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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ I believe its all merely extrapolation on the conventional practice.
 
 ## Tone
 
-I write as if someone else will read these notes.
+I write as if someone else will read these notes,
 I find this beneficial for my current and future selves.
 Explaining concepts completely
 forces me to understand them completely
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ and to provide context I may be tempted to omit
 because it is obvious at the time of writing.
 When revisiting notes its then much easier to pick up where I left off.
 
+> [!note]
+> It's recently been pointed out to me
+> that it can't possibly be my intent for others to read my notes,
+> since I tend use diction and syntax that is needlessly opaque.
+> I'm compelled to agree,
+> but I don't know how to reconcile that fact with my intent.
+
 I often use an arrogant tone
 which helps me stop fiddling over specific wording and just write;
 somewhat similar to the technique of pretending you hate your audience
@@ -65,3 +72,8 @@ but this notebook uses [semantic line breaks](https://sembr.org/)
 for text wrapping.
 
 I shoot for less than 90 columns.
+
+## TODO
+
+This notebook is in constant need of maintenance.
+For the current backlog, see [[TODO]].