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 ## Trust the Process

+[[feeders-takeoff]]:
 Separate UG, OH, and Flex Feeder assemblies
 add extra terminations, wire, and conduit fittings
 that will not be necessary for installation.

+[[electrical-takeoff]]:
 Mech Connection assemblies
 do not include disconnects
 nor labor to install them.
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ daily: "[[2026-04-22]]"
 > I haven't even figured out _how_ yet.
 >
 > ---Doc, when asked why he is trying to sew a button on a fried egg,
-> _Fraggle Rock_, Season 1 Episode 6, "The Preachification of Convincing John" (1983)
+> _Fraggle Rock_ (1983), Season 1 Episode 6,
+> "The Preachification of Convincing John"
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ ASL Column 2 with adjustments

 Site Labor +50%

-#### Telecom Backbone
-
 #### Medium Voltage

 Medium voltage cabling downstream of
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Need to refresh myself on

 Note that 2023 moved MV content to
 Article 314 Part 3
-and Article 315
+and [[nec-315|Article 315]]
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ from its proximity to, and significant composition of,
 skilled trade workers, and their biased perception of the value of effort.

 [^1]: Fetish is the right word for it if you've ever heard the justifications.
-    I'll say no more.

-[^2]: Granularity is a great word for it, I got it from [[jared-defanti|Jared]].
-    I was calling it _precision_ before, but that's [laden](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/value-laden)
-    with positive value
+[^2]: Granularity is a great word for it,
+    I got it from [[jared-defanti|Jared]].
+    I was calling it _precision_ before,
+    but that's [laden](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/value-laden) with positive value
    where _granularity_ sounds as annoying as it is.

 Generalizing,
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ I _can_ complete an estimate for a million dollar project in an hour.
 I could reasonably spend ten hours or a hundred on the same project.

 In estimating, minimum quality may be set by internal standards,
-but they may be bent or broken for the right job or the right customer.
+but those standards may be bent or broken
+for the right job or the right customer.

 > [!summary]
 > In skilled trade work, the road ends after the "extra mile".
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+---
+id: 2026-05-18T16:34:42-0400
+title: 2026-05-18 16:34:42
+tags: []
+daily: "[[2026-05-18]]"
+---
+# 2026-05-18 16:34:42
+
+## Exact Conversion Metric Density to U.S. Customary
+
+$$
+1~\rm{ft} \equiv \frac{1}{3}~\rm{yd}
+$$
+
+$$
+1~\rm{yd} \equiv 0.9144~\rm{m}
+$$
+
+$$
+\frac{1~\rm{yd}}{0.9144~\rm{m}}
+\times \frac{1~\rm{ft}}{\frac{1}{3}~\rm{yd}}
+= \frac{1~\rm{ft}}{0.3048~\rm{m}}
+$$
+
+$$
+1~\rm{ft} = 0.3048~\rm{m}
+$$
+
+$$
+1~\rm{ft^{2}} = (0.3048~\rm{m})^{2}
+= 0.09290304~\rm{m^{2}}
+$$
+
+$$
+1~\rm{ft^{3}} = (0.3048~\rm{m})^{3}
+= 0.028316846592~\rm{m^{3}}
+$$
+
+$$
+1~\rm{lb} \equiv 0.45359237~\rm{kg}
+$$
+
+$$
+\frac{1~\rm{kg}}{1~\rm{m^{3}}}
+\times \frac{1~\rm{lb}}{0.45359237~\rm{kg}}
+\times \frac{0.028316846592~\rm{m^{3}}}{1~\rm{ft^{3}}}
+= \frac{0.06242796057614461195632545582722~\rm{lb}}{1~\rm{ft^{3}}}
+$$
+
+$$
+8930~\rm{kg/m^{3}} = 557.48168794497138476998632053709~\rm{lb/ft^{3}}
+$$