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'''bay 108''' | '''bay 108''' | ||
* The bay containing the metal shop. | *The bay containing the metal shop. | ||
'''bay 110''' | '''bay 110''' | ||
* The bay containing the wood shop. | *The bay containing the wood shop. | ||
'''bar o’clock''' | '''bar o’clock''' | ||
* Pre-pandemic social gathering after Meet & Geek. | *Pre-pandemic social gathering after Meet & Geek. | ||
'''bikeshedding''' | '''bikeshedding''' | ||
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*An organizational structure in which people are encouraged to set goals and accomplish tasks on their own, rather than leaders assigning tasks or roles to a particular person or group. Individuals are “free” to do tasks that they feel they should be done and minimal supervision or permission is required. The success or failure of a particular project is linked directly to the efforts of the people who do the things. | *An organizational structure in which people are encouraged to set goals and accomplish tasks on their own, rather than leaders assigning tasks or roles to a particular person or group. Individuals are “free” to do tasks that they feel they should be done and minimal supervision or permission is required. The success or failure of a particular project is linked directly to the efforts of the people who do the things. | ||
*[https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Do-ocracy <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | *[https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Do-ocracy <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | ||
'''grok''' | |||
*To understand something intuitively or by empathy. | |||
'''meet & geek''' | '''meet & geek''' | ||
* | *Weekly event, traditionally held on Tuesday evenings between 1900 and 2100, where Protospace welcomes visitors for tours, and when many Protospace members (a.k.a. Protospacers) gather to socialize and bikeshed. | ||
'''microwave hour''' | '''microwave hour''' | ||
* The time it takes for someone to complete a project you can do in about an hour with a salvaged microwave oven transformer. We have never completed a Microwave hour. | *The time it takes for someone to complete a project you can do in about an hour with a salvaged microwave oven transformer. We have never completed a Microwave hour. | ||
''' | '''rubber ducking''' | ||
* Derived from the problem solving process of explaining your problem out-loud to an inanimate object, evolved to include arriving at a solution while articulating your problem in email/discussion post before hitting send. | *Derived from the problem solving process of explaining your problem out-loud to an inanimate object, evolved to include arriving at a solution while articulating your problem in email/discussion post before hitting send. | ||
'''toast''' | '''toast''' | ||
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*A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. | *A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. | ||
*[https://seths.blog/2005/03/dont_shave_that/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | *[https://seths.blog/2005/03/dont_shave_that/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | ||
'''XY problem''' | |||
*Asking about your attempted ''solution'' rather than your actual ''problem.'' | |||
*The person asking for help obscures the real issue, ''X'', because instead of asking directly about issue ''X'', they ask how to solve a secondary issue, ''Y'', which they believe will allow them to resolve issue ''X'' on their own. | |||
*[https://xyproblem.info/ <nowiki>[more]</nowiki>] | |||