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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.
*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'''
'''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'''