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House rules & etiquette

Rule zero: do what the fuck you want in the hackerspace, it's for you — as long as it doesn't bother anyone else too much. Try to do things. Fail. Ask for help. Try.

What the space is for

  • Sharing knowledge — learning, teaching, and indulging curiosity.
  • Developing ideas — including ones that might lead to commercial projects. That's fine.
  • Building a community — without people it's just a room with some tools. Your contribution to improving the space is welcome.

The space is modest, but from little seeds grow mighty trees.

Everything below is just the "doesn't bother anyone else" part, written down.

The space

  • Leave it tidy-ish when you're done — especially the desks. During the day the space doubles as a coworking environment for regular civilians, and they enjoy using clear desks. Your half-disassembled project can live on a shelf instead.
  • The space belongs to the FLC complex. Anything that affects the building — knocking down walls, plumbing, changes to the shared coworking area — needs Petya's approval first. Propose a plan, then ask. (Walls have been legitimately demolished here. With permission.)
  • Keep outside work contained and cleaned up. Some FLC tenants are quick to complain; don't hand them material.
  • Watch the back door — it doesn't close properly on its own.

Tools & equipment

  • Post in the Telegram borrow topic when you take something, even briefly — that's the whole tracking system. Return tools where they live; storage is tight.
  • Ask before using machines you haven't been shown — especially the resin printer and anything with blades.
  • If someone's finished print is sitting on the plate, just put it carefully aside.

The 3D printer queue

  • Announce your print in the "3d printing" topic with the finish time: "Printer busy until 14:30." That's the whole booking system, and it works. You can also check /getstatusofthe3dprinter — see Telegram & bots.
  • Long multi-part jobs: announce them further ahead ("I book the printer for the whole day Saturday").

People

  • Guests: ask the group first (see Joining).
  • Bots: keep them posting in the 🤖 topic so they don't drown out humans, and make notifications silent where possible.

Safety

Tools are dangerous and can remove body parts. Electricity is dangerous and can remove your vital force. The machines don't know it's your first time. If you're not sure how to use something, ask — see rule zero: asking is okay.