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@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ dg-publish: true
 
 ### _Let Them Theory_ Theory
 
-1. Person habitually engages in toxic behavior which they consciously believe to be benevolent
-2. Person recognizes that when they stop engaging in said toxic behavior, others appreciate it
-3. Person feels that they are doing a service by not engaging in said toxic behavior
+1. Person habitually engages in toxic behavior
+    which they consciously believe to be benevolent
+
+2. Person recognizes that when they stop engaging in said toxic behavior,
+    others appreciate it
+
+3. Person feels that they are doing a service
+    by not engaging in said toxic behavior
 
 ## 2026-01-06 10:00
 
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ Paraphrased Teams conversation with a peer
 about [[distribution-designations#Terminations]].
 Peer's messages are in block quotes.
 
-### Content
+***
 
 > Good morning!
 > Do you add branch terminations to panelboards?
@@ -68,11 +73,15 @@ Morning! Yes to the first question, ? to the second
 > Ah, so you just chuck in a lot # of terms per board and call it good?
 
 Essentially.
-Ben's direction was to pick a schedule on the upper end of terms for each size panel to be representative of the rest.
+Ben's direction was to pick a schedule
+on the upper end of terms for each size panel
+to be representative of the rest.
 At my old place I would have made a designation for each panel,
 I'm not upset to leave that behind.
-I see no reason you couldn't just make each size once and keep it in a temp job.
-I would, but I usually extract the schedules anyway so I just use the actual average.
+I see no reason you couldn't just make each size once
+and keep it in a temp job.
+I would, but I usually extract the schedules anyway
+so I just use the actual average.
 
 > Thank you for that.
 > Joel wagged his finger at me about missing terms this morning---
@@ -87,7 +96,8 @@ the feeder assemblies have both sides,
 the branch assemblies don't have either,
 that's why he got you, I think.
 
-I don't think my way is best unless you already have all the circuits in a big table for other reasons.
+I don't think my way is best
+unless you already have all the circuits in a big table for other reasons.
 Lot of effort for a marginal increase in certainty above a heuristic like Ben's.
 
 I'm working on a job Noah started now,
@@ -95,7 +105,8 @@ he made certain panels separate from what I assume is the average
 and labeled them with the name of the panel.
 If I had a job where some were significantly more full than others
 I _might_ do something similar,
-but I'd probably name them "... 1-Section, ~25% Fill"/"... 1-Section, ~75% Fill" instead.
+but I'd probably name them
+"... 1-Section, ~25% Fill"/"... 1-Section, ~75% Fill" instead.
 But that's a lot of mental overhead.
 
 ## 2026-01-06 10:57
@@ -111,4 +122,5 @@ Out of contract building area for renovations?
 Maybe the sum of in-contract building area and other areas prorated somehow.
 
 Seems imminently gameable.
-See [[incentives#Perverse Incentive]] and [[estimating-culture#Incentives]].
+See [[incentives#Perverse Incentive]]
+and [[estimating-culture#Incentives]].