day until we pick > someone else and this e-mail and skype address get disconnected and we > disappear." > > Arclight > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Nathaniel Bezanson > wrote: > > Okay, the children's puppet shows are a new one, I haven't seen that. We > > usually get: > > > > A) Crowdfunding spam. SO MUCH crowdfunding spam. Because when > Kickstarter's > > community guidelines say not to do a bunch of things, they go and do > > precisely those things. And yeah, project promotion is explicitly > welcome on > > our public list, if it has any sort of local relevance, but see, joining > our > > public list would mean people might ask questions back, and they're > totally > > not interested in that. Just the spam, thanks! (And every single one is > > convinced that nobody has ever crowdfunded a 3d printer or a robotics kit > > before so THEIRS is SPECIAL.) > > > > B) "Please do my market research for me" or "please do my thesis for me", > > usually with questions about how many investors we have, or whether we > feel > > our transformative resource has recontextualized the dynamic millieu of > > hyperlocal fluxmuster ideation. > > > > C) "We just created a site to make a list of all the makerplaces / 3d > > thingers / communiwhats in the world, but we really mean just the US > because > > all the international bits are broken, and now we want you to spend a few > > hours creating an entry on our list which is a 99% mimic of what you've > > already put on hackerspaces.org". It's to the point where simply > updating > > our listings on all the various sites we could be listed on, would be a > > full-time job. And when checking back on these things later, invariably > they > > end up with *more* cobwebs than the actually-quite-good list on the wiki > in > > the first place. > > > > (Above this line, the true bulk ones. Below this line, the > > specifically-directed-at-us ones.) > > > > D) "Do you want my rotting barn full of e-waste?" Actually some of these > are > > real gems, and we try to be nice to them while directing the majority of > the > > real junk to a recycler. Much worse are the ones who just show up with a > > truckload of festering CRTs and pound on the door, or worse yet, unload > it > > and flee the scene. > > > > E) "Do you want to staff our workshop for free? I've never met anyone > from > > your group and never set foot in your space on a visitor's night, and > will > > refuse an invitation to come do so, but I'll be sure to email you a dozen > > times asking if you have any members who are just made of free time and > want > > to come babysit small children in a halfway-maker-related exercise of > some > > sort". Actually some of these do sound interesting, but an awful lot of > them > > boil down to daycare. > > > > F) "Can I join as a member and then be cranky when there aren't trainers > > standing by every machine 24/7 waiting to spoon-feed me? I'm allergic to > > reading wikis or otherwise trying to teach myself anything. I really want > > something like Techshop but even more tolerant of needy jerks, but for > way > > less than half the price and with more equipment. Also why don't you > have a > > blast furnace?" > > > > G) "We're running a mini maker faire in [town 1,200 miles away], can you > > bring [large project that doesn't travel well] to it?" > > > > H) "My associates and I are flying in on a private plane next week, and > want > > to meet with your early stage investors about the collaborative model and > > how we can bring something similar to [city-redacted]. After doing some > > digging we found your [oldest, and largest in the area] space. We've got > all > > the right people leading the tech charge, can we jump on a call? Really > hope > > to connect!" > > > > Okay that last one only happened once, but it's a very close paraphrase > of > > the original email and I had to include it for laughs. (Bonus: they > seemed > > to be unaware of an also-years-old actual hackerspace right in their own > > hometown. Wow.) > > > > I'm gonna include, by way of positive example, some of the really GOOD > ones > > we get: > > > > I) "I'm from [not-quite-local area] and working on putting together a > group > > that might end up starting a space here. I've read a bunch of stuff on > your > > wiki and have a few specific questions, is this an appropriate venue to > ask > > for details about a few things? Also I'll be in your area next week." > > > > J) "My student group is working on a documentary about local DIY > resources, > > and we'd like to arrange a time to come do some filming and interviews > with > > your members, if that's OK. I've attached our standard talent release so > you > > can make sure it's acceptable ahead of time." > > > > K) "We're a [slightly similar group] in [neighboring town] and it looks > like > > people interested in your classes might be interested in ours too. Plus > > we're totally interested in yours. Can we work something out, maybe a > > reciprocal deal? Or let's just see how we can help each other." > > > > -Nate B- > > > > > > Sector67 Team wrote: > > > > Lol - and I thought we were special! I get the exact same set of 4 > > requests all the time :-) > > > > > > Chris > > > > Chris Meyer > > Director > > Sector67 > > > > 608-241-4605 > > http://sector67.org > > > > 2100 Winnebago St > > Madison, WI 53704 > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Alan Fay > > > wrote: > >> > >> It comes with the territory of being a public space. Freeside gets four > >> distinct types of spam (aside from your typical email spam): > >> > >> 0. "Can you advertise my [product, service, website, kickstarter] to > your > >> members?" Really, what these folks want is an endorsement. We have an > open > >> public mailing list that gets this sort of thing from time-to-time, but > they > >> are after is our credibility and access to our platform to sell our > members > >> or social media audience on something. > >> > >> 1. "I have an idea but I need a team of people to work for little to no > >> compensation to execute it for me. Can you help?" A similar flavor, this > >> person wants to sell us on an idea and get us to recruit on their > behalf, > >> for free. > >> > >> 2. "Are your members interested in [paying to attend, or managing and > >> hosting (for free)] a hackathon?" Companies now use hackathons to spot > and > >> recruit talent, and perhaps even manage to develop the start of > something > >> with free labor. So they're looking for everything: credibility, access, > >> and recruitment - for free. > >> > >> 3. "Can I use your space as a venue for [something unrelated, > >> exploitative, or weird], for free?" Our goto example of this is that > we've > >> received not less than three (yes, 3!) separate requests to host > children's > >> puppet shows at the space. Other requests include time-share > presentation > >> variants, shooting rap videos, repairing air bags workshop... > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Nathaniel Bezanson > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> We get/got a LOT of maker-targeted spam to our contact address. Once > in a > >>> while, the spammers wouldn't understand BCC, and we'd get a look at the > >>> address list: All hackerspace contact emails. I finally realized that > these > >>> folks were just scraping addresses from the hackerspaces.org wiki. > >>> > >>> I finally went and changed the contact address on our entry, and the > >>> volume seems to have fallen off quite sharply. A real human trying to > >>> contact us should figure it out in no time. But I wonder whether > anyone else > >>> has taken this step, and how many more will be pushed to do so, and > what > >>> this suggests for the future of the resource. > >>> > >>> -Nate B- > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > >>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > >> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Randy From: discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org [mailto:discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org] On Behalf Of Florencia Edwards Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:08 PM To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List Subject: [hackerspaces] Diaspora Does anybody here have diaspora? is it good? if so why, if not why? Do hackerspaces use it? Thanks! --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ramgarden at gmail.com Thu Oct 30 04:15:38 2014 From: ramgarden at gmail.com (Joshua Pritt) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:15:38 -0400 Subject: [hackerspaces] Diaspora In-Reply-To: <03ac01cff3e6$905bb2b0$b1131810$@texrat.net> References: <03ac01cff3e6$905bb2b0$b1131810$@texrat.net> Message-ID: I actually have a tshirt and stickers from when I backed it on kickstarter. I checked on it one time but haven't logged in ever since. I think you have to install it on your own machine right? Then you decide what to share from your own node? On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Randall Arnold wrote: > I do, but haven?t logged into it in quite some time. Just not enough > activity. > > > > Randy > > > > *From:* discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org > [mailto:discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org] *On > Behalf Of *Florencia Edwards > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:08 PM > *To:* Hackerspaces General Discussion List > *Subject:* [hackerspaces] Diaspora > > > > Does anybody here have diaspora? is it good? if so why, if not why? Do > hackerspaces use it? > > > > Thanks! > > > ------------------------------ > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org > http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From randall.arnold at texrat.net Thu Oct 30 04:17:29 2014 From: randall.arnold at texrat.net (Randall Arnold) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:17:29 -0500 Subject: [hackerspaces] Diaspora In-Reply-To: References: <03ac01cff3e6$905bb2b0$b1131810$@texrat.net> Message-ID: <041701cff3f0$0a8f2e50$1fad8af0$@texrat.net> I didn?t install anything. From: discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org [mailto:discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Pritt Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:16 PM To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Diaspora I actually have a tshirt and stickers from when I backed it on kickstarter. I checked on it one time but haven't logged in ever since. I think you have to install it on your own machine right? Then you decide what to share from your own node? On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Randall Arnold > wrote: I do, but haven?t logged into it in quite some time. Just not enough activity. Randy From: discuss-bounces+randall.arnold=texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org [mailto:discuss-bounces+randall.arnold =texrat.net at lists.hackerspaces.org ] On Behalf Of Florencia Edwards Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:08 PM To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List Subject: [hackerspaces] Diaspora Does anybody here have diaspora? is it good? if so why, if not why? Do hackerspaces use it? Thanks! _____ This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alex at netz39.de Thu Oct 30 09:28:59 2014 From: alex at netz39.de (Alexander Dahl) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:28:59 +0100 Subject: [hackerspaces] Diaspora In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <085fcccb465f355db6451d7cc97b931a@localhost> Hei hei, Am 2014-10-30 03:07, schrieb Florencia Edwards: > Does anybody here have diaspora? What do you mean with "have". Some of our members have accounts on various pods, so do I. > is it good? Yes. At the moment I follow some people and some topics and the quality of the posts (at least in my filter bubble) is a lot better than on commercial social networks like facebook and twitter. And I'm really looking forward to XMPP integration, which will come in the next few months I hope. :-) > if so why, if not why? Do > hackerspaces use it? We don't have an account for the space itself (like we have on the forementioned services) but we plan to setup our own pod. Greets Alex -- Credits: Ich bin das Tumbleweed in Deinem Chuck-Norris-Film! 3 words: love.freedom.music LastMem: very developer. wow. such code. OpenPGP: 02C8 A590 7FE5 CA5F 3601 D1D5 8FBA 7744 CC87 10D0 From maxigas at anargeek.net Thu Oct 30 23:57:04 2014 From: maxigas at anargeek.net (maxigas) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:57:04 +0100 (CET) Subject: [hackerspaces] New issue -- Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops Message-ID: <20141030.235704.648971452386654481.maxigas@anargeek.net> ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? ?????? ???? ?????? ???????????? ??????????? ? ????????????? ??? ?? ?? ????? ????? ? ???? ???????????? ??????? ?? ?? ?? ? ?? ?? ? ??? ????????? ?? ?? ???? ???? ? ??????? ? ? ? ?????? ?????? ? ????? ? ??? ***************************************************************************** ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ***************************************************************************** ===> Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops -- out now! <=== .oO{ http://peerproduction.net/ }Oo. \\ Release: 2014-10-31 // .Public domain!. <*> +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Editing: + Maxigas Universitat Oberta de Catalunya + Peter Troxler International Fab Lab Association Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Despite the marketing clangour of the ?maker movement?, shared machine shops are currently ?fringe phenomena? since they play a minor role in the production of wealth, knowledge, political consensus and the social organisation of life. Interestingly, however, they also prominently share the core transformations experienced in contemporary capitalism. The convergence of work, labour and other aspects of life -- the rapid development of algorithmically driven technical systems and their intensifying role in social organisation -- the practical and legitimation crisis of institutions, echoed by renewed attempts at self-organisation. Each article in this special issue addresses a received truth which circulates unreflected amongst both academics analysing these phenomena and practitioners engaged in the respective scenes. Questioning such myths based on empirical research founded on a rigorous theoretical framework is what a journal such as the Journal of Peer Production can contribute to both academic and activist discourses. Shared machine shops have been around for at least a decade or so, which makes for a good time to evaluate how they live up to their self-professed social missions. Here is an executive summary: * Shared Machine Shops are not new. * Fab Labs are not about technology. * Sharing is not happening. * Hackerspaces are not open. * Technology is not neutral. * Hackerspaces are not solving problems. * Fab Labs are not the seeds of a revolution. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ #=================================+ # T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S | #=================================+ # #-------------------+ # EDITORIAL SECTION | #-------------------+ # # * We Now have the Means of Production, but Where is my Revolution? # by maxigas and Peter Troxler # # * Digitally-Operated Atoms vs. Bits of Rhetoric # by Ursula Gastfall, Thomas Fourmond, Jean-Baptiste Labrune and Peter Troxler # # * Critical Notions of Technology: Promises of Empowerment in Shared Machine Shops # by Susana Nascimento # # * Distributed and Open Creation Platforms as Key Enablers for Smarter Cities # by Tomas Diez # # * Fab Labs Forked: A Grassroots Insurgency inside the Next Industrial Revolution # by Peter Troxler # # * Cultural Stratigraphy: A Rift between Shared Machine Shops # by maxigas # #----------------------+ # PEER REVIEWED PAPERS | #----------------------+ # # * Technology Networks for socially useful production # by Adrian Smith # # * The Story of MIT-Fablab Norway: Community Embedding of Peer Production # by Cindy Kohtala and Camille Bosqu? # # * Sharing is Sparing: Open Knowledge Sharing in Fab Labs # by Patricia Wolf, Peter Troxler, Pierre-Yves Kocher, Julie Harboe & Urs Gaudenz # # * Feminist Hackerspaces: The Synthesis of Feminist and Hacker Cultures # by Sophie Toupin # # * Beyond Technological Fundamentalism: Peruvian Hack Labs # and ?Inter-technological? Education # by Anita Say Chan [html] [pdf] # # * Becoming Makers: Hackerspace Member Habits, Values, and Identities # by Austin Toombs, Shaowen Bardzell, and Jeffrey Bardzell # # * Shared Machine Shops as Real-life Laboratories # by Sascha Dickel, Jan-Peter Ferdinand, and Ulrich Petschow # # ... Respect for all the contributors, peer reviewers, and readers! ... # v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RELEASE PARTY at FSCONS 2014 Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit 2014-10-31 20:00, Renstr?msgatan 6, G?teburg, Sweden Join us at http://irc.indymedia.org #jopp channel !!! -- maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 http://research.metatron.ai/ People the switches!